Notice2026-06433
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement: Price-Driscoll Site, Waterford, Connecticut
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Published
April 2, 2026
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
Notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement regarding the Price-Driscoll Site, located in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, with the Settling Party, Barth-Colburn Realty Company. The proposed settlement requires the Settling Party to pay EPA $346,567 to resolve the matter at the Price-Driscoll Site, where EPA has incurred past response costs of approximately $534,717. In exchange, EPA will provide the Settling Party with a covenant not to sue or take administrative action for performance of removal work or recovery of response costs related to the Price-Driscoll Site. The settlement has been approved by the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice pursuant to the authority of the Attorney General of the United States to compromise and settle claims of the United States.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16696-16697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06433]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[CERCLA-01-2026-0042; FRL-13289-01-R1]
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement: Price-
Driscoll Site, Waterford, Connecticut
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement regarding the
Price-Driscoll Site, located in Waterford, New London County,
Connecticut, with the Settling Party, Barth-Colburn Realty Company. The
proposed settlement requires the Settling Party to pay EPA $346,567 to
resolve the matter at the Price-Driscoll Site, where EPA has incurred
past response costs of approximately $534,717. In exchange, EPA will
provide the Settling Party with a covenant not to sue or take
administrative action for performance of removal work or recovery of
response costs related to the Price-Driscoll Site. The settlement has
been approved by the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of
the United States Department of Justice pursuant to the authority of
the Attorney General of the United States to compromise and settle
claims of the United States.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by May 4, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Megan Roberts-Edwards,
Enforcement Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (4-MD), Boston, MA
02109-3912; telephone number: (617) 918-1542; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#583d3c2f392a3c2b76353d3f3936183d2839763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8dddccfd9cadccb96d5dddfd9d6f8ddc8d996dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a> and should reference the Price-Driscoll Site,
U.S. EPA Docket No: CERCLA-01-2026-0042. For 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 this 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
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inspection at the Environmental Protection Agency--Region I, 5 Post
Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the proposed settlement may
be obtained from Stacy Greendlinger, Superfund and Emergency Management
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office
Square, Suite 100 (02-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912, telephone number:
(617) 918-1403, email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4d3c6d1d1dad0d8dddad3d1c69ac7c0d5d7cdf4d1c4d59ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="791e0b1c1c171d1510171e1c0b570a0d181a00391c0918571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>. Direct
technical questions to Stacy Greendlinger and legal questions to Megan
Roberts-Edwards, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (4-MD),
Boston, MA 02109-3912; telephone number: (617) 918-1542, email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#42272635233026316c2f2725232c022732236c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e3b3a293f2c3a2d70333b393f301e3b2e3f70393128">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed settlement regarding the
Price-Driscoll Site, located in Waterford, New London County,
Connecticut, is made in accordance with Section 122(h)(1) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) and the authority of the Attorney General of the United States
to compromise and settle claims of the United States. EPA covenants not
to sue or take administrative action against the Settling Party, Barth-
Colburn Realty Company, pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA,
42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), for performance of remedial work or
recovery of response costs related to the Price-Driscoll Site, subject
to standard reservations of rights. In exchange, the Settling Party
agrees to pay EPA $346,567. Payment of such amount shall be due within
seven days after the Effective Date.
For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the
Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement for
recovery of response costs. The Effective Date of the Agreement is the
date upon which EPA issues written notice to Barth-Colburn Realty
Company that the public comment period has closed and that such
comments, if any, do not require that EPA modify or withdraw from the
Agreement.
Bryan Olson,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-06433 Filed 4-1-26; 8:45 am]
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