[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 80720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25610]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R05-SFUND-2023-0446; FRL-11373-01-Region 5]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Seerley 
Road Site, Indianapolis, Indiana [EPA Agreement V-W-24-C-001]

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice: request for public 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 by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 5, of a proposed administrative 
settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the Seerley 
Rd Fire Site (Site) in Indianapolis, Indiana with the following 
parties: Steven Williamson and Joel I. Williamson Junior, as the 
Settling Parties and Respondents. The settlement requires the 
Respondents to pay $800,000 in past response costs. The settlement 
includes a covenant not to sue pursuant to sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA, relating to the Site, subject to limited reservations, and 
protection from contribution actions or claims as provided by section 
113(f)(2) of CERCLA. For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this notice, the EPA will receive written comments 
relating to the cost recovery component of this settlement. The 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. The EPA's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at 
www.epa.gov/superfund/seerley-road-fire.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at www.epa.gov/superfund/seerley-road-fire. Submit your comments, 
identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-SFUND-2023-0446, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its 
public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you 
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia 
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written 
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and 
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will 
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of 
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Brooks, Investigator, EPA, Region 
5, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, IL 60604; email: [email protected]; phone: (312) 353-8655.

Douglas Ballotti,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2023-25610 Filed 11-17-23; 8:45 am]
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