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Harbor Belt Railroad Company, Finance Docket No.

31960 (ICC served Nov. 4, 1991).

2Wisconsin Central Ltd.—Trackage Rights

Exemption—Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad

Company, Finance Docket No. 31960 (Sub-No. 1)

(ICC served May 10, 1994).

and a 1994 Modification Agreement.2

The 1991 Agreement granted overhead

trackage rights totaling 13.53 miles

between IHB’s connection with WCL at

Norpaul Yard, Franklin Park, IL, and its

connection with the Belt Railway

Company of Chicago (Belt) at Elsdon, in

Chicago, IL, as well as between IHB’s

connections with the Belt and

Consolidated Rail Corporation at

Elsdon. The 1994 Modification

Agreement granted overhead trackage

rights totaling 3.86 miles between IHB’s

connection with the Belt at Bedford

Park, IL, and its connection with the NS

at Chicago Ridge. The trackage rights

granted to WCL by IHB in this and the

two previous matters total 23.8 miles.

The proposed transaction will secure for

WCL a more efficient route via the IHB

to connect with the Grand Trunk at Blue

Island. The trackage rights were to

become effective on or after April 28,

1995.

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false

or misleading information the

exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to

revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C.

10505(d) may be filed at any time. The

filing of a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

Pleadings must be filed with the

Commission and served on: Janet H.

Gilbert, 6250 North River Road, Suite

9000, Rosemont, IL 60018.

As a condition to the use of this

exemption, any employees adversely

affected by the trackage rights will be

protected under Norfolk and Western

Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN, 354

I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

Decided: May 5, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–11665 Filed 5–10–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. AB–423 (Sub-No. 1X)]

Houston Belt & Terminal Railway

Company—Discontinuance

Exemption—in Harris County, TX

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: The Commission, pursuant to

49 U.S.C. 10505, exempts from the prior

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

10903–10904 the discontinuance of

Houston Belt & Terminal Railway

Company’s lease and operation of the

Settegast Yard between mileposts 0.0/

3.99 and mileposts 3.34/3.56 in

Houston, Harris County, TX, subject to

standard labor protective conditions.

DATES: This exemption will be effective

on June 10, 1995. Petitions to stay must

be filed by May 22, 1995. Petitions to

reopen must be filed by May 31, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

Docket No. AB–423 (Sub-No. 1X) to: (1)

Office of the Secretary, Case Control

Branch, Interstate Commerce

Commission, 1201 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In

addition, one copy must be served on

Joseph D. Anthofer, Houston Belt &

Terminal Railway Company, 1416

Dodge Street, Room 830, Omaha, NE

68179–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–5610. (TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927–5721.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Commission’s decision. To purchase

a copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: Dynamic

Concepts, Inc., Interstate Commerce

Commission Building, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 2229,

Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357/4359.

(Assistance for the hearing impaired is

available through TDD services (202) 927–

5721)

Decided: April 26, 1995.

By the Commission, Chairman McDonald,

Vice Chairman Morgan, and Commissioners

Simmons and Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–11666 Filed 5–10–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services; Troops to COPS Grant

Program

AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice,

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services (‘‘COPS’’) in conjunction with

the Department of Defense announces

the availability of grants to encourage

the hiring of separated members of the

armed forces as law enforcement

officers. Eligible applicants under

Troops to COPS are only those agencies

which have been selected to receive

COPS hiring grants under COPS Phase

I, COPS AHEAD and COPS FAST.

DATES: Troops to COPS Application Kits

will be available on May 10, 1995.

Completed Applications must be

postmarked by August 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Troops to COPS

Application Kits will be mailed to all

eligible agencies or may be obtained by

writing to Troops to COPS, P.O. Box

14440, Washington, D.C. 20044 or by

calling the Department of Justice Crime

Bill Response Center, (202) 307–1480 or

1–800–421–6770. Completed Troops to

COPS Application Kits should be sent to

Troops to COPS, COPS Office, P.O. Box

14440, Washington, D.C. 20044.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Department of Justice Crime Bill

Response Center, (202) 307–1480 or 1–

800–421–6770, or Ellen Scrivner or

Craig Uchida, Office of Community

Oriented Policing Services, U.S.

Department of Justice, 1100 Vermont

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20530,

(202) 514–2058. Listings of recently

separated veterans that law enforcement

agencies may access, as well as a list of

COPS grantee agencies, will be

maintained by the Office of Transition

Services and may be accessed by

contacting the Department of Defense

toll free at 1–800–727–3677.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview

The office of Community Oriented

Policing Services, in conjunction with

the Department of Defense, has created

the Troops to COPS program, under the

provisions of 10 USC § 1152. Troops to

COPS is designed to provide an

incentive for law enforcement agencies

to facilitate the transition of veterans

from protection of the nation in the

armed forces to service in community

policing in communities across

America.

Troops to COPS permits eligible

agencies to seek reimbursement for the

cost of law enforcement training for the

qualified veteran who is hired as a law

enforcement officer. Troops to COPS

grants may not be used to reimburse

costs for equipment, uniforms or

vehicles. Grants will be made for up to

$5,000 per veteran hired. These grants

will be made on a reimbursable basis,

which will be paid once the veteran has

been hired and trained. Grant funds may

be applied to eligible costs incurred

during the qualifying veteran’s first

three years of service as a law

enforcement officer. There is no local

matching requirement for a Troops to
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COPS grant. The Troops to COPS

Application will seek basic information

about the veteran who was hired and a

brief itemization of training costs for

which the agency seeks to be

reimbursed.

Agencies may apply for

reimbursement only after a veteran has

satisfied the normal hiring standards

and procedures of that agency. To be

eligible for reimbursement, the veterans

hired must have been a member of the

armed forces or reserves on or after

October 1, 1993, and must have been

honorably discharged or released from

active duty characterized as honorable.

