[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47222-47223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22743]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7051-7]


National Smelting and Refining Superfund Site/Atlanta, GA; Notice 
of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

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SUMMARY: Under sections 104, 106(a), 107 and 122 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), NL 
Industries, Inc. and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Respondents) 
entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whereby the Respondents agreed 
to perform response activities at the National Smelting and Refining 
Superfund Site (Site) located in Atlanta, Georgia. Section VII of the 
AOC provides for the reimbursement of EPA's past and future response 
costs by the Respondents. Under the terms of the AOC, section VII is 
subject to section 122(i) of CERCLA, which requires EPA to publish 
notice of the proposed settlement in the Federal Register for a thirty 
(30) day public comment period. EPA will consider public comments on 
section VII of the AOC for thirty days. EPA may withhold consent to all 
or part of section VII of the AOC if comments received disclose facts 
or considerations which indicate that section VII of the AOC is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
    Copies of the proposed settlement are available from: Ms. Paula V. 
Batchelor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, CERCLA 
Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division, 61 Forsyth Street, 
S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8887.
    Written comment may be submitted to Mr. Greg Armstrong at the above 
address within 30 days of the date of publication.


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    Dated: August 20, 2001.
 Anita Davis, Acting Chief,
 CERCLA Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 01-22743 Filed 9-10-01; 8:45 am]
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