66882 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 245 / Monday, December 22, 1997 / Notices

Sevier, and Mississippi Counties were

donated to the University Museum by

unknown persons. The 37 sites from which the cultural

items were recovered are associated

with the Fourche Maline culture (500

BC—800 AD) and the Caddoan Culture

(800—1600 AD) based on material

culture and site organization. Based on

tools, ceramics, and manner of

interments, these sites show continuity

of occupations through these periods.

Accession information indicates all 981

cultural items were recovered from

burial contexts. Archeological,

ethnohistoric, and historical document

evidence indicates Caddoan affiliation

through tools, ceramics, manner of

internments, and recorded language

terms and cultural characteristics

(1542–1543 AD) are correlated to the

sites included in the above counties.

Officials of the University of Arkansas

have determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), these 981 cultural

items are reasonably believed to have

been placed with or near individual

human remains at the time of death or

later as part of the death rite or

ceremony and are believed, by a

preponderance of the evidence, to have

been removed from a specific burial site

of an Native American individual.

Officials of the University of Arkansas

have also determined that, pursuant to

25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship

of shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these items

and the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these objects should

contact Michael P. Hoffman, Curator of

Anthropology, University Museum,

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

72701, telephone (501) 575–3855 before

January 21, 1998. Repatriation of these

objects to the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma

may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: December 15, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–33292 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR § 50.7, notice is hereby

given that proposed consent decrees in

United States v. Exeter Properties, Inc.,

et al., Civil Action No. 3:97CV141, were

lodged on December 2, 1997 with the

United States Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia.

In February 1997, the United States

on behalf of EPA sued Exeter Properties,

Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

(‘‘BFS’’), Perry Realty Investments

(‘‘Perry Realty’’), and Perry Machinery

Corporation (‘‘Perry Machinery’’) under

Section 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, 42

U.S.C. § 9607, to recover $1.7 million in

past response costs, alleging that the

defendants were liable as past owners/

operators and arrangers for disposal

under Section 107(a) of CERCLA in

connection with a removal action

performed at the Exeter Site located in

Hopewell, Virginia. These consent

decrees represent settlements with three

defendants, BFS, Perry Realty, and

Perry. The proposed settlements provide

for payments of $495,000 by BFS and

$485,000 by Perry Realty and Perry

Machinery for response costs in

connection with the removal action.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the proposed

consent decrees. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Exeter

Properties, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. # 90–11–

2–1218.

The proposed consent decrees may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Eastern District of

Virginia, Main Street Centre, Suite 1800,

600 East Main Street, Richmond, VA

23219; the Region III Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 841

Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

19107; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624–

0892. Copies of the proposed consent

decrees may be obtained in person or by

mail from the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W. 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a

copy please refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check in the amount of

$11.00, payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–33344 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’)

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR § 50.7, 38 FR 19029, and

42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is hereby given

that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Haviland Properties,

Steven Roberts, Myung Chung, Byung

Chung, Raymond Sison, and Ines Sison,

97 Civ 8164 (BSJ) (S.D.N.Y), was lodged

on November 4, 1997, with the United

States District Court for the Southern

District of New York. The consent

decree provides for payment by the

settling defendants toward

reimbursement of response costs

incurred in connection with the

remediation of hazardous waste

contamination at the Haviland Complex

Superfund Site (‘‘the Site’’), which is

located in the Town of Hyde Park,

Dutchess County, New York. The

Consent Decree requires the defendants

to pay to total of $450,000 of the United

States and $50,000 to the State of New

York over a three year period. In

addition, the defendants have agreed to

pay to the United States and the State

15% of the net proceeds upon any sale

of the property in exchange for the

transfer to the purchaser of the property

of all rights, benefits and obligations

under the consent decree. In the

alternative, if the property is not sold

within five years of the date of the entry

of the consent decree, the United States,

at its option, may elect to require the

Defendants to pay the sum $30,000 in

lieu of 15% of the net proceeds.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States v.

Haviland Properties, Steven Roberts,

Myung Chung, Byung Chung, Raymond

Sison, and Ines Sison, DOJ Ref. No. 90–

11–2–309.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney for the Southern District

of New York, 100 Church Street, New

York, New York 10007 (contact

Assistant United States Attorney Kathy

S. Marks); the Region II Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, New York, New York 10007–

1866 (contact Assistant Regional