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Alternative is similar to the Proposed 

Action in development sequence and 

facilities, but contains additional 

drainage control structures to manage 

storm water run-off. Total surface 

disturbance for this alternative is 2,748 

acres. 

The ROD approves only the Phase 1 

portion of Alternative 2, the Proposed 

Action. Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the 

Proposed Action are not authorized in 

the ROD and may be considered in the 

future when the necessary electric 

transmission upgrades are proposed. At 

that time, the BLM will prepare any 

necessary additional environmental 

review. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10. 

Robert V. Abbey, 

Director, Bureau of Land Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 332–325] 

The Economic Effects of Significant 

U.S. Import Restraints: Seventh 

Update; Special Topic: Global Supply 

Chains 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of seventh update report 

and scheduling of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request 

dated August 16, 2010 from the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR), the 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

(Commission) has announced its 

schedule for preparing the seventh 

update report in investigation No. 332– 

325, The Economic Effects of Significant 

U.S. Import Restraints, including the 

scheduling of a public hearing in 

connection with the investigation for 

December 16, 2010. 

DATES:

November 29, 2010: Deadline for 

filing requests to appear at the public 

hearing. 

November 29, 2010: Deadline for 

filing pre-hearing briefs and statements. 

December 16, 2010: Public hearing. 

January 6, 2011: Deadline for filing 

post-hearing briefs and statements. 

February 7, 2011: Deadline for filing 

all other written submissions. 

August 12, 2011: Transmittal of 

Commission report to USTR. 

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, 

including the Commission’s hearing 

rooms, are located in the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, 

DC. All written submissions should be 

addressed to the Secretary, United 

States International Trade Commission, 

500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 

20436. The public record for this 

investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/ 

edis.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Project Leader William Powers 

(william.powers@usitc.gov or 202–708– 

5405) or Deputy Project Leader Jose 

Signoret (jose.signoret@usitc.gov or 202– 

205–3125) for information specific to 

this investigation (the seventh update). 

For information on the legal aspects of 

this investigation, contact William 

Gearhart of the Commission’s Office of 

the General Counsel (202–205–3091 or 

william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media 

should contact Margaret O’Laughlin, 

Office of External Relations (202–205– 

1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). 

Hearing-impaired individuals may 

obtain information on this matter by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal at 202–205–1810. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 

Persons with mobility impairments who 

will need special assistance in gaining 

access to the Commission should 

contact the Office of the Secretary at 

202–205–2000. 

Background: The Commission 

instituted this investigation under 

Section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 

(19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) following receipt of 

an initial request from the USTR dated 

May 15, 1992. The request asked that 

the Commission assess the quantitative 

economic effects of significant U.S. 

import restraints on the U.S. economy 

and prepare periodic update reports 

after the initial report. The Commission 

published a notice of institution of the 

investigation in the Federal Register of 

June 17, 1992 (57 FR 27063). The first 

report was delivered to the USTR in 

November 1993, the first update in 

December 1995, and successive updates 

were delivered in 1999, 2002, 2004, 

2007, and 2009. In this seventh update, 

as requested by the USTR in a letter 

dated August 16, 2010, the Commission 

will, in addition to the quantitative 

effects analysis similar to that included 

in prior reports, include an overview of 

global supply chains, including the 

economic forces behind them and 

current U.S. involvement in them. The 

USTR asked that the overview be 

accessible to readers who may not be 

professional economists. As in previous 

reports in this series, the seventh update 

will continue to assess the economic 

effects of significant import restraints on 

U.S. consumers and firms, the income 

and employment of U.S. workers, and 

the net economic welfare of the United 

States. This assessment will use the 

Commission’s computable general 

equilibrium model. However, as per 

earlier instructions from the USTR, the 

Commission will not assess import 

restraints resulting from antidumping or 

countervailing duty investigations, 

section 337 and 406 investigations, or 

section 301 actions. 

Public Hearing: A public hearing in 

connection with this investigation will 

be held at the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, 

DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on December 

16, 2010. Requests to appear at the 

hearing should be filed with the 

Secretary no later than 5:15 p.m., 

November 29, 2010, in accordance with 

the requirements in the ‘‘Submissions’’ 

section below. All pre-hearing briefs 

and statements should be filed not later 

than 5:15 p.m., November 29, 2010; and 

all post-hearing briefs and statements 

should be filed not later than 5:15 p.m., 

January 6, 2011. In the event that, as of 

the close of business on November 29, 

2010, no witnesses are scheduled to 

appear at the hearing, the hearing will 

be canceled. Any person interested in 

attending the hearing as an observer or 

nonparticipant may call the Secretary to 

the Commission (202–205–2000) after 

November 29, 2010, for information 

concerning whether the hearing will be 

held. 

Written Submissions: In lieu of or in 

addition to participating at the hearing, 

interested parties are invited to file 

written submissions concerning this 

investigation. All written submissions 

(other than pre- and post-hearing briefs 

and statements) should be addressed to 

the Secretary, and should be received 

not later than 5:15 p.m., February 7, 

2011. All written submissions must 

conform with the provisions of section 

201.8 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). 

Section 201.8 requires that a signed 

original (or a copy so designated) and 

fourteen (14) copies of each document 

be filed. In the event that confidential 

treatment of a document is requested, at 

least four (4) additional copies must be 

filed, in which the confidential 

information must be deleted (see the 

following paragraph for further 

information regarding confidential 

business information). The 

Commission’s rules authorize filing 

submissions with the Secretary by 

facsimile or electronic means only to the 

extent permitted by section 201.8 of the 

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rules (see Handbook for Electronic 

Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/

documents/handbook_on_electronic_

filing.pdf). Persons with questions 

regarding electronic filing should 

contact the Secretary (202–205–2000). 

