Notice2024-29663
Request for Public Comment on Settlement Agreement for Licking Chemical Spill Site, Licking County, Ohio
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Published
December 17, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
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 5, of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the Licking Chemical Spill Site (Site) in Licking County, Ohio with William H. Trucking, LLC, as the Settling Party and Respondent.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29663]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R05-SFUND-2024-0439; FRL 12259-01-R5]
Request for Public Comment on Settlement Agreement for Licking
Chemical Spill Site, Licking County, Ohio
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 5, of a proposed administrative settlement for
recovery of past response costs concerning the Licking Chemical Spill
Site (Site) in Licking County, Ohio with William H. Trucking, LLC, as
the Settling Party and Respondent.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
SFUND-2024-0439, by the following method:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Public Participation''
heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Schwer, Enforcement Investigator,
Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5, EPA, 77 West
Jackson Blvd. (SE-5J); telephone number: 312-353-8752; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f5c4c47584a5d014b40416f4a5f4e01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9baaaa1beacbbe7ada6a789acb9a8e7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The settlement requires the Respondent to
pay $300,000 in past response costs. The settlement includes a covenant
not to sue pursuant to sections 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a),
relating to the Site, subject to limited reservations, and protection
from contribution actions or claims as provided by section 113(f)(2) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2). For thirty (30) days following the date
of publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments
relating to this 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 at <a href="https://response.epa.gov/LickingChemicalSpill">https://response.epa.gov/LickingChemicalSpill</a>.
A. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-SFUND-
2024-0439, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method), or
the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA's docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary
Business Information (PBI), or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). Please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a> for additional submission methods; the
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective
comments.
Douglas Ballotti,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2024-29663 Filed 12-16-24; 8:45 am]
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