Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-19706
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed Settlements: Empire State Oil Co. Refinery Superfund Site, Thermopolis, Hot Springs County, WY
Posted Date: 2016-09-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 64459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22628]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9952-66-Region 8]

Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs: Empire 
State Oil Co.--Refinery Superfund Site, Thermopolis, Hot Springs 
County, Wyoming

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 122(h)(1) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9604, 9606(a), 9607 and 
9622, notice is hereby given of the proposed settlement under section 
122 (h)(1) of CERCLA, between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') and Sinclair Casper Refining Company (``Settling Party''). 
The proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to 
reimburse the EPA for past response costs. The Settling Party will pay 
($655,000.00) within 30 days after the effective date of the Proposed 
Agreement to the EPA. The Settling Party consents to and will not 
contest the authority of the United States to enter into the Agreement 
or to implement or enforce its terms. The Settling Party recognizes 
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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 20, 2016. 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.

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, Colorado, by 
appointment. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed agreement 
should be addressed to Shawn McCaffrey, Enforcement Specialist, 
Environmental Protection Agency-Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF-RC, 1595 
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, and should reference the 
Empire State Oil Co--Refinery Superfund Site, EPA Docket No. CERCLA-08-
2016-0006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Naftz, Enforcement Attorney, 
Legal Enforcement Program, Environmental Protection Agency-Region 8, 
Mail Code 8ENF-L, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, (303) 
312-6942.

    Dated: August 26, 2016.
Suzanne Bohan,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and 
Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VIII.
[FR Doc. 2016-22628 Filed 9-19-16; 8:45 am]
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