Proposed Settlement Agreement Under Environmental Protection Statutes, 3348-3349 [2017-00416]

Download as PDF 3348 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 7 / Wednesday, January 11, 2017 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. [Docket No. FR–6000–FA–08] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Announcement of Funding Awards; Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program; Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD. ACTION: Announcement of funding awards. AGENCY: In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the FY 2016 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program. This announcement contains the names and addresses of the award recipients under said NOFA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven K. Washington, Director, Office of Policy Development and Coordination, Office of Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 7140, Washington, DC 20410, or email capacitybuilding@hud.gov. Telephone number (202) 402–4142 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this SUMMARY: As authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114– 113, approved December 18, 2015, the purpose of the Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing program is to fund capacity building activities performed by national rural housing organizations. Through this program, grants are made to eligible organizations to then provide training, education, support and advice to enhance the technical and administrative capabilities of rural housing development organizations, Community Development Corporations (CDCs), Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs), local governments and Indian tribes. Eligible organizations are defined in the NOFA as a national, non-profit entity or consortium that has on-going experience in rural housing in five or more HUD regions. Grants may be used by eligible organizations (grantees) to assist rural organizations to improve their capacity to participate in local, regional and State planning processes such as those for the Consolidated Plan, fair housing plan and the Continuum of Care for homeless assistance. Grantees will also help rural community organizations to build their capacity to evaluate performance, work broadly with the community, cooperatively plan for the use of available resources, and to link plans with neighboring communities in order to foster regional planning. Eligible activities to accomplish these purposes include making loans, pass-through grants, development assistance, predevelopment assistance, or other financial assistance to rural housing organizations, CDCs, CHDOs, local governments, and Indian tribes. Community development and affordable housing activities must benefit lowincome and low- and moderate-income families and persons, for both housing and economic development activities. Finally, other activities as determined by the grantees in consultation with the HUD Secretary or his or her designee, may be allowed. The FY 2016 awards announced in this Notice were selected for funding in a NOFA competition posted on the https://www.grants.gov Web site on July 15, 2016 for $5,000,000. Applications were received by the deadline from twelve organizations and eight of those applications passed the initial threshold review. Those eight applications were reviewed using criteria identified in the FY2016 NOFA, with a minimum score of 75 required for funding consideration. Six of the eight applications exceeded the minimum score and were selected for funding as outlined in Appendix A. Dated: January 4, 2017. Harriet Tregoning, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. Appendix A FY2016 RURAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AWARDS Applicant name Contact Rural Community Assistance Corp ........... Stanley Keasling, Chief Executive Director, 3120 Freeboard Drive, Suite 201, Sacramento, CA 95691–5010. Noel Poyo, Executive Director, 5404 Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX 78238 ........ $1,174,365 Rosemary Fagrelius, Housing Development Director, 2446 University Avenue West, Suite 140, Saint Paul, MN 55114. Moises Loza, Executive Director,1025 Vermont Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20005 Russell Bennett, Executive Director, P.O. Box 130159, Birmingham, AL 35213– 0159. Linda Brockway, President, 6810 S. Cedar St., Suite #15, Lansing, MI 48911–6909 978,791 National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders. Minnesota Housing Partnership ............... Housing Assistance Council ..................... Collaborative Solutions, Inc ...................... Economic Consultants for Housing Opportunities, Inc. [FR Doc. 2017–00432 Filed 1–10–17; 8:45 am] sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Proposed Settlement Agreement Under Environmental Protection Statutes AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. 19:05 Jan 10, 2017 1,000,000 778,923 567,921 500,000 Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comments. ACTION: Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS–R5–ES–2016–N222; FVHC98310503020–XXX–FF05E1NY00] VerDate Sep<11>2014 Award amount Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice is hereby given that the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI), together with the State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), reached agreement on a proposed settlement with Atlantic Richfield Company regarding natural resource SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 7 / Wednesday, January 11, 2017 / Notices damages arising from environmental contamination at the Sinclair Refinery Superfund Site, located in Allegany County, New York. The settlement will resolve claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; the Oil Pollution Act; the Clean Water Act; and applicable State law. DATES: Comments must be submitted by February 10, 2017. ADDRESSES: Document availability: A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Amy Roe, USFWS Biologist, by mail to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, NY 13045; via email to amy_roe@fws.gov; or via telephone at 607–753–9334. Comment submission: Comments should be addressed to Amy Roe at the contact information listed above and should reference the Sinclair Refinery Superfund Site. DOI response to comments: DOI’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at https://www.fws.gov/northeast/nyfo/ec/ nrda.htm. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct technical questions to Amy Roe (see ADDRESSES). For legal questions, contact Mark Barash, via mail to the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Suite 612, 1 Gateway Center, 300 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02458; via email to mark.barash@ sol.doi.gov; or via telephone at 617– 527–2103. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed settlement with Atlantic Richfield Company regarding natural resource damages arising from environmental contamination at the Sinclair Refinery Superfund Site, located in Allegany County, NY, will resolve claims in accordance with section 122(j) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9622(j); CERCLA), and Executive Order 12580 (52 FR 2923; January 29, 1987). The settling party to this settlement is Atlantic Richfield Company. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant to section 107(a)(1)(C) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1)(C); the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.; and the natural resource damages provisions of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(f)(4). The settlement will require Atlantic Richfield Company to pay a total of $275,000. DOI and DEC will receive $9,000 and $1,500, respectively, to reimburse assessment costs. The rest of the money, $264,500, will fund projects VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:05 Jan 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 to restore, rehabilitate, replace, and/or acquire the equivalent of the natural resources injured at the site, including the costs of restoration planning and oversight activities. In exchange, DOI and DEC will provide the settling party a covenant not to sue. The settlement has been approved by the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice. For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice (see DATES), DOI will receive written comments relating to the settlement (section XI of the proposed settlement). DOI and DEC will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw their consent to settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Written comments that we receive become part of the public record associated with this action. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can request in your comment that we withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee we will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their entirety. Dated: December 28, 2016. Deborah Rocque, Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2017–00416 Filed 1–10–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 3349 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and final environmental assessment (Final EA) for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (Monument) Northern Islands Submerged Lands (submerged lands) Transfer to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The FONSI documents our decision to implement Alternative 2, as it is described in the Final EA, resulting in the Department of the Interior (DOI) conveying title to certain submerged lands within the Monument from the United States to the CNMI Government through a Patent, under the authority of the Territorial Submerged Lands Act (TSLA), as amended, 48 U.S.C. 1705, et seq. The effective date of the submerged lands transfer was December 21, 2016, the day the Patent was signed by the Governor of the CNMI. DATES: The Service’s Regional Director, Pacific Region, signed the FONSI on September 15, 2016, and the conveyance was effective December 21, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may download the FONSI, Final EA, and related documents from our Web site https:// www.fws.gov/ marianastrenchmarinemonument/, and view copies of them in person at the libraries listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. You may direct questions to the Service regarding the submerged lands transfer by any one of the following methods. Email: fw1_sltransfer_cnmi@fws.gov. Include ‘‘Submerged Lands Transfer’’ in the subject line of the message. Fax: Attn: Charles Houghten, 503– 231–6161. U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region, Attn: Charles Houghten, Chief, Lands Division, 911 NE 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97232. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Houghten, 503–231–6207 (phone). SUMMARY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FWS–R1–R–2016–N167; 1265–0000–10135– S3] Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Completion of the Northern Islands Submerged Lands Transfer to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Introduction With this notice, we are announcing the completion of our Final EA, FONSI, Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), and Patent, developed in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the CNMI Government. Copies of the documents are available on the Monument’s Web site: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/ mariana_trench_marine_national_ monument/. E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3348-3349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00416]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R5-ES-2016-N222; FVHC98310503020-XXX-FF05E1NY00]


