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information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. Any adverse comments will be 

reviewed by the Taos Field Manager, 

who may sustain, vacate or modify this 

realty action. In the absence of any 

objects, or adverse comments, this 

proposed realty action will become final 

determination of the Department of the 

Interior. 

Dated: November 9, 2007. 

Sam DesGeorges, 

Taos Field Office Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–22438 Filed 11–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–OW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Change in Discount Rate for Water 

Resources Planning 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Change. 

SUMMARY: The Water Resources 

Planning Act of 1965 and the Water 

Resources Development Act of 1974 

require an annual determination of a 

discount rate for Federal water 

resources planning. The discount rate 

for Federal water resources planning for 

fiscal year 2008 is 4.875 percent. 

Discounting is to be used to convert 

future monetary values to present 

values. 

DATES: This discount rate is to be used 

for the period October 1, 2007, through 

and including September 30, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra Simons, Contract Services 

Office, Denver, Colorado 80225; 

telephone: 303–445–2902. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the interest rate to be 

used by Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of plans for 

water and related land resources is 

4.875 percent for fiscal year 2008. 

This rate has been computed in 

accordance with Section 80(a), Pub. L. 

93–251 (88 Stat. 34) and 18 CFR 704.39, 

which: (1) Specify that the rate shall be 

based upon the average yield during the 

preceding fiscal year on interest-bearing 

marketable securities of the United 

States which, at the time the 

computation is made, have terms of 15 

years or more remaining to maturity 

(average yield is rounded to nearest oneeighth percent); and (2) provide that the 

rate shall not be raised or lowered more 

than one-quarter of 1 percent for any 

year. The Treasury Department 

calculated the specified average to be 

4.9229 percent. This average value is 

then rounded to the nearest one-eighth 

of a point, resulting in 4.875 percent. 

The rate therefore remains unchanged 

from fiscal year 2007. 

The rate of 4.875 percent shall be 

used by all Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of water and 

related land resources plans for the 

purpose of discounting future benefits 

and computing costs or otherwise 

converting benefits and costs to a 

common-time basis. 

Dated: October 24, 2007. 

Roseann Gonzales, 

Director, Office of Program and Policy 

Services, Denver Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–22427 Filed 11–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant to the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on October 

30, 2007, a proposed consent decree in 

United States v. Belle Tire Distr., Inc., et 

al., No. 06cv0816, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

Western District of Michigan. 

In this cost recovery action brought 

pursuant to the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, the 

United States sought recovery of 

unreimbursed past response costs and 

prejudgment interest incurred by the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency for a removal action at the Carl’s 

Tire Retreading Site near Grown in 

Grand Traverse County, Michigan. 

Under the proposed consent decree, ten 

defendants that each contributed less 

than 2% of the total waste to the Site 

will pay a total of $219,425.24 to the 

Hazardous Substance Superfund. 

The Department of Justice will accept 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree for a period of thirty (30) 

days from the date of publication of this 

notice. Comments should be addressed 

to the Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and mailed either 

electronically to pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov or in hard copy to 

P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Comments should refer to United States 

v. Belle Tire Distr., Inc., et al., Case No. 

06cv0816 (W.D. Mich.) and D.J. 

Reference No. 90–11–09026. 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at: (1) The Office of the 

United States Attorney for the Western 

District of Michigan, 330 Iona Avenue, 

Suite 501, Grand Rapids, Michigan 

49503, (616) 456–2404; and (2) the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590 

(contact Steven P. Kaiser (312–353–

3804)). During the comment period, the 

proposed consent decree may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decree.html. A copy of the 

proposed consent decree may also be 

obtained by mail from the Department 

of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611 

or by faxing or e-mailing a request to 

Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please refer to the referenced case and 

D.J. Reference No. 90–11–3–09026, and 

enclose a check in the amount of $6.50 

for the consent decree (26 pages at 25 

cents per page reproduction costs), 

made payable to the U.S. Treasury. 

William D. Brighton, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–5692 Filed 11–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on October 

31, 2007, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. Hercules Incorporated, 

Civil Action No. 2:07cv87 was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of West Virginia. 

In this action the United States sought 

to recover costs incurred in responding 

to the release or threatened release of 

hazardous substances into the 

environment at or from the Allegany 

Ballistics Lab Site, a U.S. Navy-owned 

facility in Mineral County, West 

Virginia. The Consent Decree requires 

that Hercules Incorporated pay the 

United States $12.95 million. In 

exchange, Hercules will receive 

contribution protection and a release 

from liability for additional 

environmental cleanup costs or cleanup 

work, subject to certain exceptions and 

limitations. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the Consent 

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