Notice2024-20340
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for the Cabin 29/East Area of the Mammoth Stamp Mill Site, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California
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Published
September 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, notice is hereby given of a proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (ASAOC), between the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and Cabin Permittees (respondents), regarding respondents' access under their special use permit to the Cabin 29/East Area (affected property) of the Mammoth Stamp Mill Site (site) located on the Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California. Hazardous substances and/or pollutants or contaminants have come to be located at the site.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73352-73353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20340]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order
on Consent for the Cabin 29/East Area of the Mammoth Stamp Mill Site,
Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of settlement; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, notice is
hereby given of a proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and
Order on Consent (ASAOC), between the Forest Service, United States
Department of Agriculture, and Cabin Permittees (respondents),
regarding respondents' access under their special use permit to the
Cabin 29/East Area (affected property) of the Mammoth Stamp Mill Site
(site) located on the Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California.
Hazardous substances and/or pollutants or contaminants have come to be
located at the site.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing by October 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background
information relating to the settlement are available for public
inspection at the offices of the United States Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Inyo National Forest, 351 Pacu Lane,
Bishop, California 93514, or from Ronald McClain with USDA's Office of
the General Counsel, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94c6fbfaf5f8f0baf9f7f7f8f5fdfad4e1e7f0f5baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95c7fafbf4f9f1bbf8f6f6f9f4fcfbd5e0e6f1f4bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>, phone: 202-720-
4500. Comments should reference the Mammoth Stamp Mill Cabin 29/East
Area, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California, and should be
addressed to Ronald McClain, USDA Office of the General Counsel, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250-1412. The United States'
response to any comments received will be available for public
inspection at the USDA, Office of the General Counsel, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250-1412, and at the Forest
Service's Inyo National Forest, 351 Pacu Lane, Bishop, California
93514.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical information: Dennis Geiser, Forest Service Region 5, 1323
Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592, phone 707-562-8729, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8a2e6afada1bbadba88bdbbaca9e6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb81c58c8e82988e99ab9e988f8ac58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>.
Legal information: Ronald McClain, USDA Office of the General
Counsel, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250-1412; phone
202-720-4500, Fax: 202-720-0973; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abf9c4c5cac7cf85c6c8c8c7cac2c5ebded8cfca85ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6f4c9c8c7cac288cbc5c5cac7cfc8e6d3d5c2c788c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>.
Individuals who use telecommunications devices for the hearing
impaired may call 711 to reach the Telecommunications Relay Service, 24
hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed ASAOC between the Forest
Service, the Department of Justice, and respondents, is entered into in
accordance with section 122(g)(4) of CERCLA, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
9622(g)(4). Among other things, the ASAOC requires respondents to
voluntarily relinquish their special use permit to the Forest Service
to resolve respondents' potential civil liability under section 107 of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607. The ASAOC further requires respondents to
release the United States from any collateral action which may be
brought by respondents as a result of the voluntary relinquishment of
their special use permit. The Forest Service will provide full and
complete contribution protection for respondents with regard to the
site pursuant to sections 113(f)(2) and 122(g)(5) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
9613(f)(2) and 9622(g)(5), or as otherwise may be provided by law, in
accordance with section XIV of the ASAOC (Effect of Settlement/
Contribution); and will release respondents from obligations of their
special use permit requiring removal of improvements upon the affected
property.
For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this
notice, the United States will receive written comments relating to the
ASAOC. The United States will consider all comments received and may
modify or withdraw its consent to the ASAOC if comments received
disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the settlement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
Jody Holzworth,
Deputy Regional Forester, Pacific Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2024-20340 Filed 9-9-24; 8:45 am]
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