[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11750-11751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05407]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-SFUND-2018-08; FRL-9975-49--Region 9]


Anaconda Copper Mine, Yerington, NV: Proposed Settlement 
Agreement and Order on Consent

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability for review and comment 
of an administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent 
(``Settlement'') under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 
between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), and 
Atlantic Richfield Company regarding the Anaconda Copper Mine Site 
(``Site'') in Yerington, Nevada. The Settlement requires Atlantic 
Richfield Company to reimburse EPA $3,000,000 for Past Response Costs 
at the Site.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The Settlement Agreement is available for public inspection 
at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Records 
Center, 75 Hawthorne Street, Room 3110, San Francisco, California 
94105. Telephone: 415-947-8717. A copy of the Settlement is also 
available at the following link: https://semspub.epa.gov/work/09/100005264.pdf. Comments should be addressed to Dustin Minor, Assistant 
Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105; or Email: [email protected]; and should reference the 
Anaconda Copper Mine Site, EPA R9-2018-08.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dustin Minor, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3), Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; tel: 
(415) 972-3888; [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA deferred the non-tribal portion of the 
Site to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) on 
February 5, 2018. In addition to requiring Atlantic Richfield Company 
to reimburse EPA $3,000,000, the Settlement terminates the existing 
administrative orders referred to in the Settlement. EPA terminated the 
existing administrative orders because future

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work at the non-tribal portion of the Site will be overseen by NDEP. 
EPA is only seeking comment on the cost recovery component of the 
Settlement. EPA will consider all comments submitted by the date set 
forth above regarding Section V. (Payment of Response Costs) and EPA 
may withhold consent from, or seek to modify, all or part of Section V. 
(Payment of Response Costs) if comments received disclose facts or 
considerations that indicate that Section V. (Payment of Response 
Costs) is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

    Dated: March 5, 2018.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2018-05407 Filed 3-15-18; 8:45 am]
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