Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2001 / Notices 65743

Any person may attend the forum and

make a statement concerning the issues

listed above. A person wishing to do so

must file a request with the Secretary.

Once all requests have been received,

the Commission will decide on whether

to hold the forum. The Commission will

inform each person whose request to

appear has been granted of the date,

time, location, and agenda of the forum.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: December 17, 2001.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31449 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE

UNITED STATES

Hearings of the Judicial Conference

Advisory Committees on Rules of

Bankruptcy and Criminal Procedure

AGENCY: Judicial Conference of the

United States, Advisory Committees on

Rules of Bankruptcy and Criminal

Procedure.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of open

hearings.

SUMMARY: The following public hearings

have been canceled:

• Bankruptcy Rules in Washington,

DC on January 4, 2002; and

• Criminal Rules in Atlanta, Georgia

on January 7, 2002.

(Original notice of hearings appeared in

the Federal Register of August 29, 2001

(66 FR 45693)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

K. Rabiej, Chief, Rules Committee

Support Office, Administrative Office of

the United States Courts, Washington,

DC 20544, telephone (202) 502–1820.

Dated: December 13, 2001.

John K. Rabiej,

Chief, Rules Committee Support Office.

[FR Doc. 01–31277 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 2210–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Supplement to

the Consent Decree Pursuant to the

Safe Drinking Water Act

In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7,

notice is hereby given that a proposed

Supplement to the Consent Decree in

United States and State of New York, et

al. v. City of New York, et al., Civil

Action No. CV 97–2154 (Gershon J.)

(Gold, M.J.), was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Eastern

District of New York on December 12,

2001. In this action, the United States

and the State of New York sought to

court order requiring the City of New

York to come into compliance with the

Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f,

et seq., and the Surface Water Treatment

Rule, a National Primary Drinking Water

Regulation, by installing filtration

treatment for its Croton water supply

system.

On November 24, 1998, the Court

entered a Consent Decree in this action

which required the City, among other

obligations, to select a site for, design,

and contruct the filtration plant. The

City selected a site for the plant at the

Mosholu Golf Course in Van Cortlandt

Park in the Bronx. However, on

February 8, 2001, the New York State

Court of Appeals held that the City

could not construct the plant at the

Mosholu Golf Course Site without first

obtaining approve from the New York

State Legislature. The City has sought,

but to date has not obtained, legislative

approve to construct the plant at the

Mosholu Golf Course Site, though the

City represents that it is continuing to

seek such approval.

In view of the lack of legislative

approval for the Mosholu Golf Course

Site, the Parties negotiated a

Supplement to the Consent Decree,

which, among other things, requires the

City to select a new site and modifies

the deadlines for construction of the

filtration plant. The City has identified

two alternative sites for construction of

the filtration plant, a site in the Town

of Mount Pleasant in Westchester

Country, denominated the Eastview

Site, and a site adjacent to the Harlem

River in Bronx County, denominated the

Harlem River Site. However, the City

wishes to conduct additional study

regarding these sites prior to selecting a

preferred site for the plant. Accordingly,

the Supplement tot he Consent Decree

provides that the City will conduct

some initial study and design work

relating to the Eastview Site and the

Harlem River Site and will identify its

preferred Site in a draft environmental

impact statement to be submitted on

April 30, 2003. The City is to select one

of these two sites or, if legislative

approval for the Mosholu Golf Course

Site is obtained by April 15, 2003 and

other requirements are met, the City

may instead reselect the Mosholu Golf

Course Site.

The Supplement to the Consent

Decree provides that, if the Eastview

Site is selected, the City is to complete

construction of the plant by March 31,

2010, with full operation to commence

no later than September 30, 2010, and,

if the Harlem River Site is selected, the

City is to complete construction of the

plant by April 30, 2011, with full

operation to commence by October 31,

2011. The Supplement also provides

that, if the United States, State, or the

City determines during the course of

implementation of the Supplement that

the City cannot complete the plant at

the selected site within the schedule set

forth in the Supplement or within a

reasonable time period agreed to by the

parties, the City shall construct the

plant at the alternate site.

The Supplement to the Consent

Decree also provides for a supplemental

Interim Measure. This Interim Measure

requires the City to implement a project

to improve, enhance and/or secure the

Croton Water Supply System and/or the

Croton Watershed. The City is to submit

a proposal to the United States and the

State for such a project by September

30, 2002, and to implement the

approved project between May 31, 2003

and May 31, 2006, at a cost of

$2,000,000.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

Supplement to the Consent Decree for a

period of thirty (30) days from the date

of this publication. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, Department of

Justice, c/o Deborah B. Zwany, Assistant

U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New

York, One Pierrepont Plaza, 14th Floor,

Brooklyn, New York 11201, and should

refer to United States and State of New

York v. City of New York, D.J. Ref. 90–

5–1–1–4429. A copy of the comments

should also be sent to Chief,

Environmental Enforcement Section,

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

7611, Washington, DC 20044.

The proposed Supplement to the

Consent Decree may be examined at the

office of the United States Attorney for

the Eastern District of New York, One

Pierrepont Plaza, 14th Floor, Brooklyn,

New York 11201, and at the Region II

office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New

York 10007. A copy of the proposed

Supplement to the Consent Decree may

also be obtained by faxing a request to

Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice

Consent Decree Library, fax no. (202)

353–0296. There is a charge for the copy

(25 cent per page reproduction cost).

When requesting a copy, please mail a

check payable to the ‘‘Consent Decree

Library’’, in the amount of $15.00, to:

Consent Decree Library, U.S.