Proposed Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, As Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

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In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., notice is hereby given that a proposed Agreement and Covenant not to Sue associated with the Old Works/East Anaconda Development Area Operable Unit of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site in Deer Lodge County, Montana, was executed by the Agency and the State of Montana and approved by the Department of Justice on April 29, 1994. The Agreement and Covenant not to Sue would resolve certain potential EPA claims under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and State of Montana claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Cleanup and Responsibility Act, Mont. Code Ann. 75-10-701, et seq. against the consolidated city/county government of the City of Anaconda and Deer Lodge County and the Old Works Golf Course Authority (the ``Purchasers''). The settlement would require the Purchasers to implement the Anaconda-Deer Lodge Development System, perform operations and maintenance as the contractor of the responsible party, the Atlantic Richfield Company, and enforce r