[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 218 (Thursday, November 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 67360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28713]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6898-9]


Notice of Proposed Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs 
to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), Ridgeway Logging Site, Sweet Home, OR

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; Request for Comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'') 42 
U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of a proposed agreement for 
recovery of past response costs with Mrs. Betty Selander, the owner of 
the real property upon which the Ridgeway Logging Site, Sweet Home, 
Oregon, is located. This agreement proposes to recover a portion of 
EPA's past response costs in response to the release or threatened 
release of hazardous substances at the Ridgeway Logging Site. EPA 
undertook response actions at the Site pursuant to Section 104 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604. In performing this response action, EPA 
incurred response costs at or in connection with the Site. The 
agreement requires Mrs. Betty Selander (hereinafter ``Settling Party'') 
to pay a total of $70,280.00 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The 
Settling Party consents to and will not contest the Environmental 
Protection Agency's (EPA's) jurisdiction to enter into this Agreement 
or to implement or enforce its terms. EPA and the Settling Party desire 
to resolve the Settling Party's alleged civil liability for Past 
Response Costs without litigation and without the admission or 
adjudication of any issue of fact or law. EPA will consider public 
comments on the proposed Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs 
for thirty days. EPA may withdraw from or modify this proposed 
agreement should such comments disclose facts or considerations which 
indicate this proposed agreement is inappropriate, improper, or 
inadequate.

DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before December 11, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Docket Clerk, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington 98101, and should refer to In Re Ridgeway Logging 
Site, Sweet Home, Oregon, U.S. EPA Docket No. CERCLA-10-2000-0142.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Ingemansen, Office of Regional 
Counsel (ORC-158), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, (206) 
553-1744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9622(h)(i).

Chuck Findley,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 00-28713 Filed 11-8-00; 8:45 am]
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