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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Microcontaminant 

Reduction Venture 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

29, 2005, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Microcontaminant 

Reduction Venture (‘‘MRV’’) 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, 

one of the parties to MRV, Vulcan 

Materials Company, Birmingham, AL, 

has ceased manufacturing 

pentachlorophenol, and MRV has 

terminated. 

On June 13, 2001, MRV 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 July 19, 2001 (66 FR 37709). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on June 8, 2005. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on July 7, 2005 (70 FR 39338). 

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Southwest Research 

Institute: Cooperative Research Group 

on High Efficiency Durable Gasoline 

Engine 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

10, 2005, 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 High Efficiency Durable Gasoline 

Engine (‘‘HEDGE’’) 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, Ford Motor Company, 

Dearborn, MI; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., 

Kasagawa, JAPAN; Renault s.a.s., 

Socie ́te ́ par Actions Simplifie ́e, 

Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE; and 

Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur, 

Cedex, FRANCE have been added as 

parties to this venture. 

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 HEDGE 

intends to file additional written 

notification disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On June 10, 2005, HEDGE 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 July 7, 2005 (70 FR 39339). 

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested 

ACTION: 60-Day Emergency Notice of 

Information Collection Under Review: 

Application for Procurement Quota for 

Controlled Substances. 

The Department of Justice, Drug 

Enforcement Administration (DEA), has 

submitted the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with emergency review procedures of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

OMB approval has been requested by 

September 30, 2005. The proposed 

information collection is published to 

obtain comments from the public and 

affected agencies. If granted, the 

emergency approval is only valid for 

180 days. Comments should be directed 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulation Affairs, Attention: 

Department of Justice Desk Officer, 

Washington, DC 20503. Comments are 

encouraged and will be accepted for 60 

days until November 21, 2005. 

During the first 60 days of this same 

review period, a regular review of this 

information collection is also being 

undertaken. All comments and 

suggestions, or questions regarding 

additional information, to include 

obtaining a copy of the proposed 

information collection instrument with 

instructions, should be directed to 

Patricia M. Good, Chief, Office of 

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 

Administration, Washington, DC 20537. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

—Minimize the burden of the collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms 

of information technology, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of this information: 

(1) Type of information collection: 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

(2) The title of the form/collection: 

Application for procurement quota for 

controlled substances. 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

department sponsoring the collection: 

Form Number: DEA Form 250. Office of 

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 

Administration, Department of Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. Other: none. Title 21 U.S.C. 826 

and 21 CFR 1303.12, require that U.S. 

companies who desire to use any basic 

class of controlled substances listed in 

Schedule I or II for purposes of 

manufacturing during the next calendar 

year shall apply on DEA Form 250 for 

procurement quota for such class. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

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respond: It is estimated that 255 persons 

submit 1,106 completed DEA Forms 

250, at 1 hour per form, for an annual 

burden of 1,106 hours. It is estimated 

that 25 companies submit information 

pertaining to new drug applications or 

abbreviated new drug applications, at 2 

hours per response, for an annual 

burden of 50 hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: It is estimated that the total 

annual burden associated with this 

information collection is 1,156 hours. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Brenda E. Dyer, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, 

Suite 1600, 601 D Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20530, or by e-mail at 

brenda.e.dyer@usdoj.gov. 

Dated: September 16, 2005. 

Brenda E. Dyer, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Justice. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement/Overseas Environmental 

Impact Statement for the National 

Science Foundation To Address 

Potential Impacts on the Marine 

Environment Related to the Use of 

Seismic Sources in Support of NSFFunded Research by U.S. Academic 

Scientists. 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 

the National Science Foundation (NSF) 

announces its intent to prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement/Overseas Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS/OES) to evaluate 

the potential environmental impacts 

associated with the use of seismic 

sources in support of NSF-funded 

research by U.S. academic scientists. 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), a part of the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration, is 

being invited to be a cooperating agency 

in the preparation of the Programmatic 

EIS/OES. 

Publication of this notice begins the 

official scoping process that will help 

identify alternatives and determine the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the Programmatic EIS/ 

OEIS. This notice requests public 

participation in the scoping process and 

provides information on how to 

participate. 

