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 of 1986; In Re: Elizabeth Mine Superfund Site, Strafford, VT

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In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et. seq., as amended, notice is hereby given of a proposed Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue between the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the U.S. Department of Interior ("DOI"), the State of Vermont, and the George D. Aiken Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc ("Purchaser"). The Purchaser plans to acquire 6.33 acres of property that may be contaminated by leach heaps and tailings piles originating from the Elizabeth Mine Superfund Site. The proposed agreement will allow the Purchaser to further its goals of ensuring historical status for the Elizabeth Mine and preserving community access to Site property. In return, the Purchaser agrees to provide an irrevocable right of access to representatives of EPA and DOI and to comply with any Institutional Controls that EPA may require as part of the remediation. In addition, the Purchaser agrees to fully cooperate with any natural resource damage assessment and/or restoration activities conducted by or on behalf of DOI. For thirty (30) days followi