Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent: Eagle Mine Superfund Site, Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, 42286-42287 [2018-18033]
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Dated: August 14, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9982–55—Region 8]
Settlement Agreement and Order on
Consent: Eagle Mine Superfund Site,
Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement;
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of section 122 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’),
notice is hereby given of the proposed
settlement under section 122(h)(1) of
CERCLA, between the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’), the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment
(‘‘CDPHE’’), and Battle North, LLC and
Battle South, LLC (‘‘Owners’’). The
proposed Settlement Agreement
provides for the performance of work by
Owners, the payment of certain
response costs incurred, or to be
incurred, by the United States, and the
release and waiver of a lien at or in
connection with the Property. The
Owners consent to and will not contest
the authority of the United States to
enter into the Agreement or to
implement or enforce its terms. CDPHE
and Owners recognize that the
Agreement has been negotiated in good
faith and that the Agreement is entered
into without the admission or
adjudication of any issue of fact or law.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 20, 2018. For thirty
(30) days following the date of
publication of this notice, 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.
ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement
and additional background information
relating to the agreement, as well as the
Agency’s response to any comments are
or will be available for public inspection
at the EPA Superfund Record Center,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado, by appointment. Comments
and requests for a copy of the proposed
agreement should be addressed to Matt
Hogue, Enforcement Specialist,
Environmental Protection Agency—
Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF–RC, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
SUMMARY:
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Eagle Mine Superfund Site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kayleen Castelli, Enforcement Attorney,
Legal Enforcement Program,
Environmental Protection Agency—
Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF–L, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202, (303) 312–6174.
Dated: August 1, 2018.
Suzanne Bohan,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of
Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental
Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VIII.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OGC–2018–0591; FRL–9982–56–
OGC]
Proposed Second Interim Settlement
Agreement, Clean Water Act Claims
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the EPA
Administrator’s October 16, 2017,
Directive Promoting Transparency and
Public Participation in Consent Decrees
and Settlement Agreements, notice is
hereby given of a proposed Second
Interim Settlement Agreement in a
lawsuit filed by the West Goshen Sewer
Authority (‘‘WGSA’’ or ‘‘Plaintiff’’) in
the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania: West
Goshen Sewer Authority v. EPA, et al.
On September 19, 2012, Plaintiff filed a
complaint alleging, inter alia, that the
United States Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’) exceeded its statutory
authority and acted arbitrarily and
capriciously when it established a ‘‘total
maximum daily load’’ for Goose Creek
in southeastern Pennsylvania. The
proposed Second Interim Settlement
Agreement would memorialize
commitments by WGSA, among other
things, to install a ‘‘CoMag’’ ballasted
flocculation system at its wastewater
treatment plant and achieve certain
specified discharge limits for
phosphorus. After a period of time, EPA
would reassess the water quality of
Goose Creek and decide whether to
withdraw, revise or retain the Goose
Creek TMDL.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed Second Interim Settlement
Agreement must be received by
September 20, 2018.
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Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2018–0591, online at
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method). For comments submitted at
www.regulations.gov, follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from
www.regulations.gov. 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 generally
will 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, please
contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Curtin, Water Law Office (7451), Office
of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564–5482; email
address: Curtin.James@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Second Interim Settlement
Agreement
On June 30, 2008, EPA established a
nutrient total maximum daily load
(‘‘TMDL’’) for the Goose Creek
Watershed in Chester and Delaware
Counties, Pennsylvania. EPA
established that TMDL pursuant to the
April 9, 1997 Consent Decree entered in
American Littoral Society, et al., v. EPA,
No. 96–489 (E.D. Pa.). Among other
things, the TMDL assigned wasteload
allocations (‘‘WLAs’’) for phosphorus to
Goose Creek’s point source dischargers,
WGSA’s wastewater treatment plant
being the largest.
WGSA filed a complaint against EPA
on September 19, 2012, alleging that in
establishing the Goose Creek TMDL EPA
failed to comply with requirements of
the Clean Water Act (CWA) and
Administrative Procedure Act (APA). In
July 2013, the Court granted intervener
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status to the Delaware Riverkeeper
Network (‘‘DRN’’).
The Court placed the case in ‘‘civil
suspense’’ following the parties’
execution in January 2014 of a first
‘‘Interim Settlement Agreement’’ (‘‘the
2014 Agreement’’) under which EPA
reassessed the water quality of Goose
Creek and WGSA made voluntary
improvements in its operations to
achieve phosphorus reductions. The
parties have now reached agreement on
the terms of a ‘‘Second Interim
Settlement Agreement’’ in which (1)
WGSA commits, among other things, to
install a ‘‘CoMag’’ ballasted flocculation
system at its wastewater treatment plant
and achieve certain specified discharge
limits for phosphorus and (2) EPA
commits to reassess the water quality of
Goose Creek and decide whether to
withdraw, revise or retain the Goose
Creek TMDL.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will accept written
comments relating to the proposed
Second Interim Settlement Agreement
from persons who are not named as
parties or intervenors to the litigation in
question. If so requested, EPA will also
consider holding a public hearing on
whether to enter into the proposed
Second Interim Settlement Agreement.
EPA or the Department of Justice may
withdraw or withhold consent to the
proposed Second Interim Settlement
Agreement if the comments disclose
facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act. Unless
EPA or the Department of Justice
determines that consent to this
proposed Second Interim Settlement
Agreement should be withdrawn, the
parties intend to sign the Agreement
and inform the Court.
II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Second
Interim Settlement Agreement
A. How can I get a copy of the proposed
Second Interim Settlement Agreement?
The official public docket for this
action (identified by EPA–HQ–OGC–
2018–0591) contains a copy of the
proposed Second Interim Settlement
Agreement. The official public docket is
available for public viewing at the
Office of Environmental Information
(OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The EPA Docket Center Public Reading
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9982-55--Region 8]
Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent: Eagle Mine Superfund
Site, Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 122 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of the
proposed settlement under section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, between the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment (``CDPHE''), and Battle North, LLC and
Battle South, LLC (``Owners''). The proposed Settlement Agreement
provides for the performance of work by Owners, the payment of certain
response costs incurred, or to be incurred, by the United States, and
the release and waiver of a lien at or in connection with the Property.
The Owners consent to and will not contest the authority of the United
States to enter into the Agreement or to implement or enforce its
terms. CDPHE and Owners recognize that the Agreement has been
negotiated in good faith and that the Agreement is entered into without
the admission or adjudication of any issue of fact or law.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 20, 2018. For
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, 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.
ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement and additional background information
relating to the agreement, as well as the Agency's response to any
comments are or will be available for public inspection at the EPA
Superfund Record Center, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado, by
appointment. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed agreement
should be addressed to Matt Hogue, Enforcement Specialist,
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF-RC, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
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80202-1129, and should reference the Eagle Mine Superfund Site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kayleen Castelli, Enforcement
Attorney, Legal Enforcement Program, Environmental Protection Agency--
Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF-L, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202, (303) 312-6174.
Dated: August 1, 2018.
Suzanne Bohan,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and
Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
VIII.
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