Preference will be given to the requests

of those departments who have hired a

veteran who: (1) Has been involuntarily

separated; or (2) is approved for

separation under the Armed Forces

Voluntary Separation Incentive, or the

Special Separation Benefits program; or

(3) has retired pursuant to the

Transition Assistance Act; and (4) has

experience in the military police of the

respective branch of the armed forces.

The Troops to COPS Application Kit

will contain a more detailed explanation

of these preferences.

An award under Troops to COPS will

not affect the eligibility of an agency for

a grant under any other COPS program.

Dated: April 24, 1995.

Joseph E. Brann,

Director.

[FR Doc. 95–11005 Filed 5–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Department of

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

hereby given that on April 28, 1995, a

proposed consent decree in United

States v. Blackbird Mining Co., et al.,

and State of Idaho, et al. v. The M.A.

Hanna Company, Consolidated Case No.

83–4179 (D. Idaho), was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

District of Idaho. The consent decree

resolves claims against the M.A. Hanna

Company, Hanna Services Company,

Noranda Mining Inc., Noranda

Exploration, Inc., Blackbird Mining

Company Limited Partnership, and

Alumet Corporation pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’),

42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., and against the

M.A. Hanna Company, Hanna Services

Company, Noranda Mining Inc.,

Noranda Exploration, Inc., Blackbird

Mining Company Limited Partnership

pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution

Control Act (Clean Water Act, or

‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and the

Endangered Species Act (‘‘ESA’’), 16

U.S.C. 1531 et seq., to accomplish the

clean up of the contamination and

restoration of the natural resources at

the Blackbird Mine in central Idaho and

for the recovery of past and future

response costs. The United States’

claims were filed in June 1993 against

the past and current owners and

operators of the mine on behalf of the

Forest Service and NOAA acting as

natural resource trustees and on behalf

of the EPA. The United States case was

consolidated with a case filed by the

State of Idaho in 1983 against most of

the same parties.

This settlement is a joint coordinated

plan developed by the Governments’, in

consultation and cooperation with the

Settling Defendants, for the restoration

and replacement of the injured natural

resources at the site. The major

provisions of the Consent Decree (CD)

consist of cash payments to the

Governments, implementation of a

Biological Restoration and

Compensation Plan (BRCP) that is filed

with the Consent Decree, and a

commitment to clean up the site

pursuant to a series of Response Actions

and implementation of the final remedy

selected by EPA under the CERCLA

remediation process. Specifically, the

Consent Decree provides as follows:

A. Cash payments

(1) Cash payment at time of entry to

the Natural Resource Trustees (NOAA,

USDA Forest Service, and Idaho) of $4.7

million which was expended on the

Natural Resource Damage Assessment,

(2) Payment of $328,742 to EPA,

NOAA and USDA for past response

costs, and

(3) Payment of $2.5 million into a

trust fund for implementation of the

Hatchery Component of the BRCP.

B. Natural Resource/Biological

Restoration and Compensation Plan

This portion of the Settlement

commits the Defendants to implement

and pay for a two-part program to fully

compensate the Natural Resources

Trustees for losses resulting from the

injury or destruction of natural

resources—including the ‘‘threatened’’

spring/summer chinook salmon—due to

releases of hazardous substances from

Blackbird Mine. The proposed projects

are valued by the Trustees at

approximately $17 million, and include

restoration as well as compensation for

‘‘interim’’ losses.

One part of the program, known as the

‘‘Hatchery Operations Program,’’

consists of construction of fish hatchery

facilities and associated structures

necessary to catch adult salmon brood

stock, raise the smolts and reintroduce

them into Panther Creek (and possibly

other streams in the Salmon River

Basin). These activities are not intended

to commence until 2005. The costs of

these facilities is approximately $2.5

million. This money is being placed in

a trust fund that may be withdrawn by

the Trustees and used for alternative

restoration projects if the Trustees for

any reason determine not to implement

the proposed Hatchery Program.

The second part of the BRCP is

referred to as the ‘‘Smolt Survival Plan’’.

This habitat improvement program

commits the Defendants to realign

approximately 1.2 miles of degraded

salmon rearing habitat in Panther Creek

and maintain protective barriers on this

portion of the stream for 100 years. The

defendants are also required to exclude

cattle on 2 miles of valuable salmon

rearing habitat in Panther Creek, and on

an additional 8 miles on other streams

to be identified and selected elsewhere

in the Salmon River Basin. The cattle

exclusion measures must be maintained

for 50 years. Defendants will also

construct at least 2 acres of off channel

rearing ponds for juvenile salmon.

Defendants will pay all planning

costs, monitoring costs and up to $2

million for Trustee oversight costs, and

comply with NEPA, ESA and other

permitting requirements. The BRCP

monitoring program is a complex

technical/scientific program designed to

insure appropriate water quality that

will support all life stages of salmonids

and the continued health of the

ecosystem.

The BRCP commits the Defendants to

restore water quality so that the

Hatchery Operation plan may begin by

2005. If this is not achieved, Defendants

are subject at the Governments’

discretion to: specific performance, and/

or liquidated damages of $25,000 for

each month that the hatchery operation

is delayed or interrupted because of

failure to meet the water quality

standard, or the reopening of the

lawsuit. The water quality standard is

based on EPA’s ambient water quality

for both chronic and acute toxicity for

copper.

The Consent Decree also commits the

Defendants to remediate the site

pursuant to early Response Actions and

a ROD under the EPA CERCLA process.

There are specific performance

provisions, stipulated penalties, and a

reopener to assure full remediation of

the site. The Defendants finally commit

to pay the Government’s future response

costs.