[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 74179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23804]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R08-SFUND-2023-0488; FRL-11438-01-R8]


Administrative Settlement Agreement, Commodore Mining Company, 
Del Monte Mining Company, Kanawha Mines, LLC, Settling Parties, Mineral 
County, Colorado, Purchaser

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), Region 8, of an Administrative Settlement Agreement 
between the United States on behalf of the EPA, the State of Colorado, 
Commodore Mining Company, Del Monte Mining Company, Kanawha Mines, LLC, 
and Mineral County, Colorado (collectively ``Parties''), at the Nelson 
Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock Superfund Site in Mineral County, Colorado. 
The settlement provides that settling Parties will transfer certain 
mining claims to purchaser, which will in turn support purchaser's 
efforts to preserve the important historical structures on these mining 
claims. The Parties acknowledge that this settlement is structured to 
support purchaser's efforts to stabilize and preserve the historical 
structures. In exchange, this settlement resolves the settling Parties' 
alleged civil liability for the site. In exchange, this settlement also 
resolves purchaser's potential CERCLA liability.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 29, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement and additional background information 
relating to the agreement will be available upon request and will be 
posted at https://www.epa.gov/superfund/nelson-tunnel. Comments and 
requests for an electronic copy of the proposed agreement should be 
addressed to Natalie Timmons, Enforcement Specialist, Superfund and 
Emergency Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency--Region 
8, Mail Code 8SEM-PAC, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, 
telephone number: (303) 312-6385 or email address: 
[email protected] and should reference the Nelson Tunnel/
Commodore Waste Rock Superfund Site.
    You may also send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
SFUND-2023-0488 to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Agee, Assistant Regional Counsel, 
Office of Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, 
Mail Code 8 ORC-LEC, 1595 Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado 80202, telephone 
number: (303) 312-6374, email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this document, 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.

Ben Bielenberg,
Acting Division Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, 
Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2023-23804 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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