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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2008–N0024; 20124–1113– 

0000–F2] 

CT 620 Partnership Incidental Take 

Permit Amendment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 30-day 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received from CT 

620 Partnership (Applicant) a request to 

amend an existing Incidental Take 

Permit (Permit), TE036095, under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

If we grant it, the amendment would 

update the methodology we used to 

calculate the mitigation fee for this 

permit to the methodology we presently 

use to calculate new fees for permits of 

this type. This amendment would not 

alter the level of authorized take. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive any written comments on 

or before November 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review 

the amendment request may obtain 

copies by calling or faxing the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service Austin Office, 

10711 Burnet Road, Suite 200, Austin, 

TX 78758 (512/490–0057, voice; 512/ 

490–0974, fax). The amendment request 

will also be available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m.) at the above office. During the 30- 

day public comment period, written 

comments or data should be submitted 

to the Field Supervisor at the above 

address. Please refer to TE–036095–1 

when submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Zerrenner, Field Supervisor 

(contact information above). 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the public record associated with 

this action. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment-including your personal 

identifying information-may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can request in your comment that 

we withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. We will not consider anonymous 

comments. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Background 

We issued CT 620’s original 

incidental take permit on April 30, 

2001, for a 30-year period (to last until 

April 30, 2031). Prior to issuing this 

permit, we published a notice of 

availability and request for comments 

on the proposed permit, an 

environmental assessment, and a habitat 

conservation plan in the Federal 

Register on December 26, 2000 (65 FR 

81540). The requested amendment to 

the permit would not change the length 

or terms of the permit, other than 

changing the required mitigation fee to 

align with the Service’s current policy 

to use the methodology adopted by the 

Balcones Canyonlands Preserve in July 

2007. CT 620’s Permit allows for 

incidental take of golden-cheeked 

warbler habitat during the construction 

of nine residences on portions of 50.08 

acres on Hughes Park Road near RR 620, 

Austin, Travis County, Texas. The 

development will eliminate 

approximately 16 acres of GCWA 

habitat. Under the current permit, CT 

620 must pay a mitigation fee of 

$304,000 to Travis County to be used by 

the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve for 

the purchase and preservation of 32 

acres (at a cost of $9,500 per acre) of 

GCWA habitat before construction the 

property begins. CT 620 is requesting 

that the mitigation fee be recalculated at 

a fee of $5,000 per acre which was 

adopted in July 2007. The new 

mitigation fee to purchase 32 acres 

would be $160,000. 

Section 9 of the Act prohibits the 

‘‘taking’’ of threatened or endangered 

species. However, the Service, under 

limited circumstances, may issue 

permits to take threatened and 

endangered wildlife species incidental 

to, and not the purpose of, otherwise 

lawful activities. 

We provide this notice under section 

10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22), and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4371 et seq. ) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Benjamin N. Tuggle, 

Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, 

New Mexico. 

[FR Doc. E8–23242 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado River Basin 

Salinity Control Advisory Council 

(Council) was established by the 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–320) (Act) to 

receive reports and advise federal 

agencies on implementing the Act. In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Bureau of 

Reclamation announces that the Council 

will meet as detailed below. 

DATES AND LOCATION: The Council will 

conduct its meeting at the following 

time and location: 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008—San 

Diego, California—The meeting will be 

held at the Bahia Resort Hotel, 998 W. 

Mission Bay Drive. The meeting will 

begin at 9 a.m., recess at approximately 

2 p.m., and reconvene briefly the 

following day at 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the Council 

is open to the public. Any member of 

the public may file written statements 

with the Council before, during, or up 

to 30 days after the meeting, in person 

or by mail. To the extent that time 

permits, the Council chairman will 

allow public presentation of oral 

comments at the meeting. To allow full 

consideration of information by Council 

members, written notice must be 

provided to Kib Jacobson, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional 

Office, 125 South State Street, Room 

6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–1147; 

telephone (801) 524–3753; facsimile 

(801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@uc.usbr.gov at least FIVE (5) 

days prior to the meeting. Any written 

comments received prior to the meeting 

will be provided to Council members at 

the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kib 

Jacobson, telephone (801) 524–3753; 

facsimile (801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@uc.usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting will be to 

discuss the accomplishments of federal 

agencies and make recommendations on 

future activities to control salinity. 

