Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 238 / Monday, December 12, 2016 / Notices 89459 

of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention 

Rebecca Moser, Director, Office of 

Enterprise Information Programs, 

Office of Environmental Information 

Elise Packard, Associate General 

Counsel, Civil Rights and Finance 

Law, Office of General Counsel 

Kimberly Patrick, Director, Office of 

Acquisition Management, Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management 

Michelle Pirzadeh, Deputy Regional 

Administrator, Region 10 

Denise Polk, Director, Office of Grants 

and Debarment, Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management 

John Reeder, Deputy Chief of Staff, 

Office of the Administrator 

Christopher Robbins, Acting Deputy 

Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Research and Development 

John Showman, Acting Deputy 

Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management 

Carol Ann Siciliano, Associate General 

Counsel, Cross—Cutting Issues, Office 

of General Counsel 

Stefan Silzer, Controller, Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer 

Nigel Simon, Director, Office of Program 

Management, Office of Land and 

Emergency Management 

Walker Smith, Director, Office of Global 

Affairs and Policy, Office of 

International and Tribal Affairs 

Allyn Stern, Regional Counsel, Region 

10, Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance 

Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional 

Administrator, Region 9 

Susan Studlien, Director, Office of 

Environmental Stewardship, Region 1 

Debra Thomas, Deputy Regional 

Administrator, Region 8 

Donna Vizian, (Ex-Officio), Principal 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, 

Office of Administration and 

Resources Management 

Jeffery Wells, Deputy Director, Office of 

Customer Advocacy, Policy and 

Portfolio Management, Office of 

Environmental Information 

Pai-Yei Whung, Senior Research 

Scientist, Office of Research and 

Development 

Anna Wood, Director, Air Quality 

Policy Division, Office of Air and 

Radiation 

Christopher Zarba, Director, Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office, Office of 

the Administrator 

Dated: November 29, 2016. 

Donna J. Vizian, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, 

Office of Administration and Resources 

Management. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9956–34–Region 2] 

Proposed CERCLA Section 122(h) Cost 

Recovery Settlement for the Columbia 

Smelting and Refining Works Site, 

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 

1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 

U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given by 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’), Region II, of a 

proposed cost recovery settlement 

agreement pursuant to Section 122(h) of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), with the 

City of New York (the ‘‘Settling Party’’) 

for the Columbia Smelting and Refining 

Works Site (‘‘Site’’) in Brooklyn, Kings 

County, New York. The Site is a 

‘‘facility’’ as defined by Section 101(9) 

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601(9). 

The Site is composed of (1) Red Hook 

Recreation Area Ball Field Numbers 5, 

6, 7, and 8 (‘‘Ball Fields 5–8’’); (2) areas 

surrounding Ball Fields 5–8 where grass 

is planted (referred to as ‘‘Planting 

Strips’’); (3) Red Hook Recreation Area 

Ball Field Number 9 (‘‘Ball Field 9’’); (4) 

the Ball Field 9 Planting Strips; (5) the 

sidewalks bordering the Ball Fields 5– 

8 Planting Strips and the Ball Field 9 

Planting Strips; and (6) any other areas 

that have been impacted by the historic 

operations of the former Columbia 

Smelting and Refining Works facility. 

Ball Fields 5–8 and the Ball Fields 5– 

8 Planting Strips, collectively, comprise 

approximately 4.17 acres and are 

located on Block 581, Lot 1 of the Tax 

Map of Kings County, New York, 

bordered on the north by Lorraine 

Street, on the east by Henry Street, on 

the south by Bay Street, and on the west 

by Hicks Street. Ball Field 9 and the Ball 

Field 9 Planting Strips, collectively, 

comprise approximately 3.4 acres and 

are bordered on the north by Bay Street, 

on the east by Soccer Field #2, on the 

south by Halleck Street, and on the west 

by a track surrounding Soccer Field #3, 

located generally in the vicinity of Block 

614, Lot 300 and Block 602, Lot 1 of the 

Tax Map of Kings County, New York. 

Settling Party is the current owner of the 

Site. 

The Settling Party agrees to pay EPA 

$395,105.40 in reimbursement of past 

response costs related to the 

performance of work performed by EPA 

at 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 work 

performed at the Site. For thirty (30) 

days following the date of publication of 

this notice, EPA will receive written 

comments relating to the 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 II, 290 Broadway, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is 

available for public inspection at EPA 

Region II offices at 290 Broadway, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. Comments 

should reference the Columbia Smelting 

and Refining Works Site, Index No. 

CERCLA–02–2016–2018. To request a 

copy of the proposed settlement 

agreement, please contact the EPA 

employee identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Praschak, Assistant Regional 

Counsel, New York/Caribbean 

Superfund Branch, Office of Regional 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 290 Broadway—17th Floor, 

New York, New York 10007–1866. 

Email: praschak.andrew@epa.gov. 

Telephone: 212–637–3172. 

Dated: November 21, 2016. 

Walter Mugdan, 

Director, Emergency and Remedial Response 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

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