[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 26482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11461]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[9961-40-Region 2]


Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the Puerto Rico 
Electric Power Authority Palo Seco Superfund Site, Toa Baja, Puerto 
Rico

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 
notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), Region 2, of a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement 
pursuant to CERCLA, with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority 
(``PREPA'') concerning the PREPA Palo Seco Superfund Site (``Site''), 
located between Ensenada de Boca Vieja and San Juan Bay in Toa Baja, 
Puerto Rico.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 7, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at EPA Region 2 offices at 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866. 
Comments should reference the PREPA Palo Seco Superfund Site, Toa Baja, 
Puerto Rico, Index No. II-CERCLA-02-2017-2014. To request a copy of the 
proposed settlement agreement, please contact the EPA employee 
identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margo Ludmer, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, Office of Regional 
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th 
Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. Email: [email protected]. Telephone: 
212-637-3187.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PREPA agrees to pay EPA $1,000,000.00, plus 
an additional sum for interest, in reimbursement of EPA's past response 
costs paid at or in connection with the Site. Payment is to be made in 
three installments within two years and thirty days of the effective 
date of the settlement agreement. The settlement includes a covenant by 
EPA not to sue or to take administrative action against PREPA pursuant 
to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), with regard to the 
response costs related to the work at the Site enumerated in the 
settlement agreement.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement. 
EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its 
consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or 
considerations that indicate that the proposed settlement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
    EPA's response to any comments received will be available for 
public inspection at EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 
10007-1866.

    Dated: March 8, 2017.
John Prince,
Acting Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2017-11461 Filed 6-6-17; 8:45 am]
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