[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 48058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23084]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7057-2]


Red Panther Pesticide Superfund Site/Clarksdale, MI;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), 
approximately 24 parties (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 
Red Panther Pesticide Superfund Site (Site) located in Clarksdale, 
Coahoma County, Mississippi. 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, 
SW., 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.

    Dated: August 20, 2001.
Anita L. Davis,
Acting Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch, Waste Management 
Division.
[FR Doc. 01-23084 Filed 9-14-01; 8:45 am]
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