65880 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 213 / Thursday, November 2, 2000 / Notices

The Defendants are Stephen Pile, two

partnerships in which he is the general

partner, namely, Blue River/Veazey

Project, Ltd. and Blue River Oil Income

Fund 1983, Ltd., and his company, Blue

River Exploration, Inc. The Defendants

are the owners and operators of

underground injection wells located in

Daviess and Hopkins Counties,

Kentucky. The Complaint filed by the

United States alleged that the

Defendants violated the Safe Drinking

Water Act (‘‘the SDWA’’), an

Administrative Order on Consent issued

by the United States Environmental

Protection Agency to Defendants under

the SDWA, and several regulations

contained in the Underground Injection

Control (‘‘UIC’’) program for Kentucky

in their operation of their injection

wells. The United States’ Complaint

requested the District Court to assess

civil penalties against the Defendants

for those violations, and also to order

Defendants to comply with the SDWA

and the UIC program regulations by

plugging and abandoning their

underground injection wells in

accordance with an EPA-approved

plugging and abandonment plan.

The Decree will resolve all of the

United States’ claims against all of the

Defendants. Under the Decree,

Defendants have agreed to (1) pay the

United States a civil penalty of $10,000

for their violations, and (2) plug and

abandon all of their underground

injections wells by September 30, 2001,

in accordance with an EPA-approved

plugging and abandonment plan.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the Decree. Comments should

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, U.S. Department of

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

20044–7611, and should refer to United

States v. Blue River Exploration, Inc.,

DOJ No. 90–5–1–1–4506.

The Decree may be examined at the

Office of the United States Attorney for

the Western District of Kentucky, 510

W. Broadway, 10th Fl., Louisville,

Kentucky, and also at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, Environmental Accountability

Division, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,

Atlanta, Georgia.

A copy of the Decree may also be

obtained by mail from the Consent

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

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

20044–7611. In requesting a copy of the

Decree, please enclosed a check in the

amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost), made payable to the

‘‘Consent Decree Library.’’

Walker B. Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment & Natural Resources

Division.

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BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Advanced Lead-Acid

Battery Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on

September 29, 2000, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

Advanced Lead-Acid Battery

Consortium (‘‘ALABC’’) has filed

written notifications simultaneously

with the Attorney General and the

Federal Trade Commission disclosing

changes in its membership status. 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,

Advanced Transport Systems Ltd,

Bristol, United Kingdom; Northstar

Battery, LLC, Springfield, MO; and

Korea Storage Battery, Ltd., Seoul,

Republic of Korea have been added as

parties to this venture.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group research project.

Membership in this group research

project remains open, and ALABC

intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On June 15, 1992 ALABC 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 July 29, 1992 (57 FR 33522).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on June 29, 2000. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on August 11, 2000 (65 FR 49260).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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BILLING CODE 4410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Application Service

Provider Industry Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on August

1, 2000, pursuant to section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Application Service

Provider Industry Consortium, Inc. has

filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership status. 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, IT Support Center, Inc.,

Dothan, AL; Atraxis, Zurich,

Switzerland; eCompany, Corona del

Mar, CA: Xcert International Inc.,

Walnut Creek, CA; Stamps.com,

Bellevue, WA; Datatrend Technologies,

Inc., Minnetonka, MN;

b2bsolutionsonline, Billingham,

Teesside, England, United Kingdom,

Zkey.com, Los Angeles, CA; PSINet

Consulting Solutions, Alpharetta, GA;

Data Research Associates, Inc., St.

Louis, MO; Dataroam Limited, Slough,

SLI iXS, England, United Kingdom,

Inciscent, Falls Church VA; Alcatel

Internetworking, Milpitas, CA;

Interquad, Berkshire, SL1 4QU,

England, United Kingdom; Manhattan

Associates, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Intraware,

Inc., Orinda, CA; Handtech.com, Austin,

TX; Network Technology Group, Baton

Rouge, LA; Digital Fuel Technologies

Inc., Jerusalem, Israel; Thor

Technologies, Inc., New York, NY;

Stratus Computer (DE) Inc., Maynard,

MA; Super-office Ltd., Wan Chai, Hong

Kong-China; RSA Security, Bedford,

MA; aspRegistry.com, Pleasanton, CA;

Mercadien Technologies, Princeton, NJ;

Bridge2Market, Inc., Menlo Park, CA;

UPAQ Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland;

Oblicore Inc., Ramat-Gan, Israel;

Peakhour Pty Ltd., East Sydney NSW,

Australia; EC Cubed, Inc., Westborough,

MA; Tifica, Sao Palo, Brazil; WebPLAN,

Kanata, Ontario, Canada; Aprisma

Management Technologies, Durham,

NH; Healthlink, Huntersville, NC;

Vencomm.net, Denver, CO; Eagle

Development Group Inc., Newton, MA;

PurePacket Communications, Inc.,

Alpharetta, GA; New World Apps, Inc.,

Vienna, VA; US Data Authority, Inc.,

Boca Raton, FL; MetraTech Corp.,

Waltham, MA; Telution, Chicago, IL;