[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 7449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02679]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA-02-2021-2033; FRL-9475-01-R2]


Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement for the Pierson's Creek 
Superfund Site, City of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 bona fide prospective purchaser 
agreement (``Agreement'') with 429 Delancy Associates, L.L.C. (``429 
Delancy'') for the Pierson's Creek Superfund Site (``Site''), located 
in the City of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Under the proposed 
Agreement, 429 Delancy agrees to perform a non-time critical removal 
action to remove mercury-contaminated sediments on 429 Delancy's 
property adjacent to Pierson's Creek, which flows through its property, 
and to reimburse EPA for costs incurred in overseeing this work. The 
property is located at 429 Delancy Street, City of Newark, Essex 
County, New Jersey, designated as Block 5042, Lot 02 within the 
Pierson's Creek Superfund Site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 11, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be sent via email to Amelia Wagner at 
[email protected]. Comments should reference the Pierson's Creek 
Superfund Site, CERCLA Settlement Agreement, Index No. CERCLA-02-2021-
2033. The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at 
this website: https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/02/638500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amelia Wagner, Attorney, Office of 
Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Email: 
[email protected]. Telephone: 212-637-3141.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this document, EPA will receive written comments 
relating to the proposed Agreement. EPA will consider all comments 
received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the proposed 
Agreement if comments received disclose facts or considerations that 
indicate that the proposed Agreement is inappropriate, improper, or 
inadequate. EPA's response to any comments received will be available 
for public inspection online and/or at EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New 
York, New York 10007-1866.

Pasquale Evangelista,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2022-02679 Filed 2-8-22; 8:45 am]
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