Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 204 / Friday, October 20, 2000 / Notices 63099

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’)

Consistent with Department policy,

28 CFR 50.7, and under section 122(d)

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent

decree in United States v. Livingston, et

al., Civ. No. 97–4770 (WGB), was lodged

on October 3, 2000 with the United

States District Court for the District of

New Jersey. The Consent Decree

concerns hazardous waste

contamination at the Brook Industrial

Park Superfund Site (the ‘‘Site’’),

located in Bound Brook, Somerset

County, New Jersey. The Consent

Decree would resolve the liability for

reimbursement of response costs

incurred and to be incurred by the

United States in connection with the

Site as to three defendants against

whom the United States filed a

complaint on behalf of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’), and as to the United States Air

Force (‘‘Air Force’’), against whom

counterclaims were filed. The Consent

Decree requires National Metal

Finishings Corporation, Inc. to

reimburse the EPA Hazardous

Substance Superfund $313,000.00;

requires the Air Force to reimburse the

EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund

$1,615.485.83; and requires Jame Fine

Chemicals, Inc. and the Estate of

Richard Schleck to perform remedial

work at the Site with an estimated cost

of $1.9 million and to pay specified EPA

oversight costs in connection with the

remedial work.

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, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

20044–7611, and should refer to United

States v. Livingston, et al., DOJ Ref. #90–

11–2–1287. Commenters may request an

opportunity for a public meeting in the

affected area, in accordance with section

703(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the District of New

Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Newark, New

Jersey 01102 (contact Assistant United

States Attorney Susan C. Cassell); and

the Region II Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, New York, New York,

10007–1866 (contact Assistant Regional

Counsel Muthu S. Sundram). A copy of

the proposed consent decree may be

obtained by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044–7611. In

requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $14.50 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs) for the Consent

Decree without Appendices, or in the

amount of $45.75 for the Consent Decree

with all Appendices, payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that on October 4, 2000, a consent

decree was lodged in United States v.

Maryland Aviation Administration, a

Unit of the Maryland DOT, Civil Action

No. WMN–00–2992, with the United

States District Court for the District of

Maryland.

This consent decree resolves alleged

violations of Clean Water Act section

309, 33 U.S.C. 1319, against the

Maryland Aviation Administration, a

Unit of the Maryland Department of

Transportation, which is an Agency of

the State of Maryland, for discharges in

excess of permitted effluent limits and

failure to meet requirements set forth in

MAA’s National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System permit for its

facility at the Baltimore Washington

International Airport in Glen Burnie,

Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Components of the settlement

agreement include: (1) Injunctive

provisions designed to reduce the

amount of deicing fluid discharged; (2)

a penalty payment of $50,000; (3) a

Supplemental Environmental Project to

perform a fish study valued at $90,000;

and (4) a payment of $50,000 to the

citizen plaintiffs for their attorneys fees

and costs associated with the related

civil action: WMN–98–784.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree for a period of thirty

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer

to United States v. Maryland Aviation

Administration, a Unit of the Maryland

DOT, DOT Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–4543. The

proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, District of Maryland,

604 United States Courthouse, 101 West

Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Copies of the consent decree may also

be examined at the offices of the

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. A

copy of the Consent Decree may also be

obtained by mail from the Department

of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O.

Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. When

requesting a copy by mail, please

enclose a check in the amount of $10.75

(twenty-five cents per page reproduction

costs), payable to the ‘‘Consent Decree

Library.‘‘

Bruce Gelber,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 00–27006 Filed 10–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Air Act, the

Clean Water Act, the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act, and

the Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Act

Consistent with Departmental policy,

28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that

a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Mobil Oil Corporation, Civil

Action No. 0010454 was lodged with

the United States District Court for the

Central District of California on

September 28, 2000. On the same day,

the United States filed a Complaint

pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean

Air Act, section 309(b) of the Clean

Water Act, section 109(c) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended, and section

325(b) of Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Act against

Mobil, alleging a variety of violations of

federal environmental law at Mobil’s

Torrance, California refinery. The

violations included improper laboratory

practices, exceedences of the limits of

its National Pollution Discharge

Elimination System Permit, failure to

conduct inspections of refinery

equipment and failure to timely report

releases of hazardous substances into

the environment. The proposed Consent

Decree, which settles the liability of

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Mobil for the violations alleged in the

Complaint, provides that Mobile will

undertake extensive injunctive relief,

pay a civil penalty of $500,000 and

perform two Supplemental

Environmental Projects valued at $1

million. One SEP involves the purchase

of emergency response equipment for

use by the local fire department. The

second SEP involves studying and

implementing water conservation

projects at the refinery.

