Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 11 / Friday, January 16, 1998 / Notices 2693

1The imported products subject to these

investigations consist of certain preserved

mushrooms, whether imported whole, sliced, or as

stems and pieces. The preserved mushrooms

covered under the investigations are of the species

Agaricus bisporus and Agaricus bitorquis.

‘‘Preserved mushrooms’’ refers to mushrooms that

have been prepared or preserved by cleaning,

blanching, and sometimes slicing or cutting. These

mushrooms are then packed and heated in

containers, including but not limited to cans or

glass jars, in a suitable liquid medium that may

include, but is not limited to, water, brine, or butter

(or butter sauce). Preserved mushrooms may be

imported whole, sliced, or as stems and pieces.

Included within the scope of the petition are

‘‘brined’’ mushrooms, which are presalted and

packed in a heavy salt solution to provisionally

preserve them for further processing.

Excluded from the scope of the petition are: (1)

all other species of mushroom, including straw

mushrooms (HTS statistical reporting number

2003.10.0009); (2) all fresh and chilled mushrooms

(HTS subheading 0709.51.00), including

‘‘refrigerated’’ or ‘‘quick blanched’’ mushrooms; (3)

dried mushrooms (HTS subheadings 0712.30.10

and 0712.30.20); (4) frozen mushrooms (HTS

subheading 0710.80.20); and (5) ‘‘marinated,’’

‘‘acidified,’’ or ‘‘pickled’’ mushrooms, which are

packed with solutions such as oil, vinegar, or acetic

acid (HTS subheading 2001.90.39).

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 731–TA–776–779

(Preliminary)]

Certain Preserved Mushrooms From

Chile, China, India, and Indonesia

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of antidumping

investigations and scheduling of

preliminary phase investigations.

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives

notice of the institution of investigations

and commencement of preliminary

phase antidumping investigations Nos.

731–TA–776–779 (Preliminary) under

section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930

(19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to

determine whether there is a reasonable

indication that an industry in the

United States is materially injured or

threatened with material injury, or the

establishment of an industry in the

United States is materially retarded, by

reason of imports from Chile, China,

India, and Indonesia of certain

preserved mushrooms,1 provided for in

subheadings 0711.90.40 and 2003.10.00

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States, that are alleged to be

sold in the United States at less than fair

value. Unless the Department of

Commerce extends the time for

initiation pursuant to section

732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must

reach a preliminary determination in

antidumping investigations in 45 days,

or in this case by February 20, 1998. The

Commission’s views are due at the

Department of Commerce within five

business days thereafter, or by February

27, 1998.

For further information concerning

the conduct of these investigations and

rules of general application, consult the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207), as

amended in 61 FR 37818 (July 22, 1996).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Olympia DeRosa Hand (202–205–3182),

Office of Investigations, U.S.

International Trade Commission, 500 E

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436.

Hearing-impaired persons can obtain

information on this matter by contacting

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. Persons with mobility

impairments who will need special

assistance in gaining access to the

Commission should contact the Office

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.

General information concerning the

Commission may also be obtained by

accessing its internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov or ftp://ftp.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background.—These investigations

are being instituted in response to a

petition filed on January 6, 1998, by L.K.

Bowman, Inc., Nottingham, PA; Modern

Mushroom Farms, Inc., Avondale, PA;

Monterrey Mushrooms, Inc.,

Watsonville, CA; Mount Laurel Canning

Corp., Temple, PA; Mushroom Canning

Co., Kennett Square, PA; Sunny Dell

Foods, Inc., Oxford, PA; and United

Canning Corp., North Lima, OH.

Participation in the investigations and

public service list.—Persons (other than

petitioners) wishing to participate in the

investigations as parties must file an

entry of appearance with the Secretary

to the Commission, as provided in

sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the

Commission’s rules, not later than seven

days after publication of this notice in

the Federal Register. Industrial users

and (if the merchandise under

investigation is sold at the retail level)

representative consumer organizations

have the right to appear as parties in

Commission antidumping

investigations. The Secretary will

prepare a public service list containing

the names and addresses of all persons,

or their representatives, who are parties

to this investigation upon the expiration

of the period for filing entries of

appearance.

Limited disclosure of business

proprietary information (BPI) under an

administrative protective order (APO)

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s

rules, the Secretary will make BPI

gathered in these investigations

available to authorized applicants

representing interested parties (as

defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are

parties to the investigations under the

APO issued in the investigations,

provided that the application is made

not later than seven days after the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. A separate service list will be

maintained by the Secretary for those

parties authorized to receive BPI under

the APO.

Conference.—The Commission’s

Director of Operations has scheduled a

conference in connection with these

investigations for 9:30 a.m. on January

27, 1998, at the U.S. International Trade

Commission Building, 500 E Street SW.,

Washington, DC. Parties wishing to

participate in the conference should

contact Olympia DeRosa Hand (202–

205–3182) not later than January 23,

1998, to arrange for their appearance.

Parties in support of the imposition of

antidumping duties in these

investigations and parties in opposition

to the imposition of such duties will

each be collectively allocated one hour

within which to make an oral

presentation at the conference. A

nonparty who has testimony that may

aid the Commission’s deliberations may

request permission to present a short

statement at the conference.

