[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 42947] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-20307] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-6407-9] Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act--Upper Tenmile Creek Watershed Site, Lewis and Clark County and Jefferson County, Montana AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice and request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), concerning the Upper Tenmile Creek Watershed site in Lewis and Clark County and Jefferson County, Montana (Site). The proposed settlement agreement (Agreement) requires the Chapter 7 bankruptcy estates of Pegasus Gold Montana Mining, Inc. (PGMMI) and Pangea Explorations, Inc. (PEI) to transfer an environmental protection easement and dedication of restrictive uses to property within the Basin Creek Mine, located within the Site, to Lewis and Clark County of the benefit of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA intends to use a portion of the property, known as the Luttrell Pit, for a mine waste repository for abandoned mine removal actions which will be undertaken pursuant to EPA's CERCLA authorities. The settlement resolves the Estates' CERCLA liability for the Luttrell Pit. Because of the Estates' obligations to reclaim the Basin Creek Mine pursuant to the Montana Metal Mine Reclamation Act, Mont. Code Ann. section 82-4-301 et seq., the State of Montana, acting by and through the Department of Environmental Quality, is a party to the Agreement. Additionally, the Agreement is subject to the approval of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada. DATES: For a period of ten (10) days from the date of publication of this document, the public may submit comments to EPA relating to this proposed settlement. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at the EPA Superfund Record Center, 999 18th Street, 5th Floor, North Tower, Denver, Colorado, (303) 312-6473. Comments should be addressed to Carol J. Pokorny, Enforcement Specialist, (8ENF-T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202-2466, and should reference the Upper Tenmile Creek Watershed site Basin Creek Mine Agreement. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Bohan, Enforcement Attorney, at (303) 312-6925. Dated: July 12, 1999. Andrew Michael Gaydosh, Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental Justice, Region VIII. [FR Doc. 99-20307 Filed 8-5-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-M