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BILLING CODE 4310-84-M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [AK-910-1310PP-ARAC] Notice of Public Meeting, Alaska Resource Advisory Council AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Interior. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

(BLM)Alaska Resource Advisory Council will meet as indicated below. DATES: The Alaska Resource Advisory Council will conduct its field trip to Nome, Alaska, from July 18-20, 2007, which includes a public meeting on Wednesday, July 18, at St. Joseph's Church beginning at 1:30 p.m. The meeting will include a brief update on land management plans followed by a public comment period beginning at 4:15 p.m. A community open house where Nome residents can meet informally with the council is scheduled from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. When making public comment, participants should know that their address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in their comment, along with their entire comment may be made publicly available at any time. Commenters can ask that personal identifying information be withheld from their comments but this cannot be guaranteed. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danielle Allen, Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue #13, Anchorage, AK 99513. Telephone

(907)271-3335 or e-mail *Danielle_Allen@ak.blm.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member Council advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in Alaska. All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written comments to the Council. Each formal Council meeting will also have time allotted for hearing public comments. Depending on the number of people wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual oral comments may be limited. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation, transportation, or other reasonable accommodations, should contact the BLM. Dated: June 7, 2007. Gust Panos, Acting State Director. [FR Doc. E7-11532 Filed 6-13-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JA-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [NV-056-5853-EU; N-62824, 7-08807] Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of Federal Interest in Public Lands in Clark County, NV (N-62824) AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of realty action. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management

(BLM)proposes to offer the Federal interest in public lands consisting of a reversionary interest, by direct sale, containing approximately 60 acres. The public lands have been designated for disposal within Clark County, Nevada, to Basic Management Incorporated

(BMI)and will be offered for direct sale. The interest in land proposed for sale has been authorized and designated for disposal under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2343), as amended (hereinafter “SNPLMA”). The reversionary interest in the lands will be offered noncompetitively in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719), and FLPMA's implementing regulations, in particular 43 CFR 2711.3-3. The environmental assessment, map, approved appraisal report and other supporting documentation are available for review at the BLM, Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO), Las Vegas, Nevada. DATES: Written comments regarding the proposed sale must be received by the BLM on or before July 30, 2007. ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the proposed sale should be addressed to: Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130. More detailed information regarding the proposed sale and the land involved may be reviewed during normal business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) at the BLM, Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Anna Wharton, Supervisory Realty Specialist at

(702)515-5082. You may also call

(702)515-5000 and ask to have your call directed to a member of the Sales Team. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This sale is in conformance with the BLM, Las Vegas Resource Management Plan, approved October 15, 1998. BLM has determined that the sale action conforms with the land use plan decision LD-1 under the authority of FLPMA. The land contains no other known public values. The reversionary interest for the parcel will be sold at not less than the appraised fair market value

(FMV)of the parcel, which has been determined to be $18,068,000.00. Appraisal of the reversionary interest was conducted in accordance with Federal appraisal standards and reviewed by the Department of the Interior prior to sale of public land or an interest in public land. On April 15, 1965, BMI, received a patent to approximately 60 acres of land under an Act of Congress dated August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. A223) (Act). Consistent with the Act, this patent was issued for the development, production, pumping, storage, transmission, and distribution of water. The patent contains a provision that states “provided, that, whenever the land herein granted shall cease to be used for the purposes for which it was granted, the estate of the grantee or its assigns shall terminate and revest to the United States”. The land has been used by BMI for 39 years for the purposes allowed in the patent in providing water for the City of Henderson, Nevada's municipal water system. Basic Environmental Company, LLC

(BEC)as successor to Basic Management Incorporated, has requested a purchase of the reversionary interest, the remaining interest in the patented land held by the United States. Regulation 43 CFR part 2711-3-3(a) states that “Direct sales (without competition) may be utilized, when in the opinion of the authorized officer, a competitive sale is not appropriate and the public interest would best be served by a direct sale. Examples include, but are not limited to * * *

(2)A tract identified for sale that is an integral part of a project of public importance and speculative bidding would jeopardize a timely completion and economic viability of the project; and