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, U.S.

Department of Justice, Box 7611,

Washington, DC 20044, and refer to

United States v. Mobil Oil Corporation,

DOJ Ref. #90–5–2–1–2121.

The proposed settlement agreement

may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, Federal

Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street,

Los Angeles, California 90012 and at the

Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may also be

obtained by mail from the Department

of Justice Consent Decree Library, Box

7611, Washington, DC 20044. In

requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $13.25 (Consent Decree

only) or $43.75 (Consent Decree with

Appendices) (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards

Administration, Wage and Hour

Division

Minimum Wage for Federal and

Federally Assisted Construction;

General Wage Determination Decisions

General wage determination decisions

of the Secretary of Labor are issued in

accordance with applicable law and are

based on the information obtained by

the Department of Labor from its study

of local wage conditions and data made

available from other sources. They

specify the basic hourly wage rates and

fringe benefits which are determined to

be prevailing for the described classes of

laborers and mechanics employed on

construction projects of a similar

character and in the localities specified

therein.

The determinations in these decisions

of prevailing rates and fringe benefits

have been made in accordance with 29

CFR part 1, by authority of the Secretary

of Labor pursuant to the provisions of

the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931,

as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended,

40 U.S.C. 276a) and of other Federal

statutes referred to in 29 CFR part 1,

appendix, as well as such additional

statutes as may from time to time be

enacted containing provisions for the

payment of wages determined to be

prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.

The prevailing rates and fringe benefits

determined in these decisions shall, in

accordance with the provisions of the

foregoing statutes, constitute the

minimum wages payable on Federal and

federally assisted construction projects

to laborers and mechanics of the

specified classes engaged on contract

work of the character and in the

localities described therein.

Good cause is hereby found for not

utilizing notice and public comment

procedure thereon prior to the issuance

of these determinations as prescribed in

5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delay

in the effective date as prescribed in that

section, because the necessity to issue

current construction industry wage

determinations frequently and in large

volume causes procedures to be

impractical and contrary to the public

interest.

General wage determination

decisions, and modifications and

supersedes decisions thereto, contain no

expiration dates and are effective from

their date of notice in the Federal

Register, or on the date written notice

is received by the agency, whichever is

earlier. These decisions are to be used

in accordance with the provisions of 29

CFR parts 1 and 5. Accordingly, the

applicable decision, together with any

modifications issued, must be made a

part of every contract for performance of

the described work within the

geographic area indicated as required by

an applicable Federal prevailing wage

law and 29 CFR part 5. The wage rates

and fringe benefits, notice of which is

published herein, and which are

contained in the Government Printing

Office (GPO) document entitled

‘‘General Wage Determinations Issued

Under The Davis-Bacon And Related

Acts,’’ shall be the minimum paid by

contractors and subcontractors to

laborers and mechanics.

Any person, organization, or

governmental agency having an interest

in the rates determined as prevailing is

encouraged to submit wage rate and

fringe benefit information for

consideration by the Department.

Further information and selfexplanatory forms for the purpose of

submitting this data may be obtained by

writing to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment Standards Administration,

Wage and Hour Division, Division of

Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room S–3014,

Washington, DC 20210.

Modifications to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of decisions listed in the

Government Printing Office document

entitled ‘‘General Wage Determinations

Issued Under the Davis-Bacon and

Related Acts’’ being modified are listed

by Volume and State. Dates of

publication in the Federal Register are

in parentheses following the decisions

being modified.

Volume I

None

Volume II

Pennsylvania

PA000006 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume III

Florida

FL000032 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Kentucky

KY000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

KY000007 (Feb. 11, 2000)

KY000026 (Feb. 11, 2000)

KY000027 (Feb. 11, 2000)

KY000029 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Mississippi

MS000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume IV

Michigan

MI000060 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000062 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000063 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000064 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000066 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000067 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000068 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000069 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000070 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000071 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000072 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000073 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000074 (Feb. 11, 2000)

MI000075 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Ohio

OH000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

OH000023 (Feb. 11, 2000)

OH000028 (Feb. 11, 2000)

OH000029 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume V

None

Volume VI

Idaho