28198 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–200–1220–PA]

Special Rule Regarding Operation of

Motorized Vehicles

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Implementation of a special rule

regarding the operation of motorized

vehicles within the Texas Creek,

Penrose, Grand Canyon Hills, and Sand

Gulch OHV ‘‘Open’’ areas on public

lands administered by the Royal Gorge

Field Office, Colorado.

SUMMARY: Off-highway vehicle (OHV)

use in the Texas Creek, Penrose, Grand

Canyon Hills, and Sand Gulch OHV

‘‘Open’’ areas has resulted in

unacceptable impacts to the public

lands, with the potential for more in the

future. As a result, the Royal Gorge

Field Office is implementing the special

rule provision of 43 CFR 8341.2 to

address this situation. The Special Rule

affects the following sites, all found in

Fremont County: 9,720 acres in Texas

Creek, located north of Texas Creek;

3,174 acres in Penrose; 2,012 acres in

Grand Canyon Hills, located west of

Canon City; and 1,449 acres in Sand

Gulch, located north of Howard. The

use of the Special Rule changes the

OHV designation of these four areas to

‘‘limited to existing roads and trails’’.

Future interdisciplinary planning will

determine the appropriate designated

travel routes in these areas.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The implementation of

the Special Rule goes into effect with

the publication of this notice and shall

remain in effect for one year. At the end

of each year period it may be reviewed

and extended.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment or

request additional information, you may

do so by any of several methods. You

may mail or hand deliver your

comments or requests to: Field Office

Manager, Bureau of Land Management,

Royal Gorge Field Office, 3170 East

Main Street, Canon City, CO 81212. You

may also comment via email to:

RGFOWEB@blm.gov. Please submit

comments as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Please also include your

name and address in your email

message. Comments, including names

and addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the Bureau

of Land Management, Royal Gorge Field

Office, 3170 East Main Street, Canon

City, CO during regular business hours.

Individual respondents may request

confidentially. If you wish to withhold

your name and/or address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. Such requests

will be honored to the extent allowed by

law. We will not, however, consider

anonymous comments. All submissions

from organizations or businesses, and

from individuals identifying themselves

as representatives or officials or

organizations or businesses, are

available for public inspection in their

entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levi

D. Deike, Field Office Manager or Diana

Kossnar, Outdoor Recreation Planner, at

the address listed above, 719–269–8500,

or John Nahomenuk, Outdoor

Recreation Planner, 307 W. Sackett

Ave., Salida, CO 81201, 719–539–7289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Special Rule provision of 43 CFR 8341.2

allows the authorized officer to close

certain areas to specific types of OHV

use. In the case of the Texas Creek,

Penrose, Grand Canyon Hills, and Sand

Gulch OHV ‘‘Open’’ areas, the

authorized officer determines that the

areas are closed to all forms of OHV use

that goes off of existing travel routes.

This then effectively changes the OHV

designation for the areas to ‘‘limited to

existing roads and trails’’, the same

designation that is found on the

surrounding public lands. The Special

Rule is being implemented to preclude

current and potential impacts to soils,

vegetation, wildlife, and wildlife

habitat.

The Royal Gorge Field Office will

follow the implementation of this

Special Rule with amendments to the

Royal Gorge Resource Management

Plan. The plan amendment will be

completed with full public involvement

and the other requirements of 43 CFR

1610.5–5.

This Special Rule does not apply to

emergency, law enforcement, and

federal or other government vehicles

while being used for official or

emergency purposes, or to any vehicle

whose use is expressly authorized or

otherwise officially approved by BLM.

Violation of this order is punishable by

fines and/or imprisonment as defined in

18 U.S.C. 3571. Notice of this Special

Rule and detailed maps of the four areas

affected will be posted at the Royal

Gorge Field Office in Canon City and

the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation

Area Office in Salida.

Levi D. Deike,

Field Office Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–6333-ET; HAG–01–0178; WAOR–

56583]

Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity

for Public Meeting; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Corps Of Engineers

(COE), Department of the Army,

proposes to withdraw 400.27 acres of

Public Lands, to protect the investment

of federal funds and the existing

hydroelectric generating units

constructed at the Chief Joseph Dam.

This notice closes the lands for up to 2

years from settlement, sale, location and

entry under the general land laws,

including the mining laws. The public

lands have been and will remain open

to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments and requests

for a public meeting must be received by

August 21, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meetings

requests should be sent to the Oregon/

Washington State Director, BLM, PO

Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208–

2965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cindy Luciano, COE Seattle District,

206–764–3747, or, Charles R. Roy, BLM

Oregon/Washington State Office, 503–

952–6189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

29, 2001, the COE filed an application

to withdraw the following described

public lands from settlement, sale,

location and entry under the general

land laws, including the mining laws

(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not the

mineral leasing laws, subject to valid

existing rights:

Willamette Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 26 E.,

Sec. 9, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 30, Lot 2.

