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Notices Federal Register

72103 

Vol. 70, No. 230 

Thursday, December 1, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Settlement Pursuant to 

CERCLA; Duncan Township Landfill, 

Houghton County, MI 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of settlement. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), 

notice is hereby given of an 

administrative settlement for recovery of 

past response costs with Duncan 

Township (the Settling Party) 

concerning the Duncan Township 

Landfill in Houghton County, Michigan. 

The settlement requires the Settling 

Party to pay $65,000 in installment 

payments over ten years to the USDA 

Forest Service, Eastern Region. The 

settlement includes a covenant not to 

sue the Settling Party pursuant to 

section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a), with regard to the Site. 

For thirty (30) days following the date 

of publication of this notice, the United 

States will receive written comments 

relating to the settlement. The United 

States will consider all comments 

received and may modify or withdraw 

its consent to the settlement if 

comments received disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. The United States’ 

response to any comments received will 

be available for public inspection at the 

Ottawa National Forest, E6248 U.S. 

Highway 2, Ironwood, Michigan 49938 

and at the office of the USDA Forest 

Service Eastern Region, 626 East 

Wisconsin Avenue, Room 600, 

Milwaukee, WI 53202. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 3, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is 

available for public inspection at the 

Ottawa National Forest, E6248 U.S. 

Highway 2, Ironwood, Michigan 49938 

and at the office of the USDA Forest 

Service Eastern Region, 626 East 

Wisconsin Avenue, Room 600, 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. A copy of 

the proposed settlement may be 

obtained from Robert Lueckel on the 

Ottawa National Forest at (906) 932– 

1330, or from Kirk M. Minckler with 

USDA’s Office of the General Counsel, 

(303) 275–5549. Comments should 

reference the Duncan Township 

Landfill, Houghton County, Michigan, 

and should be addressed to Kirk M. 

Minckler, USDA Office of the General 

Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, Denver, 

Colorado 80225–0005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Robert 

Lueckel, Ottawa National Forest, E6248 

U.S. Highway 2, Ironwood, Michigan 

49938; phone (906) 932–1330. For legal 

information, contact Kirk M. Minckler, 

USDA Office of the General Counsel, 

P.O. Box 25005, Denver, Colorado 

80225–0005; phone (303) 275–5549. 

Dated: November 18, 2005. 

Forrest Starkey, 

Deputy Regional Forester, USDA Forest 

Service, Eastern Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–23530 Filed 11–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

[05–02–S] 

Designation for Alabama, Essex (IL), 

Springfield (IL), and Washington Areas 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) 

announces designation of the following 

organizations to provide official services 

under the United States Grain Standards 

Act, as amended (Act): Alabama 

Department of Agriculture and 

Industries (Alabama); Kankakee Grain 

Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee); Springfield 

Grain Inspection, Inc. (Springfield); and 

Washington Department of Agriculture 

(Washington). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. 

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 

Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647–S, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janet M. Hart at 202–720–8525, e-mail 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this action. 

In the June 1, 2005 Federal Register 

(70 FR 9911), GIPSA asked persons 

interested in providing official services 

in the geographic areas assigned to the 

official agencies named above to submit 

an application for designation. 

Applications were due by July 1, 2005. 

Alabama, Kankakee, Springfield, and 

Washington were the sole applicants for 

designation to provide official services 

in the entire area currently assigned to 

them, so GIPSA did not ask for 

additional comments on them. 

GIPSA evaluated all available 

information regarding the designation 

criteria in section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act 

and, according to section 7(f)(l)(B), 

determined that Alabama, Kankakee, 

Springfield, and Washington are able to 

provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified in the June 1, 

2005, Federal Register, for which they 

applied. These designation actions to 

provide official services are effective 

January 1, 2006, and terminate 

December 31, 2008, for Alabama, 

Kankakee, Springfield, and Washington. 

Interested persons may obtain official 

services by calling the telephone 

numbers listed below. 

Official Agency 

Headquarters Location and Telephone 

Designation Term 

Alabama 

Montgomery, AL; 334–240–7231 

Additional locations: Mobile, AL, 

Decatur, AL 

01/01/06–12/31/08 

Kankakee 

Essex, IL; 815–365–2268 

Additional location: Tiskilwa, IL 

01/01/06–12/31/08