38668 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 137 / Friday, July 17, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing

that the information collection request

for the Procedures and Criteria for

Approval or Disapproval of State

Program Submissions at 30 CFR Part

732 described below has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The information collection

request describes the nature of the

information collection and the expected

burden and cost.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to

approve or disapprove the information

collection but may respond after 30

days. Therefore, public comments

should be submitted to OMB by August

17, 1998, in order to be assured of

consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information and related form, contact

John A. Trelease at (202) 208–2783, or

electronically to jtreleas@osmre.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

require that interested members of the

public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). OSM has

submitted a request to OMB to renew its

approval of the collection of information

contained in the Procedures and Criteria

for Approval or Disapproval of State

Program Submissions at 30 CFR Part

732. OSM is requesting a 3-year term of

approval for this information collection

activity.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

number for this collection of

information is listed in 30 CFR Part 732,

which is 1029–0024.

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a

Federal Register notice soliciting

comments on these collections of

information was published on April 27,

1998 (63 FR 20649). No comments were

received. This notice provides the

public with an additional 30 days in

which to comment on the following

information collection activity:

Title: Procedures and Criteria for

Approval or Disapproval of State

Program Submissions, 30 CFR Part 732.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0024.

Summary: Part 732 establishes the

procedures and criteria for approval and

disapproval of State program

submissions. The information submitted

is used to evaluate whether State

regulatory authorities are meeting the

provisions of their approved programs.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion

and annually.

Description of Respondents: 24 State

regulatory authorities.

Total Annual Responses: 65.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,965.

Send comments on the need for the

collections of information for the

performance of the functions of the

agency; the accuracy of the agency’s

burden estimates; ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information collections; and ways to

minimize the information collection

burdens on respondents, such as use of

automated means of collections of the

information, to the following addresses.

Please refer to the appropriate OMB

control number in all correspondence.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of Interior Desk Officer, 725

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Also, please send a copy of your

comments to John A. Trelease, Office of

Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave,

NW, Room 210—SIB, Washington, DC

20240, or electronically to

jtrelease@osmre.gov.

Dated: July 14, 1998.

Richard G. Bryson,

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Notice is hereby given that on July 6,

1998, a proposed Second Partial

Consent Decree in United States v.

Findett Corporation, et al. No.

4:97CV01557CDP (E.D. Mo.) was filed

with the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of Missouri. The

action was filed on July 25, 1997 under

Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607,

to recover response costs incurred or to

be incurred by the United States

associated with Findett/Hayford Bridge

Road Site in St. Charles, Missouri.

Under the terms of the proposed

Decree, General Motors, Mallinckrodt

Chemical, and Monsanto will pay a total

of $1,712,076 to the Superfund,

exclusively for past United States

response costs. The first Partial Consent

Decree pending before the Court

provides for the payment of an

additional $455,000. The United States’

outstanding past costs were estimated at

approximately $3.2 million as of March

31, 1998.

The Second Partial Consent Decree

may be examined by the Office of the

United States Attorney, U.S. Court &

Custom House, 1114 Market Street,

Room 401, St. Louis, MO 63101; the

Region VII Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota

Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101; and

at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (202) 624–0892. A copy 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 $4.25 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication

comments relating to the proposed

Partial Consent Decree. Comments

should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environment

and Natural Resources Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania

Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20530,

and should refer to United States v.

Findett Corporation, et al., DOJ Ref.

#90–11–2–417Α.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 98–19125 Filed 7–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on July 6,

1998, a proposed consent decree in

United States v. W.R. Grace & Co.—

Conn., Civil Action No. 97–CV–12583–

NG, was lodged with the United States