T. 30 N., R. 26 E.,

Sec. 25, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

T. 30 N., R. 27 E.,

Sec. 28, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 29, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 34, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4.

T. 30 N., R. 28 E.,

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Sec. 9, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 14, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

The areas described aggregates 400.27 acres

in Douglas County.

The purpose of the proposed

withdrawal is to protect the investment

of federal funds and the existing

hydroelectric generating units

constructed at the Chief Joseph Dam.

The lands in Sec. 25, T. 30 N., R. 26

E.; Sec. 29, T. 30 N., R. 27 E.; and Sec.

9, T. 30 N., R. 28 E., are overlapped by

Power Site Reserve 129, withdrawn by

an Executive Order dated July 2, 1910.

For a period of 90 days from the date

of publication of this notice, all persons

who wish to submit comments,

suggestions, or objections in connection

with the proposed withdrawal may

present their views in writing to the

State Director at the address indicated

above.

Notice is hereby given that an

opportunity for a public meeting is

afforded in connection with the

proposed withdrawal. All interested

parties who desire a public meeting for

the purpose of being heard on the

proposed withdrawal must submit a

written request to the State Director at

the address indicated above within 90

days from the publication of this notice.

Upon determination by the authorized

officer that a public meeting will be

held, a notice of the time and place will

be published in the Federal Register at

least 30 days before the scheduled date

of the meeting.

The application will be processed in

accordance with the regulations set

forth in 43 CFR part 2300.

For a period of 2 years from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated as specified above unless the

application is denied or canceled or the

withdrawal is approved prior to that

date. The temporary land uses which

may be permitted during this

segregative period include licenses,

permits, rights-of-way, and disposal of

vegetative resources other than under

the mining laws.

Dated: May 15, 2001.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a Consent Decree in United

States v. Applied Science Laboratories,

Inc., et al. (E.D. Va.) Civil Action No.

99CV834, was lodged on May 12, 2001,

with the United States District Court for

the Eastern District of Virginia. The

Consent Decree resolves the claims of

the United States under section 107 of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), for

reimbursement of the United States’

past response costs incurred in

responding to contamination at the

Applied Science Laboratories

Superfund Site located in Richmond,

Virginia. The Consent Decree obligates

the estates of John F. Neves and Mattie

R. Neves to sell the real property at 2216

Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, and

pay the first $50,000 of the proceeds

from the sale to the United States in

reimbursement of the past response

costs incurred by EPA; the heirs will

keep the next $10,000 and any balance

above that will be divided evenly

between the United States and the heirs.

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 Environmental and

Natural Resources Division, Department

of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Applied

Science Laboratories, Inc., DOJ Ref.

#90–11–3–07015.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Region III Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19103; and by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, Department of Justice,

PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–

7611. In requesting a copy from the

Consent Decree Library, please refer to

the referenced case and enclose a check

in the amount of $5.00, payable to the

U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Clean Water Act

Consistent with 28 CFR § 50.7, notice

is hereby given that on April 17, 2001,

a proposed consent decree (‘‘Consent

Decree’’) in United States v. Black Mesa

Pipeline, Inc., Civil Action No. CIV–01–

0681–PCT–EHC, was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

District of Arizona.

The Consent Decree resolves claims

that the United States asserted against

Black Mesa in a civil complaint filed

concurrently with the lodging of the

Consent Decree. The complaint alleges

violations of the Clean Water Act at the

company’s coal slurry pipeline that runs

from Peabody Western Coal Co.’s Black

Mesa Mine near Kayenta, Arizona to the

Southern California Edison Co.’s

Mohave Generating Station in Laughlin,

Nevada. Specifically, the complaint

alleges that there were seven discharges

of coal slurry from the pipeline between

1997 and 1999, which discharges

reached waters of the United States. The

State of Arizona is a co-plaintiff.

The Consent Decree requires

defendant to pay a civil penalty of

$128,000, plus interest. The payment

will be split, with $79,000 being paid to

the United States and $49,000 being

paid to the State. The Consent Decree

also requires defendant to implement a

Preventative Measures Plan to prevent

further spills and to continue to

implement a Protocol for addressing

spills should any occur.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the Consent Decree.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, DC

20044–7611, and should refer to United

States v. Black Mesa Pipeline, Inc., Civil

Action No. CIV–01–0681–PCT–EHC,

and D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–1–06803.

The Consent Decree may be examined

at the Office of the United States

Attorney, 4000 U.S. Courthouse, 230

North First Street, Phoenix, Arizona or

at EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the

Consent Decree may be obtained by mail

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O.

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20044–7611. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmenal

Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 01–12854 Filed 5–21–01; 8:45 am]

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