Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs at the Logan Street Mercury Response Site in Ada County, Idaho, 6257-6258 [2023-01974]

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Khanna Johnston, Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. 2023–01926 Filed 1–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [CERCLA 01–2023–0023; FRL–10589–01– R1] Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement: Sessions Clock Site, Bristol, Connecticut Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comments. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost settlement for recovery of response costs concerning the Sessions Clock Site, located in Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, with the Settling Party, Philips North America LLC. The proposed settlement requires the Settling Party to pay EPA $706,175.90 plus interest to settle EPA’s claim for recovery of past response costs, which amount to approximately $830,795. In exchange, EPA will provide the Settling Party with a covenant not to sue for past costs. 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, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement for khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Jan 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 recovery of response costs. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to this cost recovery 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 for public inspection at the Environmental Protection Agency— Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109–3912. DATES: Comments must be submitted by March 2, 2023. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Peter DeCambre, Senior Enforcement Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (4–WC), Boston, MA 02109–3912, (617) 918–1890, decambre.peter@epa.gov, and should reference the Sessions Clock Site, U.S. EPA Docket No: CERCLA 01– 2023–0023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Stacy Greendlinger, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (02–2), Boston, MA 02109– 3912, telephone number: (617) 918– 1403, email address: greendlinger.stacy@epa.gov. Direct technical questions to Stacy Greendlinger and legal questions to Peter DeCambre, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (4–WC), Boston, MA 02109– 3912, telephone number: (617) 918– 1890, email address: decambre.peter@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the Sessions Clock Site, located in Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, is made in accordance with section 122(h)(l) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). EPA covenants not to sue or take administrative action against the Settling Party, Philips North America LLC, pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for Past Response Costs. In exchange, the Settling Party agrees to pay EPA $706,175.90, plus interest on that amount calculated from the Effective Date through the date of payment. Payment of such amount shall be due within 30 days after the Effective Date. For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6257 to the settlement for recovery of response costs. The Effective Date of the Agreement is the date upon which EPA issues written notice to Philips North America LLC that the public comment period has closed and that such comments, if any, do not require that EPA modify or withdraw from the Agreement. Meghan Cassidy, Deputy Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division. [FR Doc. 2023–01925 Filed 1–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [CERCLA–10–2022–0251; FRL–10531–01– Region 10] Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs at the Logan Street Mercury Response Site in Ada County, Idaho Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comment. AGENCY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into a proposed settlement, embodied in an Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs (Settlement Agreement), with the following settling party: Jones Family Trust. Under the Settlement Agreement, the settling party agrees to pay a total of $150,000 plus interest to reimburse the EPA for costs the EPA has incurred at the Logan Street Mercury Response Site (Site). DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 2, 2023. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by the EPA Docket Number for the Settlement Agreement, CERCLA– 10–2022–0251, by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Email: Ms. Christina Vieira da Rosa, VieiraDaRosa.Christina@epa.gov. Mail: EPA Region 10, ATTN: Christina Vieira da Rosa, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, M/S: 11–C07, Seattle, WA 98101. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Vieira da Rosa, Assistant SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\31JAN1.SGM 31JAN1 6258 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 20 / Tuesday, January 31, 2023 / Notices Regional Counsel, EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, M/S: 11–C07, Seattle, WA 98101; Email: VieiraDaRosa.Christina@epa.gov; Phone (206) 553–2601. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Written Comments Submit your comments, identified by the EPA Docket Number for the Settlement Agreement, CERCLA–10– 2022–0251, at https:// www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information 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 Confidential Business Information or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. Background Information Notice of this proposed Settlement Agreement is made in accordance with Section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i). The Settlement Agreement concerns costs incurred by the EPA in connection with the Logan Street Mercury Response Site, a CERCLA response action in Ada County, Idaho, where mercury contamination has come to be located. Jones Family Trust, which agrees to pay the EPA a total of $150,000, plus interest, is the only party to the Settlement Agreement. Because the EPA is not recovering one hundred percent of its past costs, this Settlement Agreement represents a compromise of the EPA’s costs. The settlement 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). The EPA will consider all comments received on the Settlement Agreement in accordance with the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this Notice and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement Agreement if comments VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Jan 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The EPA’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at: https://semspub.epa.gov/ src/collections/10/AR/IDN001020504. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601–9657. Sheila Fleming, Acting Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Region 10. [FR Doc. 2023–01974 Filed 1–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2021–0547; FRL–5601.5–02– OW] Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: This notice announces the availability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15). The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to biennially publish a plan for new and revised effluent limitations guidelines, after public review and comment. Plan 15 provides updates on activities discussed in Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Preliminary Plan 15) and discusses comments that were received during the public comment period. Plan 15 discusses EPA’s 2021 annual review of effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards, presents the agency’s preliminary review of certain specific point source categories, provides an update on the analyses and tools that EPA is developing related to effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards, and discusses several new and ongoing rulemaking actions. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doruntine¨ Rexhepi, Engineering and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566–2532; fax number: (202) 566–1053; email address: rexhepi.doruntine@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. General Information A. Supporting Documents Supporting documents that provide further details on the information presented in Plan 15 are also available for review. PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related information? Docket. The EPA has established an official public docket for these actions under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 2021–0547. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The Docket Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays). For further information on the EPA Docket Center services and the current status, see: https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically from https:// www.federalregister.gov/documents/ current. Internet access. Copies of the supporting documents are available at https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluentguidelines-plan. II. How is this document organized? The outline of this document follows. A. Legal Authority. B. Summary of Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15. A. Legal Authority This notice is published under the authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b) and 308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 1317(b), and 1318. B. Summary of Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15. EPA prepared Plan 15 pursuant to CWA section 304(m). Effluent guidelines plans provide a summary of EPA’s annual review of effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards, consistent with CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 304(m), and 307(b). From these reviews, the plans identify any new or existing industrial categories EPA selected for effluent limitations guidelines or pretreatment standards rulemakings and provide a schedule for such rulemakings. Once EPA develops the schedules for a specific rulemaking, the schedule is published in EPA’s Regulatory Agenda. In addition, the plans present any new or existing categories of industry selected for further review and analysis. Plan 15 provides updates on activities discussed in Preliminary Plan 15 and a summary of the comments that EPA E:\FR\FM\31JAN1.SGM 31JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6257-6258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01974]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA-10-2022-0251; FRL-10531-01-Region 10]


Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for 
Recovery of Past Response Costs at the Logan Street Mercury Response 
Site in Ada County, Idaho

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), notice is 
hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered 
into a proposed settlement, embodied in an Administrative Settlement 
Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs (Settlement Agreement), 
with the following settling party: Jones Family Trust. Under the 
Settlement Agreement, the settling party agrees to pay a total of 
$150,000 plus interest to reimburse the EPA for costs the EPA has 
incurred at the Logan Street Mercury Response Site (Site).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 2, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by the EPA Docket Number 
for the Settlement Agreement, CERCLA-10-2022-0251, by any of the 
following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method). Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Email: Ms. Christina Vieira da 
Rosa, [email protected]. Mail: EPA Region 10, ATTN: 
Christina Vieira da Rosa, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of 
Regional Counsel, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, M/S: 11-C07, Seattle, 
WA 98101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Vieira da Rosa, Assistant

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Regional Counsel, EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, M/S: 11-
C07, Seattle, WA 98101; Email: [email protected]; Phone 
(206) 553-2601.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Written Comments

    Submit your comments, identified by the EPA Docket Number for the 
Settlement Agreement, CERCLA-10-2022-0251, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or the other methods 
identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted, comments cannot be 
edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may publish any comment 
received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information 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 Confidential Business Information or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

Background Information

    Notice of this proposed Settlement Agreement is made in accordance 
with Section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i). The Settlement 
Agreement concerns costs incurred by the EPA in connection with the 
Logan Street Mercury Response Site, a CERCLA response action in Ada 
County, Idaho, where mercury contamination has come to be located. 
Jones Family Trust, which agrees to pay the EPA a total of $150,000, 
plus interest, is the only party to the Settlement Agreement. Because 
the EPA is not recovering one hundred percent of its past costs, this 
Settlement Agreement represents a compromise of the EPA's costs. The 
settlement 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).
    The EPA will consider all comments received on the Settlement 
Agreement in accordance with the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this 
Notice and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement 
Agreement if comments received disclose facts or considerations that 
indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 
The EPA's response to any comments received will be available for 
public inspection at: https://semspub.epa.gov/src/collections/10/AR/IDN001020504.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657.

Sheila Fleming,
Acting Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Region 
10.
[FR Doc. 2023-01974 Filed 1-30-23; 8:45 am]
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