Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement; Spokane Recycling Company, 62298-62299 [2020-21802]

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[FR Doc. 2020–21796 Filed 10–1–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:38 Oct 01, 2020 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement; Spokane Recycling Company Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. AGENCY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past and projected future response costs concerning the Former Kaiser Smelter Site, Mead, Washington, with the following settling party: Spokane Recycling Company. The settlement requires the settling party to pay 50% of the net sales proceeds of the sale of the Property or $325,000, whichever is less to EPA to be used to conduct or finance response actions undertaken at the Site or to be transferred by EPA to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this document, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency’s response to any comments received will be available electronically for public inspection at https://www.regulations.gov. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 2, 2020. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available electronically for public inspection at https://semspub.epa.gov/ src/collections/10/AR/WAN001020091. Submit your comments, identified by EPA Docket No. CERCLA–10–2020– 0142, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov. Follow on-line instructions for submitting comments. 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Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// semspub.epa.gov/src/collections/10/AR/ WAN001020091 index. Although listed VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:38 Oct 01, 2020 Jkt 253001 in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in the hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically in https://semspub.epa.gov/src/ collections/10/AR/WAN001020091. EPA is temporarily suspending its Docket Center and Regional Records Centers for public visitors to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID–19. 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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brooks Stanfield, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, 13–J07, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553–4432, email: stanfield.brooks@epa.gov; and/or Kristin Leefers, Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, M/S: 11–C07, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553–1532, email: leefers.kristin@epa.gov. This settlement is entered into pursuant to the authority under section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), to settle claims under section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, with the prior written approval of the Attorney General. The settlement agreement requires the settling party to pay 50% of the net sales proceeds of the sale of the Property or $325,000, whichever is less to EPA to be used to conduct or finance response actions undertaken at the Site or to be transferred by EPA to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement also includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601–9657. PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 62299 Dated: September 28, 2020. Calvin Terada, Division Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Region 10. [FR Doc. 2020–21802 Filed 10–1–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OLEM–2019–0540 FRL–10015– 15–OLEM] Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 128(a); Notice of Grant Funding Guidance for State and Tribal Response Programs for Fiscal Year 2021 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended, authorizes a noncompetitive $50 million grant program to establish or enhance state and tribal response programs. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA-10-2020-0142; FRL-10014-61-Region 10]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement; Spokane Recycling 
Company

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is 
hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of 
past and projected future response costs concerning the Former Kaiser 
Smelter Site, Mead, Washington, with the following settling party: 
Spokane Recycling Company. The settlement requires the settling party 
to pay 50% of the net sales proceeds of the sale of the Property or 
$325,000, whichever is less to EPA to be used to conduct or finance 
response actions undertaken at the Site or to be transferred by EPA to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant 
not to sue the settling party. For thirty (30) days following the date 
of publication of this document, the Agency will receive written 
comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all 
comments and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available electronically for 
public inspection at https://www.regulations.gov.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 2, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available electronically for 
public inspection at https://semspub.epa.gov/src/collections/10/AR/WAN001020091. Submit your comments, identified by EPA Docket No. 
CERCLA-10-2020-0142, by one of the following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov. Follow on-line instructions 
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or 
removed from Regulations.gov. 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,

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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. 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://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
     Email: Brooks Stanfield, Federal On-SceneCoordinator, at 
[email protected].
     Written comments submitted by mail are temporarily 
suspended, and no hand deliveries will be accepted. We encourage the 
public to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to EPA Docket No. CERCLA-10-
2020-0142. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be CBI or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not 
submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected 
through https://www.regulations.gov or email. The https://www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment 
directly to EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your 
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of 
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on 
the internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that 
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://semspub.epa.gov/src/collections/10/AR/WAN001020091 index. Although 
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 
CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly 
available only in the hard copy. Publicly available docket materials 
are available electronically in https://semspub.epa.gov/src/collections/10/AR/WAN001020091.
    EPA is temporarily suspending its Docket Center and Regional 
Records Centers for public visitors to reduce the risk of transmitting 
COVID-19. In addition, many site information repositories are closed, 
and information in these repositories, including the deletion docket, 
has not been updated with hardcopy or electronic media. For further 
information and updates on EPA Docket Center services, please visit us 
online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    EPA continues to carefully and continuously monitor information 
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local area 
health departments, and our Federal partners so that we can respond 
rapidly as conditions change regarding COVID.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brooks Stanfield, Federal On-Scene 
Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 
Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, 13-J07, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553-4432, 
email: [email protected]; and/or Kristin Leefers, Assistant 
Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 
Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, M/S: 11-C07, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553-
1532, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This settlement is entered into pursuant to 
the authority under section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), 
to settle claims under section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, with the 
prior written approval of the Attorney General. The settlement 
agreement requires the settling party to pay 50% of the net sales 
proceeds of the sale of the Property or $325,000, whichever is less to 
EPA to be used to conduct or finance response actions undertaken at the 
Site or to be transferred by EPA to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. 
The settlement also includes a covenant not to sue the settling party 
pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 
9607(a).

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657.

    Dated: September 28, 2020.
Calvin Terada,
Division Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Region 
10.
[FR Doc. 2020-21802 Filed 10-1-20; 8:45 am]
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