[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 8866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04189]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9974-89--Region 8]


Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent: Gilt Edge Mine 
Superfund Site, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of the proposed settlement 
under CERCLA, between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), the State of South Dakota (``State''), and Agnico Eagle 
Mines Limited (``Lessee''). The proposed Settlement Agreement provides 
for the performance of work by Lessee and the payment of certain 
response costs incurred by the United States. The Lessee consents to 
and will not contest the authority of the United States to enter into 
the Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. The State and 
Lessee recognize that the Agreement has been negotiated in good faith 
and that the Agreement is entered into without the admission or 
adjudication of any issue of fact or law.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 2, 2018. For 
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the 
Agency will receive written comments relating to the agreement. The 
Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw 
its consent to the agreement if comments received disclose facts or 
considerations that indicate that the agreement is inappropriate, 
improper, or inadequate.

ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement and additional background information 
relating to the agreement, as well as the Agency's response to any 
comments are or will be available for public inspection at the EPA 
Superfund Record Center, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado, by 
appointment. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed agreement 
should be addressed to Shawn McCaffrey, Enforcement Specialist, 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF-RC, 1595 
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, and should reference the 
Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site, EPA Docket No. CERCLA-08-2018-0004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Amelia Piggott, Enforcement Attorney, 
Legal Enforcement Program, Environmental Protection Agency--Region 8, 
Mail Code 8ENF-L, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, (303) 
312-6410.

    Dated: February 15, 2018.
Suzanne Bohan,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and 
Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VIII.
[FR Doc. 2018-04189 Filed 2-28-18; 8:45 am]
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