[Federal Register: January 23, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 15)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Agreement Under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA and Department of Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public
comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),
42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative
settlement between the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Department
of Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and
NL Industries, Inc. for the recovery of costs incurred by the United
States in responding to the release or threatened release of hazardous
substances at and from the El Portal Barium Mine and Mill Site in El
Portal, Mariposa County, California. Under the proposed settlement, NL
Industries will pay $190,000 to the US Department of Interior's Central
Hazardous Materials Fund and $85,000 to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service.
DATES: Comments must be received, in writing, on or before February 22,
2002.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on this proposed settlement agreement may
be sent to: both James E. Alexander, USDA Office of General Counsel,
Room 1734 Federal Building, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97224
and Shawn P. Mulligan, National Park Service, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite
220, Boulder, Colorado 80302 and should refer to the El Portal Barium
Mine and Mill site, El Portal, Mariposa County, California. A copy of
the proposed settlement agreement may be obtained by mail from Mary
Grove, USDA Office of General Counsel, Room 1734 Federal Building, 1220
SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97224.
Dated: January 14, 2002.
Jack A. Blackwell,
Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 02-1445 Filed 1-22-02; 8:45 am]
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