ADDRESSES AND DATES: Public-scoping 

meetings will be held at the following 

dates, times, and locations: 

1. Wednesday, October 5, 2005, 1–5 

p.m., Silver Spring Metro Center 

Building 4, Science Center, 1301 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD; 

2. Thursday, October 6, 2005, 5–9 

p.m., J. Erick Jonhhon Center of the 

National Academy of Sciences, Carriage 

House, 314 Quissett Avenue, Woods 

Hole, MA; 

3. Wednesday, October 12, 2005, 5–9 

p.m., Room C126, 1000 Discovery Drive, 

Texas A&M University, College Station, 

TX; 

4. Friday, October 14, 2005, 5–9 p.m., 

Egan Civic and Convention Center, 555 

West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage, AK; 

5. Monday, October 17, 2005, 5–9 

p.m., 100 Vaughn Hall, Discovery Way, 

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La 

Jolla, CA; and 

6. Wednesday, October 19, 2005, 5–9 

p.m., Ala Moana Hotel, 410 Atkinson 

Drive, Honolulu, HI. 

Written comments will be accepted at 

these meetings as well as during the 

scoping period, and can be mailed to 

NSF by October 28, 2005 (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Written statements and questions 

regarding the scoping process should be 

mailed to Dr. Alexander Shor, Program 

Director, Oceanographic 

Instrumentation and Technical Services, 

Division of Ocean Sciences, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Suite 725, Arlington, VA 

22230; voice (703) 292–8583 or e-mail at 

OCE-EIS@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the last 

2 years, NSF has prepared 16 

environmental assessments (EAs) on the 

impact of seismic noise on endangered 

species and marine mammals during 

planned marine research projects 

concerning the geology and geophysics 

of the seafloor. The EAs were prepared 

for various worldwide, academic 

research cruises that required the use of 

various marine seismic sources. These 

EAs were intended to address 

regulations and public concern over 

anthropogenic noise in the marine 

environment and its possible, negative 

impacts on marine life. They were 

prepared to address U.S. laws and 

regulations, including NEPA; the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 

(MMPA); the endangered Species Act of 

1973 (ESA); and Executive Order (EO) 

12114 (1979), Environmental Effects 

Abroad of Major Federal Actions. In 

some cases they have also been used as 

background information to address 

foreign regulations, especially where 

research has been carried out entirely or 

partially within territorial waters or 

Exclusive Economic Zone waters 

surrounding a foreign nation. 

In each case, the NSF EA and a 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) has been used as the basis for 

consultation with NMFS Office of 

Protected Resources (OPR) under 

Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA, and in each 

case for which an action is finalized, 

NMFS OPR has issued a Biological 

Opinion and a related Incidental Take 

Statement authorizing the proposed 

project to be undertaken, and indicating 

any mitigation measures needed to 

reduce impacts on endangered species. 

In parallel with this effort, a separate 

application has been submitted for each 

cruise to apply for an Incidental 

Harassment Authorization (IHA) under 

the MMPA from NMFS OPR, and an 

IHA has also been issued by NMFS for 

each of the projects. Increasingly over 

the past 2 years, public comments have 

expressed concern that by evaluating 

individual projects in isolation, the 

cumulative impacts of NSF-funded 

seismic activities on the marine 

environment are not being adequately 

addressed. NSF and NMFS OPR 

personnel have examined this concern 

and have concluded that a 

Programmatic EIS/OEIS could provide 

both the holistic view of cumulative 

impacts, as well as provide the principal 

technical and environmental foundation 

to form the basis of evaluating 

environmental impacts of most NSFfunded seismic efforts. 

The Programmatic EIS/OEIS will take 

a view of the planned program as a 

whole and thereby assemble and 

analyze the broadest range of direct, 

indirect, and cumulative impacts 

associated with the entire program 

rather than assessing individual cruises 

separately. This approach will also 

address possible concerns that NSF is 

analyzing their research program in 

segments, rather than holistically where 

the true cumulative impacts of the 

entire program can be identified. 

Further, the parent Programmatic EIS/ 

OEIS will provide a broad analytical 

backdrop within which NSF, using 

tiered documents, will be able to 

analyze cruise-specific issues relevant 

for analysis and decision. Additionally, 

it will streamline the preparation of 

subsequent environmental documents 

for the individual cruises and also