Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 135 /Wednesday, July 15, 1998 / Notices 38193

Acitivity/operator Location Date

Ocean Energy, Inc., Structure Removal Operations, SEA No. ES/SR 98–055.Eugene Island Area, Block 301, Lease OCS–G 14476, 64 miles south of

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

06/17/98

Newfield Exploration Company, Structure Removal Operations, SEA No. ES/SR 98–057.West Delta Area, Block 20, Lease OCS–G 7789, 18 miles south of

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

06/23/98

Burlington Resources Offshore Inc., Structure

Removal Operations, SEA Nos. ES/SR 98–

061 and 98–062.

Eugene Island Area, Blocks 93 and 94, Leases OCS 0228 and OCS–G 5488,

26 miles south of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.

06/09/98

Persons interested in reviewing

environmental documents for the

proposals listed above or obtaining

information about EA’s and FONSI’s

prepared for activities on the Gulf of

Mexico OCS are encouraged to contact

the MMS office in the Gulf of Mexico

OCS Region.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Public Information Unit, Information

Services Section, Gulf of Mexico OCS

Region, Minerals Management Service,

1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New

Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394,

Telephone (504) 736–2519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS

prepares EA’s and FONSI’s for

proposals which relate to exploration

for and the development/production of

oil and gas resources on the Gulf of

Mexico OCS. The EA’s examine the

potential environmental effects of

activities described in the proposals and

present MMS conclusions regarding the

significance of those effects.

Environmental Assessments are used

as a basis for determining whether or

not approval of the proposals

constitutes major Federal actions that

significantly affect the quality of the

human environment in the sense of

NEPA Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is

prepared in those instances where MMS

finds that approval will not result in

significant effects on the quality of the

human environment. The FONSI briefly

presents the basis for that finding and

includes a summary or copy of the EA.

This notice constitutes the public

notice of availability of environmental

documents required under the NEPA

Regulations.

Dated: July 8, 1998.

Chris C. Oynes,

Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

[FR Doc. 98–18766 Filed 7–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Department

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

given that on the 23rd day of March,

1998, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States, v. Rudi R. Vafadari, et al.,

Civil Action CV 96–1434 PHX EHC was

lodged with the United States District

Court for the District of Arizona. The

Complaint was filed in this case for

recovery of response costs and civil

penalties from Rudi R. Vafadari and

others, pursuant to Sections 104, 106

and 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9604, 9606 and

9607, related to the DCE Circuits site, in

Phoenix, Arizona.

Pursuant to the consent decree, the

defendants will pay $328,500 in

response costs, and a civil penalty of

$10,000 for failure to provide timely and

complete responses to information

request letters.

For thirty (30) days from the date of

publication of this notice, the

Department of Justice will receive

written comments relating to the

Consent Decree from persons who are

not parties to the action. Comments

should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530 and

should refer to United States v. Rudi R.

Vafadari et al., D. J. Ref. No. 90–11–2–

413C.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Region IX office of the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105, or at the U.S.

Attorney’s Office, 230 First Avenue,

Phoenix, Arizona.

Copies of the Consent Decree also

may be examined at the Consent Decree

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

Washington, D.C. 2005, telephone

number (202) 634–0892. A copy of the

Consent Decree may be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library. In requesting a copy,

please tender a check in the amount of

$6.75 (25 cents per page reproduction

charge) payable to ‘‘Consent Decree

Library.’’

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 98–18849 Filed 7–14–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

[Docket No. 30–31373–CivP; ASLBP No. 98–

735–01–CivP; EA 97–207]

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board;

Notice of Evidentiary Hearing

July 9, 1998.

In the Matter of: Conam Inspection, Inc.,

Itasca, Illinois (License No. 12–16559–01).

Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty.

Notice is hereby given that, as

provided in the Licensing Board’s

Memorandum and Order dated June 4,

1998, the evidentiary hearing in this

civil penalty proceeding will commence

on Monday, September 14, 1998, at 9:30

a.m. CDT, and will continue, to the

extent necessary, on September 15–18,

1998, beginning at 9:00 a.m. CDT each

day. The hearing will be held at the

Federal Building, Room LLA, 536 South

Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60610. Parties

are to file formal lists of witnesses and

documents to be utilized to be in our

possession by Wednesday, September 9,

1998.

Members of the public are invited to

attend these hearing sessions. Materials

concerning this proceeding are on file at

the Commission’s Public Document

Room, 2120 L Street N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20555, and at the Commission’s

Region III Office, 801 Warrenville Road,

Lisle, Illinois 60532–4351.

For the Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board.

Charles Bechhoefer,

Chairman, Administrative Judge, Rockville,

Maryland.

[FR Doc. 98–18836 Filed 7–14–98; 8:45 am]

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