(3)There is a need to recognize an authorized use such as an existing business which could suffer a substantial economic loss if the tract were purchased by other than the authorized user.” Due to the patent that authorizes the existing improvements owned and maintained by BEC, and the continuing use of the land to provide municipal water to the City of Henderson, it is impracticable for the United States to sell the land to any entity other than the current title holder. The SNPLMA directs orderly disposal of land. In the opinion of the authorized officer, a direct sale to BEC, best serves the public interest. Existing improved lands consist of 19.3 acres and the balance equals 40.7 acres, totaling 60 acres. Land Proposed for Sale Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada T. 21 S., R. 63 E., Sec. 33, SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 , E 1/2 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 , NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 , S 1/2 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 , N 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 , and N 1/2 S 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 . The lands described above contain 60 acres, more or less, identified as Clark County Assessor Parcel 160-33-801-001. Terms and Conditions of Sale The parcel is subject to the following: 1. When the remaining interest in the parcel of land is sold, the locatable mineral interests will be sold simultaneously as part of the land sale. The land identified for sale has no known mineral value for minerals located under the 1872 Mining Law, as amended. Acceptance of the offer to purchase will constitute an application for conveyance of these mineral interests. In conjunction with the final payment, the applicant will be required to pay a $50 non-refundable filing fee for processing the conveyance of this mineral interest. Minerals that fall within the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and the Materials Act of 1947, as amended, are reserved under applicable law and any regulations that the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, including all necessary access and exit rights. 2. A right-of-way is reserved for ditches and canals constructed by authority of the United States under the Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945). 3. The parcel is subject to valid existing rights. Parcels may also be subject to applications received prior to publication of this Notice if processing the application would have no adverse affect on the federally approved Fair Market Value (FMV). 4. The parcel is subject to reservations for road, public utilities and flood control purposes, both existing and proposed, in accordance with the local governing entities' Transportation Plans. 5. All purchasers/patentees, by accepting a patent, agree to indemnify, defend, and hold the United States harmless from any cost, damages, claims, causes of action, penalties, fines, liabilities, and judgments of any kind or nature arising from the past, present, and future acts or omissions of the patentee or their employees, agents, contractors, or lessees, or any third-party, arising out of or in connection with the patentee's use, occupancy, or operations on the patented real property. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement includes, but is not limited to

(1)Violations of Federal, State, and local laws and regulations that are now or may in the future become, applicable to the real property;

(2)Judgments, claims or demands of any kind assessed against the United States;

(3)Cost, expenses, or damages of any kind incurred by the United States;

(4)Other releases or threatened releases of solid or hazardous waste(s) and/or hazardous substance(s), as defined by Federal or State environmental laws; off, on, into or under land, property and other interests of the United States;

(5)Other activities by which solids or hazardous substances or wastes, as defined by Federal and State environmental laws are generated, released, stored, used or otherwise disposed of on the patented real property, and any cleanup response, remedial action or other actions related in any manner to said solid or hazardous substances or wastes; or

(6)Natural resource damages as defined by Federal and State law. This covenant shall be construed as running with patented real property and may be enforced by the United States in a court of competent jurisdiction. Pursuant to the requirements established by Section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1988, (100 Stat. 1670), notice is hereby given that the above-described lands have been examined and no evidence was found to indicate that any hazardous substances had been stored for one year or more, nor had any hazardous substances been disposed of or released on the subject property. No warranty of any kind, express or implied, is given by the United States as to the title, physical condition or potential uses of the parcel of land proposed for sale; and the conveyance of any such parcel will not be on a contingency basis. Maps delineating the subject interest in lands proposed for sale are available for public review at the BLM LVFO along with the appraisal. Upon acceptance of the offer to purchase, BEC will submit 20% of the FMV to BLM, Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130. Within 180 days following payment of the deposit, BEC will remit the balance of the FMV to the BLM in the form of a certified check, money order, bank draft or cashier's check made payable to the Bureau of Land Management. If in the opinion of the authorized officer, consummation of the sale is not fully consistent with FLPMA or other applicable laws or determined not to be in the public interest, the BLM may accept or reject any or all offers, or withdraw any portion of or interest in land from sale. If not sold, the parcel described in this Notice identified for a partial interest sale may be suspended from any further proposed actions without further legal notice. It is the buyer's responsibility to be aware of all applicable Federal, State and local governmental policies, laws, regulations and the historical use of the proposed property and the affect these lands would have pertaining to any future use or development. *Public Comments:* The BLM Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130, will receive written comments from the general public and interested parties up to 45 days after publication of this Notice in the **Federal Register** . Only written comments submitted by postal service or overnight mail to the Field Manager BLM LVFO, will be considered properly filed; e-mail, facsimile or telephone comments will not be considered as properly filed. Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the Nevada State Director, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action in whole or in part. In the absence of any adverse comments this realty action will become the final determination of the Department of the Interior. Any comments received during this process, as well as the commentor's name and address, will be available to the public in the administrative record and/or pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request. Before including your 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 from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: May 18, 2007. Angie Lara, Acting Field Manager. [FR Doc. E7-11446 Filed 6-13-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-HC-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Minerals Management Service Chukchi Sea Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and Seismic Surveying Activities in the Chukchi Sea AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). SUMMARY: The proposed federal action addressed in this FEIS (OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007-026) is to offer for lease areas in the Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS)that might contain recoverable oil and gas resources. This lease sale would provide qualified bidders the opportunity to bid on certain blocks in the Chukchi Sea OCS to gain conditional rights to explore, develop, and produce oil and natural gas. This FEIS is the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)analysis to enable the MMS to make informed decisions on the configuration of the lease sale and the applicable mitigation measures. In the FEIS, the potential direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of the sale, including estimated exploration and development and production activities related to the sale, on the physical, biological, and human environments in the Chukchi Sea area are analyzed. The FEIS also provides NEPA evaluation for exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea, including seismic survey geophysical permitting (30 CFR part 251), ancillary activities (30 CFR 250.207), and exploration plans (30 CFR 250.214). In addition, the FEIS provides information that the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service

