Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; In Re: Saco Municipal Landfill Superfund Site, Saco, Maine

Résumé

In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs and projected future response costs concerning the Saco Municipal Landfill Superfund Site, Saco, Maine. The settlement requires the settling party, the Joseph M. Herman Shoe Company, Inc., to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (the ``Agency'') for response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Saco Municipal Landfill Superfund Site. This amount includes a premium to cover risks associated with the settlement. The settling party will make a payment of $18,000 into the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund. In addition, the settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (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 the settlement if comments received disclose facts or conside