24806 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 96 / Thursday, May 16, 1996 / Notices

(CA–060–1430–01; CACA 7236)

Public Land Order No. 7194; Partial

Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated

October 19, 1920; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a

Secretarial Order dated October 19,

1920, insofar as it affects 160 acres of

public land withdrawn for the Bureau of

Reclamation’s Yuma Project. The land is

no longer needed for the purpose for

which it was withdrawn. The revocation

is needed to permit completion of a land

exchange as part of the Bureau of Land

Management’s land tenure adjustment

program in Riverside and San Diego

Counties. This action will open the land

to surface entry and mining unless

closed by overlapping withdrawals or

temporary segregations of record. The

land has been and will remain open to

mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Marti, BLM California State

Office (CA–931.4), 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, California 95825, 916–979–

2858.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1988), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Secretarial Order dated

October 19, 1920, which withdrew

public lands for the Bureau of

Reclamation’s Yuma Reclamation

Project, is hereby revoked insofar as it

affects the following described land:

San Bernardino Meridian

T. 6 S., R. 7 E.,

Sec. 20, W1⁄2W1⁄2.

The area described contains 160 acres in

Riverside County.

2. At 10 a.m. on June 17, 1996, the

land will be opened to the operation of

the public land laws generally, subject

to valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, other segregations

of record, and the requirements of

applicable law. All valid applications

received at or prior to 10 a.m. on June

17, 1996, shall be considered as

simultaneously filed at that time. Those

received thereafter shall be considered

in the order of filing.

3. At 10 a.m. on June 17, 1996, the

land will be opened to location and

entry under the United States mining

laws, subject to valid existing rights, the

provisions of existing withdrawals,

other segregations of record, and the

requirements of applicable law.

Appropriation of any of the land

described in this order under the

general mining laws prior to the date

and time of restoration is unauthorized.

Any such attempted appropriation,

including attempted adverse possession

under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1988), shall vest no

rights against the United States. Acts

required to establish a location and to

initiate a right of possession are

governed by State law where not in

conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of

Land Management will not intervene in

disputes between rival locators over

possessory rights since Congress has

provided for such determination in local

courts.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 96–12245 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

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Public Land Order No. 7195;

Withdrawal of National Forest System

Land for the Hoosier Ridge Research

Natural Area; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws

approximately 684 acres of National

Forest System land from mining for 50

years to protect the unique alpine

ecosystem and associated plant life

within the Hoosier Ridge Research

Natural Area (RNA), which was

designated on December 12, 1995. This

land has been and remains open to such

forms of disposition as may by law be

made of National Forest System land

and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State

Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215–7076, 303–

239–3706.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1988), it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the

following described National Forest

System land is hereby withdrawn from

location and entry under the United

States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2

(1988)), for the Forest Service to protect

the alpine ecosystem in the Hoosier

Ridge RNA.

Sixth Principal Meridian

Arapaho and Pike National Forests

T. 8 S., R. 77 W.,

The Hoosier Ridge RNA is an irregularshaped area within secs. 7, 8, 17, and 18 of

T. 8 S., R. 77 W., and contains approximately

684 acres and the following metes and

bounds description reflects the intent of the

1991 Establishment Record from a ‘‘quasilegal’’ interpretation of said record. The area

is described as follows:

Beginning at the cor. of secs. 7, 12, 13, and

18, in T. 8 S., Rgs. 77 and 78 W., 6th P.M.,

monumented with a granite stone, mkd. as

described in the official record of the 1882

survey of the West Boundary of T. 8 S., R.

77 W., by Frank Koons.

From this cor., the centerline of State

Highway 9 crossing Hoosier Pass, bears

Westerly for approximately 3200 ft. distance.

Thence approximately N. 20° E., 719 ft.

+¥, to a steel post located just above the

Forest edge.

Thence approximately N. 81° E., 4566 ft.

+¥, to a steel pipe and cairn located on a

rocky ridge.

Thence approximately S. 56° E., 2454 ft.

+¥, to a cairn located on a high point on the

Continental Divide (approx. County line).

Thence approximately N. 78° E., 1638 ft.

+¥, to the highest point located on an E–W

portion of the Continental Divide (at the

12953 ft. level mkd. on the Alma 7.5′ USGS

quadrangle 1970).

Thence approximately S. 4° E., 3234 ft.

+¥, to ‘‘United States Locating Monument

No. 541, Mineral Survey District No. 3.’’

monument & cairn, as described in the Field

Notes of Mineral Survey No. 541.

Thence approximately S. 82° W., 2843 ft.

+¥, to a steel pipe and cairn located on a

broad grassy ridge separating Beaver Creek

from Platte River drainages.

Thence approximately N. 79° W., 4459 ft.

+¥, to a rocky point on a ridge.

Thence approximately N. 42° W., 1716 ft.

+¥, to a cairn located on the Continental

Divide ridge.

Thence approximately N. 9° W., 1168 ft.

+¥, to the cor. of secs. 7, 12, 13, and 18, and

place of beginning.

