10912 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 20, 2001 / Notices

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, New York, New York 10007–

1866 (contact Assistant Regional

Counsel Patricia Hick). A copy of the

proposed consent decree may be

obtained by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, PO Box 7611,

Washington, DC 20044–7611. In

requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $7.50 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 01–4060 Filed 2–16–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7,

notice is hereby given that on February

1, 2001, a proposed consent decree in

United States v. Natural Gas Pipeline

Company of America, Civil Action No.

99–S–2419, was lodged with the United

States District Court for the District of

Colorado.

In this action, the United States

sought civil penalties for alleged

violations of Section 113(b) of the Clean

Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b),

resulting from the alleged failure of

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (NGPL) to obtain a Prevention

of Significant Deterioration (PSD)

permit from the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) before

construction in May 1979 of a natural

gas compressor station, the Akron

Compressor Station (also known as the

‘‘Niobrara Compressor Station’’), located

in Washington County, Colorado. The

United States also alleges that NGPL

operated the Akron Compressor Station

as a major stationary source in violation

of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7413, without an

appropriate PSD permit, and without

application of best available control

technology.

Under the terms of the proposed

consent decree, NGPL will pay a civil

penalty of $215,000 for alleged

violations of the CAA PSD program, and

implement a Supplemental

Environmental Project (SEP) that will be

valued at $100,000 in order to resolve

the United States’ claims. The SEP

requires NGPL to install equipment on

two gas-fired compressor engines at the

Crystal River Compressor Station in

Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and on

two gas-fired compressor engines at the

Well Draw Compressor Station in

Converse County, Wyoming. When the

SEP is completed, total nitrogen oxide

(NOX reductions at the two stations are

expected to be about 400 tons per year

(TPY). The proposed consent decree

does not require that NGPL take any

injunctive measures because NGPL no

longer owns the Akron Compressor

Station at issue in this case.

The Department of Justice will receive

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication.

Comments should be addressed to the

Acting Assistant Attorney General for

the Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer

to United States v. Natural Gas Pipeline

Company of America, Civil Action No.

99–S–2419, and Department of Justice

Reference No. 90–5–2–1–06728.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, 1225 17th Street, Suite

700, Denver, CO 80202; and at U.S. EPA

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Denver,

Colorado 80202. A copy of the proposed

consent decree may be obtained by mail

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O.

Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $7.50 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Robert Brook,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department

of Justice.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—VSI Alliance

Notice is hereby given that, on

October 26, 2000, pursuant to section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), VSI

Alliance has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership status. 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, Steve Burchfiel, Austin,

TX; Canon, Inc., Kawasaki, JAPAN;

Embedded Solutions Ltd., Oxford,

UNITED KINGDOM; eSilicon Corp.,

Palo Alto, CA; Duolog Technologies

Limited, Dublin, IRELAND; HewlettPackard Company, Palo Alto, CA;

Edward Lee, Berkeley, CA; Ian

Mackintosh, San Jose, CA; Nsine

Limited, Reading, UNITED KINGDOM;

NurLogic Design, Inc., San Diego, CA;

Semiconductor Technology Academic

Research Center (STARC), Tokyo,

JAPAN; The Athena Group, Inc.,

Gainesville, FL; and Verisity Design,

Inc., Mountain View, CA have been

added as parties to this venture. Also,

Advanced Bytes & Rights Ltd., Bristol,

UNITED KINGDOM; Cogency

Technology, Inc., Toronto, Ontario,

CANADA; EnThink, Inc., Santa Clara,

CA; Institute of Microelectronics,

Singapore, SINGAPORE; Integrated

Chipware, Reston, VA; Seagate

Technology, Scotts Valley, CA;

Synthesis Corp., Osaka, JAPAN; and

Unisys Corp., San Diego, CA have been

dropped as parties to this venture.

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 VSI Alliance

intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On November 29, 1996, VSI Alliance

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 March 4, 1997 (62 FR

9812).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on July 13, 2000. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the

Act on October 3, 2000 (65 FR 59018).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Requested

ACTION: Notice of information collection

under review; Extension of a currently

approved collection; Application for

procurement quota for controlled

substances (DEA Form 250).

The Department of Justice, Drug

Enforcement Administration (DEA), has

submitted the following information

collection request for review and