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each project, in relation to that project’s

determined fish and wildlife values and

the program priority objectives.

c. Planning Considerations. The

administering agency should encourage

the consideration of fish and wildlife

values in all reclamation activities,

including those whose primary

purposes for reclamation are related to

public health, safety, or general welfare.

If fish and wildlife values are

determined to be among the goals of the

reclamation efforts, the administering

agency should incorporate them into the

reclamation plan.

d. Installing and Maintaining

Established Fish and Wildlife Habitat

Values. The administering agency

should insure that all fish and wildlife

measures contained in the selected plan

are implemented and should encourage

the landowner(s) to maintain them at or

above the planned level.

10. Air Quality

a. Air Quality Standards. All

reclamation activities should be

conducted in accordance with

applicable local, State, Tribal, or Federal

air quality standards.

b. Coordination Requirements. Local,

State, Tribal, or Federal air quality

officials should be contacted prior to

reclamation planning activities for

requirements concerning air quality

permit procedures, applicable

standards, and possible control

measures.

c. Air Quality Degradation and

Improvement. Long-term air quality

improvements which will result from

reclamation should have priority over

possible short-term air quality

degradation caused by reclamation

construction.

Dated: November 7, 2000.

Mary Josie Blanchard,

Assistant Director, Program Support.

[FR Doc. 00–29299 Filed 11–15–00; 8:45 am]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United

States International Trade Commission.

TIME AND DATE: November 27, 2000 at

2 p.m.

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:

(202) 205–2000.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agenda for future meeting: none

2. Minutes

3. Ratification List

4. Inv. No. 731–TA–894 (Preliminary)

(Ammonium Nitrate from Ukraine)—

briefing and vote. (The Commission is

currently scheduled to transmit its

determination to the Secretary of

Commerce on November 27, 2000;

Commissioners’ opinions are

currently scheduled to be transmitted

to the Secretary of Commerce on

December 4, 2000.)

5. Outstanding action jackets: none

In accordance with Commission

policy, subject matter listed above, not

disposed of at the scheduled meeting,

may be carried over to the agenda of the

following meeting.

Issued: November 14 , 2000.

By order of the Commission:

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29475 Filed 11–14–00; 1:50 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant To the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Under Section 122(d) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), and 28 CFR 50.7,

notice is hereby given that on October

10, 2000, a proposed Partial Consent

Decree (‘‘Decree’’) in two consolidated

cases, United States v. Allied Battery

Co., Civil No. CV–98–N–0446–S, and

United States v. CSX Transportation,

Inc., Civil No. CV–98–N–2561, was

lodged with the United States District

Court for the Northern District of

Alabama. In this action, the United

States seeks recovery of its response

costs incurred by EPA in cleaning up

contaminated soil at the Carlie Lee

Superfund Site, a former battery

cracking operation located in Tarrant

City, Alabama, near Birmingham. Under

this Decree, four settling defendants—

Allied Battery Co., Econo Battery

Services, Fairfield Iron & Metals, Inc.

and Joseph J. McCleney, Jr.—have

agreed to pay separate amounts,

collectively totaling $36,000, in partial

reimbursement of the United States’

response costs.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

concerning the proposed Consent

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. Allied Battery Co. D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–

1758, and United States v. CSX

Transportation, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–

1758/1.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Northern District

of Alabama, 200 Robert Vance Federal

Bldg., 1800 5th Ave. N., Birmingham,

Alabama; and (2) the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, 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,

DC 20044–7611. In requesting a copy,

please enclose a check in the amount of

$6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction

cost) payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Walker B. Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment & Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 00–29294 Filed 11–15–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Morton International, Inc.; Consent

Judgment

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that on October 26, 2000 a

proposed Consent Decree in United

States and State of Mississippi v.

Morton International, Inc., Civil Action

No. 1:00CV501 (BrR) was lodged with

the United States District Court for the

Southern District of Mississippi, Biloxi

Division.

In this action the United States and

State of Mississippi allege that the

Morton International, Inc. (hereafter

Morton or defendant) is liable under the

Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended

by the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act (RCRA), the Safe Drinking

Water Act (SDWA), the Clean Water Act

(CWA), the Clean Air Act (CAA), the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA), the Emergency Planning

and Community Right-to-Know Act

(EPCRA), and the Mississippi Solid

Waste Disposal Law of 1974, the

Mississippi Air and Water Pollution

Control Law, and the organic act of the

Commission and of the Mississippi

Department of Environmental Quality

(MDEQ) for penalties and injunctive

relief in connection with the

defendant’s manufacturing facility

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located in Moss Point, Jackson County,

Mississippi.

