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may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

comments to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. We will make all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, from individuals identifying 

themselves as representatives or 

officials, or organizations or businesses 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent, Ice Age and North 

Country National Scenic Trails, 700 

Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, 

Wisconsin 53711; telephone 608–441–

5610. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the Ice Age NST is 

to create an outstanding 1,000-mile 

hiking trail that follows the terminal 

moraines and other landscape features 

left by the last glacial advance and 

retreat approximately 10,000 years ago. 

The Ice Age National Scientific Reserve 

(Reserve), a companion project to the Ice 

Age NST, is a network of nine units that 

contain clusters of the most significant 

examples of landscape features formed 

by continental glaciation. The Ice Age 

NST and Reserve are the only 

authorized areas in the National Park 

System that focus on interpreting the 

landscape formed by continental 

glaciation. The Ice Age NST Interpretive 

Site lies within the boundary of the 

Wisconsin DNR Cross Plains Unit of the 

Reserve. 

The NPS efforts to establish, develop, 

and manage the Ice Age NST are guided 

by the 1983 Comprehensive Plan for 

Management and Use of the Ice Age 

NST. The plan does not address or 

resolve the many detailed issues 

associated with owning, operating, and 

organizing a major interpretive site 

along the trail, although it cites the NPS 

authority to establish such a site. The 

development of a new GMP/EIS for the 

Ice Age NST Interpretive Site and Cross 

Plains Unit of the Reserve will result in 

a long-term (15–20 year) vision for the 

management and protection of this 

unique area. The outcome of the GMP/ 

EIS will achieve a consistent 

management over the entire project, 

identify necessary developments, and 

support facilities to achieve the desired 

outcomes for the Ice Age NST and 

Interpretive Site, provide direction for 

restoring and managing the significant 

geologic and biologic features on the 

site, and define appropriate visitor use 

activities. 

Dated: May 19, 2008. 

Ernest Quintana, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–KN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Quarterly Status Report of Water 

Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Negotiations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of 

contractual actions that have been 

proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation 

and are new, modified, discontinued, or 

completed since the last publication of 

this notice on May 9, 2008. This notice 

is one of a variety of means used to 

inform the public about proposed 

contractual actions for capital recovery 

and management of project resources 

and facilities consistent with section 9(f) 

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 

Additional announcements of 

individual contract actions may be 

published in the Federal Register and in 

newspapers of general circulation in the 

areas determined by Reclamation to be 

affected by the proposed action. 

ADDRESSES: The identity of the 

approving officer and other information 

pertaining to a specific contract 

proposal may be obtained by calling or 

writing the appropriate regional office at 

the address and telephone number given 

for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Kelly, Water and 

Environmental Resources Office, Bureau 

of Reclamation, PO Box 25007, Denver, 

Colorado 80225–0007; telephone 303–

445–2888. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent 

with section 9(f) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 and the rules and 

regulations published in 52 FR 11954, 

April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22), 

Reclamation will publish notice of 

proposed or amendatory contract 

actions for any contract for the delivery 

of project water for authorized uses in 

newspapers of general circulation in the 

affected area at least 60 days prior to 

contract execution. Announcements 

may be in the form of news releases, 

legal notices, official letters, 

memorandums, or other forms of 

written material. Meetings, workshops, 

and/or hearings may also be used, as 

appropriate, to provide local publicity. 

The public participation procedures do 

not apply to proposed contracts for the 

sale of surplus or interim irrigation 

water for a term of 1 year or less. Either 

of the contracting parties may invite the 

public to observe contract proceedings. 

All public participation procedures will 

be coordinated with those involved in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to 

the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation 

Procedures’’ for water resource-related 

contract negotiations, published in 47 

FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation 

is provided of all proposed contractual 

actions in each of the five Reclamation 

regions. When contract negotiations are 

completed, and prior to execution, each 

proposed contract form must be 

approved by the Secretary of the 

Interior, or pursuant to delegated or 

redelegated authority, the Commissioner 

of Reclamation or one of the regional 

directors. In some instances, 

congressional review and approval of a 

report, water rate, or other terms and 

conditions of the contract may be 

involved. 

