Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 88 / Monday, May 6, 1996 / Notices 20273

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Interior, Office of the Secretary is

announcing a public meeting of the

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory

Group.

DATES: June 5, 1996, at 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: First floor conference room,

645 ‘‘G’’ Street, Anchorage, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Mutter, Department of the

Interior, Office of Environmental Policy

and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite

119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271–

5011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Public Advisory Group was created by

Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum of

Agreement and Consent Decree entered

into by the United States of America

and the State of Alaska on August 27,

1991, and approved by the United States

of America and the State of Alaska on

August 27, 1991, and approved by the

United States District Court for the

District of Alaska in settlement of

United States of America v. State of

Alaska, Civil Action No. A91–081 CV.

The agenda will include a review of

current restoration activities and plans

for the fiscal year 1997 restoration work

plan.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Willie R. Taylor,

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and

Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–11232 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–RG–M

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–1020–00; GP6–0143]

Eastern Washington Resource

Advisory Council; Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District.

NOTICE: Notice of Meeting of Standards

for Rangeland Health and Livestock

Grazing Guidelines Subgroup of the

Eastern Washington Resource Advisory

Council.

ACTION: Meeting of the Standards for

Rangeland Health and Livestock Grazing

Guidelines Subgroup of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council;

May 21 and 22, 1996, in Palisades,

Washington and Ephrata, Washington.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the Standards

for Rangeland Health and Livestock

Grazing Guidelines Subgroup of the

Eastern Washington Resource Advisory

Council will be held on May 21 and 22,

1996. The meeting will convene at 12:00

p.m. (noon), May 21, 1996, at the

Palisades Grange, Palisades,

Washington, 98854. A tour of Bureau of

Land Management lands in the area will

occur until 5:00 p.m. The meeting will

reconvene at 8:00 a.m., May 22, 1996, in

Room 218, Bureau of Reclamation

Office, 32 ‘‘C’’ Street N.W., Ephrata,

Washington, 98823. The meeting will

continue until 4:00 p.m. or until

conclusion business. At an appropriate

time, the meeting will recess for

approximately one hour for lunch.

Public comments will be received from

10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on May 22,

1996. The topics to be discussed are

Standards for Rangeland Health and

Livestock Grazing Guidelines.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Hubbard, Bureau of Land

Management, Spokane District Office,

1103 N. Fancher Road, Spokane,

Washington, 99212; or call 509–536–

1200.

Dated May 1, 1996.

Ann B. Aldrich,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–11285 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

[ID–990–1020–01]

Resource Advisory Council for Upper

Snake River Districts; Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Resource Advisory Council

Meeting Locations and Times.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5

U.S.C., the Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

council meeting of the Upper Snake

River Districts Resource Advisory

Council will be held as indicated below.

The agenda includes the review and

consensus of the draft healthy rangeland

standards and guidelines. All meetings

are open to the public. The public may

present written comments to the

council. Each formal council meeting

will have a time allocated for hearing

public comments. The public comment

period for the council meeting is listed

below. Depending on the number of

persons wishing to comment, and time

available, the time for individual oral

comments may be limited. Individuals

who plan to attend and need further

information about the meetings, or need

special assistance such as sign language

interpretation or other reasonable

accommodations, should contact Debra

Kovar at the Shoshone Resource Area

Office, P. O. Box 2–B, Shoshone, ID,

83352, (208) 886–7201.

DATE AND TIME: Date is May 14, 1996,

starts at 10.00 a.m. at the Health and

Welfare Regional Office in Twin Falls,

Idaho. Public comments from 10:00

a.m.–10:30 a.m.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The

purpose of the council is to advise the

Secretary of the Interior, through the

BLM, on a variety of planning and

management issues associated with the

management of the public lands.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact

Debra Kovar, Shoshone Resource Area

Office, P. O. Box 2–B, Shoshone, ID

83352, (208) 886–7201.

Dated: April 29, 1996.

Joe Kraayenbrink,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–11166 Filed 5–06–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P

[NM–010–5700–77/G010–G6–0203; NMNM

95807]

Notice of Realty Action, Proposed

Airport Lease; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On January 31, 1996, the Cuba

Regional Economic Development Board

(CREDB) filed an application for an

airport lease pursuant to the Act of May

24, 1928 (49 U.S.C. 211–214), as

amended, for 127.82 acres of public and

acquired land located in Sandoval

County, New Mexico. On October 25,

1973, a previous airport lease (NMNM

18702) was issued for approximately

127.82 acres which also encompassed

the proposed lease area. The land had

been continuously leased for airport

purposes until October 25, 1993, when

the lease expired. The proposed lease

area is described as follows:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Public Land:

T. 20 N., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 20, E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 21, E1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4.

Acquired Land:

T. 20 N., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 20, lot 1;

Sec. 21, N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and

NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

The area described contains approximately

127.82 acres.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land

is not required for any Federal purposes.

