Red Panther Pesticide Superfund Site/Clarksdale, MI; Notice of Proposed Settlement

الملخص

Under sections 104, 106(a), 107 and 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), approximately 24 parties (Respondents) entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whereby the Respondents agreed to perform response activities at the Red Panther Pesticide Superfund Site (Site) located in Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi. Section VII of the AOC provides for the reimbursement of EPA's past and future response costs by the Respondents. Under the terms of the AOC, section VII is subject to section 122(i) of CERCLA, which requires EPA to publish notice of the proposed settlement in the Federal Register for a thirty (30) day public comment period. EPA will consider public comments on section VII of the AOC for thirty days. EPA may withhold consent to all or part of section VII of the AOC if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that section VII of the AOC is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Copies of the proposed settlement are available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, CERCLA Program Services Branch