15918 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 64 / Thursday, April 3, 1997 / Notices

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), Agencies are required to

publish a Notice in the Federal Register

notifying the public that the Agency has

prepared an information collection

request for OMB review and approval

and has requested public review and

comment on the submission. OPIC

published its first Federal Register

Notice on this information collection

request on January 27, 1997, in 62 FR

3915, at which time a 60 calendar day

comment period was announced. This

comment period ended March 28, 1997.

No comments were received in response

to this Notice.

This information collection

submission has now been submitted to

OMB for review. Comments are again

being solicited on the need for the

information, its practical utility, the

accuracy of the Agency’s burden

estimate, and on ways to minimize the

reporting burden, including automated

collection techniques and uses of other

forms of technology. The proposed form

under review is summarized below.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form

and the request for review submitted to

OMB may be obtained from the Agency

Submitting Officer. Comments on the

form should be submitted to the OMB

Reviewer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Lena

Paulsen, Manager, Information Center,

Overseas Private Investment

Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20527; 202/336–

8565.

OMB Reviewer: Victoria Wassmer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503,

202/395–5871.

Summary of Form Under Review

Type of Request: New collection.

Title: Self Monitoring Questionnaire

for Investment Fund Projects.

Form Number: OPIC 217.

Frequency of Use: Annually.

Type of Respondents: Business or

other individuals.

Standard Industrial Classification

Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: U.S.

companies assisted by OPIC.

Reporting Hours: 3 hours per form.

Number of Responses: 130 annually.

Federal Cost: $3,900 annually.

Authority for Information Collection:

Section 231(k)2, of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The

questionnaire is completed by OPICassisted investors annually. The

questionnaire allows OPIC’s assessment

of effects of OPIC-assisted projects on

the U.S. economy and employment, as

well as on the environment and

economic development abroad.

Dated: March 28, 1997.

James R. Offutt,

Assistant General Counsel, Department of

Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–8473 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337–TA–383]

Certain Hardware Logic Emulation

Systems and Components Thereof

Notice is hereby given that a

prehearing conference on the permanent

phase of this investigation will

commence at 9:00 a.m. on Monday,

April 7, 1997, in Courtroom A (Room

100), U.S. International Trade

Commission Building, 500 E St. S.W.,

Washington, D.C., and the hearing will

commence immediately thereafter.

The Secretary shall publish this

notice in the Federal Register.

Issued: March 31, 1997.

Paul J. Luckern,

Administrative Law Judge.

[FR Doc. 97–8538 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant To The Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 C.F.R. § 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Ace Galvanizing, Inc.,

et al., Civil Action No. 97–152C, was

lodged on January 30, 1997, with the

United States District Court for the

Western District of Washington. The

Consent Decree requires each defendant

to compensate the trustees for natural

resource damages at the Tulalip Landfill

Superfund Site on Ebey Island in Puget

Sound, resulting from the release of

hazardous substances at the Site. The

Trustees consist of the State of

Washington Department of Ecology, the

Tulalip Tribes of Washington, the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration of the United States

Department of Commerce, and the

United States Department of Interior.

Under the Consent Decree, 184 de

minimis waste contributors, including 6

federal agencies and 2 state agencies,

will pay a total of $725,048.00 for

natural resource damages.

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, Department

of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Ace

Galvanizing, Inc., et al., DOJ Ref. #90–

11–3–1412a.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, 1010 Fifth Avenue,

Seattle, WA 98104; the Region 10 Office

of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,

WA 98104, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624–

0892. A copy of the proposed consent

decree may be obtained in person or by

mail from the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a

copy please refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check in the amount of

$5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resource

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–8528 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

in United States v. Amerada Hess

Corp., et al., Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a Consent

Decree in United States v. Amerada

Hess Corp., et al., Case No. 97–522

(W.D. La.), was lodged on March 14,

1997 with the United States District

Court for the Western District of

Louisiana. The proposed Consent

Decree resolves certain claims of the

United States on behalf of U.S. EPA

against 28 settling parties under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response Compensation and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq. relating to

the PAB Oil Site near Abbeville, in