[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75536-75537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27668]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7849-6]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Sulphur 
Bank Mercury Mine Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement with NEC Acquisition Co. for recovery of past 
response costs concerning closure and abandonment of geothermal wells 
at the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine Site in Lake County, California. The 
settlement requires the settling party to pay $1,700,000 to the EPA 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for past response costs incurred by EPA 
at the Site. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling 
party pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For 
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the 
Agency will receive written comments

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relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments 
received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. A 
copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Larry Bradfish, 
EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, ORC-3, San Francisco, CA 94105, 
telephone number (415) 972-3934. Comments should reference the Sulphur 
Bank Mercury Mine Superfund Site, Lake County, California and EPA 
Docket No. 2005-01 and should be addressed to Larry Bradfish at the 
address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Bradfish, Assistant Regional 
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; phone: (415) 972-3934; fax: 
(415) 947-3570; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: December 8, 2004.
Elizabeth Adams,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 04-27668 Filed 12-16-04; 8:45 am]
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