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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 102141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29663]

[[Page 102141]]

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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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