(NMFS)may possibly use for issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorizations to the seismic-survey industry to take marine mammals by harassment, incidental to conducting prelease and ancillary on-lease oil and gas seismic surveys in the Chukchi Sea. To address its NEPA responsibilities, the NMFS is a cooperating agency (as that term is defined in 40 CFR 1501.6). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, #500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5823, Ms. Deborah Cranswick, telephone

(907)334-5267. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this FEIS, the MMS has examined the potential environmental effects of the Proposed Action and its alternatives. The Proposed Action (Alternative I) is to conduct Chukchi Sea OCS Lease Sale 193 in 2008. The resource estimates and scenario information included in this FEIS analysis are presented as a range of activities that could be associated with the sale, including exploration seismic surveying, on-lease ancillary activities, exploration and delineation drilling, development and production of OCS oil and gas resources, and lease abandonment. The Proposed Action would offer for lease approximately 6,156 whole and partial blocks (about 34 million acres) identified as the program area in the 2002-2007 5-Year Program. Although Sale 193 was scheduled under the 2002-2007 5-Year Program, it is being held under the 2007-2012 5-Year Program to accommodate the time required to complete the EIS analyses and process. The proposed Sale 193 area excludes up to a 50-mile-wide corridor along the coast, the polynya or spring lead system. Water depths in the sale area vary from about 95 feet

(ft)to approximately 262 ft. A small portion of the northeast corner of the area deepens to approximately 9,800 ft. Alternative II (No Lease Sale) is equivalent to cancellation of the Proposed Action as scheduled in the approved 5-Year Program. The opportunity for development of the estimated oil and gas resources that could have resulted from the Proposed Action would be precluded or postponed, and any potential environmental impacts resulting from the Proposed Action would not occur or would be postponed. Alternative III (Corridor I Deferral) is the Proposed Action excluding an area comprising approximately 1,765 whole or partial blocks along the coastward edge of the sale area. This alternative would attempt to reduce potential impacts to subsistence hunting as well as various wildlife species and associated habitats. Alternative IV (Corridor II Deferral) is the Proposed Action excluding an area comprising approximately 795 whole or partial blocks along the coastward edge of the sale area. This alternative was developed as a result of the 1987 Biological Opinion for the Chukchi Sea as recommended by the NMFS. The MMS also examines potential environmental effects of prelease seismic survey geophysical permitting. The FEIS includes an analysis of two alternatives for exploration seismic surveys: Alternative A and Alternative B. All permitted seismic surveys would be subject to the standard stipulations for geological and geophysical (G&G) permit activities, additional measures to mitigate seismic-surveying effects, and the mitigation and monitoring requirements of the selected alternative (Alternative 6) from the Final *Programmatic Environmental Assessment

