Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act; Sussex County Landfill No. 5 Superfund Site

Résumé

In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost recovery settlement concerning the Sussex County Landfill No. 5 Superfund Site, Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware (Proposed Settlement). The Proposed Settlement with Sussex County, Delaware (Settling Party) has been approved by the Attorney General, or her designee, of the United States Department of Justice. The Proposed Settlement was signed by the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region III, on December 13, 1996, pursuant to Section 122(h) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622, and is subject to review by the public pursuant to this notice. The Proposed Settlement resolves EPA's claim for past response costs under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against the Settling Party, and requires the Settling Party to make two payments of EPA's past response costs totalling $381,536.23. The first payment of $335,524.81 represents reimbursement EPA's costs to oversee the Settling Party's conduct of the Remedial Investigation at the Site. That a