This RNA contains approximately 684

acres of which about half is within the

Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho

National Forest, managed by the White

River National Forest; and about half

within the South Park Ranger District in

the Pike and San Isabel National Forest,

in Summit and Park Counties, Colorado.

Maps of the area are available at the

address shown above.

2. The withdrawal make by this order

does not alter the applicability of those

public land laws governing the use of

National Forest System lands under

lease, license, or permit, or governing

the disposal of their mineral or

vegetative resources other than under

the mining laws.

3. This withdrawal will expire 50

years from the effective date of this

order unless, as a result of a review
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conducted before the expiration date

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1988), the

Secretary determines that the

withdrawal shall be extended.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 96–12322 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

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Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the

following described lands are scheduled

to be officially filed in the Oregon State

Office, Portland, Oregon, thirty (30)

calendar days from the date of this

publication.

Willamette Meridian

Oregon

T. 18 S., R. 1 W., accepted April 30, 1996

T. 40 S., R. 2 W., accepted March 6, 1996

T. 19 S., R. 6 W., accepted April 30, 1996

T. 28 S., R. 9 W., accepted April 23, 1996

T. 30 S., R. 13 W., accepted April 15, 1996

T. 31 S., R. 15 W., accepted April 15, 1996

Washington

T. 6 N., R. 15 E., accepted April 30, 1996

T. 23 N., R. 9 W., accepted March 6, 1996

If protests against a survey, as shown

on any of the above plat(s), are received

prior to the date of official filing, the

filing will be stayed pending

consideration of the protest(s). A plat

will not be officially filed until the day

after all protests have been dismissed

and become final or appeals from the

dismissal affirmed.

The plat(s) will be placed in the open

files of the Oregon State Office, Bureau

of Land Management, 1515 S.W. 5th

Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, and

will be available to the public as a

matter of information only. Copies of

the plat(s) may be obtained from the

above office upon required payment. A

person or party who wishes to protest

against a survey must file with the State

Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Portland, Oregon, a notice that they

wish to protest prior to the proposed

official filing date given above. A

statement of reasons for a protest may be

filed with the notice of protest to the

State Director, or the statement of

reasons must be filed with the State

Director within thirty (30) days after the

proposed official filing date.

The above-listed plats represent

dependent resurveys, survey and

subdivision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, (1515

S.W. 5th Avenue) P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208.

Dated: May 6, 1996.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 96–12317 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

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National Park Service

Royal Production Company, Big

Thicket National Preserve, Hardin

County, Texas; Availability of Plan of

Operations and Environmental

Assessment Drilling an Exploratory Oil

Well

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with Section 9.52(b) of Title 36 of the

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9,

Subpart B, that the National Park

Service has received from Royal

Production Company a Plan of

Operations to drill an exploratory oil

well in Big Thicket National Preserve,

located within Hardin County, Texas.

The Plan of Operations and

Environmental Assessment are available

for public review and comment for a

period of 30 days from the publication

date of this notice. The documents can

be viewed during normal business hours

at the Office of the Superintendent, Big

Thicket National Preserve, 3785 Milam

Street, Beaumont, Texas. Copies can be

requested from the Superintendent, Big

Thicket National Preserve, 3785 Milam,

Beaumont, TX 77701.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Richard R. Peterson,

Superintendent, Big Thicket National

Preserve.

[FR Doc. 96–12162 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a consent decree in United

States of America v. Ritschard Brothers,

Inc. Carmelo Ritschard, and Donald

Ritschard, No. 3:96–CV–310AS (N.D.

Ind.), was lodged with the United States

District Court for the Northern District

of Indiana on May 9, 1996.

The proposed consent decree

concerns alleged violations of the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1311, as a result

of the discharge of fill material onto

portions of property located in St.

Joseph County, Indiana, which are

alleged to constitute ‘‘waters of the

United States.’’ The consent decree

requires Ritschard Brothers, Inc.,

Carmelo Ritschard, and Donald

Ritschard to (1) refrain from further

discharges at the wetland; (2) perform

partial restoration at the wetland; (3)

monoitor the fill material for three

years, to ensure that no hazardous

substances are leaching into the

wetland; (4) place a conservation

easement on the portion of the wetland

and surrounding uplands which the

Ritschard own; (5) pay a portion of the

purchase price of a 120–acre farmland

parcel, and perform all necessary design

and construction necessary to create a

mitigation wetland; and (6) pay a

penalty of $20,000 to the United States

Treasury.

The Department of Justice will accept

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,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice,

Attention: Daniel R. Dertke, 10th &

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room

7215—Main Building, Washington, D.C.

20530 and should refer to United States

v. Ritschard Brothers, Inc., DJ Reference

No. 90–5–1–6–555.

The consent decree may be examined

at the Clerk’s Office, United States

District Court, Room 102, Robert A.

Grant Federal Building and U.S.

Courthouse, 204 South Main Street,

South Bend, Indiana, 46601.

Letitia J. Grishaw,

Chief, Environmental Defense Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division,

U.S. Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 96–12324 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45 am]

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Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Petrotechnical Open

Software Corporation

Notice is hereby given that, on April

22, 1996, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

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

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Petrotechnical

Open Software Corporation (‘‘POSC’’)

has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its