[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 74960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31870]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7602-7]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; In Re: 
Old Colony Railroad Superfund Site, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs 
concerning the Old Colony Railroad Superfund Site in East Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts, with the following settling parties: Karl Fisher, Edith 
Fisher and West Union Corporation. In the settlement, which is based 
upon inability-to-pay, the Settling Parties have agreed to provide EPA 
access to certain site property to conduct any further investigation or 
response action as may be necessary, and to place, or to cooperate in 
the placement, of institutional controls on certain site property as 
may be determined by EPA to be necessary. The settlement includes a 
covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant to section 107(a) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments 
relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments 
received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection with the Regional Docket Clerk, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region I, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Mailcode 
RCG, Boston, Massachusetts (U.S. EPA Docket No. CERCLA 01-2003-0039).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 28, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
with the Regional Docket Clerk, One Congress Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from 
Ronald Gonzalez, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, One 
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Mailcode SES, Boston, Massachusetts 02214, 
(617) 918-1786. Comments should reference the Old Colony Railroad 
Superfund Site, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts and EPA Docket No. 01-
2003-0039 and should be addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, One Congress Street, Suite 
1100, Mailcode RCG, Boston, Massachusetts 02214.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Gonzalez, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region I, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Mailcode 
SES, Boston, Massachusetts 02214, (617) 918-1786.

    Dated: December 5, 2003.
Susan Studlien,
Director, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration.
[FR Doc. 03-31870 Filed 12-24-03; 8:45 am]
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