Notice of Proposed Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), Ridgeway Logging Site, Sweet Home, OR

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In accordance with Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA") 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of a proposed agreement for recovery of past response costs with Mrs. Betty Selander, the owner of the real property upon which the Ridgeway Logging Site, Sweet Home, Oregon, is located. This agreement proposes to recover a portion of EPA's past response costs in response to the release or threatened release of hazardous substances at the Ridgeway Logging Site. EPA undertook response actions at the Site pursuant to Section 104 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604. In performing this response action, EPA incurred response costs at or in connection with the Site. The agreement requires Mrs. Betty Selander (hereinafter "Settling Party") to pay a total of $70,280.00 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The Settling Party consents to and will not contest the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) jurisdiction to enter into this Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. EPA and the Settling Party desire to resolve the Settling Party's alleged civil liability for Past Response Costs without litigation and without the admiss