15308 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 56 / Thursday, March 23, 1995 / Notices

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993, Technology Joint Venture

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 17, 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’’),

Technology Joint Venture has filed

written notification 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 venture.

The notifications were filed for the

purpose of extending the Act’s

provisions limiting the recovery of

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Pursuant to

section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of

the parties are: New Venture Gear, Troy,

MI; Premix Incorporated, North

Kingsville, OH; Hercules Incorporated,

Wilmington, DE; and Quantum

Consultants Inc., East Lansing, MI.

The general area of planned activity is

to develop, demonstrate and

commercialize the use of high

performance composite based materials

for power transmission systems. The

activities of this Technology Joint

Venture will be partially funded by an

award for the Advanced Technology

Program, National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993; The ATM Forum

Notice is hereby given that, on

November 10, 1994, pursuant to section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), The

ATM Forum (the ‘‘ATM Forum’’) 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,

the identities of the new members of

ATM Forum are: Silicon Design Experts,

Inc., Morganville, NJ; Summa Four, Inc.,

Manchester, NH; and Telogy Networks,

Inc., Gaithersburg, MD.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activities of ATM Forum. Membership

remains open, and the ATM Forum

intends to file additional written

notifications disclosing all changes in

membership.

On April 19, 1993, ATM 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 June 2, 1993 (58 FR 31415).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on August 16, 1994. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the

Act on March 1, 1995 (60 FR 11114).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Consent Decree and Settlement in

United States v. Minnesota Mining and

Manufacturing Co., Civil Action No. 95–

CV–70860–DT (E.D. Mich.), entered into

by the United States, and Minnesota

Mining and Manufacturing Co. (‘‘3M’’),

was lodged on March 8, 1995, with the

United States District Court for the

Eastern District of Michigan. The

proposed Consent Decree and

Settlement resolves certain claims of the

United States under Sections 104 and

107 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. § § 9604 and

9607, with respect to the Montie Drums

Site in Belleville, Michigan. Under the

Consent Decree, 3M will pay the United

States $1,100,000, representing one

hundred percent of the government’s

claims for past response costs. In

addition, 3M will pay the United States

$50,000 to settle civil penalty claims

arising from its alleged failure to fully

and accurately respond to information

requests from the United States

Environmental Protection Agency.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

Consent Decree and Settlement for 30

days following publication of this

Notice. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General, for

the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, P.O.

Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station,

Washington, D.C. 20044, and should

refer to United States v. Minnesota

Mining and Manufacturing Co., D.J. Ref.

No. 90–11–2–834. The proposed

Consent Decree and Settlement may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Eastern District

of Michigan, 211 West Fort Street, Suite

2300 Detroit, MI 48226, the Region V

Office of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604; and at the Consent

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

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

624–0892. A copy of the proposed

Consent Decree may be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent

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

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $6.00 (25 cents

per page for reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

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Lodging of Consent Decree Under the

Clean Air Act

In accordance with the policy of the

Department of Justice, 28 CFR § 50.7,

notice is hereby given that on March 15,

1995, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. California Almond

Growers Exchange d/b/a Blue Diamond

Growers, Civil Action No. CIV–S–95–

475–LKK–GGH, was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. That

action was brought pursuant to the

Clean Air Act for Blue Diamond’s

failure to obtain a new source review

permit and a Prevention of Significant

Deterioration permit prior to

construction of a facility in Sacramento,

California, and operation of that facility

without the permits and in noncompliance with the Clean Air Act.

Pursuant to the Consent Decree, Blue

Diamond must either obtain permits for

its facility and comply with emissions

limits in the consent decree and any

permit that is issued, replace the facility

in its entirety and comply with the

Clean Air Act, or shut the facility down.

In addition, Blue Diamond will pay an

initial civil penalty of $437,000, and an

additional $238,000 penalty if it does

not shut down the facility.

As provided in 28 CFR 50.7, the

Department of Justice will receive

comments from persons who are not

named as parties to this action relating

to the proposed Consent Decree for a

period of thirty days from the date of

this publication. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General of the Environment and Natural

Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530. All