[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 41724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15457]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue 
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 Regarding the Roebling Steel Superfund Site, 
Roebling, NJ

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed prospective purchaser agreement and 
opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') is 
proposing to enter into an administrative settlement to resolve claims 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. 
Notice is being published to inform the public of the proposed 
settlement and of the opportunity to comment. This settlement is 
intended to resolve a prospective lessee's liability for response costs 
incurred by EPA at the Roebling Steel Superfund Site in Roebling, New 
Jersey.

DATE: Comments must be provided on or before July 19, 2002.

ADDRESS: Comments should be addressed to the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway--17th 
Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866 and should refer to: In the Matter 
of the Roebling Steel Superfund Site, U.S. EPA Region II Docket No. 
CERCLA-02-2001-2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office 
of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway--17th Floor, New York, New York 
10007-1866, Attention: Deborah Mellott, Esq. (212) 637-3147.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with EPA guidance, notice is 
hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the 
Roebling Steel Superfund Site, located in Roebling, Burlington County, 
New Jersey. CERCLA provides EPA the authority to settle certain claims 
for response costs incurred by the United States with the approval of 
the Attorney General of the United States.
    The proposed settlement provides that New Jersey Transit 
Corporation, an agency of the State of New Jersey, will perform work at 
the Roebling Steel Superfund Site in return for a covenant not sue 
under sections 106 or 107 of CERCLA from the United States.
    A copy of the proposed administrative settlement agreement and 
covenant not to sue, as well as background information relating to the 
settlement, may be obtained in person or by mail from EPA's Region II 
Office of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway--17th Floor, New York, New 
York 10007-1866.

    Dated: May 14, 2002.
William J. Muszynski,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region II.
[FR Doc. 02-15457 Filed 6-18-02; 8:45 am]
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