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to address any ongoing operation/

maintenance considerations.

Two copies of a complete application

should be submitted to the appropriate

Appalachian Clean Streams Coordinator

identified under ADDRESSES and

FURTHER INFORMATION. Awards are

subject to the availability of funds.

Applications will receive technical and

financial management reviews.

Dated: December 26, 2000.

Kathrine L. Henry,

Acting Director Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 01–75 Filed 1–2–01; 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 and

Federal Water Pollution Control Act

Notice is hereby given that, consistent

with the policy of Section 122(d)(2) of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(d)(2), and 28

C.F.R. 50.7, a proposed Partial Consent

Decree (the ‘‘Decree’’) in United States

v. ASARCO, et al., Civil Action No. 96–

0122–N–EJL was lodged on December

28, 2000, with the United States District

Court for the District of Idaho. The

Decree resolves claims by the United

States and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe (the

‘‘Tribe’’) against two of the seven named

defendants in this action, Sunshine

Mining and Refining Company and

Sunshine Precious Metals, Inc.

(collectively ‘‘the Sunshine

defendants’’), and potential claims

against two of their non-defendant

affiliates, Sunshine Argentina, Inc., and

Sunshine Exploration, Inc.

The United States’ Second Amended

Complaint in this action alleges that the

Sunshine defendants and other mining

companies, including ASARCO, Inc.,

Hecla Mining Co., Coeur d’Alene Mines,

Inc., and Callahan Mining Co., are liable

for past and future response costs and

natural resource damages at the Bunker

Hill Superfund Facility (the ‘‘Facility’’)

in the Coeur d’Alene Basin (the

‘‘Basin’’) or northern Idaho, under

Section 107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9607, and

Section 311(f) of the Federal Water

Pollution Control Act (the ‘‘Clean Water

Act’’), 33 U.S.C. 1321(f). Trial on

liability, natural resource injury, and

causation issues is scheduled to begin

on January 22, 2001. On August 23,

2000, however, the Sunshine

defendants, Sunshine Argentina, and

Sunshine Exploration (collectively

‘‘Sunshine entities’’) filed petitions in

the United States Bankruptcy Court for

the District of Delaware for

recorganization under Chapter 11 of the

Bankruptcy Code. The proposed Decree

both resolves the claims pending against

the Sunshine defendants in the

ASARCO litigation in Idaho and, when

approved by the U.S. District Court,

allows the Sunshine entities’ Chapter 11

reorganization plan to become effective.

Under the proposed Decree, the

Sunshine defendants will (1) impose

conservation easements on certain

environmentally-sensitive timberlands

in the Basin and convey title to those

lands to an independent trustee, who

will later convey title to the United

States or the Tribe as they jointly

decide; (2) pay royalties to the United

States and the Tribe on all mining

revenues from the Sunshine defendants’

properties in the Basin, at rates tied to

the market price of silver; (3) issue to

the United States and the Tribe warrants

convertible into 9.95 percent of the

reorganized Sunshine Mining’s stock;

and (4) perform certain clean up work

at the closed mill structure at the Silver

Summit Mine Site owned by Sunshine.

The Decree reserves claims by the

United States and the tribe for, among

other things, response actions on

property in the Basin that the Sunshine

entities will continue to own.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

Decree until January 11, 2001. This

period for comments has been limited in

order to allow the parties to seek District

Court approval of the Decree before the

scheduled start of trial on January 22,

2001. Comments should be addressed to

the Assistant Attorney General for the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, 950

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer

to United States v. ASARCO, DOJ Ref.

#90–11–3–128/2. 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 Decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney, District of Idaho, 877

W. Main, Suite 201, Boise, Idaho 83702

(208) 334–1211; and the Region X Office

of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,

Washington, 98101. A copy of the

proposed Decree may also be obtained

by mail from the Consent Decree

Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC

20044, or by telephonic request to Mr.

Joe Davis at (202) 616–7940. In

requesting a copy of the Consent Decree,

please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check in the amount of $13.50

(25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 01–56 Filed 1–2–01; 8:45 am]

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MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY

COMMISSION

Commission Meeting

AGENCY: Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Commission will hold its

next public meeting on Thursday,

January 11, 2001, and Friday, January

12, 2001, at the Ronald Reagan Building,

International Trade Center, 1300

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC. The meeting is tentatively

scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on January

11, and at 9 a.m. on January 12.

Topics for discussion include: issues

in post-acute care; Medicare+Choice

payment policies; hospital inpatient

payment issues; updating payments and

accounting for new technology in

traditional Medicare; rural quality of

care; input-price indexes for all health

care settings; evaluating Medicare’s

payment policies; Medicare+Choice in

rural areas; end-stage renal disease

payment policies in traditional

Medicare; beneficiary co-insurance

under the new prospective payment

system for hospital outpatient

department services; access to care in

rural areas; special payment provisions

for inpatient care in rural hospitals;

payments to rural health clinics; and

treatment of the initial residency period

for combined training programs in

Medicare direct graduate medical

education payments.

Agendas will be mailed on January 4,

2000. The final agenda will be available

on the Commission’s website

(www.MedPAC.gov)

ADDRESSES: MedPAC’s address is: 1730

K Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington,

DC 20006. The telephone number is

(202) 653–7220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Ellison, Office Manager, (202)

653–7220.

Murray N. Ross,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 01–124 Filed 1–2–01; 8:45 am]

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