Proposed Settlement Agreement Under Environmental Protection 
Statutes

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of the Interior, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI), together with the State of New 
York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), reached agreement 
on a proposed settlement with Atlantic Richfield Company regarding 
natural resource

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damages arising from environmental contamination at the Sinclair 
Refinery Superfund Site, located in Allegany County, New York. The 
settlement will resolve claims under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; the Oil Pollution Act; the 
Clean Water Act; and applicable State law.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by February 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Document availability: A copy of the proposed settlement may 
be obtained from Amy Roe, USFWS Biologist, by mail to the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, NY 
13045; via email to amy_roe@fws.gov; or via telephone at 607-753-9334.
    Comment submission: Comments should be addressed to Amy Roe at the 
contact information listed above and should reference the Sinclair 
Refinery Superfund Site.
    DOI response to comments: DOI's response to any comments received 
will be available for public inspection at https://www.fws.gov/northeast/nyfo/ec/nrda.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct technical questions to Amy Roe 
(see ADDRESSES). For legal questions, contact Mark Barash, via mail to 
the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Suite 
612, 1 Gateway Center, 300 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02458; via 
email to mark.barash@sol.doi.gov; or via telephone at 617-527-2103.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed settlement with Atlantic 
Richfield Company regarding natural resource damages arising from 
environmental contamination at the Sinclair Refinery Superfund Site, 
located in Allegany County, NY, will resolve claims in accordance with 
section 122(j) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9622(j); 
CERCLA), and Executive Order 12580 (52 FR 2923; January 29, 1987). The 
settling party to this settlement is Atlantic Richfield Company. The 
settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant 
to section 107(a)(1)(C) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1)(C); the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.; and the natural resource 
damages provisions of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(f)(4).
    The settlement will require Atlantic Richfield Company to pay a 
total of $275,000. DOI and DEC will receive $9,000 and $1,500, 
respectively, to reimburse assessment costs. The rest of the money, 
$264,500, will fund projects to restore, rehabilitate, replace, and/or 
acquire the equivalent of the natural resources injured at the site, 
including the costs of restoration planning and oversight activities. 
In exchange, DOI and DEC will provide the settling party a covenant not 
to sue. The settlement has been approved by the Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice.
    For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice (see 
DATES), DOI will receive written comments relating to the settlement 
(section XI of the proposed settlement). DOI and DEC will consider all 
comments received and may modify or withdraw their consent to 
settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations that 
indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
    Written comments that we receive become part of the public record 
associated with this action. Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including 
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available 
at any time. While you can request in your comment that we withhold 
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee we will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations 
or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public disclosure in their entirety.

    Dated: December 28, 2016.
Deborah Rocque,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-00416 Filed 1-10-17; 8:45 am]
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