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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]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

[OR–957–00–1420–00: G6–0146]

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]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

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]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

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]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

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