This consent decree represents a

settlement between the United States,

State of Mississippi and Morton. The

consent decree requires Morton to: (1)

Pay a penalty of $20 million, with $10

million being paid to the United States

and $10 million being paid to the State

of Mississippi, (2) perform

Supplemental Environmental Projects

(SEPs) valued at $16 million, (3)

conduct a comprehensive analysis of

conditions at the Facility, and (4)

perform, if necessary, corrective

measures at the Facility. In addition, the

consent decree provides for audits to be

conducted by a third party or parties at

Morton chemical plants acquired by

Rohm & Haas in 1999.

The SEPs include a Plant SEP which

requires Morton to reduce or eliminate

pollutants and to strive to terminate

injection into deep wells as a method of

disposal, a community SEP which

provides for the rehabilitation or

replacement of lateral sewer lines in the

City of Moss Point, Mississippi, and the

funding of a ‘‘Green Chemistry’’ project

at the University of Southern

Mississippi’s School of Polymer

Science. The Green Chemistry project is

intended to develop architectural

coatings which contain plant oils rather

than volatile organic compounds. The

community lateral line project will

address inflow and infiltration which

contributes to sewage overflows that

plague Moss Point.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the proposed Second Consent

Decree. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General for the

Environment and natural resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice,

P.O. box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044,

and should refer to United States and

State of Mississippi v. Morton

International, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90–7–1–

06413. Commenters may request an

opportunity for a public meeting in the

affected area, in accordance with

Section 7003(d) of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act

(‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, Southern District of

Mississippi, 808 Vieux Marche, 2nd

Floor, Biloxi, Mississippi 39501; and at

Region 4, Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal

Center, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta,

Georgia 30303. A copy of the proposed

Consent Decree may be obtained by mail

from the Department of Justice Consent

Decree Library, P.O. box 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the

amount of $26.25 (without exhibits),

$77.75 (with exhibits) (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) payable to the

Treasurer of the United States.

Walker Smith,

Deputy Chief, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 00–29291 Filed 11–15–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, 38

FR 19029, notice is hereby given that on

October 30, 2000, a proposed consent

decree in United States v. Puerto Rico

Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Civil

Action No. 00–1942 (PG), was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the District of Puerto Rico. The United

States’ complaint sought injunctive

relief and civil penalties under the

Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’) against the

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer

Authority (‘‘PRASA’’), in regard to

violations of the New Source

Performance Standards for sewage

treatment plants and the Puerto Rico

State Implementation Plan, resulting

from PRASA’s operation of the multiple

hearth furnace (‘‘MHF’’) sludge

incineration facility at its Puerto Nuevo

wastewater treatment plant located in

Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico.

The consent decree provides that

PRASA shall pay a civil penalty of

$80,000 and implement a supplemental

environmental project, consisting of the

installation of belt filter presses at its

Bayamon wastewater treatment plant,

estimated to cost about $692,000. The

consent decree also requires PRASA to

render its MHF units inoperable and

enjoins PRASA from any future

operation of those units.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, P.O.

Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and

should refer to United States v. Puerto

Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority,

D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1–1874A.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Federal Office Building,

Rm. 101, Carlos E. Chardon Avenue,

Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918 and at the

Region II office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New

York, New York 10007. A copy of the

proposed consent decree may also be

obtained by mail from the Department

of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O.

Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check (there is a 25 cent per page

reproduction cost) in the amount of

$7.75 payable to the ‘‘Consent Decree

Library.’’

Bruce S. Gelber,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment & Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 00–29295 Filed 11–15–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Consent Decree in the matter The

Surfrider Foundation v. John M. Bernal,

Case No. 99–CV–2441–BTM(JFS) (S.D.

Cal.), was lodged with the United States

District Court for the Southern District

of California on October 16, 2000. The

proposed Consent Decree concerns

alleged violations of Section 402 of the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342, at the

South Bay International Wastewater

Treatment Plant, located at 2415 Dairy

Mart Road, San Diego County, San

Diego, California.

The proposed Consent Decree would

require (1) the performance of certain

environmental studies and evaluations

relating to discharge of wastewater from

the Plant, and (2) the United States

Section of the International Boundary

and Water Commission to complete a

secondary sewage treatment project for

the Plant.

The United States Department of

Justice will receive written comments

relating to the proposed Consent Decree

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of publication of this notice.

Comments should be addressed to S.

Randall Humm, Trial Attorney, United

States Department of Justice,

Environmental Defense Section, P.O.

Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026–

3986, with copies provided to William

A. Wilcox, Jr., International Boundary

and Water Commission, Office of the

Staff Counsel, 4171 No. Mesa Street;

Suite C–310, El Paso, TX 79902, and

Robert Moyer, Assistant Regional

Counsel, United States Environmental

Protection Agency—Region IX, U.S.

EPA Border Office, 610 West Ash Street,

Suite 703, San Diego, California, and

should reference The Surfrider

Foundation v. John M. Bernal, Case No.

99–CV–2441–BTM(JFS) (S.D. Cal.).