Any submissions that contain 

confidential business information must 

also conform with the requirements of 

section 201.6 of the Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 

201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules 

requires that the cover of the document 

and the individual pages be clearly 

marked as to whether they are the 

‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘non-confidential’’ 

version, and that the confidential 

business information be clearly 

identified by means of brackets. All 

written submissions, except for 

confidential business information, will 

be made available for inspection by 

interested parties. 

In its request letter, the USTR stated 

that his office intends to make the 

Commission’s report available to the 

public in its entirety, and asked that the 

Commission not include any 

confidential business information or 

national security classified information 

in the report it sends to the USTR. Any 

confidential business information 

received by the Commission in this 

investigation and used in preparing this 

report will not be published in a manner 

that would reveal the operations of the 

firm supplying the information. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: October 14, 2010. 

William R. Bishop, 

Acting Secretary to the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act and 

The Clean Water Act 

Notice is hereby given that on October 

12, 2010, two proposed Consent Decrees 

in United States and State of Louisiana 

v. ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol 

North America Inc., Civil Action No. 

2:10-cv-1556, were lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

Western District of Louisiana. 

In this action the United States, on 

behalf of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, the 

United States Department of the 

Interior, and the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration of the 

United States Department of Commerce, 

and the State of Louisiana, on behalf of 

the Louisiana Department of Wildlife 

and Fisheries (‘‘LDWF’’) and the 

Louisiana Department of Environmental 

Quality (‘‘LDEQ’’), sought, pursuant to 

Sections 106 and 107(a) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 

9607(a), and pursuant to Section 311(f) 

of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1321(f), (1) Reimbursement of response 

costs incurred and to be incurred by the 

governments in connection with the 

Calcasieu Estuary Superfund Site 

(‘‘Site’’), (2) injunctive relief requiring 

performance of response actions by 

Defendants; and (3) recovery of damages 

for the injury to, destruction of, or loss 

of natural resources under the 

trusteeship of the federal and state 

trustees, as a result of releases and 

threatened release of hazardous 

substances into the environment at or 

from the Site, including the recovery of 

the costs of assessing such injury and 

damages and the future costs of 

overseeing and monitoring restoration 

actions. The Calcasieu Estuary 

Superfund Site is located in Louisiana 

and includes the aerial extent of 

contamination within the area of the 

Estuary encompassing Bayou Verdine, 

Bayou d’ Inde, Coon Island Loop, 

Clooney Island Loop, Prien Lake, Lake 

Charles, and the Calcasieu River from 

the saltwater barrier to Moss Lake. 

The United States and the State have 

negotiated two separate consent decrees 

to resolve the CERCLA and CWA claims 

against Settling Defendants, as well as 

the state law claims. The proposed 

Consent Decrees resolve the liability of 

ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol 

North America Inc. for response costs 

incurred and response actions taken in 

connection with the Site and for 

damages for injury to, loss of, or 

destruction of natural resources at the 

Site as alleged in the Complaint. Under 

the Consent Decree for Removal Action 

and Recovery of Response Costs, 

Settling Defendants have agreed to: (1) 

Reimburse the United States $4,553,547 

of past response costs for the Site and 

100% of future oversight costs related to 

the selected removal action for Bayou 

Verdine, and (2) perform a non-time 

critical removal action within Bayou 

Verdine and adjacent areas at the Site in 

accordance with the Action 

Memorandum for a Removal Action at 

the Calcasieu Estuary Superfund Site, 

Bayou Verdine Area of Concern, Lake 

Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, 

executed by EPA on August 6, 2003. 

This Consent Decree includes a 

covenant not to sue by the United States 

and the State under Sections 106 and 

107 of CERCLA, under Section 311(f) of 

the Clean Water Act, and under Section 

7003 of the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973. 

Under the Consent Decree for Natural 

Resource Damages, Settling Defendants 

have agreed to (1) reimburse the federal 

and state trustees nearly $1,200,000 of 

past natural resource damages 

assessment costs, (2) perform 

construction of a restoration project 

selected by the trustees in accordance 

with the Final Restoration Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Bayou Verdine Site, and (3) pay an 

additional sum of $750,000 toward 

further monitoring or corrective action 

after completion of construction of the 

restoration project. Under the terms of 

the Consent Decree and the assessment 

and restoration plan finalized by the 

Trustees, the Settling Defendants will 

construct the Sabine Unit 1999 

Restoration Project to compensate for 

the natural resources losses attributable 

to Settling Defendants’ releases of 

hazardous substances into the Calcasieu 

Estuary. The Project will create over 14 

new acres of marsh, enhance the 

ecological functioning of approximately 

247 acres of existing marsh, and 

increase the expected functional life 

span of these marshes. It is to be 

performed in the Calcasieu Estuary at a 

designated site within the Sabine 

National Wildlife Refuge. This Consent 

Decree includes a covenant not to sue 

by the United States and the State under 

Section 107 of CERCLA and under 

Section 311(f) of the Clean Water Act. 

The two proposed Consent Decrees 

are to become effective only after both 

have been entered by the Court. 

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 Louisiana v. 

ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol 

North America Inc., D.J. Ref. 90–11–2– 

1284 and 1284/1. 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 Consent Decrees may be 

examined at the Office of the United 

States Attorney, Western District of 

Louisiana, 800 Lafayette Street, Suite 

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