[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50823-50824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24851]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5616-5]


Notice of Proposed Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement 
Puursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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''), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost 
recovery settlement under Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA concerning the 
Republic Steel Quarry National Priorities List Site in Elyria, Ohio, 
which was signed by the EPA Regional Administrator, Region V, on March 
18, 1996. The settlement resolves an EPA claim under Section 107(a) of 
CERCLA against the City of Elyria, Ohio. The settlement requires the 
settling party to pay $25,000 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund.
    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 at the Elyria 
Public Library, 320 Washington Avenue, Elyria, Ohio 44035, and at the 
U.S. EPA Records Center Room 714, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background 
information relating to the settlement are available for public 
inspection at U.S. EPA Records Center, Room 714, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the proposed settlement 
may be obtained from U.S. EPA Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Comments should reference 
the Republic Steel Quarry NPL Site, Elyria, Ohio and EPA Docket No. 5-
CERCLA-96-001 and should be addressed to Mr. Jerome Kujawa, U.S. EPA 
Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jerome Kujawa, U.S. EPA Office of 
Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois.
William E. Muno,
Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 96-24851 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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