Public participation in and receipt of 

comments on contract proposals will be 

facilitated by adherence to the following 

procedures: 

1. Only persons authorized to act on 

behalf of the contracting entities may 

negotiate the terms and conditions of a 

specific contract proposal. 

2. Advance notice of meetings or 

hearings will be furnished to those 

parties that have made a timely written 

request for such notice to the 

appropriate regional or project office of 

Reclamation. 

3. Written correspondence regarding 

proposed contracts may be made 

available to the general public pursuant 

to the terms and procedures of the 

Freedom of Information Act, as 

amended. 

4. Written comments on a proposed 

contract or contract action must be 

submitted to the appropriate regional 

officials at the locations and within the 

time limits set forth in the advance 

public notices. 

5. All written comments received and 

testimony presented at any public 

hearings will be reviewed and 

summarized by the appropriate regional 

office for use by the contract approving 

authority. 

6. Copies of specific proposed 

contracts may be obtained from the 

appropriate regional director or his 

designated public contact as they 

become available for review and 

comment. 

7. In the event modifications are made 

in the form of a proposed contract, the 

appropriate regional director shall 


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determine whether republication of the 

notice and/or extension of the comment 

period is necessary. 

Factors considered in making such a 

determination shall include, but are not 

limited to (i) the significance of the 

modification, and (ii) the degree of 

public interest which has been 

expressed over the course of the 

negotiations. At a minimum, the 

regional director shall furnish revised 

contracts to all parties who requested 

the contract in response to the initial 

public notice. 

Definitions of Abbreviations Used in 

This Document 

BCP—Boulder Canyon Project 

Reclamation—Bureau of Reclamation 

CAP—Central Arizona Project 

CVP—Central Valley Project 

CRSP—Colorado River Storage Project 

FR—Federal Register 

IDD—Irrigation and Drainage District 

ID—Irrigation District 

M&I—Municipal and Industrial 

NMISC—New Mexico Interstate Stream 

Commission 

O&M—Operation and Maintenance 

P–SMBP—Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 

Program 

PPR—Present Perfected Right 

RRA—Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 

SOD—Safety of Dams 

SRPA—Small Reclamation Projects Act 

of 1956 

USACE—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

WD—Water District 

Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of 

Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, 

Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234, 

telephone 208–378–5344. 

Discontinued Contract Action 

6. North Unit ID, Deschutes Project, 

Oregon: Warren Act contract with cost 

of service charge to allow for use of 

project facilities to convey nonproject 

water. 

Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of 

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Sacramento, California 95825–1898, 

telephone 916–978–5250. 

New Contract Actions 

34. Ivanhoe ID, CVP, California: 

Proposed partial assignment of 1,200 

acre-feet of class 1 and 7,400 acre-feet of 

class 2 of the district’s CVP water 

supply to Kaweah Delta Conservation 

District for irrigation purposes. 

35. Cawelo WD, CVP, California: 

Long-term Warren Act contract for 

conveying up to 10,000 acre-feet of 

nonproject water (exchanged banked 

groundwater) via the Friant-Kern Canal 

for irrigation and M&I purposes. 

Modified Contract Action 

21. Delta Lands Reclamation District 

No. 770, CVP, California: Long-term 

Warren Act contract for conveying up to 

300,000 acre-feet of nonproject flood 

flows via the Friant-Kern Canal for flood 

control purposes. 

Completed Contract Action 

31. Contract for exchange of water 

among the United States, San Luis WD, 

and Meyers Farms Family Trust. The 

contract will allow for an exchange with 

Reclamation of previously banked water 

for a like amount of project water made 

available to San Luis WD on behalf of 

Meyers Farms. Contract executed May 2, 

2008. 

Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of 

Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada 

Highway and Park Street), Boulder City, 

Nevada 89006–1470, telephone 702–

293–8192. 

The Lower Colorado Region has no 

update to report for this quarter. 

Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of 

Reclamation, 125 South State Street, 

Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–

1102, telephone 801–524–3864. 

New Contract Actions 

1. (e) Mesa County (Solid Waste), 

Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: The 

County has requested a 40-year water 

service contract for 44 acre-feet of M&I 

water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir, which 

requires them to present a Plan of 

Augmentation to the Division 4 Water 

Court. 