The lease is consistent with current

Bureau planning for this area and would

be in the public interest. The lease when

issued will be subject to the provisions
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of the Airport Act of May 24, 1928, and

to all applicable regulations of the

Secretary of the Interior.

DATES: On January 31, 1996, the date the

application was filed, all the above

described lands were segregated from all

forms of appropriation under the public

land laws (except for lease under the

Airport Act of May 24, 1928). The

public lands were segregated from the

operation of the mining laws pending

the issuance of such regulations as the

Secretary may prescribe. All of the

above described lands remain open to

the operation of the mineral leasing

laws, the material disposal laws and the

Geothermal Steam Act.

Until June 20, 1996, interested parties

may submit comments to Hector A.

Villalobos, Area Manager, Rio Puerco

Resource Area, BLM Albuquerque

District Office, 435 Montano Road NE.,

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107. In the

absence of any objections, the decision

to approve this realty action will

become the final determination of the

Department of the Interior.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debby Lucero, Realty Specialist, BLM

Rio Puerco Resource Area, 435 Montano

Road, NE., Albuquerque, New Mexico

87107, (505) 761–8787.

Dated: April 23, 1996.

Michael R. Ford,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–11158 Filed 5–03 –96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P

[UT–943–1420–00–269Z]

Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

UT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: These plats of survey of the

following described land have been

filed in the Utah State Office, Salt lake

City, Utah:

Group Tp. Rge. Meridian Approved Type

0633 ........................................................................................................................ 13 S. 02 E. SLM 95/05/26 Resurvey.

0654 ........................................................................................................................ 10 S. 01 E. SLM 95/05/26 Do.

0750 ........................................................................................................................ 11 S. 14 E. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0750 ........................................................................................................................ 11 S. 15 E. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0750 ........................................................................................................................ 12 S. 14 E. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0751 ........................................................................................................................ 12 S. 12 E. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0751 ........................................................................................................................ 12 S. 13 E. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0759 ........................................................................................................................ 23 S. 05 E. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0760 ........................................................................................................................ 30 S. 03 W. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0761 ........................................................................................................................ 16 S. 02 W. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0765 ........................................................................................................................ 19 S. 26 E. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0796 ........................................................................................................................ 08 S. 19 W. SLM 95/09/28 Do.

0822 ........................................................................................................................ 39 S. 10 W. SLM 95/08/08 Do.

S240 ....................................................................................................................... 15 S. 03 W. SLM 95/09/28 Supplemental.

Douglas M. Koza,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 96–11220 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Amercian Cyanamid, et

al., Civil Action No. 2:93–0654

(S.D.W.V.), was lodged on April 24,

1996 with the United States District

Court for the Southern District of West

Virginia.

In the consent decree, the United

States settles with 53 parties and

various corporate affiliates. Those

parties will reimburse $19.26 million of

the United States’ past costs and

perform future soil and groundwater

clean-up and closure of an old

wastewater treatment plant provided

that the clean-ups to be selected are

premised upon projected future

industrial use of the Site and that the

estimates of future costs contained in

the EPA Records of Decision not exceed

respective thresholds of $45 million for

soil and groundwater remediation, and

$14 million for the clean-up of the

wastewater treatment plant. One

defendant, Chemical Associates,

separately agrees to reimburse $350,000

of the United States’ response costs.

Moreover, in the consent decree, the

claims of certain defendants in this

action against OHM Remediation

Services, Corp. are released and

resolved. The United States also releases

its claims under Sections 106 and 107

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9607 and 9606,

and Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.

§ 6973, against OHM at the Site. OHM

in turn releases its cost recovery claims

and covenants not to sue the United

States for claims that were or could have

been asserted in this action by any party

to the case arising from response actions

at the Site.

The State of West Virginia, on behalf

of the West Virginia Department of

Environmental Protection (‘‘State’’), also

is a party to the decree, receiving

$1,150,000 in past costs over five years,

future oversight costs of $30,000 per

year, and $150,000 to resolve state

claims for natural resources damages

from the settling parties.

The decree also resolves the liability

of the United States, on behalf of the

Department of Defense, in the case. The

United States will pay for portions of

four remedy components associated

with the WWI era, for a projected total

United States payment of approximately

$12 million, depending on precise

future remedy costs. The decree resolves

also the liability of Hercules, the

operator of the WWI plant, which will

pay $156,790 toward future clean-up of

the Site.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the proposed

partial consent decree. Comments

should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environment

and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

20530, and should refer to United States

v. American Cyanamid, et at. Civil

Action No. 2:93–0654 (S.D.W.V.), DOJ

Ref. #90–11–3–706. Commenters may

request an opportunity for a public

meeting in the affected area, in

accordance with Section 7003(d) of

RCRA.