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imposed by the settlement agreement,

some of the proposed and ongoing

winter use research may not be

completed in time for incorporation into

the draft winter use plans and

environmental impact statement.

The National Park Service requests

that all individuals, organizations,

agencies or entities that are interested in

or affected by winter visitor use in

Yellowstone and Grand Teton National

Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,

Memorial Parkway share comments or

concerns on appropriate topics of

research for use in the winter use

planning process.

Background

Winter use research projects currently

underway in the affected national parks

include: the social carrying capacity of

Yellowstone National Park for winter

use, Hayden Valley bison monitoring,

bison use of groomed roads in

Yellowstone National Park,

characterization of snowmobile

particulate emissions, measurement of

airborne toxics and regulated pollutants

emitted from snowmobiles in

Yellowstone National Park, and

snowpack and snowmelt runoff

chemical analysis at Yellowstone

National Park. In addition, research

projects are currently being conducted

on bison ecology and brucellosis. These

studies include forage availability,

habitat use, and bison population

dynamics.

Proposed research topics include, but

are not limited to, snowmobile

emissions and the effects of ethanol

based fuels, snowmobile mogul

generation, a field evaluation of

gasohol’s ability to reduce snowmobiler

exposure to carbon monoxide, noise

monitoring, an assessment of winter

recreation on wildlife in Yellowstone

National Park, and a study of the

economics of winter use in the Greater

Yellowstone Area.

Comments

Written comments concerning

appropriate research topics on winter

use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton

National Parks and the John D.

Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway

should be postmarked no later than

sixty (60) days from the publication of

this notice. Comments should be

addressed to Winter Use Research,

Planning Office, Box 168, Yellowstone

National Park WY, 82190.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sarah Creachbaum, Planning Office, Box

168, Yellowstone National Park WY,

82190, (307) 344–2024; or Nancy Arkin,

Planning Office, Grand Teton National

Park, Box 170, Moose WY, 83102 (307)

739–3486.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

John E. Cook,

Regional Director, Intermountain Region.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–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 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that on April 16, 1998, the United

States of America, on behalf of the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘EPA’’) filed a complaint with

the United States District Court for the

District of Idaho alleging that defendant

Monsanto Company and its affiliate P4

Production L.L.C. (together with

‘‘Monsanto’’) are liable under Sections

106 and 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9606 & 9607, for

the implementation of EPA’s selected

remedy for the Monsanto Company

Superfund Site in Caribou County,

Idaho (‘‘the Site’’), and for the

reimbursement of all costs incurred by

the United States in response to the

release of hazardous substances at the

Site. The action is styled United States

v. Monsanto, Civil Action No. C98–154–

E–ELW (D. Idaho). On the same day, the

United States lodged with the United

States District Court for the District of

Idaho a Consent Decree resolving the

United States’ claims in this action.

The Consent Decree requires

Monsanto to implement EPA’s selected

remedy for the Site, and to reimburse

the United States for $17,980.70, which

represents the full amount of

unreimbursed costs incurred by the

United States in response to releases of

hazardous substances from 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.

Monsanto, DOJ Ref. #90–11–2–1277.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Region 10 Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104 (206)

553–1504, and may be obtained from

the Office of the United States Attorney

for the District of Idaho, P.O. Box 32,

Boise, Idaho 83707 (208) 334–1211. A

copy of the proposed consent decrees

may also 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

copies please refer to United States v.

Monsanto, No. C98–154–E–ELW (D.

Idaho), and enclose a check payable to

the Consent Decree Library in the

amount of $20.00 (80 pages at 25 cents

per page reproduction costs).

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98–11324 Filed 4–28–98; 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

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed Consent Decree in

United States and State of Connecticut

v. Town of Southington, et al., Civil

Action Nos. 3: 98cv8 and 3:98cv236 was

lodged on March 12, 1998 with the

United States District Court for the

District of Connecticut.

The complaint in this action seeks (1)

to recover, pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,

response costs incurred and to be

incurred by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) at the Old

Southington Landfill Superfund Site

located in the Town of Southington,

Connecticut (‘‘Site’’); and (2) injunctive

relief under Section 106 of CERCLA, 42

U.S.C. 9606. The defendants include

Town of Southington, United

Technologies Corp. and 266 other

parties.

The proposed Consent Decree

embodies an agreement with two

potentially responsible parties (‘‘PRPs’’)

at the Site pursuant to sections 106 and

107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and

9607, to perform a remedial action at the

Site including the relocation of

businesses located on the Site, the

construction of a multi-layer cap, the

excavation and consolidation of a ‘‘hotspot’’, the extraction and possible

treatment of landfill gases, and the

performance of additional goundwater

studies. The proposed Consent Decree

also embodies an agreement with 266