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personal identifying information-may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Only written comments submitted by 

postal service or overnight mail to the 

Field Manager, BLM Las Vegas Field 

Office, will be considered properly 

filed. Electronic mail, facsimile, or 

telephone comments will not be 

considered properly filed. In the 

absence of any adverse comments, the 

decision will become effective on May 

26, 2009. The lands will not be available 

for lease/conveyance until after the 

decision becomes effective. 

Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5. 

Dated: February 3, 2009. 

Kimber Liebhauser, 

Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, 

Las Vegas, Nevada. 

[FR Doc. E9–6794 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Settlement Agreement Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act 

Notice is hereby given that on March 

19, 2009, a proposed Consent Decree 

and Settlement Agreement regarding 

two sites in Texas was filed with the 

United States Bankruptcy Court for the 

Southern District of Texas in In re 

Asarco LLC, No. 05–21207 (Bankr. S.D. 

Tex.). The proposed Agreement entered 

into by the United States (on behalf of 

the Environmental Protection Agency), 

the state of Texas, and Asarco LLC 

provides, inter alia, for the 

establishment of a custodial trust, the 

transfer of certain properties to that 

trust, and funding of the trust with 

allowed administrative expense claims 

for administrative and site cleanup 

costs. The proposed Agreement 

provides the custodial trust with an 

allowed administrative expense claim of 

$52 million to cover its administrative 

costs and fund cleanup work at certain 

properties owned by Asarco in Amarillo 

and El Paso Texas. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the proposed 

Agreement for a period of thirty (30) 

days from the date of this publication. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to In re 

Asarco LLC, DJ Ref. No. 90–11–3–08633. 

Commenters may request an 

opportunity for a public meeting in the 

affected area, in accordance with 

Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 

6973(d). 

The proposed Agreement may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney for the Southern District 

of Texas, 800 North Shoreline Blvd., 

#500, Corpus Christi, TX 78476–2001, 

or at the Region 6 Office of the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Fountain Place 12th Floor, 

Suite 1200, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 

TX 75202–2733. During the public 

comment period, the proposed 

Agreement may also be examined on the 

following Department of Justice Web 

site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

proposed Agreement may also be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a 

request to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$10.25 (without attachments) or $23.50 

(with attachments) (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section. 

[FR Doc. E9–6782 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Joint Venture Under Tip 

Award No. 70NANB9H9007 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 2, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’) Joint 

Venture under TIP Award No. 

70NANB9H9007 (‘‘70NANB9H9007’’) 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the identities 

of the parties to the venture 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 to the 

venture are: Mistras Group Inc. DEA 

Physical Acoustics Corporation, 

Princeton Junction, NJ; University of 

Miami, Coral Gables, FL; University of 

South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 

University, Blacksburg, VA. 

The general area of 70NANB9H9007’s 

planned activity is to perform 

cooperative research for developing a 

self-powered wireless sensor network 

for structural bridge health prognosis. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–6378 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—National Center for 

Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 4, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

National Center for Manufacturing 

Sciences, Inc. (‘‘NCMS’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

changes in its membership. 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, 

A&P Technology, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; 

Analex Corporation, Fairfax, VA; 

Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc., 

Chelmsford, MA; Automated Precision, 

Inc., Rockville, MD; Bayer 

MaterialScience LLC, Pittsburgh, PA; 

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., 

Stamford, CT; Henry Ford Health 

System, Detroit, MI; Intelli-Check— 

Mobilisa, Inc., Alexandria, VA; MDS– 

PRAD Technologies Corporation, Inc., 

Slemon Park, Prince Edward Island, 

CANADA; Steinbichler Optotechnik 

Gmbh, Neubeuern, GERMANY; and 

Raytheon Company, McKinney, TX 

have been added as parties to this 

venture. Also, Adam Aircraft Industries, 

Englewood, CO; Advanced Technology 

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Services, Inc., Peoria, IL; Bosch Rexroth 

Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL; 

Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; 

Clockwork Solutions, Inc., Austin, TX; 

Decagon Devices, Inc., Pullman, WA; 

DEKA Research & Development 

Corporation, Manchester, NH; 

Dimensional Photonics International, 

Inc., Wilmington, MA; Ethereal 

Technologies, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; 

ExOne Company, Irwin, PA; Extrude 

Hone Corporation, Irwin, PA; 

Freundenberg-NOK General 

Partnership, Plymouth, MI; General 

Motors Corporation, Warren, MI; 

Hardinge Inc., Elmira, NY; Millennium 

Cell Inc., Eatontown, NJ; Moore Tool 

Company, Bridgeport, CT; MTI Micro 

Fuel Cells Inc., Albany, NY; Proto 

Manufacturing Inc., Ypsilanti, MI; 

Protonex Technology Corporation, 

Southborough, MA; Pukoa Scientific, 

LLC, Oviedo, FL; Purdue University, 

West Lafayette, IN; SCRA, N. 

Charleston, SC; SFC Smart Fuel Cell 

AG, Brunnthal, GERMANY; Smiths 

Detection Danbury, Danbury, CT; STEP 

Tools, Inc., Troy, NY; Systems 

Documentation Inc., South Plainfield, 

NJ; TransCanada CNG Technologies 

Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; VCD 

Technologies, LLC, San Dimas, CA; and 

Waterjet Tech Inc., St. Louis, MO have 

withdrawn as parties to this venture. 

In addition, Radian Tool & 

Engineering has changed its name to 

Radian Precision, Troy, MI. 

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 NCMS 

intends to file additional written 

notification disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on November 14, 2007. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on February 20, 2008 (73 FR 9357). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–6375 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993 Cooperative Research 

Group on the Development and 

Evaluation of a Gas Chromatograph 

Testing Protocol 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 13, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’) 

Southwest Research Institute— 

Cooperative Research Group on 

Development and Evaluation of a Gas 

Chromatograph Testing Protocol 

(‘‘GCTP’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

nature and objective. 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 period of performance 

has been extended to March 15, 2009. 

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 GCTP intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On March 6, 2008, GCTP 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 April 7, 2008 (73 FR 18813). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on November 26, 2008. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on December 31, 2008 (73 FR 

80430). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–6376 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Development of Rapid, 

Reliable, and Economical Methods for 

Inspection and Monitoring of Highway 

Bridges 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 24, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’) 

Development of Rapid, Reliable, and 

Economical Methods for Inspection and 

Monitoring of Highway Bridges has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

(1) the identities of the parties to the 

venture 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 to the 

venture are: The University of Texas at 

Austin, Austin, TX; National 

Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX; 

and Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates, 

Inc., Northbrook, IL. The general area of 

Development of Rapid, Reliable, and 

Economical Methods for Inspection and 

Monitoring of Highway Bridges’ 

planned activity is to conduct certain 

specified research involving the 

development of innovative technologies 

for inspecting, monitoring, and 

evaluating critical components of the 

nation’s roadways and bridges 

(including the development of efficient, 

accurate, low-cost and reliable wireless 

sensors and related technologies that 

can provide quantitative assessments of 

the structural integrity or degree of 

deterioration of bridges and roadways). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–6372 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Network Centric 

Operations Industry Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 18, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’) 

Network Centric Operations Industry 

Consortium, Inc. has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages