Proposed CERCLA Section 122(h) Cost Recovery Settlement for the Columbia Smelting and Refining Works Site, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

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 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Region II, of a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement pursuant to Section 122(h) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), with the City of New York (the "Settling Party") for the Columbia Smelting and Refining Works Site ("Site") in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The Site is a "facility" as defined by Section 101(9) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601(9). The Site is composed of (1) Red Hook Recreation Area Ball Field Numbers 5, 6, 7, and 8 ("Ball Fields 5-8"); (2) areas surrounding Ball Fields 5-8 where grass is planted (referred to as "Planting Strips"); (3) Red Hook Recreation Area Ball Field Number 9 ("Ball Field 9"); (4) the Ball Field 9 Planting Strips; (5) the sidewalks bordering the Ball Fields 5-8 Planting Strips and the Ball Field 9 Planting Strips; and (6) any other areas that have been impacted by the historic operations of the former Columbia Smelting and Refining Works facility. Ball Fields 5-8 and the Ball Fields 5-8 Planting Strips, collectivel