[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 34748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13886]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R9-2021-04; FRL-10023-16-Region 9]
Commonwealth Utilities Corporation Power Plant Site, Rota,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Notice of Proposed CERCLA
Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended (CERCLA), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative
settlement with Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC), for payment
of costs of a removal action at a power plant owned and operated by CUC
on the Island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enters the
settlement pursuant to Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA. The settlement
provides for CUC's payment of $315,000, plus interest, towards costs
incurred by EPA and the United States in removing polychlorinated
biphenyl wastes from the CUC power plant in Rota during 2011-2013. The
settlement includes a covenant not to sue pursuant to Sections 106 or
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 or 9607(a). For thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this Notice in the Federal
Register, the Agency will receive written comments 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 that indicate the proposed 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 July 30, 2021.
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 David H. Kim, EPA
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, ORC-3, San Francisco, CA 94105,
telephone number 415-972-3882. Comments should reference the CUC Power
Plant Removal Site, Rota, CNMI and should be addressed to Mr. Kim at
the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David H. Kim, Assistant Regional
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; phone: (415) 972-3882; fax:
(417) 947-3570; email: [email protected].
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2021-13886 Filed 6-29-21; 8:45 am]
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