Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-24393
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed Administrative Settlement: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Alreco Metals Superfund Site, Benton Harbor, MI
Posted Date: 2019-08-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44893-44894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18436]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9999-02-Region 5]

Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement Agreement for Alreco 
Metals Superfund Site, Benton Harbor, Michigan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement and request for public 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice of 
a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response 
costs concerning the Alreco Metals Superfund Site in Benton Harbor, 
Michigan with the following settling parties: Louis Padnos Iron & Metal 
Company; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.; 
and Service Aluminum Corporation. The EPA invites written public 
comments on the Settlement for thirty (30) days following publication 
of this notice. The settlement requires the settling parties to pay 
$585,570.40 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 26, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and related documents can be viewed 
at the Superfund Records Center (SRC-7J), United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, 
(312) 886-4465 and on-line at https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=9619. You may send comments, referencing the 
Alreco Metals Superfund Site in Benton Harbor, Michigan and identified 
by Docket ID No. [V-W-19-C-010], to the following address: William 
Greaves, Superfund & Emergency Management

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Division (S-6J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Zaharoff, Office of Regional 
Counsel (C-14J), United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Josh Zaharoff 
may be reached by telephone at (312) 886-4460 or via electronic mail at 
zaharoff.josh@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background Information

    In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs 
concerning the Alreco Metals Site in Benton Harbor, Michigan with the 
following settling parties: Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Company; Toyota 
Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.; and Service 
Aluminum Corporation. EPA completed a removal action at the Site that 
began on August 8, 2014. The Site is located in an industrial/
commercial area along the banks of the Paw Paw River and is 
approximately 28 acres in size. The settlement requires the settling 
parties to pay $585,570.40 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The 
settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant 
to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a).

II. Opportunity to Comment

A. General Information

    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the 
Settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may 
modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement if comments received 
disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the Settlement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

B. Where do I send my comments or view responses?

    Your comments should be mailed to William Greaves, Superfund & 
Emergency Management Division (S-6J), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604-
3590. Be sure to label the comments with the Docket Number at the top 
of this notice and/or the property name. The Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at the 
Superfund Records Center.

C. What should I Consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI). Do not 
submit ANY information you think or know is CBI to EPA through an 
agency website or via email. Clearly mark on your written comments all 
the information that you claim to be CBI. If you mail EPA your comments 
on a disk or CD-ROM (CD), mark the outside of the CD as CBI and then 
identify electronically within the CD the specific information that is 
claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of your comments 
that includes all the information claimed as CBI, you must submit for 
inclusion in the public docket a second copy of your comments that does 
not contain the information claimed as CBI. Information marked as CBI 
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 
40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
     Identify the subject of your comments by the docket number 
and the site name in the title of this notice or the Federal Register 
publication date and page number.
     Follow directions--the agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
     Explain why you agree or disagree with the terms of the 
Settlement; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your 
requested changes.
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical 
information and/or data that you used.
     If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how 
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
     Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest alternatives.
     Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the 
use of profanity or personal threats.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the identified 
comment period deadline.

    Dated: June 14, 2019.
Douglas Ballotti,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-18436 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 am]
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