Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 244 / Wednesday, December 20, 1995 / Notices 65669

Petitioner’s representative: Byron D.

Olsen, 4200 First Bank Place, 601

Second Avenue South, Minneapolis,

MN 55402–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–5660.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202)

927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Commission’s decision. To purchase

a copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., Interstate Commerce

Commission Building, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 2229,

Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357/4359.

Decided: December 6, 1995.

By the Commission, Chairman Morgan,

Vice Chairman Owen and Commissioner

Simmons.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–30939 Filed 12–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act and

the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Department of

Justice Policy, 28 C.F.R. § 50.7, 38 Fed.

Reg. 19029, and 42 U.S.C. § 9622(d),

notice is hereby given that on November

30, 1995, a proposed amendment to a

Consent Decree was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

Western District of Washington in

United States v. Simpson Tacoma Kraft

Co., Civil Action No. C91–5260TC. The

proposed amendment to the Consent

Decree, Amendment No. 1, settles

claims asserted by federal, state, and

tribal natural resources trustees against

the Settling Defendants for damages to

natural resources in the Commencement

Bay Environment. The trustees for

natural resources in Commencement

Bay are the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

and the Department of the Interior (DOI)

(the federal trustees); the State of

Washington; the Puyallup Tribe of

Indians; and the Muckleshoot Indian

Tribe. The Settling Defendants involved

in Amendment No. 1 to the decree are

Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company

(Simpson) and Champion International

Corporation (Champion). The

Washington State Department of Natural

Resources (DNR), which was a party to

the original consent decree, is not

involved in the settlement set forth in

Amendment No. 1 to the decree.

Under the original consent decree,

entered by the Court on December 13,

1991, the natural resource trustees for

the Commencement Bay Nearshore/

Tideflats Superfund Site (CB N/T Site)

settled claims for natural resource

damages in the St. Paul Waterway

Problem Area, one subpart of the CB N/

T Site against Simpson, Champion, and

DNR. Amendment No. 1 extends the

natural resource damages settlement

with Simpson and Champion to

encompass the Commencement Bay

Environment, which consists of the CB

N/T Site plus areas of Commencement

Bay between the Site and a line drawn

from Point Defiance to Dash Point,

points at either side of the mouth of the

Bay.

Under the Amendment to the Consent

Decree, the Settling Defendants will pay

for most of the costs associated with a

habitat restoration project (the

Restoration Project) in the Middle

Waterway in the CB N/T Site. Simpson

has provided a 3.3 acre piece of

property along the Middle Waterway for

the Restoration Project, and will

construct the Restoration Project.

Simpson will also pay all but $275,000

of the costs of constructing, monitoring,

and maintaining the Restoration Project.

In addition, Simpson and Champion

will reimburse $75,000 of the Trustee

assessment costs for the Site. The total

value of the settlement under

Amendment No. 1 is approximately $1

million.

In return for the commitments made

by Simpson and Champion in the

Consent Decree Amendment, the United

States, the State of Washington, and the

Indian Tribe co-trustees are providing a

covenant not to sue the companies for

damages to natural resources with

respect to the Commencement Bay

Environment. Specifically, the Trustees

are providing a covenant not to sue for

claims under Sections 106 and 107 of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607;

Section 311 of the Clean Water Act

(CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1321; Chapters

70.105d and 90.48 of the Revised Code

of Washington (the State of

Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act

and the state water pollution control

statute); and claims under any other

federal, state, tribal, or common law for

damages for injury to, destruction of, or

loss of natural resources, and claims for

recovery of Past Response Costs,

Oversight Response Costs, and Future

Response Costs incurred by the Natural

Resource Trustees with respect to the

Commencement Bay Environment.

The Department of Justice will receive

written comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30)

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United Statesv. Simpson

Tacoma Kraft Co., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–

3–363.

The proposed Amendment No. 1 to

the Consent Decree and exhibits to the

amendment may be examined at the

following locations: the Region 10

Office of EPA, 7th Floor Records Center,

1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101;

the Tacoma Public Library, Main

Branch, 1102 Tacoma Avenue South,

Northwest Room, Tacoma, WA 98402;

and Citizens for a Healthy Bay, 771

Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402. The

complete Administrative Record for the

Ruston/North Tacoma Study Area may

be reviewed at the EPA Region 10 office

in Seattle and at the Main Branch of the

Tacoma Public Library.

A copy of Amendment No. 1 and

exhibits (if requested) may be obtained

in person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202)

624–0892. In requesting copies, please

enclose a check in the amount of $6.75

(without exhibits) or $48.50 (with

exhibits) (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) payable to the

‘‘Consent Decree Library.’’

Bruce Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 95–30846 Filed 12–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Crash Avoidance Metrics

Partnership

Notice is hereby given that, on July 6,

1995, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

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

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Crash Avoidance

Metrics Partnership has filed written

notifications simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) The

identities of the parties and (2) the

nature and objectives of the partnership.

The notifications were filed for the

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under