[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5259-5260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02330]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9974-01-Region 2]


Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the Frankfort 
Asbestos Superfund Site, Village of Frankfort, Herkimer County, New 
York

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 City Recycling, Inc. (``Settling Party'') for 
the Frankfort Asbestos Superfund Site (``Site''), located in the 
Village of Frankfort, Herkimer County, New York.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 8, 2018.

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 Frankfort Asbestos Superfund Site, 
Frankfort, Herkimer County, New York, Index No. CERCLA-02-2018-2008. To 
request a copy of the proposed settlement agreement, please contact the 
EPA employee identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jocelyn Scott, Attorney, Office of 
Regional Counsel, New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 
10007-1866. email: [email protected]. Telephone: 212-637-3179.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settling Party agrees to pay EPA 
$100,000.00 in reimbursement of EPA's past response costs paid at or in 
connection with the Site, plus an additional sum for interest from the 
date of execution by EPA through the date of payment.
    The settlement includes a covenant by EPA not to sue or to take 
administrative

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action against the Settling Party 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.

    Date: January 18, 2018.
Walter Mugdan,
Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2018-02330 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am]
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