(PEA)Arctic Ocean Outer Continental Shelf Seismic Surveys—2006,* dated June 2006 (USDOI, MMS, 2006a). Alternative A would allow pre-Sale 193 seismic surveying in the entire proposed Sale 193 area (the area under Alternative I). Alternative B would prohibit pre-Sale 193 exploration seismic surveys in the 795 whole or partial blocks in Corridor II Deferral area (Alternative IV) along the coastward edge of the proposed Sale 193 area. The Corridor II Deferral area was developed from the recommended conservation measures in the 1987 Biological Opinion from NMFS. The southern end of the corridor was expanded to encompass a portion of the Ledyard Bay Critical Habitat Area that lies within the proposed Sale 193 area. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concluded in its March 28, 2007, Biological Opinion for Chukchi Sea Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and Associated Seismic Surveys and Exploratory Drilling that, based on the information available at this time, the action would not jeopardize the continued existence of the spectacled or Steller's eider, or destroy or adversely modify designated critical habitat. The NMFS concluded in its Arctic Region Biological Opinion, dated June 2006, that leasing and exploration activities are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the threatened, endangered, or candidate species under its jurisdiction; however, the potential additive effects of oil and gas activities associated with exploration, production, and transportation throughout the Chukchi Sea and neighboring Beaufort Sea is of concern. The NMFS concluded further that activities associated with seismic surveys in the Chukchi Sea may adversely affect but not jeopardize the continued existence of any species listed under the ESA that are under the jurisdiction of the NMFS. *FEIS Availability:* To obtain a copy of the final FEIS, you may contact the Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, Attention: Resource Center, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, #500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5823, telephone 1-800-764-2627, or by e-mail at *akwebmaster@mms.gov.* You may also view the FEIS on the MMS Web site at *http://www.mms.gov/alaska.* *Written Comments:* Interested parties may submit their written comments on this FEIS until 30 days after the publication of this notice, to the Regional Director, Alaska OCS Region, Attention: Sale 193 Coordinator, Minerals Management Service, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, #500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5823, or by e-mail to *akeis@mms.gov.* Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised 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 from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will not consider anonymous comments, and we will make available for inspection in their entirety all comments submitted by organizations or businesses or by individuals identifying themselves as representatives of organizations or businesses. Dated: June 4, 2007. Walter D. Cruickshank, Acting Director, Minerals Management Service. [FR Doc. E7-11517 Filed 6-13-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 701-TA-447 and 731-TA-1116 (Preliminary)] Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From China AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission. ACTION: Institution of countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations and scheduling of preliminary phase investigations. SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations, commencement of preliminary phase countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-447 (Preliminary), and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping duty investigation No. 731-TA-1116 (Preliminary) under sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine whether there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports from China of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe, provided for in subheadings 7306.30.10 and 7306.30.50, as well as 7306.50.10 and 7306.50.50, of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that are alleged to be subsidized by the Government of China and sold in the United States at less than fair value. Unless the Department of Commerce extends the time for initiation pursuant to sections 702(c)(1)(B) and 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671a(c)(1)(B) and 1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must reach preliminary determinations in countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations in 45 days, or in this case by July 23, 2007. The Commission's views are due at Commerce within five business days thereafter, or by July 30, 2007. For further information concerning the conduct of these investigations and rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207). DATES: *Effective Date:* June 7, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Trainor (202-205-3354), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. 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. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server ( *http://www.usitc.gov* ). The public record for these investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket

(EDIS)at *http://edis.usitc.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Background.* —These investigations are being instituted in response to a petition filed on June 7, 2007, by Allied Tube & Conduit, Harvey, IL; IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., Camanche, IA; Northwest Pipe Co., Portland OR; Sharon Tube Co., Sharon, PA; Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Long Beach, CA; Wheatland Tube Co., Collingswood, NJ; and the United Steelworkers, Pittsburgh, PA. *Participation in the investigations and public service list.* —Persons (other than petitioners) wishing to participate in the investigations as parties must file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as provided in sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the Commission's rules, not later than seven days after publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** . Industrial users and (if the merchandise under investigation is sold at the retail level) representative consumer organizations have the right to appear as parties in Commission countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations. The Secretary will prepare a public service list containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to these investigations upon the expiration of the period for filing entries of appearance. *Limited disclosure of business proprietary information

(BPI)under an administrative protective order

(APO)and BPI service list.* —Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary will make BPI gathered in these investigations available to authorized applicants representing interested parties (as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are parties to the investigations under the APO issued in the investigations, provided that the application is made not later than seven days after the publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** . A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO. *Conference.* —The Commission's Director of Operations has scheduled a conference in connection with these investigations for 9:30 a.m. on June 28, 2007, at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC. Parties wishing to participate in the conference should contact Cynthia Trainor (202-205-3354) not later than June 25, 2007, to arrange for their appearance. Parties in support of the imposition of countervailing duties and antidumping duties in these investigations and parties in opposition to the imposition of such duties will each be collectively allocated one hour within which to make an oral presentation at the conference. A nonparty who has testimony that may aid the Commission's deliberations may request permission to present a short statement at the conference. *Written submissions.* —As provided in sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the Commission's rules, any person may submit to the Commission on or before July 3, 2007, a written brief containing information and arguments pertinent to the subject matter of the investigations. Parties may file written testimony in connection with their presentation at the conference no later than three days before the conference. If briefs or written testimony contain BPI, they must conform with the requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. The Commission's rules do not authorize filing of submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or electronic means, except to the extent permitted by section 201.8 of the Commission's rules, as amended, 67 FR 68036 (November 8, 2002). Even where electronic filing of a document is permitted, certain documents must also be filed in paper form, as specified in II