Council members will be briefed on the 

status of salinity control activities and 

receive input for drafting the Council’s 

annual report. The Bureau of 

Reclamation, Bureau of Land 

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Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, and United States Geological 

Survey of the Department of the Interior; 

the Natural Resources Conservation 

Service of the Department of 

Agriculture; and the Environmental 

Protection Agency will each present a 

progress report and a schedule of 

activities on salinity control in the 

Colorado River Basin. The Council will 

discuss salinity control activities and 

the contents of the reports. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your name, address, 

telephone number, e-mail address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personal identifying information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Dated: September 10, 2008. 

Wayne Xia, 

Acting Regional Director—UC Region, Bureau 

of Reclamation. 

[FR Doc. E8–23106 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Water Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

September 12, 2008, a proposed consent 

decree (the ‘‘Decree’’) in United States 

and State of Oregon v. Truax Oil, Inc., 

Civil Action No. 3:08–cv–01063–KI, was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of Oregon. 

In this action the United States and 

State of Oregon sought civil penalties 

for Defendant Truax Oil’s spill of 

approximately 11,000 gallons of oil from 

a tanker truck owned and operated by 

Truax. Truax owns and operates a liquid 

petroleum transport company based in 

Corvallis, Oregon. On March 11, 2006, 

a tanker truck owned and operated by 

Truax carrying approximately 9,000 

gallons of gasoline and 2,000 gallons of 

diesel fuel overturned while traveling 

on U.S. Highway 5, at Milepost 118, 

near Roseburg, Oregon. Gasoline and 

diesel that did not ignite in the ensuing 

fire spilled into a soil embankment 

beside the highway and migrated to an 

unnamed tributary to Roberts Creek, a 

tributary of the South Fork of the 

Umpqua River. Truax’s discharge of 

gasoline and diesel to the Umpqua River 

and its tributaries violated the Clean 

Water Act and Oregon law. Under the 

consent decree, Truax will pay the 

United States and the State of Oregon 

civil penalties of $117,500 and $20,000, 

respectively. 

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, 

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, and should refer to United 

States and State of Oregon v. Truax Oil, 

Inc., Civil Action No. 3:08–cv–01063– 

KI, D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–1–09015. 

The consent decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, Mark O. Hatfield U.S. 

Courthouse, 1000 S.W. Third Avenue, 

Suite 600, Portland, OR 97204, and at 

U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Seattle, WA 98101. During the public 

comment period, the consent decree 

may also 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. 

When requesting a copy from the 

Consent Decree Library, please enclose 

a check in the amount of $4.00 (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. 

Robert E. Maher, Jr., 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–23092 Filed 10–1–08; 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—Portland Cement 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

14, 2008, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Portland Cement 

Association (‘‘PCA’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, California Portland Cement 

Company, Glendale, CA; CPC 

Terminals, Glendale, AZ; and Arizona 

Portland Cement Co., Phoenix, AZ have 

changed their names to CalPortland, 

Glendale, CA. In addition, MikroPul, 

Charlotte, NC has become an Associate 

Member. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and PCA intends 

to file additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On January 7, 1985, PCA filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on February 5, 1985 (50 FR 5015). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on February 25, 2008. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 24, 2008 (73 FR 15538). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–23055 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Petition for Modification 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for 

modification of an existing mandatory 

safety standard. 

SUMMARY: Section 101(c) of the Federal 

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 

30 CFR Part 44 govern the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for modification. This notice is a 

summary of a petition for modification 

filed by the party listed below to modify 

the application of an existing mandatory 

safety standard published in Title 30 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations. 

DATES: All comments on the petition 

must be received by the Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances 

on or before November 3, 2008. 

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