47242 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 13, 2008 / Notices 

Dated: July 14, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–18680 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on July 25, 

2008, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States and State of Texas v. 

Beazer East, Inc., Civil Action No. 5:08–

CV–00132, was lodged with the United 

States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Texas. 

In this action the United States, on 

behalf of the United States Department 

of the Interior, and the State of Texas, 

on behalf of the Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality (‘‘TCEQ’’), the 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 

(‘‘TPWD’’), and the Texas General Land 

Office (‘‘TGLO’’) (collectively, the 

‘‘State’’), as federal and state trustees 

over natural resources, sought, pursuant 

to Section 107(a)(4)(C) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a)(4)(C), and Section 311(f) of the 

Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 

1321(f), to recover damages for injury to, 

loss of, or destruction of natural 

resources as a result of releases and 

threatened release of hazardous 

substances into the environment at or 

from the Koppers Texarkana Superfund 

Site, including the recovery of the costs 

of assessing such injury and damages 

and the future costs of overseeing and 

monitoring restoration actions. The 

Koppers Site is a former wood treatment 

facility located approximately one mile 

west of downtown Texarkana, Bowie 

County, Texas. 

The proposed Consent Decree 

resolves the liability of Beazer East, Inc. 

for damages for injury to, loss of, or 

destruction of natural resources as 

alleged in the Complaint. Under the 

terms of the Consent Decree, and in 

accordance with the restoration project 

selected in the Final Amended 

Restoration Plan and Environmental 

Assessment, Beazer will provide for the 

recordation of a Conservation Easement 

on 76.708 acres of bottomland 

hardwoods within the Lennox Woods 

Preserve in Red River County. 

Additionally, Beazer has paid the 

trustees’ past assessment costs and will 

pay the trustees’ future costs related to 

the restoration project. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General for the 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 

and either e-mailed to pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. 

Box 7611, NW., Washington, DC 20044–

7611, and should refer to United States 

and State of Texas v. Beazer East, Inc., 

D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–07668. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, Eastern District of Texas, 350 

Magnolia Street, Suite 150, Beaumont, 

Texas, 77701–2237, and at the offices of 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Ecological Services Field Office, 711 

Stadium Dr., Suite 252, Arlington, TX 

76011. During the public comment 

period, the Consent Decree, may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site, to 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 $28.50 for the Consent 

Decree and attachments, or $9.75 for the 

Consent Decree only (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward 

a check in that amount to the Consent 

Decree Library at the stated address. 

Maureen M. Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–18716 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993 Cooperative Research 

Group on Development and Evaluation 

of a Gas Chromatograph Testing 

Protocol 

Correction 

In notice document E8–15670 

appearing on page 40882 in the issue of 

Wednesday, July 16, 2008, make the 

following corrections: 

1. On page 40882, in the first column, 

in the first paragraph, in the fourth line 

from the bottom, ‘‘PP Pipelines’’ should 

read ‘‘BP Pipelines’’. 

2. On the same page, in the same 

column, in the same paragraph, in the 

second line from the bottom, ‘‘GMEH’’

should read ‘‘GMBH’’. 

[FR Doc. Z8–15670 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

United States Parole Commission 

Public Announcement; Pursuant to the 

Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. 

L. 94–409) [5 U.S.C. Section 552b] 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department of 

Justice, United States Parole 

Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: 12 p.m., Thursday, 

August 14, 2008. 

PLACE: U.S. Parole Commission, 5550 

Friendship Boulevard, 4th Floor, Chevy 

Chase, Maryland 20815. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS CONSIDERED: The following 

matter will be considered during the 

closed portion of the Commission’s 

Business Meeting: Petition for 

reconsideration involving one original 

jurisdiction case pursuant to 28 CFR 

2.27. 

AGENCY CONTACT: Thomas W. 

Hutchison, Chief of Staff, United States 

Parole Commission, (301) 492–5990. 

Dated: August 14, 2008. 

Rockne J. Chickinell, 

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–18563 Filed 8–8–08; 3:30 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4410–31–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

United States Parole Commission 

Public Announcement; Pursuant to the 

Government in the Sunshine Act; (Pub. 

L. 94–409) [5 U.S.C. Section 552b] 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department of 

Justice, United States Parole 

Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

August 14, 2008. 

PLACE: 5550 Friendship Blvd., Fourth 

Floor, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

following matters have been placed on 

the agenda for the open Parole 

Commission meeting: 

1. Approval of Minutes of May 2008 

Quarterly Business Meeting 


ebenthall on PRODPC60 with NOTICES