81 FR 11561 - Proposed Cercla Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement: Former Athol Rod and Gun Club Superfund Site, Athol, Massachusetts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 43 (March 4, 2016)

Page Range		11561-11562
FR Document		2016-04903

Notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost settlement for recovery of response costs concerning the Former Athol Rod and Gun Club Superfund Site, located in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts with the Settling Party the Town of Athol. The proposed settlement requires the Settling Party to pay the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $275,000, plus interest, to the Hazardous Substance Superfund to settle EPA's past response costs, which currently amount to $3,434,307.47. In exchange, EPA will provide the Settling Party with a covenant not to sue for past costs. The settlement has been approved by the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice. For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement for recovery of response costs. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to this cost recovery settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the Athol Public Library, 568 Main Street, Athol, MA 01331 and at the Environmental Protection Agency--Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9943-37-Region 1]


Proposed Cercla Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement: Former 
Athol Rod and Gun Club Superfund Site, Athol, Massachusetts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost 
settlement for recovery of response costs concerning the Former Athol 
Rod and Gun Club Superfund Site, located in Athol, Worcester County, 
Massachusetts with the Settling Party the Town of

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Athol. The proposed settlement requires the Settling Party to pay the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $275,000, plus interest, to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund to settle EPA's past response costs, 
which currently amount to $3,434,307.47. In exchange, EPA will provide 
the Settling Party with a covenant not to sue for past costs. The 
settlement has been approved by the Environmental and Natural Resources 
Division of the United States Department of Justice. For 30 days 
following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will 
receive written comments relating to the settlement for recovery of 
response costs. The Agency will consider all comments received and may 
modify or withdraw its consent to this cost recovery settlement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at the Athol Public Library, 568 Main Street, Athol, MA 
01331 and at the Environmental Protection Agency--Region I, 5 Post 
Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by April 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Peter DeCambre, Enforcement 
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post Office Square, 
Suite 100 (OES04-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912 (Telephone No. 617-918-1890) 
and should reference the Former Athol Rod and Gun Club Site, U.S. EPA 
Docket No: 01-2016-0003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the proposed settlement may 
be obtained from Stacy Greendlinger, Office of Site Remediation and 
Restoration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post 
Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR02-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912, (617) 918-
1403; [email protected]. Technical questions can also be 
directed to Stacy Greendlinger. For legal questions, Peter DeCambre, 
Office of Environmental Stewardship, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OES04-3), Boston, MA 
02109-3912, (617) 918-1890; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed administrative settlement for 
recovery of past response costs concerning the Former Athol Rod and Gun 
Club Superfund Site, located in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts 
is made in accordance with Section 122(h)(l) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). EPA 
covenants not to sue or take administrative action against the Settling 
Party, the Town of Athol, pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9607(a), for Past Response Costs. In exchange, the Settling 
Party agrees to pay EPA $275,000, plus interest running from the 
effective date of the Settlement Agreement through the date of payment. 
The Town will pay $100,000 thirty days after the effective date of the 
Settlement Agreement, and $87,500 a year later, and a final $87,500 a 
year plus interest for each installment. For 30 days following the date 
of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments 
relating to the settlement for recovery of response costs.

