[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13442-13443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04422]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA-02-2023-2005; FRL-10426-01-R2]


Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the JJW Metal 
Recycling Fire Superfund Site, Located at 756 Los Colobos Street, 
Carolina, Puerto Rico

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 cost recovery settlement agreement 
(``Settlement'') pursuant to CERCLA with Cidra Excavation, LLC 
(``Settling Party'') for the JJW Metal Recycling Fire Superfund Site 
(``Site''), located at 756 Los Colobos Street, Carolina, Puerto Rico.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 3, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the proposed Settlement and 
submission of comments must be via electronic mail. Comments should 
reference the JJW Metal Recycling Fire Superfund Site, Index No. 
CERCLA-02-2023-2005. For those unable to communicate via electronic 
mail, please contact the EPA employee identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Sainsbury, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. Email: 
[email protected] Telephone: 212-637-3177.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settling Party will pay $25,000 to the 
EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund in partial reimbursement of EPA's 
past response costs paid in connection with the Site. This payment 
shall be made within 30 days of the Effective Date of the Settlement. 
The Settlement includes

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a covenant by EPA not to sue or to take administrative action against 
the Settling Party pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a), to recover EPA's past response costs as provided in the 
Settlement. 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.

Pasquale Evangelista,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2023-04422 Filed 3-2-23; 8:45 am]
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