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into compliance with various 

environmental statutes and regulations 

at their facilities in Point Comfort, 

Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The 

Defendants still are in the process of 

complying with the 2010 Decree. 

However, at the Point Comfort Facility, 

FPX TX violated certain leak detection 

and repair (‘‘LDAR’’) provisions of the 

Decree (which are based on regulations 

promulgated under the Clean Air Act, 

42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.), and the United 

States and FPC TX agreed to a proposed 

first amendment to the Consent Decree. 

Under the proposed first amendment, 

FPC TX will undertake a comprehensive 

review of equipment such as valves, 

pumps, and compressors at the Point 

Comfort facility to determine the 

applicability of certain LDAR 

requirements and will pay a stipulated 

penalty of $1,447,925. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period of public comment on the first 

amendment. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and should refer to 

United States v. Formosa Plastics 

Corporation, Texas, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 

90–5–2–1–08995. All comments must be 

submitted no later than thirty (30) days 

after the publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By e-mail pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov 

By mail ..... Assistant Attorney General 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the first amendment may be examined 

and downloaded at this Department of 

Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/ 

enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will 

provide a paper copy of the first 

amendment upon written request and 

payment of reproduction costs. Please 

mail your request and payment to: 

Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ— 

ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check in the amount 

of $ 8.50 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00210 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

On January 4, 2013, the Department of 

Justice lodged a proposed consent 

decree with the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of 

Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled 

United States v. Wisconsin Public 

Service Corporation, Civ. No. 13–C–10 

(E.D. Wis.). 

In this civil enforcement action under 

the federal Clean Air Act, the United 

States alleges that Wisconsin Public 

Service Corporation (‘‘WPS’’) failed to 

comply with certain requirements of the 

Act intended to protect air quality. The 

complaint seeks injunctive relief and 

civil penalties for violations of the 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(‘‘PSD’’) and Title V provisions of the 

Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7470–92 and 42 

U.S.C. 7661a–76661f, and related state 

and federal implementing regulations. 

The complaint alleges that WPS failed 

to obtain appropriate permits and failed 

to install and operate required pollution 

control devices to reduce emissions of 

various air pollutants at the Weston 

Generation Station, a coal-fired power 

plant in Marathon County, Wisconsin. 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve past Clean Air Act violations 

and would require WPS to reduce 

harmful emissions of sulfur dioxide 

(‘‘SO2’’), nitrogen oxides (‘‘NOX’’), and 

particular matter (‘‘PM’’) emissions, at 

the Weston Generation Station, as well 

as the Pulliam Generation Station, a 

coal-fired power plant located in Brown 

County, Wisconsin. The reductions 

would be achieved through emission 

control requirements and limitations 

specified by the proposed consent 

decree, including installation and 

operation of pollution controls; 

retirement, refueling, or repowering of 

certain generating units; and annual 

emission caps at both the Weston and 

Pulliam plants. WPS will also spend $6 

million to fund environmental 

mitigation projects that will further 

reduce emissions and benefit 

communities adversely affected by 

pollution from its plants, and pay a civil 

penalty of $1.2 million. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed consent decree. Comments 

should be addressed to the Assistant 

Attorney General, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division, and should 

refer to United States v. Wisconsin 

Public Service Corporation, Civ. No. 13– 

C–10 (E.D. Wis.), D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2– 

1–1230/1. All comments must be 

submitted no later than thirty (30) days 

after the publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By e-mail pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov. 

By mail ..... Assistant Attorney General 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed consent decree may be 

examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide 

a paper copy of the proposed consent 

decree upon written request and 

payment of reproduction costs. Please 

mail your request and payment to: 

Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ— 

ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $19.00 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00232 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed Partial 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Water 

Act 

Notice is hereby given that on January 

3, 2013, a proposed partial Consent 

Decree (‘‘Decree’’) was lodged in U.S. v. 

BP Exploration and Production, et al, 

Civil No. 10–4536 (E.D. La.) (That case 

is centralized in MDL 2179: In Re: Oil 

Spill by the Oil Rig ‘‘Deepwater 

Horizon’’ in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 

20, 2010.) 

