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confidentiality as it pertains to an aspect 

of a federal workplace ADR program. 

The first chapter discusses issues 

applicable throughout a dispute 

resolution proceeding. This chapter 

covers the various stages—before, 

during, and after the actual dispute 

resolution session—of a dispute 

resolution proceeding. The remaining 

five chapters discuss particular issues 

regarding confidentiality—i.e., 

confidentiality agreements, recordkeeping, program evaluation, access 

requests, and non-party participants. 

Executive Overview of the Guide for 

Federal Employee Mediators: This 

document builds upon the 2005 Model 

Standards of Conduct for Mediators 

(‘‘Model Standards’’) issued by a joint 

committee of three major nationwide 

dispute resolution organizations, the 

AAA, ABA and ACR in order to 

establish for federal employee mediators 

ethical standards of conduct tailored to 

mediation practice within the federal 

government. It sets out the Model 

Standards in their entirety and 

accompanies those standards with 

Federal Guidance Notes that provide 

practical guidance for federal employee 

mediators. In particular, Federal 

Guidance Notes are appended to the 

Model Standards for ‘‘Impartiality,’’

‘‘Conflicts of Interest,’’

‘‘Confidentiality,’’ ‘‘Quality of the 

Process,’’ ‘‘Advertising and 

Solicitation,’’ and ‘‘Fees and Other 

Charges.’’

Executive Overview of the Guide for 

Federal Employee Ombuds: This 

document builds upon the February 9, 

2004 ABA Standards for the 

Establishment and Operations of 

Ombuds Offices (‘‘Ombuds Standards’’) 

issued by the ABA in order to establish 

for federal employee ombuds standards 

of conduct tailored to federal ombuds 

practice. It sets out the Ombuds 

Standards in their entirety and 

accompanies those standards with 

Federal Guidance Notes that provide 

practical guidance for federal employee 

ombuds. In particular, Federal Guidance 

Notes are appended to the Ombuds 

Standards for ‘‘Establishment and 

Operations,’’ ‘‘Independence, 

Impartiality and Confidentiality,’’

‘‘Limitations on the Ombuds’

Authority,’’ ‘‘Notice,’’ and ‘‘Executive 

Ombuds.’’

Linda A. Cinciotta, 

Director, Office of Dispute Resolution.

[FR Doc. 05–22349 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–EC–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent 

Decree 

In accordance with Departmental 

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. California Olive Ranch,

(E.D. Cal.) 2:05–cv–02205–LKK–PAN, 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

California on November 2, 2005. 

This proposed Consent Decree 

concerns a complaint filed by the 

United States against California Olive 

Ranch pursuant to section 309(b) and 

(d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1319(b) and (d), to obtain injunctive 

relief from and impose civil penalties 

against the Defendant for violating the 

Clean Water Act by discharging 

pollutants without a permit into the 

waters of the United States. The 

proposed Consent Decree resolves these 

allegations by requiring Defendant to 

mitigate the environmental impacts by 

purchasing mitigation credits at the 

Dove Ridge Conservation Bank and to 

pay a civil penalty. 

The Department of Justice will accept 

written comments relating to this 

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) 

days from the date of publication of this 

Notice. Please address comments to 

Pamela S. Tonglao, Trial Attorney, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, 

DC 20026–3986 and refer to United 

States v. California Olive Ranch, (E.D. 

Cal.), 2:05–cv–02205–LKK–PAN, DJ 

#90–5–1–1–17457. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

viewed at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

open.html.

Stephen Samuels, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Defense 

Section, Environment & Natural Resources 

Division.

[FR Doc. 05–22361 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Water Act 

Notice is hereby give that on October 

31, 2005, a proposed consent decree in 

United States and the State of Indiana

v. Town of Newburgh, Civil Action No. 

3:05–CV–199–RLY–WGH, was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the Southern District of Indiana. 

In this action, the United States and 

the State of Indiana sought injunctive 

relief and civil penalties under section 

309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act 

(‘‘the Act’’), 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d), 

against the Town of Newburgh, Indiana, 

for violations of section 301 of the Act, 

33 U.S.C. 1311, and the terms and 

conditions of the Town of Newburgh’s 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (‘‘NPDES’’) permits 

at the Town of Newburgh’s wastewater 

treatment plant and throughout its 

sewer collection system. The Complaint 

alleges that the Town of Newburgh 

violated the Clean Water Act and its 

applicable NPDES permits by failing to 

comply with effluent limitations in its 

permits, discharging wastewater and 

raw sewage through unpermitted point 

sources, and failing to monitor specified 

parameters at the frequency required by 

its applicable NPDES permit. 

The proposed Clean Water Act 

consent decree provides for injunctive 

relief consisting primarily of the Town 

of Newburgh’s implementation of a 

written capacity, management, 

operation, and maintenance (‘‘CMOM’’) 

plan for the sewer collection system that 

the Town of Newburgh owns or over 

which the Town of Newburgh has 

operational control; the approved 

CMOM plan is attached to the proposed 

consent decree as Appendix A. In 

addition, the proposed consent decree 

acknowledges that the Town of 

Newburgh has addressed alleged 

effluent limitation and sanitary sewer 

overflow violations of its NPDES 

permits through the completion of 

several construction projects: (a) the 

elimination of Outfall 011 to Cypress 

Creek; (b) the major upgrade of the 

wastwater treatment plant’s capacity 

from 2.3 million gallons per (‘‘MGD’’) to 

4.6 MGD; (c) the provision of alternate 

power supply to the No. 5 (Triple 

Crown) and No. 8 (Old Plant) Lift 

Stations; (d) replacement of pumps and 

controls at the Old Plant Lift Station; (e) 

the construction of an new 18 inch 

gravity sewer connected to the Old Plant 

Lift Station; and (f) the closing and 

sealing of Outfall 009. In addition, the 

Town of Newburgh will pay a civil 

penalty of $56,000 to resolve the claims 

in the Complaint. 

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, Environment and Natural 

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

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States and Indiana v. Town of 

Newburgh, DOJ Ref. #90–5–1–1–06644. 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at the office of the United