(C)of the Commission's Handbook on Electronic Filing Procedures, 67 FR 68168, 68173 (November 8, 2002). In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each document filed by a party to the investigations must be served on all other parties to the investigation (as identified by either the public or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service. Authority: These investigations are being conducted under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to section 207.12 of the Commission's rules. By order of the Commission. Issued: June 11, 2007. William R. Bishop, Hearings and Meetings Coordinator. [FR Doc. E7-11472 Filed 6-13-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020-02-P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Inv. No. 337-TA-607] In the Matter of Certain Semiconductor Devices, DMA Systems, and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on May 7, 2007, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of Korea. Supplements were filed on May 23, 2007 and June 5, 2007. The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain semiconductor devices, DMA systems, and products containing same by reason of infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,064,026 and 5,613,162. The complaint, as supplemented, further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order. ADDRESSES: The complaint and supplement, except for any confidential information contained therein, are available for inspection during official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. Hearing impaired individuals are advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. 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. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server at *http://www.usitc.gov.* 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: Jeffrey T. Hsu, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone

(202)205-2579. Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2006). *Scope of Investigation:* Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on June 6, 2007, *ordered that* —

(1)Pursuant to subsection

(b)of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the sale within the United States after importation of certain semiconductor devices, DMA systems, and products containing same by reason of infringement of one or more of claims 1-6 of U.S. Patent No. 7,064,026 and claims 1-11 of U.S. Patent No. 5,613,162, and whether an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337;

(2)For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of investigation shall be served:

(a)The complainant is— Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Samsung Main Building, 250, Taepyung-ro 2-ka, Chung-ku, Seoul 100-742, Korea.

(b)The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint, as supplemented, is to be served: Renesas Technology Corp., Marunouchi Building, 4-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6334, Japan. Renesas Technology America, Inc., 450 Holger Way, San Jose, California 95134.

(c)The Commission investigative attorney, party to this investigation, is Jeffrey T. Hsu, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 401, Washington, DC 20436; and

(3)For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Carl C. Charneski is designated as the presiding administrative law judge. Responses to the complaint, as supplemented, and the notice of investigation must be submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 210.13 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such responses will be considered by the Commission if received not later than 20 days after the date of service by the Commission of the complaint, as supplemented, and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for submitting responses to the complaint, as supplemented, and the notice of investigation will not be granted unless good cause therefor is shown. Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each allegation in the complaint, as supplemented, and in this notice may be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations of the complaint, as supplemented, and this notice, and to authorize the administrative law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent, to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint, as supplemented, and this notice and to enter an initial determination and a final determination containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of a limited exclusion order or cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent. Issued: June 6, 2007. By order of the Commission. Marilyn R. Abbott, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. E7-11447 Filed 6-13-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020-02-P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Filing of Consent Decree Between the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Allegheny County Health Department, and the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority To Resolve Certain Alleged Violations of the Clean Water Act Notice is hereby given that on May 31, 2007, the United States filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in Case No. 07-737, a proposed Consent Decree to resolve certain claims of the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PADEP”), and the Allegheny County Health Department (“ACHD”) against the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (“Alcosan”) under Sections 301 and 402 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1342, and other related state and local authorities. In this action, the United States alleges that Alcosan violated the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants into waters of the United States without a permit, and by discharging pollutants in a manner not contemplated by its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. These violations occurred primarily during wet weather, which causes Alcosan's system to quickly overload and to discharge through a network of over 300 outfalls that run along three main rivers in the area—the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monogahela Rivers. The United States, PADEP, and ACHD seek injunctive relief and the payment of civil penalties to redress these alleged violations. The proposed Consent Decree is designed to promote a coordinated regional approach to the wet weather discharge from Alcosan's system. It requires Alcosan to develop and submit a long-term plan, in coordination with the 83 municipalities that contribute flows to Alcosan's system, to control the wet weather discharges from its system and to ensure compliance with its NPDES permit and the Clean Water Act. The proposed Consent Decree also requires Alcosan to pay a civil penalty to the Plaintiffs of $1.2 million, and to undertake at least $3.0 million in supplemental environmental projects. The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty

(30)days from the date of this publication comments relating to the proposed 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* v. *Allegheny County Sanitary Authority* , D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4414. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 633 Post Office & Courthouse, 7th and Grant Streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, *http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.* In addition, a copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained from the Justice Department's Consent Decree Library 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 of the Consent Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $65.75 (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. Ellen Mahan, Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 07-2931 Filed 6-13-07; 8:45 am]

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