Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Proposed Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; In Re: Mohawk Tannery Site, Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, 9338-9339 [2021-02887]

Download as PDF 9338 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 28 / Friday, February 12, 2021 / Notices Modeling, Air Methods and Characterization Division, Ambient Air Branch, Mail Drop D205–03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919–541–7877; fax number: 919–541–4848; email address vanderpool.robert@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. Abstract: To determine compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), State air monitoring agencies are required to use, in their air quality monitoring networks, air monitoring methods that have been formally designated by the EPA as either reference or equivalent methods under EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 53. A manufacturer or seller of an air monitoring method (e.g., an air monitoring sampler or analyzer) that seeks to obtain such EPA designation of one of its products must carry out prescribed tests of the method. The test results and other information must then VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:27 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 253001 be submitted to the EPA in the form of an application for a reference or equivalent method determination in accordance with 40 CFR part 53. The EPA uses this information, under the provisions of 40 CFR part 53, to determine whether the particular method should be designated as either a reference or equivalent method. After a method is designated, the applicant must also maintain records of the names and mailing addresses of all ultimate purchasers of all analyzers or samplers sold as designated methods under the method designation. If the method designated is a method for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and coarse particulate matter (PM10–2.5), the applicant must also submit a checklist signed by an ISO-certified auditor to indicate that the samplers or analyzers sold as part of the designated method are manufactured in an ISO 9001registered facility. Also, an applicant must submit a minor application to seek approval for any proposed modifications to previously designated methods. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Private manufacturers, states. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Required to obtain the benefit of EPA designation under 40 CFR part 53. Submission of some information that is claimed by the applicant to be confidential business information may be necessary to make a reference or equivalent method determination. The confidentiality of any submitted information identified as confidential business information by the applicant will be protected in full accordance with 40 CFR 53.15 and all applicable provisions of 40 CFR part 2. Estimated number of respondents: 22 (total). Frequency of response: Annual. Total estimated burden: 7,492 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $746,029 (per year), includes $152,152 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in Estimates: There is no change in hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. Dated: January 27, 2021. Timothy Watkins, Director, Center for Environmental Measurements and Modeling. [FR Doc. 2021–02847 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10020–03–Region 1] Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Proposed Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; In Re: Mohawk Tannery Site, Located in Nashua, New Hampshire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public comment. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby providing notice of a proposed settlement agreement concerning the Mohawk Tannery Site in Nashua, New Hampshire. The settlement agreement is entered into pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), and the authority of the Attorney General of the United States to compromise and settle claims of the United States. The proposed settlement agreement is between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) and bona fide prospective purchaser Blaylock Holdings, LLC (‘‘Settling Party’’). The proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to conduct work under EPA oversight in exchange for a covenant not to sue pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, for existing contamination at the Mohawk Tannery Site. The Settlement provides the Settling Party with pre-authorized mixed funding for the work. The Settling Party consents to and will not contest the authority of the United States to enter into this Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. The Settling Parties recognize that this Agreement has been negotiated in good faith and that this Agreement is entered into without the admission or adjudication of any issue of fact or law. DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement until March 15, 2021. The Agency will consider all comments received 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. ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent via email and addressed to RuthAnn Sherman, Senior Enforcement Counsel, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 28 / Friday, February 12, 2021 / Notices Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109 at email sherman.ruthann@eap.gov. Comments should refer to: In the Matter of: Mohawk Tannery Site, U.S. EPA Region 1, Docket No. CERCLA–01–2020–0063. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The proposed settlement and additional background information relating to the settlement are available for public inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 1 OSRR Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109. In addition, a copy of the proposed settlement agreement can be obtained from RuthAnn Sherman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109; 617–918–1886; sherman.ruthann@epa.gov. Additional information on the Mohawk Tannery Site can be found through the U.S. EPA Region I website at: epa.gov/superfund/ mohawk. Bryan Olson, Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, U.S. EPA, Region I. [FR Doc. 2021–02887 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10020–17–Region 3] Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition To Object to the Title V Permit for Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority; Maryland Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of final action. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed an Order, dated December 11, 2020, granting a petition to object to a state operating permit issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). The Order responds to a February 4, 2019 petition, relating to the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority’s Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility (MCRRF), a municipal solid waste resource recovery facility located in Montgomery County, Maryland. The petition was submitted by the Environmental Integrity Project and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (the Petitioners). This Order constitutes final action on that petition requesting that the Administrator object to the issuance of the proposed CAA title V permit. SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:27 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 253001 February 12, 2021. Copies of the final Order, the petition, and all pertinent information relating thereto can be requested by electronic mail to the address set forth below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The final Order is also available electronically at the following website: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operatingpermits/title-v-petition-database. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Stahl, Permits Branch, Air & Radiation Division, EPA Region III, (215) 814–2180, stahl.cynthia@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to review and object to, as appropriate, title V operating permits proposed by state permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes any person to petition the EPA Administrator within 60 days after the expiration of this review period to object to a state title V operating permit if EPA has not done so. Petitions must be based only on objections raised with reasonable specificity during the public comment period, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to raise these issues during the comment period or that the grounds for objection or other issue arose after the comment period. MDE issued the final MCRRF renewal operating permit (permit no. 24–031– 1718) on January 1, 2019. In the MCRRF petition (numbered III–2019–2), the Petitioners sought EPA objection on the basis that the title V permit failed to set forth monitoring requirements that assured continuous compliance with the 1-hour Prevention of Significant Deterioration emission limit for hydrogen chloride. The Order explains the reasons behind EPA’s decision to grant the petition for objection. DATES: ADDRESSES: Dated: February 4, 2021. Cristina Fernandez, Air and Radiation Division, US EPA Region III. [FR Doc. 2021–02835 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10019–87–OAR] Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2019 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of document availability and request for comments. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9339 The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2019 is available for public review. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requests recommendations for improving the overall quality of the inventory report to be finalized in April 2021, as well as subsequent inventory reports. DATES: To ensure your comments are considered for the final version of the document, please submit your comments by March 15, 2021. However, comments received after that date will still be welcomed and considered for the next edition of this report. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2021–0008, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI). Comments can also be submitted in hardcopy to GHG Inventory at: Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division (6207A), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, Fax: (202) 343– 2342. You are welcome and encouraged to send an email with your comments to GHGInventory@epa.gov. EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket, submitted in hardcopy or sent via email. For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mausami Desai, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change Division, (202) 343–9381, GHGInventory@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Annual U.S. emissions for the period of time from 1990 through 2019 are summarized and presented by sector, including source and sink categories. The inventory contains estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) emissions. The technical approach used in this report to estimate emissions and sinks for greenhouse gases is consistent with the methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and reported in a format SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 28 (Friday, February 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9338-9339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02887]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10020-03-Region 1]


Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Proposed Settlement Agreement and 
Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; In Re: Mohawk 
Tannery Site, Located in Nashua, New Hampshire

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby providing 
notice of a proposed settlement agreement concerning the Mohawk Tannery 
Site in Nashua, New Hampshire. The settlement agreement is entered into 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), and the authority of the 
Attorney General of the United States to compromise and settle claims 
of the United States. The proposed settlement agreement is between the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and bona fide 
prospective purchaser Blaylock Holdings, LLC (``Settling Party''). The 
proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to conduct 
work under EPA oversight in exchange for a covenant not to sue pursuant 
to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, for existing contamination at the 
Mohawk Tannery Site. The Settlement provides the Settling Party with 
pre-authorized mixed funding for the work. The Settling Party consents 
to and will not contest the authority of the United States to enter 
into this Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. The Settling 
Parties recognize that this Agreement has been negotiated in good faith 
and that this Agreement is entered into without the admission or 
adjudication of any issue of fact or law.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement 
until March 15, 2021. The Agency will consider all comments received 
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.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent via email and addressed to RuthAnn 
Sherman, Senior Enforcement Counsel,

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Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, 
Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109 at email [email protected]. Comments 
should refer to: In the Matter of: Mohawk Tannery Site, U.S. EPA Region 
1, Docket No. CERCLA-01-2020-0063.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The proposed settlement and additional 
background information relating to the settlement are available for 
public inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 1 OSRR Records and Information 
Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109. In addition, 
a copy of the proposed settlement agreement can be obtained from 
RuthAnn Sherman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post 
Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109; 617-918-1886; 
[email protected]. Additional information on the Mohawk Tannery 
Site can be found through the U.S. EPA Region I website at: epa.gov/superfund/mohawk.

Bryan Olson,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, U.S. EPA, Region 
I.
[FR Doc. 2021-02887 Filed 2-11-21; 8:45 am]
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