Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Manistique River/Harbor Site, Manistique, MI

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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 cost recovery settlement concerning the Manistique River/Harbor Site in Schoolcraft County, Manistique, Michigan. The settling parties are listed in the Supplementary Information portion of this Notice. The settlement is designed to resolve the settling parties' liability for polychlorinated biphenyl (``PCB'')-contaminated sediments located within the Site. The settlement requires the settling parties to pay $6,419,037 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund. The settlement includes an EPA covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607; Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6973; Sections 7, 16 and 17 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2606, 2615 and 2616; Sections 309, 311 and 504 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, 1321, and 1364; and Sections 406 and 413 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 U.S.C. 406 and 413. The U.S. EPA's authority to enter into thi