[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-271]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6519-1]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; the WICO 
Superfund Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 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 WICO Superfund Site (Site) located in the Estate 
Liverpool section of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands with the following 
settling party: the West Indian Company Limited. The settlement 
requires the settling party to pay $412,094.38 to the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund in reimbursement of past response costs incurred 
with respect to the Site. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue 
the settling party pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a) for all costs incurred at the Site by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through February 11, 1999.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
document, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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 proposed settlement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA, 
290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at EPA, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866. A copy of the 
proposed settlement may be obtained from Elizabeth Leilani Davis, 
Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, New York/
Caribbean Superfund Branch, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York 10007-1866. Comments should reference the WICO Superfund Site 
located in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, EPA Index No. CERCLA-02-99-
2021, and should be addressed to Elizabeth Leilani Davis, Assistant 
Regional Counsel, USEPA, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Leilani Davis, Assistant 
Regional Counsel, New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, Office of 
Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 17th Floor, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York 10007. Telephone: (212) 637-3249.

    Dated: December 20, 1999.
William J. Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 00-271 Filed 1-5-00; 8:45 am]
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