Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 67 / Tuesday, April 8, 1997 / Notices 16869

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 22 N., R. 83 W., 6th P.M., Carbon County,

Wyoming

Section 1: All

Section 3: All

Section 5: All

Section 7: All

Section 9: All

Section 11: All

Section 13: All

Section 15: All

Section 17: W1⁄2

Section 19: All

Section 21: All

Section 23: All

Section 29: All

Section 31: All

T. 23 N., R. 83 W., 6th P.M., Carbon County,

Wyoming

Section 1: All

Less that portion situated below elevation

of 6,357 feet above sea level as conveyed to

the United States of America, as described in

Warranty Deed dated October 7, 1938, and

recorded in Book 236 Page 138, of the

Records of Carbon County, Wyoming.

Section 3: All

Section 5: All

Section 7: All

Section 9: All

Section 11: All

Section 13: All

Section 15: All

Section 17: All

Section 19: All

Section 21: All

Section 23: All

Section 27: All

Section 29: All

Section 31: All

Section 33: All

Section 35: All

T. 24 N., R. 83 W., 6th P.M., Carbon County,

Wyoming

Section 19: All

Section 27: All

Section 29: All

Section 31: All

Section 33: All

Section 35: All

Less that portion of Section 19, 27, 29, and

35 situated below elevation 6,357 feet above

sea level as conveyed to the United States of

America, as described in Warranty Deed

dated October 7, 1938, and recorded in Book

236 Page 138 of the Records of Carbon

County, Wyoming.

T. 23 N., R. 84 W., 6th P.M., Carbon County,

Wyoming

Section 1: All

Section 11: All

Section 13: All

Section 23: All

Section 25: All

Less that portion of Sections 1, 11, 13, 23,

and 25, situated below elevation 6,357 feet

above sea level as conveyed to the United

States of America and as described in

Warranty Deed dated October 7, 1938, and

recorded in Book 236 Page 138 of the Records

of Carbon County, Wyoming.

T. 24 N., R. 84 W., 6th P.M., Carbon County,

Wyoming

Section 23: All

Section 25: All

Section 35: All

Less that portion of Sections 23, 25, and 35

situated below elevation 6,357 feet above sea

level as conveyed to the United States of

America and as described in Warranty Deed

dated October 7, 1938, and recorded in Book

236 Page 138 of the Records of Carbon

County, Wyoming.

Total Offered Non-Federal Lands:

Approximately 24,900 acres.

The proposed exchange would be

based on fair market value appraisal

which would result in equal value for

equal value, not necessarily acre for

acre. This would ensure an equitable

trade for the public and Wyoming Land

Exchange and Palm Livestock Company.

Subject to valid existing rights, the

public lands identified above have been

segregated from appropriation under the

public land laws and mineral laws for

a period of 5 years.

Where the mineral estate is not

included in the exchange, the mineral

estate would remain in Federal

ownership. The public lands identified

above have a variety of rights-of-record,

including rights-of-way. The records are

located in the Great Divide Resource

Area office in Rawlins, Wyoming.

Dated: April 2, 1997.

Alan R. Pierson,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 97–8907 Filed 4–4–97; 9:31 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–010–2811–01]

Carson City District Fire Management

Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

plan amendment and environmental

analysis and invitation for public

participation.

SUMMARY: The Carson City field office of

the Bureau of Land Management

proposes to amend the Lahontan and

Walker Resource Management Plans to

address the management of fire within

the Carson City District. Fire is an

integral part of the ecosystem of the

Carson City District. The Federal

Wildland Fire Policy states that

wildland fire, as a critical natural

process, must be reintroduced into the

ecosystem. The RMP’s do not address

fire management and its role in the

natural ecosystem. The resource

management plan amendment process

will serve as the basis for decisions on

the management of fire in the Carson

City District.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Written

comments on the plan amendment and

environmental analysis are welcomed

until May 6, 1997. Comments should be

sent to Rosemary Thomas, Fire

Management Officer, U.S. Bureau of

Land Management, 1535 Hot Springs

Road, Carson City, NV 89706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

public is invited to participate in the

identification of issues related to the

management of fire in the Carson City

District, located in western Nevada and

northeastern California. Anticipated

issues for the plan amendment are:

• Protection of human life

• Protection of Property

• Protection of natural/cultural resources

• Safe reintroduction of fire into natural

ecosystems

• Reducing the cost of fire suppression

• Integration of fire and resource

management strategies

• Air quality

• Recreation

• Watershed management

• Livestock grazing

• Visual resources

• Wildlife habitat

The plan amendment will focus on

the following questions:

• Where is wildland fire not desired at all?

