[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45306-45307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21704]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7044-5]
Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(h) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response and Liability Act
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative settlement and opportunity
for public comment--Ewan Property Superfund Site.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') is
proposing to enter into an administrative settlement to resolve certain
claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''). Notification is being published to
inform the public of the proposed settlement and of the opportunity to
comment. This settlement is intended to resolve the liability of
nineteen parties for certain response costs incurred by EPA at the Ewan
Property Superfund Site (``the Site'') in Shamong Township, New Jersey.
DATES: Comments must be provided on or before September 27, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, 290
Broadway--17th Floor, New York, New York 10007, and should refer to: In
the Matter of the Ewan Property Superfund
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Site: Administrative Settlement, U.S.E.P.A. Index No. 02-2001-2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway--17th Floor, New York, New
York 10007; Attention: Virginia A. Curry, Esq. (212) 637-3134 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 122(h) of CERCLA,
notification is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement
with nineteen parties by which these parties, who are currently
conducting the work at the Site under an administrative order, will pay
future non-oversight response costs incurred by EPA at the Site. These
parties paid all EPA's non-oversight costs at an earlier time. The Site
is within the jurisdiction of the federal court in the Third Circuit
which has ruled that parties are not liable under CERCLA for EPA
oversight costs. The settlors will receive a covenant not to sue for
claims related to EPA's past or future oversight costs at the Site,
even if the law should change. Section 122(h) authorizes EPA to
compromise claims with the approval of the Attorney General and the
Attorney General has approved this settlement.
Dated: August 20, 2001.
Kathleen C. Callahan,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 01-21704 Filed 8-27-01; 8:45 am]
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