[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 25402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08766]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA-02-2023-2004; FRL 10802-01-R2]


Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the Gowanus Canal 
Superfund Site

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 
(``Settlement'') pursuant to CERCLA with Paramount Global and Beam, 
Inc. (``Settling Parties'') for the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site 
(``Site'').

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 26, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the proposed Settlement and 
submission of comments must be via electronic mail. Comments should 
reference the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site, Index No. CERCLA-02-2023-
2004. For those unable to communicate via electronic mail, please 
contact the EPA employee identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Sainsbury, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. Email: 
[email protected], Telephone: 212-637-3177.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given by EPA, Region 2, of 
a proposed cost recovery Settlement pursuant to CERCLA with the 
Settling Parties related to the Site, located in Brooklyn, New York.
    The Settling Parties will pay a total of $912,568 ($534,917 from 
Beam, Inc. and $377,651 from Paramount Global) to the Gowanus Canal 
Special Account within the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund (``Fund'') 
to be retained and used to conduct or finance response actions at or in 
connection with the Site, or to be transferred by EPA to the Fund. The 
Settling Parties are compensating EPA for a portion of the total Site 
costs plus a settlement premium. Payments by Settling Parties shall be 
made within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of the Settlement. 
The Settlement 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 EPA's response costs as 
provided in the Settlement. 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 online 
and/or at EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.
    The proposed Settlement is available for public inspection at 
https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/02/654526.

    Dated: April 4, 2023.
Pasquale Evangelista,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2023-08766 Filed 4-25-23; 8:45 am]
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