[Federal Register: December 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 243)]
[Notices]               
[Page 71137-71138]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; In Re: Saco 
Municipal Landfill Superfund Site, Saco, Maine

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs and 
projected future response costs concerning the Saco Municipal Landfill 
Superfund Site, Saco, Maine. The settlement requires the settling 
party, the Joseph M. Herman Shoe Company, Inc., to reimburse the 
Environmental Protection Agency (the ``Agency'') for response costs 
incurred and to be incurred at the Saco Municipal Landfill Superfund 
Site. This amount includes a premium to cover risks associated with the 
settlement. The settling party will make a payment of $18,000 into the 
EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund. In addition, the settlement includes 
a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant to section 107(a) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments 
relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments 
received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at One Congress Street, Boston, MA 02214.

DATES: Comments must be submitted within 30 (thirty) days of 
publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Regional Hearing Clerk, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, One Congress Street, 
Suite 1100, Mailcode RAA, Boston, Massachusetts 02203, and should refer 
to: In re: Saco Municipal Landfill Superfund Site, U.S. EPA Docket No. 
CERCLA-1-99-0067.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the proposed settlement can 
be obtained from Ann Gardner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region I, One Congress Street, Mailcode SES, Boston, Massachusetts 
02214, (617) 918-1895.

    Dated: December 7, 1999.
Frank Ciavattieri,
Acting Director, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration .
[FR Doc. 99-32868 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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