[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 42947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20307]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6407-9]
Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA), as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act--Upper Tenmile Creek Watershed Site, Lewis and Clark County and
Jefferson County, Montana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
as amended (CERCLA), concerning the Upper Tenmile Creek Watershed site
in Lewis and Clark County and Jefferson County, Montana (Site). The
proposed settlement agreement (Agreement) requires the Chapter 7
bankruptcy estates of Pegasus Gold Montana Mining, Inc. (PGMMI) and
Pangea Explorations, Inc. (PEI) to transfer an environmental protection
easement and dedication of restrictive uses to property within the
Basin Creek Mine, located within the Site, to Lewis and Clark County of
the benefit of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
EPA intends to use a portion of the property, known as the Luttrell
Pit, for a mine waste repository for abandoned mine removal actions
which will be undertaken pursuant to EPA's CERCLA authorities.
The settlement resolves the Estates' CERCLA liability for the
Luttrell Pit. Because of the Estates' obligations to reclaim the Basin
Creek Mine pursuant to the Montana Metal Mine Reclamation Act, Mont.
Code Ann. section 82-4-301 et seq., the State of Montana, acting by and
through the Department of Environmental Quality, is a party to the
Agreement. Additionally, the Agreement is subject to the approval of
the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada.
DATES: For a period of ten (10) days from the date of publication of
this document, the public may submit comments to EPA relating to this
proposed settlement.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection
at the EPA Superfund Record Center, 999 18th Street, 5th Floor, North
Tower, Denver, Colorado, (303) 312-6473. Comments should be addressed
to Carol J. Pokorny, Enforcement Specialist, (8ENF-T), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver,
Colorado, 80202-2466, and should reference the Upper Tenmile Creek
Watershed site Basin Creek Mine Agreement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Bohan, Enforcement Attorney,
at (303) 312-6925.
Dated: July 12, 1999.
Andrew Michael Gaydosh,
Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement,
Compliance and Environmental Justice, Region VIII.
[FR Doc. 99-20307 Filed 8-5-99; 8:45 am]
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