Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-21863
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement: Facet Enterprises, Inc. Superfund Site, Elmira Heights, Chemung County, NY
Posted Date: 2018-02-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4653-4654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02046]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9973-34--Region 2]

Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the Facet 
Enterprises, Inc. Superfund Site, Elmira Heights, Chemung County, New 
York

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, with Motor Components, LLC (``Motor Components'') 
and Honeywell International, Inc. (``Honeywell'') (collectively, 
``Settling Parties'') for the Facet Enterprises, Inc. Superfund Site 
(``Site''), located in Elmira Heights, Chemung County, New York.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 5, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at EPA Region 2 offices at 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866. 
Comments should reference the Facet Enterprises, Inc. Superfund Site, 
Elmira Heights, Chemung County, New York, Index No. II-CERCLA-02-2017-
2037. To request a copy of the proposed settlement agreement, please 
contact the EPA employee identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Charney, Attorney, Office of 
Regional Counsel, New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 
10007-1866. email: [email protected]. Telephone: 212-637-3181.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settling Parties agree to reimburse EPA 
for past response costs paid at or in connection with the Site as set 
forth: (a) Within 30 days of the effective date, Honeywell shall pay 
$550,000, plus interest accrued, and (b) Motor Components shall pay 
$1,300,000, plus accrued interest in up to four

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installments over a period not to exceed three years from the effective 
date.
    The settlement includes a covenant by EPA not to sue or to take 
administrative action against the Settling Party/Parties pursuant to 
Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), with regard to the 
response costs related to the work at the Site enumerated in the 
settlement agreement. For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating 
to the settlement. EPA will consider all comments received and may 
modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received 
disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the proposed 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA's response to 
any comments received will be available for public inspection at EPA 
Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.

    Dated: January 3, 2018.
Walter Mugdan,
Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2018-02046 Filed 1-31-18; 8:45 am]
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