Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-25979
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed Cost Recovery Settlement under CERCLA: Operable Unit Two of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, in or about Essex and Hudson Counties, NJ
Posted Date: 2020-09-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59524-59525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20811]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA 02-2020-2013; FRL-10014-16- Region 2]

Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for Operable Unit Two of 
the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, In or About Essex and Hudson 
Counties, New Jersey

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 2, of a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement 
pursuant to CERCLA, between the EPA and six

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settling parties (``Settling Parties'') regarding Operable Unit Two of 
the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site (``Site''), located in or about Essex 
and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Pursuant to the proposed cost recovery 
settlement agreement, each Settling Party shall pay to EPA $280,600.00 
for each facility listed for the Settling Party in Appendix A of the 
proposed settlement agreement to resolve the Settling Party's civil 
liability under CERCLA, related to Operable Unit Two of the Site for 
the facility.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement agreement is available for public 
inspection at https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/02/591178.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Juan M. Fajardo, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional 
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Email: 
fajardo.juan@epa.gov Telephone: 212-637-3132.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed cost recovery settlement 
agreement is subject to a thirty (30) day public comment period. 
Following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will receive 
written comments concerning the proposed cost recovery settlement 
agreement. Comments to the proposed settlement agreement should 
reference Operable Unit Two of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, Index 
No. CERCLA-02-2020-2013. EPA will consider all comments received during 
the 30-day public comment period and may modify or withdraw its consent 
to the settlement agreement if comments received disclose facts or 
considerations that indicate that the proposed settlement agreement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA's response to comments will 
be available for public inspection online and/or at EPA's Region 2 
offices located at 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866.

    Date: September 14, 2020.
Pasquale Evangelista,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2020-20811 Filed 9-21-20; 8:45 am]
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