1. (f) Mike and Marsha Jackson, 

Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: The 

Jackson’s have requested a 40-year water 

service contract for 1 acre-foot of M&I 

out of Blue Mesa Reservoir, which 

requires them to present a Plan of 

Augmentation to the Division 4 Water 

Court. 

1. (g) Dick Morfitt, Aspinall Storage 

Unit, CRSP: Mr. Morfitt has requested a 

40-year water service contract for 35 

acre-feet of M&I water out of Blue Mesa 

Reservoir, which requires him to 

present a Plan of Augmentation to the 

Division 4 Water Court. 

1. (h) Western Gravel, Aspinall 

Storage Unit, CRSP: Western Gravel has 

requested a 40-year water service 

contract for 3 acre-feet of M&I water out 

of Blue Mesa Reservoir, which requires 

them to present a Plan of Augmentation 

to the Division 4 Water Court. 

33. Elkhead Reservoir Enlargement: 

This contract will supersede contract 

No. 05–WC–40–420. The proposed 

contract will include the Recovery 

Programs pro-rata share of the actual 

construction cost plus fish screen costs. 

Also identified in this proposed contract 

is the pro-rata share of the actual 

construction costs for the other 

signatory parties. Upon payment by 

Recovery Program, this proposed 

contract will ensure permanent water 

supply for the endangered fish. 

Completed Contract Actions 

1. (b) Maureen A. Call, Aspinall 

Storage Unit, CRSP: Ms. Call has 

requested a 40-year water service 

contract for 1 acre-foot of M&I water out 

of Blue Mesa Reservoir, which requires 

Ms. Call to present a Plan of 

Augmentation to the Division 4 Water 

Court. Contract was executed February 

15, 2008. 

1. (c) Vanessa Rueckert (Hidden Mesa 

Estates), Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: 

Ms. Rueckert has requested a 40-year 

water service contract for 1 acre-foot of 

M&I water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir, 

which requires Ms. Rueckert to present 

a Plan of Augmentation to the Division 

4 Water Court. Contract was executed 

February 15, 2008. 

1. (d) Thomas Alan Kay (North Fork 

Reserve), Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: 

Mr. Kay has requested a 40-year water 

service contract for 11 acre-feet of M&I 

water out of Blue Mesa Reservoir, which 

requires them to present a Plan of 

Augmentation to the Division 4 Water 

Court. Contract was executed February 

12, 2008. 

1. (e) Mesa County (Solid Waste), 

Aspinall Storage Unit, CRSP: The 

County has requested a 40-year water 

service contract for 44 acre-feet of M&I 

water out of the Blue Mesa Reservoir, 

which requires them to present a Plan 

of Augmentation to the Division 4 Water 

Court. Contract was executed February 

12, 2008. 

24. Weber Basin Water Conservancy 

District, Weber Basin Project, Utah: 

Contract providing for the district to 

repay to the United States 15 percent of 

the cost of Phase I SOD modifications to 

the foundation at Arthur V. Watkins 

Dam. Contract was executed April 7, 

2008. 

25. Weber Basin Water Conservancy 

District, Weber Basin Project, Utah: 

Contract providing for the district to 

repay to the United States 15 percent of 

the cost of Phase II SOD modifications 

to the foundation at Arthur V. Watkins 

Dam. Contract was executed May 2, 

2008. 

Great Plains Region: Bureau of 

Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal 

Building, 316 North 26th Street, 

Billings, Montana 59101, telephone 

406–247–7752. 

New Contract Actions 

40. LU Sheep Company, Boysen Unit, 

P–SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal of 

long-term water service contract. 

41. Busch Farms, Inc., Boysen Unit, 

P–SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal of 

long-term water service contract. 


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42. Gorst Ranch, Boysen Unit, P–

SMBP, Wyoming: Contract renewal of 

long-term water service contract. 

Modified Contract Actions 

5. Highland-Hanover ID, HanoverBluff Unit, P–SMBP, Wyoming: Execute 

long-term water service contract. 

6. Upper Bluff ID, Hanover-Bluff Unit, 

P–SMBP, Wyoming: Execute long-term 

water service contract. 

37. Big Horn Canal ID, Boysen Unit, 

P–SMBP, Wyoming: Big Horn Canal ID 

has requested the renewal of their longterm water service contract. 

38. Treeline Springs, LLC., Canyon 

Ferry Unit, Montana: Request for water 

service contract for up to 620 acre-feet 

of water per year for replacement of 

water for senior water rights. 