    Dated: February 1, 2016.
Bryan Olson,
Director, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration.
[FR Doc. 2016-04903 Filed 3-3-16; 8:45 am]
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provides that where a FIFRA section period for requesting a hearing is Documents that a party hand delivers
6(e) cancellation hearing is requested, calculated from the date the affected or sends using a courier or commercial
the scope of the hearing and the registrant receives the Notice of Intent to delivery service (such as Federal
standard of review in regard to the Cancel, without regard to the date of Express or UPS) must be addressed to
Administrator’s determination with issuance or publication in the Federal the following OALJ hand delivery
respect to the disposition of existing Register. EPA issued this Notice of address: U.S. Environmental Protection
stocks is limited to whether that Intent to Cancel and promptly sent it to Agency, Office of Administrative Law
determination is consistent with FIFRA. each registrant by certified mail on Judges, Ronald Reagan Building, Rm.
Congress mandated a final decision February 29, 2016. Registrants will be M1200, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
within seventy-five (75) days, and a able to calculate the deadline for their Washington, DC 20460.
broader or more complex hearing could request based on their receipt of the
B. The Hearing
not reasonably be completed in such a Notice of Intent to Cancel. In order to
limited timeframe. Accordingly, the assure that any requests for hearing from If a hearing concerning any product
only matters for resolution in any persons other than the registrants are affected by this document is requested
hearing requested regarding this matter received in a timely manner, persons in a timely and effective manner, the
shall be whether the registrants satisfied other than the registrants who wish to hearing will be governed by the
the condition of registration requiring submit a request for hearing are urged Agency’s Rules of Practice Governing
them to submit timely requests for to assume that the registrants received Hearings under FIFRA, 40 CFR part 164,
voluntary cancellation when notified by the Notice of Intent to Cancel on March and the procedures set forth in Unit VII.
EPA of its determination that the 1, 2016, and make sure that a request for Any interested person may participate
registrations caused unreasonable hearing is received by EPA’s Office of in the hearing, in accordance with 40
adverse effects on the environment, and Administrative Law Judges on or before CFR 164.31.
whether the proposed existing stocks March 31, 2016. Documents and transcripts will be
provision is consistent with FIFRA. 3. How must a hearing be requested? available in the Administrative Law
All persons who request a hearing must Judges’ Electronic Docket Database
VI. Timing of Cancellation of comply with the Agency’s Rules of available at http://yosemite.epa.gov/
Registration Practice Governing Hearings under oarm/alj/alj_web_docket.nsf. The
The cancellation of registration of FIFRA, 40 CFR part 164. Among other physical public docket for the hearing is
each of the specific products identified requirements, these rules include the located at the U.S. Environmental
in Unit I.A. will be final and effective following requirements: Protection Agency, Office of
thirty (30) days after the date of receipt a. Each hearing request must Administrative Law Judges, Ronald
by the registrant, unless a valid hearing specifically identify by registration or Reagan Building, Rm. M1200, 1300
request is received regarding that accession number each individual Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
specific flubendiamide product. pesticide product concerning which a DC 20460 and documents can be viewed
In the event a hearing is held hearing is requested, 40 CFR 164.22(a); from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
concerning a particular product, the b. Each hearing request must be through Friday, except federal holidays.
cancellation of the registration for that accompanied by a document setting
forth specific objections which respond List of Subjects
product will not become effective
except pursuant to a final order issued to the Agency’s reasons for proposing Environmental protection, Pesticides
by the Environmental Appeals Board or cancellation as set forth in this and pests, Cancellation.
(if the matter is referred to the document and state the factual basis for Dated: February 29, 2016.
Administrator pursuant to 40 CFR each such objection, 40 CFR 164.22(a); Louise P. Wise,
164.2(g)) the Administrator, or an initial and Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
decision of the presiding Administrative c. Each hearing request must be Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
Law Judge that becomes a final order received by the OALJ within the
[FR Doc. 2016–04905 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am]
pursuant to 40 CFR 164.90(b). Pursuant applicable 30-day period (40 CFR
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
to FIFRA section 6(e)(2), such order 164.5(a)).
shall issue within seventy-five (75) days Failure to comply with any one of
after receipt of a request for hearing. these requirements will invalidate the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
request for a hearing and, in the absence AGENCY
VII. Procedural Matters of a valid hearing request, result in final
This unit explains how eligible cancellation of registration for the [FRL–9943–37-Region 1]
persons may request a hearing and the product in question by operation of law.
4. Where does a person submit a Proposed Cercla Administrative Cost
consequences of requesting or failing to
hearing request? Requests for hearing Recovery Settlement: Former Athol
request such a hearing.
must be submitted to the OALJ. The Rod and Gun Club Superfund Site,
A. Requesting a Hearing OALJ uses different addresses Athol, Massachusetts
1. Who can request a hearing? A depending on the delivery method. AGENCY: Environmental Protection
registrant or any other person who is Please note that mail deliveries to Agency (EPA).
adversely affected by a cancellation as federal agencies are screened off-site, ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement;
described in this document may request and this security procedure can delay request for public comments.
delivery. Documents that a party sends
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a hearing.
2. When must a hearing be requested? using the U.S. Postal Service must be SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a
A request for a hearing by a registrant addressed to the following OALJ proposed administrative cost settlement
or other adversely affected person must mailing address: U.S. Environmental for recovery of response costs
be submitted in writing within thirty Protection Agency, Office of concerning the Former Athol Rod and
(30) days after the date of the registrant’s Administrative Law Judges, Mail Code Gun Club Superfund Site, located in
receipt of the Notice of Intent to Cancel. 1900R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Under FIFRA section 6(e), the time Washington, DC 20460. with the Settling Party the Town of

