[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 12552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5799]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6547-5]


Proposed De Minimis Settlement Pursuant to Section 122(g) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
Regarding the Syosset Landfill Superfund Site, Town of Oyster Bay, New 
York

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative de minimis settlement and 
opportunity for 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), the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region II, announces a proposed 
administrative de minimis settlement pursuant to section 122(g)(4) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), relating to the Syosset Landfill 
Superfund Site (``Site''), located in the Town of Oyster Bay, New York. 
This document is being published pursuant to section 122(i) of CERCLA 
to inform the public of the proposed settlement and give the public the 
opportunity to comment.
    The proposed settlement, between EPA and Kollmorgen Corporation, 
Photocircuits Corporation, Konica Graphics Imaging, Inc., and Phelps 
Dodge Corporation (``Respondents'') has been memorialized in an 
Administrative Order on Consent (Index Number CERCLA-02-99-2025) 
(``Order''). The Order will become effective after the close of the 
public comment period, unless comments received disclose facts or 
considerations which indicate the Order is inappropriate, improper, or 
inadequate, and EPA, in accordance with section 122(i)(3) of CERCLA, 
modifies or withdraws its consent to the Order.
    Under the settlement, the Respondents will be obligated to make 
payments totalling $7,952.76 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund in 
reimbursement of EPA response costs relating to the Site. In addition, 
the Order requires one of the Respondents, Phelps Dodge Corp., to pay 
$17,595.02 to the Town of Oyster Bay, as a contribution toward response 
costs incurred by the Town with respect to the Site. The settlement 
amounts established by the Order are based on information indicating 
that each company contributed minimal volumes of hazardous substances 
to the Site. In exchange for their payments, Respondents will receive a 
covenant not to sue from EPA relating to liability for the Site under 
sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607.

DATES: Comments must be provided on or before April 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, New York/Caribbean 
Superfund Branch, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-
1866, and should refer to: ``Syosset Landfill Superfund Site, U.S. EPA 
Index No. CERCLA-02-99-2025.'' For a copy of the settlement document, 
contact the individual listed below.

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: February 24, 2000.
William J. Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region II.
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