Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the JJW Metal Recycling Fire Superfund Site, Located at 756 Los Colobos Street, Carolina, Puerto Rico

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION:

Notice; request for public comment.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), Region 2, of a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement (“Settlement”) pursuant to CERCLA with Cidra Excavation, LLC (“Settling Party”) for the JJW Metal Recycling Fire Superfund Site (“Site”), located at 756 Los Colobos Street, Carolina, Puerto Rico.

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before April 3, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Requests for copies of the proposed Settlement and submission of comments must be via electronic mail. Comments should reference the JJW Metal Recycling Fire Superfund Site, Index No. CERCLA-02-2023-2005. For those unable to communicate via electronic mail, please contact the EPA employee identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Walter Sainsbury, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. Email: sainsbury.walter@epa.gov Telephone: 212-637-3177.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Settling Party will pay $25,000 to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund in partial reimbursement of EPA's past response costs paid in connection with the Site. This payment shall be made within 30 days of the Effective Date of the Settlement. The Settlement includes a covenant by EPA not to sue or to take administrative action against the Settling Party pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), to recover EPA's past response costs as provided in the Settlement. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the Settlement. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the proposed Settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.