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Athol. The proposed settlement requires 122(h)(l) of the Comprehensive telephone number. You will receive an
the Settling Party to pay the Environmental Response, email confirmation from us. Please be
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Compensation, and Liability Act prepared to show a photo identification
$275,000, plus interest, to the (CERCLA). EPA covenants not to sue or when you arrive. If you need assistance
Hazardous Substance Superfund to take administrative action against the for accessibility reasons, or if you have
settle EPA’s past response costs, which Settling Party, the Town of Athol, any questions, contact Dale L. Aultman,
currently amount to $3,434,307.47. In pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, Secretary to the Farm Credit System
exchange, EPA will provide the Settling 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for Past Response Insurance Corporation Board, at (703)
Party with a covenant not to sue for past Costs. In exchange, the Settling Party 883–4009. The matters to be considered
costs. The settlement has been approved agrees to pay EPA $275,000, plus at the meeting are:
by the Environmental and Natural interest running from the effective date
Resources Division of the United States Open Session
of the Settlement Agreement through
Department of Justice. For 30 days the date of payment. The Town will pay A. Approval of Minutes
following the date of publication of this $100,000 thirty days after the effective • December 10, 2015—Regular
notice, the Agency will receive written date of the Settlement Agreement, and Meeting
comments relating to the settlement for $87,500 a year later, and a final $87,500
recovery of response costs. The Agency a year plus interest for each installment. B. Quarterly Business Reports
will consider all comments received and For 30 days following the date of • FCSIC Financial Reports
may modify or withdraw its consent to publication of this notice, the Agency • Report on Insured and Other
this cost recovery settlement if will receive written comments relating Obligations
comments received disclose facts or to the settlement for recovery of • Quarterly Report on Annual
considerations which indicate that the response costs. Performance Plan
settlement is inappropriate, improper,
Dated: February 1, 2016. C. New Business
or inadequate. The Agency’s response to
any comments received will be available Bryan Olson,
Director, Office of Site Remediation and
• Report on Investment Portfolio
for public inspection at the Athol Public • Presentation of 2015 Audit Results
Library, 568 Main Street, Athol, MA Restoration.
01331 and at the Environmental [FR Doc. 2016–04903 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am] Closed Session
Protection Agency—Region I, 5 Post BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
• FCSIC Report on System
Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA Performance
02109–3912.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSURANCE Executive Session
April 4, 2016. CORPORATION • Executive Session of the FCSIC
ADDRESSES: Comments should be Board Audit Committee with the
addressed to Peter DeCambre, Farm Credit System Insurance External Auditor
Enforcement Counsel, U.S. Corporation Board; Regular Meeting
Dated: March 1, 2016.
Environmental Protection Agency, 5 SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the Dale L. Aultman,
Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OES04– regular meeting of the Farm Credit Secretary, Farm Credit System Insurance
2), Boston, MA 02109–3912 (Telephone System Insurance Corporation Board Corporation Board.
No. 617–918–1890) and should (Board). [FR Doc. 2016–04816 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am]
reference the Former Athol Rod and
Gun Club Site, U.S. EPA Docket No: 01– DATES: The meeting of the Board will be BILLING CODE 6710–01–P

2016–0003. held at the offices of the Farm Credit
Administration in McLean, Virginia, on
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
March 10, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. until FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
copy of the proposed settlement may be
such time as the Board concludes its COMMISSION
obtained from Stacy Greendlinger,
business.
Office of Site Remediation and [OMB 3060–0942]
Restoration, U.S. Environmental ADDRESSES: Farm Credit System
Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Insurance Corporation, 1501 Farm Information Collection Being Reviewed
Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR02–2), Credit Drive McLean, Virginia 22102. by the Federal Communications
Boston, MA 02109–3912, (617) 918– Submit attendance requests via email to Commission Under Delegated
1403; greendlinger.stacy@epa.gov. VisitorRequest@FCA.gov. See Authority
Technical questions can also be directed SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further
AGENCY: Federal Communications
to Stacy Greendlinger. For legal information about attendance requests.
Commission.
questions, Peter DeCambre, Office of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale
ACTION: Notice and request for
Environmental Stewardship, U.S. L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm
Environmental Protection Agency, comments.
Credit System Insurance Corporation
Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 Board, (703) 883–4009, TTY (703) 883– SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
(OES04–3), Boston, MA 02109–3912, 4056. to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
(617) 918–1890; decambre.peter@ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of required by the Paperwork Reduction
epa.gov. this meeting of the Board will be open Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This to the public (limited space available), 3520), the Federal Communications
proposed administrative settlement for and parts will be closed to the public. Commission (FCC or Commission)
recovery of past response costs Please send an email to VisitorRequest@ invites the general public and other
concerning the Former Athol Rod and FCA.gov at least 24 hours before the Federal agencies to take this
Gun Club Superfund Site, located in meeting. In your email include: name, opportunity to comment on the
Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts postal address, entity you are following information collections.
is made in accordance with Section representing (if applicable), and Comments are requested concerning:

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comments.
Dates		Comments must be submitted by April 4, 2016.
Contact		A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Stacy Greendlinger, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR02-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912, (617) 918- 1403; [email protected] Technical questions can also be directed to Stacy Greendlinger. For legal questions, Peter DeCambre, Office of Environmental Stewardship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OES04-3), Boston, MA 02109-3912, (617) 918-1890; [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 11561