39. Hanover ID, Boysen Unit, P–

SMBP, Wyoming: Hanover ID has 

requested the renewal of their long-term 

water service contract. 

Dated: June 25, 2008. 

Roseann Gonzales, 

Director, Policy and Program Services, Denver 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–18556 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that a proposed 

Consent Decree with Victor A. Horne, in 

the case of United States v. Donald E. 

Horne, et al., Civil Action No. 4:05–

00497, was lodged with the United 

States District Court for the Western 

District of Missouri on August 6, 2008. 

The United States filed the Complaint 

on May 27, 2005 on behalf of the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency pursuant to the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

9601, et seq. (CERCLA), seeking 

recovery of costs incurred in responding 

to the release or threat of release of 

hazardous substances at or in 

connection with the Armour Road 

Superfund Site located at 2251 Armour 

Road North Kansas City, Missouri (Site). 

The complaint alleges claims against 

Victor Horne and five other defendants. 

The Consent Decree referred to in this 

Notice addresses only the claims against 

Victor Horne. The Consent Decree will 

resolve the United States’ claims against 

Victor Horne for the Site in return for a 

total payment of $2,500.00. 

For thirty (30) days after the date of 

this publication, the Department of 

Justice will receive comments relating to 

the Consent Decree. Comments should 

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and either e-mailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. In either case, the 

comments should refer to United States 

v. Donald E. Horne, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 

90–11–3–08035/1. 

The proposed consent decree may be 

examined at the United States 

Attorney’s Office, Western District of 

Missouri, Charles Evans Whittaker 

Courthouse, 400 East Ninth Street, 

Room 5510, Kansas City, Missouri 

64106, and at the Region VII Office of 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, 

Kansas 66101. During the comment 

period, the Consent Decree may be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Consent Decree may also be obtained by 

mail from the Consent Decree Library, 

P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, or 

by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $6.00 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) payable to the 

United States Treasury or, if by e-mail 

or fax, forward a check in that amount 

to the Consent Decree Library at the 

stated address. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–18547 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Water Act and the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act 

Notice is hereby given that on August 

7, 2008, a proposed Consent Decree 

(‘‘Decree’’) in United States v. Republic 

Dumpco, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 

2:08–cv–01024 (D. Nev.) was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the District of Nevada. 

The civil action relates to the Sunrise 

Mountain Landfill in Las Vegas, 

Nevada. In this action the United States 

sought to obtain injunctive relief and 

assessment of civil penalties against 

Republic Dumpco, Inc. and Republic 

Silver State Disposal Inc. (doing 

business as Republic Services of 

Southern Nevada) (hereinafter 

‘‘Republic Services of Southern 

Nevada’’), for alleged violations of the 

Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 

1251–1387. The complaint also sought 

injunctive relief and assessment of civil 

penalties against Republic Services of 

Southern Nevada and Clark County, 

Nevada, under Section 7003 of the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973. The 

complaint also states claims for damages 

for trespass against all three defendants, 

and breach of contract and violations of 

permits against Clark County. 

The proposed Decree would require 

Republic Services of Southern Nevada 

to pay $1 million as a civil penalty, and 

to implement a comprehensive closure 

of the Landfill estimated to cost $36.3 

million, including storm water controls, 

upgrades to the cover, methane gas 

collection, groundwater monitoring, and 

long-term operation and maintenance. 

In addition, Clark County agrees to 

accept ownership of the landfill from 

the United States Bureau of Land 

Management. The Consent Decree 

resolves the violations alleged in the 

complaint. In addition, the United 

States grants a covenant not to sue for 

the Landfill under Section 7003 of 

RCRA, and under sections 106 and 107 

of the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 

42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Decree. Comments should 

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and either e-mailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 

20044–7611, and should reference 

United States v. Republic Dumpco, Civil 

Action No. 2:08–cv–01024, and DOJ Ref. 

No. 90–7–1–06725/2. Commenters may 

request an opportunity for a public 

meeting in the affected area, in 

accordance with Section 7003(d) of 

RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d). 

The Decree may be examined at the 

Office of the United States Attorney, 333 

Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 5000, Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89101. During the public 

comment period, the Decree may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 


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