[Federal Register: June 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 123)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cashout Settlement; Anderson-
Calhoun Mine and Mill Site, Leadpoint, WA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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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 a proposed 
administrative settlement for recovery of past and projected future 
response costs concerning the Anderson-Calhoun Mine and Mill Site in 
Leadpoint, Washington, with settling parties: The Goldfield Corporation 
and Combustion Engineering, Inc. The settlement requires the settling 
parties to pay Three Hundred and Fifty Seven Thousand Dollars 
($357,000) to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement 
includes a covenant not to sue or take administrative action against 
the settling party pursuant to Sections 106 or 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9606 or 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments 
relating to the settlement. The Agency 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 Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 10 offices, located at 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at the U.S. EPA Region 10 offices, located at 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington 98101. A copy of the proposed settlement may be 
obtained from Carol Kennedy, Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S. EPA Region 
10, Mail Stop ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, 
Washington 98101; (206) 553-0242. Comments should reference the 
Anderson-Calhoun Mine and Mill Site in Leadpoint, Washington, EPA 
Docket No. CERCLA-10-2009-0095 and should be addressed to Alexander 
Fidis, Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA

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Region 10, Mail Stop ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, 
Washington 98101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Fidis, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 10, Mail Stop ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101; (206) 553-4710.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Anderson-Calhoun Mine and Mill site is 
located in Leadpoint, Stevens County, Washington (Site). Site 
operations conducted between 1910 and the early 1980s included the 
mining and milling of zinc ore, and the milling of barite ore. Waste-
rock and mill tailings produced by these operations were disposed at 
the Site in areas around the mill building and in a raised tailings 
impoundment. The waste-rock and tailings at the Site contain hazardous 
substances including barium, cadmium, copper, lead, selenium and zinc 
at concentrations that exceed applicable cleanup levels. The Agency has 
selected a removal action to address potential or actual threats that 
these substances may present to public health, welfare, or the 
environment.
    The Goldfield Corporation and Combustion Engineering, Inc., two 
prior owners and operators of the Site, have jointly spent 
approximately $465,000 to investigate and study the Site, assess 
cleanup alternatives, and to develop draft plans for the removal 
action. The Agency is proposing to enter into an administrative 
settlement with both parties for a payment of $357,000. These funds 
will be deposited in a site-specific account and will be used to 
reimburse the Agency for its past costs and for future response costs 
at the Site. The proposed settlement will provide the settling parties 
with a release of liability subject to certain rights reserved by the 
Agency.

    Dated: June 22, 2009.
Linda Anderson-Carnahan,
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Cleanup.
[FR Doc. E9-15284 Filed 6-26-09; 8:45 am]

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