Written submissions.—As provided in

sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the

Commission’s rules, any person may

submit to the Commission on or before

January 30, 1998, a written brief

containing information and arguments

pertinent to the subject matter of the

investigations. Parties may file written

testimony in connection with their

presentation at the conference no later

than three days before the conference. If

briefs or written testimony contain BPI,

they must conform with the

requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3,

and 207.7 of the Commission’s rules.

In accordance with sections 201.16(c)

and 207.3 of the rules, each document

filed by a party to the investigations

must be served on all other parties to

the investigations (as identified by

either the public or BPI service list), and

a certificate of service must be timely

filed. The Secretary will not accept a

document for filing without a certificate

of service.

Authority: These investigations are being

conducted under authority of title VII of the

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published

pursuant to section 207.12 of the

Commission’s rules.

By order of the Commission.
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Issued: January 12, 1998.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1095 Filed 1–15–98; 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

(CERCLA)

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and with Section

122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice

is hereby given that a consent decree in

United States v. American Cyanamid

Company, Inc., et al., Civ. A. No. L–98–

27, was lodged on January 7, 1998, with

the United States District Court for the

District of Maryland. The consent

decree resolves the claims of the United

States under Sections 106(a), 107(a), and

113(g)(2) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, as

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), for

reimbursement of response costs

incurred at the Bush Valley Landfill

Superfund Site located in Harford

County, Maryland and for declaratory

judgment as to liability that will be

binding in actions to recover further

response costs related to the Site. The

consent decree obligates American

Cyanamid Company, Inc. (formerly

known as Cytec Industries, Inc.), Bata

Shoe Company, Inc., Browning-Ferris,

Inc. (formerly known as Eastern

Disposal, Inc.), Case-Mason Filling, Inc.,

Cello Corporation, the city of Aberdeen,

Maryland, the City of Havre de Grace,

Maryland, Constar Plastics, Inc.,

Covance Preclinical Corporation

(formerly known as Corning Life

Sciences), Harford County, Maryland,

Harford Sanitation Services, Inc., Alco

Industries, Inc., Maryland State

Highway Administration, and

McCorquodale Process, Inc. to perform

the remedial design and remedial action

the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency has selected for the Site.

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.

American Cyanamid Company, Inc., et

al., DOJ Ref. #90–11–2–1162.

The consent decree may be examined

at the office of the United States

Attorney, 6625 U.S. Courthouse, 101 W.

Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland

21201; the Region III Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 841

Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA; and

at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, NW 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005, (202) 624–0892. A copy of the

consent decree may be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library 1120 G Street, NW, 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In

requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $33.75 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost), payable to the

Consent Decree library. Attachments to

the consent decree can be obtained for

an additional $32.25.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98–1092 Filed 1–15–98; 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, 42

U.S.C. 9601 et seq., in United States v.

Curtiss-Wright Corp., et al.

In accordance with Section 122(i) of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), as amended, 42 U.S.C.

122(i), and Department policy, 28 CFR

50.7 38 FR 19029, notice is hereby given

that a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., et

al., Civil Action No. 98–CV–0014, was

lodged in the United States District

Court for the Northern District of New

York on January 5, 1998. The proposed

consent decree, if entered, will resolve

the liability of eleven defendants,

owners and/or operators, under Section

106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9606 and 9607(a), in connection with

alleged releases of hazardous substances

at the Malta Rocket Fuel Area (‘‘Site’’),

a 165-acre parcel located on Plains Road

in the Towns of Malta and Stillwater,

Saratoga County, New York, New York.

Under the settlement reflected in the

proposed consent decree, defendants

will perform certain remedial design/

remedial action work at the Site

implementing the Record of Decision

issued July 18, 1996 and pay response

costs of up to $956,581.77 to the United

States.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30 days

from the date of publication of this

notice, written comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree. Comments

should be addressed to Lois J. Schiffer,

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, United States Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States v. CurtissWright Corp., et al., Department of

Justice No. 90–11–3–1575.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney for the Northern District

of New York, U.S. Courthouse, Room

231, 445 Broadway, Albany, New York

12207; at Region I office of the United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New

York 10007; 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, at the

above address. In requesting a copy,

please enclose a check in the amount of

$31.25 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs) payable to Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98–1094 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Air Act and the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act

In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, the

Department of Justice gives notice that

a proposed consent decree in United

States v. Marathon Oil Company, Civil

No. 96–4117–JLF (S.D. Ill.), was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the Southern District of Illinois on

January 5, 1998. The proposed consent

decree would resolve the United States’

civil claims against the Marathon Oil

Company for certain of its operations at

its refinery in Robinson, Crawford

County, Illinois, under the Clean Air

Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401–7671q, and the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901–6992k. Under the

terms of the proposed consent decree,

defendant Marathon Oil Company will

pay a civil penalty of $75,000 and

perform a supplemental environmental

project, which will include the

implementation of an early-compliance

program with projected Clean Air Act

regulations for which Marathon Oil