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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

 
Notice of Settlement Pursuant to CERCLA; Duncan Township 
Landfill, Houghton County, MI

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of settlement.

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SUMMARY: 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 an 
administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs with 
Duncan Township (the Settling Party) concerning the Duncan Township 
Landfill in Houghton County, Michigan. The settlement requires the 
Settling Party to pay $65,000 in installment payments over ten years to 
the USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region. The settlement includes a 
covenant not to sue the Settling Party pursuant to section 107(a) of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), with regard to the Site.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the United States will receive written comments relating to the 
settlement. The United States will consider all comments received and 
may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments 
received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The United 
States' response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at the Ottawa National Forest, E6248 U.S. Highway 2, 
Ironwood, Michigan 49938 and at the office of the USDA Forest Service 
Eastern Region, 626 East Wisconsin Avenue, Room 600, Milwaukee, WI 
53202.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at the Ottawa National Forest, E6248 U.S. Highway 2, Ironwood, Michigan 
49938 and at the office of the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region, 626 
East Wisconsin Avenue, Room 600, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. A copy of 
the proposed settlement may be obtained from Robert Lueckel on the 
Ottawa National Forest at (906) 932-1330, or from Kirk M. Minckler with 
USDA's Office of the General Counsel, (303) 275-5549. Comments should 
reference the Duncan Township Landfill, Houghton County, Michigan, and 
should be addressed to Kirk M. Minckler, USDA Office of the General 
Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, Denver, Colorado 80225-0005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information, contact 
Robert Lueckel, Ottawa National Forest, E6248 U.S. Highway 2, Ironwood, 
Michigan 49938; phone (906) 932-1330. For legal information, contact 
Kirk M. Minckler, USDA Office of the General Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, 
Denver, Colorado 80225-0005; phone (303) 275-5549.

    Dated: November 18, 2005.
Forrest Starkey,
Deputy Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 05-23530 Filed 11-30-05; 8:45 am]

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