AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION:

Notice of Cost Recovery Settlement.

SUMMARY:

Under section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Environmental Protection Agency has offered a cost recovery settlement at the Northeast Chemical Superfund Site (Site) located in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. EPA will consider public comments on the settlement until December 12, 2005. EPA may withdraw from or modify the proposed settlement should such comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate the proposed settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

Copies of the proposed settlement are available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Superfund Enforcement & Information Management Branch, Waste Management Division, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8887, E-mail: Batchelor.Paula@EPA.gov.

Written or e-mail comments may be submitted to Paula V. Batchelor at the above address within 30 days of the date of publication.