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Environmental Protection, Civil Action

No. CV 97–2154 (Gershon, J.) (Gold,

M.J.), was lodged with the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of

New York.

In this action against the City, in

which the State intervened, the United

States sought a court order requiring the

City to come into compliance with the

Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f,

et seq., and the Surface Water Treatment

Rule, a National Primary Drinking Water

Regulation, by installing filtration

treatment for its Croton Water Supply

System. Under the Consent Decree, the

City is obligated to install filtration by

constructing filtration facilities no later

than September 2006, with full

operation of the facilities in compliance

with the Surface Water Treatment Rule,

by no later than March 2007. The

Consent Decree sets forth a schedule for

meeting these deadlines, including

timetables for the City to select a site(s)

for the facilities in accordance with state

environmental review procedures.

Under the Consent Decree, the City is

also obligated to monitor the quality of

the drinking water supply until

filtration is installed, and take other

measures to protect the Croton

Watershed. In addition, the City will

pay a civil penalty of $1 million, and

will spend $5 million on

environmentally beneficially projects

that protect the Croton Watershed and

that may include projects within the

community or communities where the

filtration facilities will be constructed to

mitigate or offset any potential

environmental impacts on the

community.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the Consent Decree.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to Civil Action No. CV 97–2154

and D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–1–4429.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States

Attorney for the Eastern District of New

York, One Pierrepont Plaza, 14th Floor,

Brooklyn, New York 11201, at U.S. EPA

Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York,

New York 10271 and at the Consent

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

D.C. 20005.

In requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $18.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with the policy of the

Department of Justice, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Western Processing Co.,

et al., Civ. No. C83–252M, was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the Western District of Washington, on

May 26, 1998. That action was brought

against defendants pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA) for payment of past costs

incurred, and future costs to be

incurred, by the United States at the

Western Processing Superfund Site in

Kent, Washington. (The site is being

cleaned up and some past costs have

already been recovered pursuant to four

prior settlements.) This decree requires

RSR Corporation to pay $875,884.00

over three years, with interest, in

satisfaction of the United States claims

against it for response costs incurred in

connection with the site between

January 1, 1992 and December 31, 1996.

RSR Corporation remains liable for

response costs incurred after that date.

The United States is also continuing to

pursue other defendants to recover past

and future costs.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree for a period of 30 days

from the date of this publication.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530. All comments

should refer to United States v. Western

Processing Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 90–7–1–

233.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney for the Western District

of Washington, 3600 Seafirst 5th

Avenue Plaza, 800 5th Avenue, Seattle,

Washington 98104; at 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.

In requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $4.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs) payable to

the Consent Decree Library. When

requesting a copy, please refer to United

States v. Western Processing Co., et al.,

D.J. Ref. 90–7–1–233.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98–15212 Filed 6–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Proposed Modified Final Judgment

and Memorandum in Support of

Modification

Notice is hereby given that Modified

Final Judgment, Motion to Modify Final

Judgment, Memorandum in Support of

the Modification of the Final Judgment,

Stipulation and Order, and Hold

Separate Stipulation and Order have

been filed with the United States

District Court in the District of

Columbia, in United States et al v. USA

Waste Services, Inc., et al., Civil No. 96–

2031.

The existing Final Judgment stems

from a 1996 acquisition of Sanifill, Inc.,

by USA Waste. The Final Judgment was

entered to resolve competitive concerns

that the Antitrust Division had about the

impact of the acquisition in Houston,

Texas. Pursuant to the Final Judgment,

USA Waste divested Sanifill’s small

container commercial hauling assets

and a USA Waste disposal site in

Houston and sold 2,000,000 tons of air

space rights for ten years at two USA

Waste landfills in the Houston area. The

assets were purchased by

TransAmerican Waste Industries, Inc.

On January 26, 1998, TransAmerican

and USA Waste entered into an

agreement whereby TransAmerican

would be merged into USA Waste, and

the Houston assets TransAmerican

purchased from USA Waste would be

owned by USA Waste.

On May 5, 1998, the United States

filed a proposed Modified Final

Judgment to modify the Final Judgment

in this case. The United States

maintained that the proposed

acquisition of TransAmerican’s

commercial hauling and disposal assets

in the Houston area would violate the

original Final Judgment. The proposed

Modified Final Judgment requires USA
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Waste to divest the TransAmerican

commercial small container and

disposal assets in the Houston area and

provide 2,000,000 tons of air space

rights for ten years at two USA Waste

landfills in the Houston area.

The Hold Separate Stipulation and

Order and the Stipulation and Order

ensure that the provisions of the

proposed Modified Final Judgment will

be observed and that the assets to be

divested will be held separate and

maintained as a viable competitive

entity until the divestiture takes place.

