[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 129 (Monday, July 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40286-40287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14459]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA-02-2019-2033; FRL-10011-82-Region 2]


Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the Old Roosevelt 
Field Contaminated Groundwater Area Superfund Site, Town of Hempstead, 
Nassau 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 Johnson & Hoffman, LLC, Ansaco Properties One, 
LLC, and Ansaco, LLC (``Settling Parties'') for the Old Roosevelt Field 
Contaminated Groundwater Area Superfund Site (``Site''), Town of 
Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 5, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be sent via email to Elizabeth Leilani Davis at 
davis.leilani@epa.gov. Comments should reference the Old Roosevelt 
Field Contaminated Groundwater Area Superfund Site, Town of Hempstead, 
New York, Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Response Costs, Index 
No. CERCLA-02-2019-2033.
    The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at this 
weblink:https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/02/598770.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Leilani Davis, Attorney, 
Office of Regional Counsel, New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency. Email: davis.leilani@epa.gov. 
Telephone: 212-637-3249.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the settlement, EPA will receive from 
the Settling Parties $207,000.00 in past response costs with respect to 
the Site. The settlement provides, in exchange for the above payment, a 
covenant not to sue by EPA or to take administrative action against the 
Settling Parties pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), with regard to the Site. For thirty (30) days 
following the date of publication of this document, 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 online and/or at EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New 
York, NY 10007-1866.

Pasquale Evangelista,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2020-14459 Filed 7-2-20; 8:45 am]
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