Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 133 / Monday, July 13, 1998 / Notices 37589

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under 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. City of Weirton, et al.,

C.A. No. 5:96–CV–21, was lodged on

June 26, 1998, with the United States

District Court for the Northern District

of West Virginia. The consent decree

resolves the United States’ claims for

civil penalties and injunctive relief,

pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 33

U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. Under the consent

decree, the City of Weirton will

construct and operate a wastewater

treatment facility to come into

compliance with the Clean Water Act

and its National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Permit. The City of

Weirton will also pay a civil penalty of

$150,000 to the United States and the

State of West Virginia.

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. City of

Weirton, et al., DOJ Reference No. 90–

5–1–1–4265.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, 1100 Main Street, Suite

200, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003; the

Region III Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 840 Chestnut

Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19107; and the Consent Decree Library,

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

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624–

0892. A copy of the proposed 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

refer to the referenced case and enclose

a check in the amount of $7.25 (.25

cents per page production costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Agreement To Establish a

Common Computer Tape Storage

Specification

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 23, 1998, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

Agreement to establish a common

computer tape storage specification has

filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) the identities

of the parties and (2) the nature and

objectives of the venture. The

notifications were filed for the purpose

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting

the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to

actual damages under specified

circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b)

of the Act, the identities of the parties

are Hewlett-Packard Company (‘‘HP’’),

Palo Alto, CA; International Business

Machines Corporation (‘‘IBM’’),

Armonk, NY; Seagate Technology, Inc.

(‘‘SEAGATE’’), Scotts Valley, CA. The

nature and objectives of the venture are

to develop, produce and establish a

common computer tape storage

specification; to combine and integrate

into this specification complementary

intellectual property of each of the

parties; to develop an appropriate thirdparty mechanism for licensing such

intellectual property as part of a license

to use the specification to all interested

parties under terms and conditions

conducive to establishing an open,

widely followed industry specification;

to promote the development, production

and sale of next-generation computer

tape storage products compatible with

this specification, thereby providing

enhanced functionality afforded through

the use of licensed intellectual property;

and, through all of the foregoing, to

enhance demand for next-generation

computer tape storage products as

alternatives to competing storage

technologies.

The parties will file additional written

notifications disclosing all changes in

membership.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Petrotechnical Open

Software Corporation

Notice is hereby given that, on March

2, 1998, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Petrotechnical Open

Software Corporation (‘‘POSC’’) has

filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership status. The notifications

were filed for the purpose of extending

the Act’s provisions limiting the

recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual

damages under specified circumstances.

Specifically, the following additional

parties have become new non-voting

members of POSC: GlavNIVC (Ministry

of Natural Resources of the Russian

Federation), Moscow, RUSSIA; Seismic

Micro-Technology Inc., Houston, TX;

INTesa, Caracas, VENEZUELA; Hitec

ASA, Stavanger, NORWAY; China

National Petroleum Corporation,

Beijing, CHINA; Intelligent Computer

Solutions, London, UNITED KINGDOM;

and Iona Technologies Ltd., Cambridge,

MA.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group research project.

Membership in this group research

project remains open, and

Petrotechnical Open Software

Corporation (‘‘POSC’’) intends to file

additional written notification

disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 14, 1991, petrotechnical

Open Software Corporation (‘‘POSC’’)

filed its original notification pursuant to

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department

of Justice published a notice in the

Federal Register pursuant to Section

6(b) of the Act on February 7, 1991 (56

FR 5021).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on October 16, 1997. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on November 28, 1997 (62 FR

63389).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 98–18474 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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