57828 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 187 / Tuesday, September 26, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

for Recovery of Past Response Costs

Under Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act

Notice is hereby given that on

September 11, 2000, a proposed Consent

Decree in United States v. Midwest

Farmers Cooperative, Civil Action No.

C00–4098, was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Northern

District of Iowa.

In this action, the United States seeks

recovery from Midwest Farmers

Cooperative (‘‘CO-OP’’) of costs incurred

by the United States in responding to

releases of hazardous substances at the

Farmers Mutual Cooperative Superfund

Site located in Hospers, Iowa, pursuant

to the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9607, as

amended.

Under the Consent Decree, Midwest

will pay $165,000 to the EPA Hazardous

Substance Superfund in reimbursement

of approximately $350,000 in past

response costs incurred by the United

States, plus an additional $50,380.55 in

interest.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the Consent

Decree. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General of the

Environmental and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Midwest

Farmers Cooperative, DOJ # 90–11–3–

06463.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States

Attorney, 401 First Street SE, Cedar

Rapids, Iowa, 52401; at EPA Region VII,

901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, KS,

66101; or can be obtained by mail from

the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box

7611, United States Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C., 20044–7611.

In requesting a copy, please enclose a

check of $6.25 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent

Decree

In accordance with Departmental

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Synergy Development,

Inc., Civil Action No. 1:00cv416, (S.D.

Miss.), was lodged with the United

States v. Synergy Development, Inc. on

August 31, 2000. This proposed Consent

Decree concerns a complaint filed by

the United States against Synergy

Development, Inc., pursuant to sections

301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act,

33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1344 and imposes

civil penalties against the Defendants

for the unauthorized discharge of

dredged or fill material into waters of

the United States in connection with the

construction of a detention pond off

Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi, Harrison

County, Mississippi.

The proposed Consent Decree

requires the payment of civil penalties

in the amount of $75,000 and prohibits

the discharge of pollutants into the

waters of the United States.

The Department of Justice will accept

written comments relating to this

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30)

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Please address comments to

Crockett Lindsey, United States

Attorney’s Office, 808 Vieux Marche

2nd Floor, Biloxi, Mississippi 39530

and refer to United States v. Synergy

Development, Inc.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United

States District Court for the Southern

District of Mississippi, 725 Martin

Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Suite 243, Biloxi

Mississippi 39530.

Dated: September 5, 2000.

Brad Pigott,

U.S. Attorney,

Crockett Lindsey,

(MSB 1265), Assistant United States Attorney,

808 Vieux Marche, 2nd Fl., Biloxi, MS 39530,

(228) 432–5521.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

United States v. American Society of

Composers, Authors and Publishers

Notice is hereby given that on

September 5, 2000 a proposed Second

Amended Final Judgment, Stipulation

and Memorandum in Support were filed

with the United States District Court for

the Southern District of New York in

United States of America v. American

Society of Composers, Authors and

Publishers, Civil Action No. 13–95. On

February 26, 1941, the United States

filed a Compliant alleging that the

collective licensing activities of ASCAP

violated Section 1 of of the Sherman

Act, 15 U.S.C. 1. The original Final

Judgment, filed the same time as the

Complaint, required ASCAP to grant

licenses for performing rights on request

and to provide per program licenses.

The judgment was substantially

amended March 14, 1950 (the Amended

Final Judgment or AFJ) and again

January 7, 1960 with entry of the ‘‘1960

Order.’’ Also on March 14, 1950, a

separate decree was entered in United

States of America v. American Society

of Composers, Authors and Publishers,

Civil Action 42–245 (the ‘‘Foreign

Decree’’). That decree, as amended in

1997, prohibits ASCAP from entering

into exclusive agreements with foreign

performing rights organizations. The

proposed Second Amended Final

Judgment would update licensing

requirements and the provisions

addressing relationships between

ASCAP and its members, and

incorporate provisions of the Foreign

Decree. Upon entry of the Second

Amended Final Judgment, the 1960

Order, the Amended Final Judgment

and Memorandum in Support are

available for inspection at the

Department of Justice in Washington,

DC in Room 215, 325 Seventh Street,

NW. and at the Office of the Clerk of the

United States District Court for the

Southern District of New York, New

York. Copies of any of these materials

may be obtained upon request and

payment of a copying fee.

Public comment is invited within 60

days of this notice. Such comments, and

responses thereto, will be published in

the Federal Register and filed with the

Court. Comments should be directed to

James Wade, Chief, Civil Task Force,

Antitrust Division, Department of

Justive, Washington, DC 20530, (202)

616–5935.

Mary Jean Moltenbrey,

Director, Civil Non-Merger Enforcement,

Antitrust Division.

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