[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 31, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 48697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18701]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8924-01-R2]


Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the Apple Valley 
Shopping Center Superfund Site, Town of LaGrange, Dutchess 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 
(Agreement) pursuant to CERCLA, with Apple Valley Corp. and the Estate 
of James A. Klein (Settling Parties) for the Apple Valley Shopping 
Center Superfund Site (Site), LaGrange, Dutchess County, New York.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 30, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be sent via email to Sharon Kivowitz at 
kivowitz.sharon@epa.gov. Comments should reference the Apple Valley 
Shopping Center Superfund Site Settlement Agreement for Recovery of 
Response Costs, Index No. CERCLA-02-2021-2025. The proposed settlement 
is available for public inspection at this weblink: https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/02/625084.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Kivowitz, Attorney, Office of 
Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Email: 
kivowitz.sharon@epa.gov Telephone: 212-637-3183.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Agreement, the Settling Parties 
will pay $75,000 to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund in 
reimbursement of EPA's Past Response Costs paid at or in connection 
with the Site. The Agreement includes a covenant by EPA not to sue or 
to take administrative action against the Settling Parties pursuant to 
Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), to recover such Past 
Response Costs. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication 
of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the 
Agreement. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or 
withdraw its consent to the Agreement if comments received disclose 
facts or considerations that indicate that the proposed Agreement 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.

Pasquale Evangelista,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2021-18701 Filed 8-30-21; 8:45 am]
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