• Where is unplanned wildland fire likely

to cause negative effects, but these effects

may be mitigated or avoided through fuels

management, prescribed fire, or other

strategies?

• Where is fire desired to manage

ecosystems, but there are constraints because

of the existing vegetation condition?

• Where is fire desired, and there are no

constraints associated with resource

conditions or social and economic

considerations?

A previous Federal Register Notice

(Vol. 60, No. 57, page 15580, March 24,

1995) announced the District’s intent to

amend the Walker Resource

Management Plan to address motorized

vehicle designations and fire/woodland

management for the Pine Nut

Mountains. The fire/woodlands

management issue will be incorporated

into the District-wide fire management

amendment. All public comments on

the fire/woodland issue for the Pine Nut

Mountains will be included as part of

this scoping process for the Districtwide fire management amendment. The

Pine Nut Mountains Amendment will

focus on the motorized vehicle

management issue.

Planning documents and other

pertinent materials may be examined at

the Bureau of Land Management office

in Carson City between 7:30 a.m. and

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
16870 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 67 / Tuesday, April 8, 1997 / Notices

Dated this 28th day of March, 1997.

John Singlaub,

District Manager, Carson City District.

[FR Doc. 97–8865 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Consent Decree in United States v.

Conoco Inc. was lodged on March 6,

1997 with the United States District

Court for the Western District of

Louisiana. The parties to the Decree are

Conoco Inc. (‘‘Conoco’’) and the relevant

natural resource trustees: the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration; the Department of the

Interior, and the State of Louisiana

through the Louisiana Department of

Environmental Quality, the Louisiana

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,

and the Louisiana Department of

Natural Resources. Under the terms of

the Decree, Conoco agrees to implement

and fund a restoration-based settlement

as compensation for natural resource

damages suffered as a result of a March,

1994 release of 1,2 dichloroethane

(‘‘EDC’’) from Conoco’s facility in

Westlake, Louisiana. The claim being

settled arose under Section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607.

Contemporaneously with lodging the

Consent Decree, the United States and

the State of Louisiana jointly filed a

complaint alleging that Conoco is an

owner or operator of the facility that

released the EDC within the meaning of

sections 107(a)(1) and 107(a)(2) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1)

and 9607(a)(2).

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, DC 20530, and

should refer to C.A. 97–0445. United

States v. Conoco, DOJ Reference

Number 90–11–3–1655.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington,

DC 20005. In requesting a copy please

refer to the referenced case and enclose

a check in the amount of $21.75 (25

cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–8927 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Trident Seafoods

Corporation, Civil Action No. A

97093:Civil:HRH, was lodged on March

17, 1997 with the United States District

Court for the District of Alaska. The

complaint was brought under section

309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.

1319 for effluent limitations,

environmental effects, reporting,

sampling, and monitoring violations of

two National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (‘‘NPDES’’) permits

in violation of section 301(a) of the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), at

Trident’s Akutan Island and Sand Point

seafood processing facilities in Alaska.

Under the Consent Decree Trident

will pay a civil penalty of $418,150, and

implement environmental pollution

reduction activities. Additionally,

Trident will implement a

comprehensive environmental

compliance management program, to

include rigorous auditing procedures.

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, DC 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Trident

Seafoods Corporation, DOJ REF. #90–5–

1–1–2002B.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, Federal Building and

Courthouse, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #9,

Room 253, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7567; the Region X Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington

98101; and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington,

DC 20005. In requesting a copy please

refer to the reference case and enclose

a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–8928 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

as Amended

In accordance with Department of

Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent

decree in United States v. Western

Publishing Company, Inc., et al., 94–

CV–1247 (LEK/DNH), was lodged on

March 7, 1997, with the United States

District Court for the Northern District

of New York. The decree resolves claims

of the United States against defendant

Golden Books Publishing Co., Inc.

(formerly known as Western Publishing

Co., Inc.) in the above-referenced action

under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’) in connection with the

Hertel Landfill Superfund Site in the

Town of Plattekill, Ulster County, New

York (the ‘‘Site’’). In the proposed

consent decree, the defendant agrees to

pay the United States $625,000 in

settlement of the United States’ claims

for civil penalties and punitive damages

for Golden Books’ failure or refusal to

comply with a unilateral administrative

order issued to it by the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

pursuant to section 106 of CERCLA, 42

U.S.C. 9606.

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, DC 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Western

Publishing Company, Inc., et al., DOJ

Ref. Number 90–11–2–767A.