In this civil enforcement action the 

United States sought, among other 

things, civil penalties under Section 

311(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1321(b), from the ‘‘Transocean 

Defendants’’ (Transocean Deepwater 

Inc., Transocean Offshore Deepwater 

Drilling Inc., Transocean Holdings LLC, 

and Triton Asset Leasing GmbH). That 

claim arises against the Transocean 

Defendants, and other defendants as 

well, from the discharge of oil into the 

Gulf of Mexico resulting from the 

blowout of the Macondo Well that began 

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Under the proposed Decree, the 

Transocean Defendants will pay a $1 

billion civil penalty. The proposed 

Decree does not conclude any claim 

against the Transocean Defendants other 

than those claims for penalty specified 

in the proposed Decree. The proposed 

Decree also does not resolve any claim 

brought against other defendants in this 

civil enforcement action. 

Also under the proposed Decree, the 

Transocean Defendants must comply 

with court-enforceable strictures aimed 

at reducing the chances of another 

blowout-and-discharge-of-oil and at 

improving emergency response 

capabilities. Examples of these 

requirements include: Certifications of 

maintenance and repair of blowout 

preventers before each drilling job, 

consideration of process safety risks, 

and personnel training related to oil 

spills and responses to other 

emergencies. The Transocean 

Defendants will have to meet these 

requirements for at least five years on all 

their drilling operations in waters near 

the United States. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of twenty-one (21) calendar 

days from the date of this publication 

comments relating to the proposed 

Decree. The 21-day period (and not a 

longer period of time) is provided to 

ensure both a proper public comment 

period and an opportunity for the 

Department of Justice to receive, 

consider, and address public comments 

before the first phase of the civil trial, 

scheduled to begin on February 25, 

2013, before the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of 

Louisiana. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and either emailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to U.S. v. 

BP Exploration and Production et al, 

Civil No. 10–4536 (E.D. La.) (centralized 

in MDL 2179: In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil 

Rig ‘‘Deepwater Horizon’’ in the Gulf of 

Mexico, April 20, 2012), D.J. Ref. 90–5– 

1–1–10026. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed Decree may be examined 

on the following Department of Justice 

Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

proposed Decree may also be obtained 

by mail from the Consent Decree 

Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department 

of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, 

or by faxing or emailing a request to 

‘‘Consent Decree Copy’’ 

(EESCDCopy.ENRD@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–5271. If requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library 

by mail, please enclose a check in the 

amount of $19.50 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury or, if requesting by fax, 

forward a check in that amount to the 

Consent Decree Library at the address 

given above. 

Maureen M. Katz, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00209 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—ASTM International 

Standards 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 12, 2012, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

ASTM International (‘‘ASTM’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

additions or changes to its standards 

development activities. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of extending the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. Specifically, 

ASTM has provided an updated list of 

current, ongoing ASTM standards 

activities originating between 

September and December 2012 

designated as Work Items. A complete 

listing of ASTM Work Items, along with 

a brief description of each, is available 

at http://www.astm.org. 

On September 15, 2004, ASTM filed 

its original notification pursuant to 

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to Section 

6(b) of the Act on November 10, 2004 

(69 FR 65226). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on September 10, 2012. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on October 11, 2012 (77 FR 61786). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00283 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Intent To Extend an 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, the 

National Science Foundation (NSF) is 

inviting the general public or other 

Federal agencies to comment on this 

proposed continuing information 

collection. The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by March 11, 2013 to 

be assured consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Send comments to address below. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR

COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne Plimpton, 

the NSF Reports Clearance Officer, 

phone (703) 292–7556, or send email to 

splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Survey of Earned 

Doctorates. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–0019. 

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 

2014. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to extend an information 

collection for three years. 

1. Abstract: Established within the 

National Science Foundation by the 

America COMPETES Reauthorization 

Act of 2010 § 505, codified in the 

National Science Foundation Act of 

1950, as amended, the National Center 


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