[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59385-59386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23394]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA 01-2021-0082; FRL-9159-01-R1]


Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery and Work Administrative Settlement: 
Wampus Milford Associates Site, Milford, Connecticut

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed cost recovery and work 
administrative settlement concerning

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the Wampus Milford Associates Site (Site), located in Milford, New 
Haven County, Connecticut, with the Settling Party, FCI USA LLC. The 
proposed settlement requires the Settling Party to conduct a removal 
action estimated to cost approximately $1.2 million at the Wood Block 
Area of the Site and pay all of EPA's future response costs in 
overseeing the removal work. The parameters of the removal action 
include, but are not limited to, excavation and disposal of soil/
woodblock debris contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In 
exchange, EPA will provide the Settling Party with a covenant not to 
sue for the work, future response costs related to the work, and EPA's 
past response costs, which are approximately $105,800. For 30 days 
following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will 
receive written comments relating to the settlement for cost recovery 
and response work.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by November 26, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to RuthAnn Sherman, Senior 
Enforcement Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (04-2), Boston, MA 
02109-3912, (617) 918-1886, [email protected], and should 
reference the Wampus Milford Associates Site, U.S. EPA Docket No: 
CERCLA 01-2021-0082.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the proposed settlement may 
be obtained from Stacy Greendlinger, Superfund and Emergency Management 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office 
Square, Suite 100 (02-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912, telephone number: 
(617) 918-1403, email address: [email protected]. Direct 
technical questions to Stacy Greendlinger and legal questions to 
RuthAnn Sherman, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (04-2), 
Boston, MA 02109-3912, telephone number: (617) 918-1886, email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed cost recovery and work 
administrative settlement concerning the Wampus Milford Associates 
Site, located in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, is made in 
accordance with Section 122(h)(l) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). EPA covenants not 
to sue or take administrative action against the FCI USA LLC, pursuant 
to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for the Work, Future 
Response Costs, and Past Response Costs, as defined in the settlement 
agreement. In exchange, the Settling Party agrees to conduct a removal 
action estimated to cost approximately $1.2 million, and pay all of 
EPA's future response costs related to overseeing the work. The Agency 
will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its 
consent to this cost recovery 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 the 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 
100, Boston, MA 02109-3912. The Effective Date of the Agreement is the 
date upon which EPA notifies FCI USA LLC that the public comment period 
has closed and that such comments, if any, do not require that EPA 
modify or withdraw from the Agreement. The proposed settlement has been 
approved by the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the 
United States Department of Justice, subject to any comments received 
and EPA's response thereto.

Bryan Olson,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-23394 Filed 10-26-21; 8:45 am]
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