Request for Public Comment on Settlement Agreement for Licking Chemical Spill Site, Licking County, Ohio, 102141 [2024-29663]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–R05–SFUND–2024–0439; FRL 12259–
01–R5]
Request for Public Comment on
Settlement Agreement for Licking
Chemical Spill Site, Licking County,
Ohio
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; 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 by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’), Region 5, of a proposed
administrative settlement for recovery of
past response costs concerning the
Licking Chemical Spill Site (Site) in
Licking County, Ohio with William H.
Trucking, LLC, as the Settling Party and
Respondent.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05–
SFUND–2024–0439, by the following
method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov/ (our
preferred method). Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID No. for this
rulemaking. Comments received may be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information provided. For
detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don
Schwer, Enforcement Investigator,
Superfund & Emergency Management
Division, Region 5, EPA, 77 West
Jackson Blvd. (SE–5J); telephone
number: 312–353–8752; email address:
schwer.don@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
settlement requires the Respondent to
pay $300,000 in past response costs.
The settlement includes a covenant not
to sue pursuant to sections 107(a) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), relating to
the Site, subject to limited reservations,
and protection from contribution
actions or claims as provided by section
113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
9613(f)(2). For thirty (30) days following
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the date of publication of this notice,
EPA will receive written comments
relating to this settlement. EPA will
consider all comments received and
may modify or withdraw its consent to
the settlement if comments received
disclose facts or considerations that
indicate that the proposed settlement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
EPA’s response to any comments
received will be available for public
inspection at https://response.epa.gov/
LickingChemicalSpill.
A. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–R05–SFUND–2024–
0439, 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 to EPA’s docket at
https://www.regulations.gov any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI),
Proprietary Business Information (PBI),
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). Please visit
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets for additional
submission methods; the full EPA
public comment policy; information
about CBI, PBI, or multimedia
submissions; and general guidance on
making effective comments.
Douglas Ballotti,
Director, Superfund & Emergency
Management Division, Region 5.
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Adoption of Categorical Exclusions
from the Department of Energy Under
the National Environmental Policy Act
Export-Import Bank of the
United States.
ACTION: Notice of adoption of multiple
Categorical Exclusions from the
Department of Energy.
AGENCY:
The Export-Import Bank of
the United States (EXIM) is adopting
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multiple categorical exclusions (CEs)
from the agencies as listed: Department
of Energy Ces A9, B1.15, B1.23, B2.1,
B2.2, and B3.1. This notice identifies
the categories of proposed actions and
describes the consultation between the
agencies.
DATES: The Ces identified below are
available for EXIM to use for its
proposed actions effective December 17,
2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Condren (VP Policy Analysis),
Scott.Condren@exim.gov, (202) 565–
3777; Tiffin Caverly (VP Engineering &
Environment), Tiffin.Caverly@exim.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
NEPA and Ces
The National Environmental Policy
Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347, (NEPA)
requires Federal agencies to interpret
and administer Federal policies,
regulations, and laws in accordance
with NEPA’s policies and to consider
environmental values in their decision
making.
Federal agencies are required to
provide a detailed statement on
proposals for major Federal actions
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.1 NEPA also
created the Council of Environmental
Quality (CEQ) as the body responsible
for implementing NEPA.
Categorical exclusions (Ces) can be
used when there is a determination the
proposed type of action would not have
a significant effect on the human
environment; this option eliminates the
need for an environmental assessment
(EA) or more detailed environmental
impact statement (EIS).2 CEQ considers
Ces ‘‘an important mechanism to
promote efficiency in the NEPA
process’’ and recognizes an agency’s
ability to ‘‘identify and substantiate
categories of actions that normally do
not have a significant effect on the
human environment’’.3
Section 109 of NEPA, enacted as part
of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,
allows a Federal agency to ‘‘adopt’’ or
use another agency’s Ces for a category
of proposed agency actions.4 To use
another agency’s Ces under section 109,
an agency must identify the relevant Ces
listed in another agency’s (‘‘establishing
agency’’) NEPA procedures that cover
its category of proposed actions or
related actions; consult with the
establishing agency to ensure that the
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CFR 1500.1.
CFR 1501.4.
3 88 FR 49924.
4 42 U.S.C. 4336c.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R05-SFUND-2024-0439; FRL 12259-01-R5]
Request for Public Comment on Settlement Agreement for Licking
Chemical Spill Site, Licking County, Ohio
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 of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''),
notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(``EPA''), Region 5, of a proposed administrative settlement for
recovery of past response costs concerning the Licking Chemical Spill
Site (Site) in Licking County, Ohio with William H. Trucking, LLC, as
the Settling Party and Respondent.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
SFUND-2024-0439, by the following method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Public Participation''
heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Schwer, Enforcement Investigator,
Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5, EPA, 77 West
Jackson Blvd. (SE-5J); telephone number: 312-353-8752; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The settlement requires the Respondent to
pay $300,000 in past response costs. The settlement includes a covenant
not to sue pursuant to sections 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a),
relating to the Site, subject to limited reservations, and protection
from contribution actions or claims as provided by section 113(f)(2) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2). For thirty (30) days following the date
of publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments
relating to this settlement. EPA will consider all comments received
and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments
received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the
proposed settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA's
response to any comments received will be available for public
inspection at https://response.epa.gov/LickingChemicalSpill.
A. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-SFUND-
2024-0439, 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 to
EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary
Business Information (PBI), 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). Please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for additional submission methods; the
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective
comments.
Douglas Ballotti,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2024-29663 Filed 12-16-24; 8:45 am]
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