Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-24217
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent: Richardson Flat Tailings Site, Park City, Summit County, UT
Posted Date: 2019-07-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35862-35863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15852]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9997-12-Region 8]

Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent: 
Richardson Flat Tailings Site, Park City, Summit County, Utah

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of the proposed settlement 
under CERCLA, between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), the U.S. Department of Interior (``DOI''), the State of Utah 
(``State''), the Florence J. Gillmor Foundation, the Estate of Florence 
J. Gillmor (collectively, ``Owners''), Summit County, a political 
subdivision of the State of Utah, and the Snyderville Basin Recreation 
District, a Special District in the State of Utah (collectively, 
``Purchaser'') to settle liabilities at the Richardson Flat Tailings 
Site in Summit County, Utah.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the 
agreement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may 
modify or withdraw its consent to the agreement if comments received 
disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the agreement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 26, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement and additional background information 
relating to the agreement, as well as the Agency's response to any 
comments are or will be available for public inspection at the EPA 
Superfund Record Center, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,

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Colorado, by appointment. Comments and requests for a copy of the 
proposed agreement should be addressed to Matt Hogue, Enforcement 
Specialist, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Environmental 
Protection Agency-Region 8, Mail Code 8SEM-PAC, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 
Denver, Colorado 80202, (303) 312-6591 and should reference the 
Richardson Flat Tailings Site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amelia Piggott, Senior Assistant 
Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection 
Agency-Region 8, Mail Code 8ORC-LEC, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 
Colorado 80202, (303) 312-6410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed Settlement Agreement allows the 
Owners to make a cash payment: (1) To EPA and the State to resolve 
alleged civil CERCLA liability; and (2) to DOI and the State to resolve 
alleged natural resource damage liability. The proposed Settlement 
Agreement also facilitates the sale of the Property within the Site to 
Purchaser as a CERCLA Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser and provides for 
the performance of Work by Purchaser at the Property and for the 
payment of certain response costs incurred by the United States at or 
in connection with the Property. The Owners and Purchaser consent to 
and will not contest the authority of the United States to enter into 
the Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. The Owners and 
Purchaser recognize that the Agreement has been negotiated in good 
faith and that the Agreement is entered into without the admission or 
adjudication of any issue of fact or law.

    Dated: July 15, 2019.
Betsy Smidinger,
Division Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII.
[FR Doc. 2019-15852 Filed 7-24-19; 8:45 am]
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