Public comments on the proposed

Modified Final Judgment should be

directed to J. Robert Kramer, Chief,

Litigation II Section, Antitrust Division,

United States Department of Justice,

1401 H Street, NW, Suite 3000,

Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202/

307–0924). Such comments and

responses thereto will be filed with the

Court.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations and Merger

Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 98–15209 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

[INS No. 1929–98; AG Order No. 2161–98]

RIN 1115–AE26

Designation of the Province of Kosovo

in the Republic of Serbia in the State

of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

(Serbia-Montenegro) Under Temporary

Protected Status

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under section 244 of the

Immigration and Nationality Act, as

amended, (the Act), the Attorney

General is authorized to grant

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the

United States to eligible nationals of

designated foreign states or parts of such

states (or to eligible aliens who have no

nationality and who last habitually

resided in such designated states) upon

a finding that such states are

experiencing ongoing civil strife,

environmental disaster, or certain other

extraordinary and temporary conditions.

This notice designates the Province of

Kosovo in the Republic of Serbia in the

state of the Federal Republic of

Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro) for TPS

pursuant to section 244(b)(1) of the Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This designation is

effective on June 9, 1998 and will

remain in effect until June 8, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pearl Chang, Chief, Residence and

Status Branch, Adjudications,

Immigration and Naturalization Service,

425 I Street, NW., Room 3214,

Washington, DC 20536, telephone (202)

514–5014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Based on a thorough review by the

Departments of State and Justice of all

available evidence, the Attorney General

finds that there is an on-going armed

conflict in the Province of Kosovo in the

Republic of Serbia in the state of the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SerbiaMontenegro) (hereafter ‘‘Kosovo

Province’’) and that, due to such

conflict, requiring the return of

nationals of Serbia-Montenegro to

Kosovo Province would pose a serious

threat to their personal safety.

Kosovar Albanians constitute

approximately 90 percent of the 2

million people in the Province of

Kosovo in Serbia-Montenegro, a country

governed by a Serb-majority

government. Tensions have been

particularly high since the government’s

1989 revocation of Kosovo’s political

autonomy. In March 1998, the Serb

government crackdown left

approximately 90 Kosovar Albanians

dead, including non-combatants and

children. Although the fighting has

subsided, protests continue and the Serb

government has shown limited

cooperation with the international

community’s calls for dialogue

concerning the killings.

Residents of Kosovo Province (or

aliens having no nationality who last

habitually resided in Kosovo Province)

who have been continuously physically

present and have continuously resided

in the United States since June 9, 1998,

may apply for TPS within the

registration period which begins on June

9, 1998, and ends on June 8, 1999.

Any resident of Kosovo Province who

has already applied for, or plans to

apply for, asylum but whose asylum

application has not yet been approved

may also apply for TPS. An application

for TPS does not preclude or adversely

affect an application for asylum or any

other immigration benefit. Residents of

Kosovo Province who apply for TPS

during the initial registration period

will remain eligible to re-register for

TPS if the designation of TPS is

extended, even if an application for

asylum or another immigration benefit

is denied. However, without a TPS

application during the initial

registration period, only those residents

of Kosovo Province who satisfy the

requirements for late initial registration

under 8 CFR 244.2(f)(2) would be

eligible for TPS registration during any

extension of designation. The

requirements for late initial registration

specify that the applicant have been in

valid status or have an application for

status pending during the initial

registration period.

Residents of Kosovo Province may

register for TPS by filing an Application

for Temporary Protected Status, Form I–

821, which requires a filing fee. The

Application for Temporary Protected

Status, Form I–821, must always be

accompanied by an Application for

employment Authorization, Form I–765,

which is required for data-gathering

purposes. TPS applicants who already

have employment authorization,

including some asylum applicants, and

those who have no need for

employment authorization, including

minor children, need only pay the I–821

fee although they must complete and

file the I–765. In all other cases, the

appropriate filing fee must accompany

Form I–765, unless a properly

documented fee waiver request is

submitted under 8 CFR 244.20 to the

Service.

Notice of Designation of Kosovo

Province Under Temporary Protected

Status Program

By the authority vested in me as

Attorney General under section 244 of

the Immigration and Nationality Act, as

amended (9 U.S.C.A. 1254 (West Supp.

1997)), I find, after consultation with the

appropriate agencies of the Government,

that:

(1) There exists an ongoing armed

conflict in the Province of Kosovo in the

Republic of Serbia in the state of the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SerbiaMontenegro) (hereafter ‘‘Kosovo

Province’’) and, due to such conflict, the

return of aliens who are residents of

Kosovo Province (or aliens having no

nationality who last habitually resided

in Kosovo Province) would pose a

serious threat to their personal safety as

a result of the armed conflict in that

province;

(2) There exists extraordinary and

temporary conditions in Kosovo

Province that prevent aliens who are

residents of Kosovo Province (or aliens

having no nationality who last

habitually resided in Kosovo Province)

from returning to Kosovo Province in

safety; and

(3) Permitting residents of Kosovo

Province (or aliens having no

nationality who last habitually resided