[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 3140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1445]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of Agreement Under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA and Department of Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public 
comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative 
settlement between the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Department 
of Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and 
NL Industries, Inc. for the recovery of costs incurred by the United 
States in responding to the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances at and from the El Portal Barium Mine and Mill Site in El 
Portal, Mariposa County, California. Under the proposed settlement, NL 
Industries will pay $190,000 to the US Department of Interior's Central 
Hazardous Materials Fund and $85,000 to the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service.

DATES: Comments must be received, in writing, on or before February 22, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this proposed settlement agreement may 
be sent to: both James E. Alexander, USDA Office of General Counsel, 
Room 1734 Federal Building, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97224 
and Shawn P. Mulligan, National Park Service, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 
220, Boulder, Colorado 80302 and should refer to the El Portal Barium 
Mine and Mill site, El Portal, Mariposa County, California. A copy of 
the proposed settlement agreement may be obtained by mail from Mary 
Grove, USDA Office of General Counsel, Room 1734 Federal Building, 1220 
SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97224.

    Dated: January 14, 2002.
Jack A. Blackwell,
Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 02-1445 Filed 1-22-02; 8:45 am]
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