Notice2026-05639
Request for Public Comment on Settlement Agreement for Battery and Electronics Recycling Inc. Site, Dane County, Wisconsin
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Published
March 23, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Region 5, hereby gives notice of a proposed De Minimis administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the Battery and Electronics Recycling Site (Site) in Dane County, Wisconsin with the following Settling Parties and Respondents: Logistics Recycling, Inc.; Interstate All- Battery, Center of the Tri-States; Columbus Ohio Battery, LLC d/b/a IBS of Columbus, Inc.; Carl H. Reinhold, Inc. d/b/a Interstate All Battery Center of Harrisburg; Voltman Batteries; Laptop Battery Express; and J.T. All-Battery Center LLC/Interstate All-Battery Center.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13845-13846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05639]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R05-SFUND-2025-2037; FRL 13005-01-R5]
Request for Public Comment on Settlement Agreement for Battery
and Electronics Recycling Inc. Site, Dane County, Wisconsin
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''), the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 5, hereby gives
notice of a proposed De Minimis administrative settlement for recovery
of past response costs concerning the Battery and Electronics Recycling
Site (Site) in Dane County, Wisconsin with the following Settling
Parties and Respondents: Logistics Recycling, Inc.; Interstate All-
Battery, Center of the Tri-States; Columbus Ohio Battery, LLC d/b/a IBS
of Columbus, Inc.; Carl H. Reinhold, Inc. d/b/a Interstate All Battery
Center of Harrisburg; Voltman Batteries; Laptop Battery Express; and
J.T. All-Battery Center LLC/Interstate All-Battery Center.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 22, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
SFUND-2025-2037, 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#6211010a1507104c060d0c220712034c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0a3b3b8a7b5a2feb4bfbe90b5a0b1feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The settlement requires the Respondents to
pay $528,658.88 in past response costs pursuant to section 122(g) of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g). The settlement includes a covenant not to
sue pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and
9607, 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://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0511845">https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0511845</a> .
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A. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-SFUND-
2025-2037, 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.
Michael D. Harris,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2026-05639 Filed 3-20-26; 8:45 am]
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