[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 41414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18504]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9966-88-Region 2]
Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the Wolff-Alport
Superfund Site, Queens County, New York
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 2, of a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement
pursuant to CERCLA, with the City of New York (``Settling Party'')
concerning the Wolff-Alport Superfund Site (``Site''), located in
Queens County, New York.
The Site includes portions of the former Wolff-Alport Chemical
Company facility and nearby areas, including businesses, public
sidewalks, city sewers, and nearby streets, where hazardous substances
including radioactive contamination were disposed or have migrated.
Settling Party is the owner of property which constitutes a portion of
the Site.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection
at EPA Region 2 offices at 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.
Comments should reference the Wolff-Alport Superfund Site, Queens
County, New York, Index No. CERCLA-02-2017-2009. To request a copy of
the proposed settlement agreement, please contact the EPA employee
identified below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Regna, Assistant Regional
Counsel, New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, Office of Regional
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th
Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. Email: [email protected]; Telephone:
212-637-3164.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settling Party agrees to pay EPA
$659,037.00 in reimbursement of EPA's past response costs paid at or in
connection with the Site. The settlement includes a covenant by EPA not
to sue or to take administrative action against the Settling Party
pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), with regard to
the response costs related to the work at the Site enumerated in the
settlement agreement. For thirty (30) days following the date of
publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating
to the proposed 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 EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-
1866.
Dated: August 23, 2017.
John Prince,
Acting Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2017-18504 Filed 8-30-17; 8:45 am]
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