Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-26444
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed Settlement Agreement: CERCLA; Mohawk Tannery Site, Nashua, NH
Posted Date: 2021-02-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 28 (Friday, February 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9338-9339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02887]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10020-03-Region 1]

Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Proposed Settlement Agreement and 
Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; In Re: Mohawk 
Tannery Site, Located in Nashua, New Hampshire

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby providing 
notice of a proposed settlement agreement concerning the Mohawk Tannery 
Site in Nashua, New Hampshire. The settlement agreement is entered into 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), and the authority of the 
Attorney General of the United States to compromise and settle claims 
of the United States. The proposed settlement agreement is between the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and bona fide 
prospective purchaser Blaylock Holdings, LLC (``Settling Party''). The 
proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to conduct 
work under EPA oversight in exchange for a covenant not to sue pursuant 
to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, for existing contamination at the 
Mohawk Tannery Site. The Settlement provides the Settling Party with 
pre-authorized mixed funding for the work. The Settling Party consents 
to and will not contest the authority of the United States to enter 
into this Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. The Settling 
Parties recognize that this Agreement has been negotiated in good faith 
and that this Agreement is entered into without the admission or 
adjudication of any issue of fact or law.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement 
until March 15, 2021. 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.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent via email and addressed to RuthAnn 
Sherman, Senior Enforcement Counsel,

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Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, 
Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109 at email sherman.ruthann@eap.gov. Comments 
should refer to: In the Matter of: Mohawk Tannery Site, U.S. EPA Region 
1, Docket No. CERCLA-01-2020-0063.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The proposed settlement and additional 
background information relating to the settlement are available for 
public inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 1 OSRR Records and Information 
Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109. In addition, 
a copy of the proposed settlement agreement can be obtained from 
RuthAnn Sherman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post 
Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109; 617-918-1886; 
sherman.ruthann@epa.gov. Additional information on the Mohawk Tannery 
Site can be found through the U.S. EPA Region I website at: epa.gov/superfund/mohawk.

Bryan Olson,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, U.S. EPA, Region 
I.
[FR Doc. 2021-02887 Filed 2-11-21; 8:45 am]
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