Rules and Regulations. Notice and request for public comment

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Action: Notice and request for public comment
Citation: FR Doc. 03-1769 · FRL-7443-9

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 Mining Area NPL site and Basin Mining Area NPL site in Lewis and Clark County and Jefferson County, Montana (Sites). The proposed prospective purchaser agreement with the State of Montana, acting by and through the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), would resolve any liability the State might incur when it acquires property which was previously part of the Basin Creek Mine from the Chapter 7 bankruptcy estates of Pegasus Gold Montana Mining, Inc. (PGMMI) and Pangea Explorations, Inc. (PEI). MDEQ would acquire the property through a settlement agreement with the bankruptcy trustee; the agreement is attached to the proposed prospective purchaser agreement. EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service) intend to use a portion of the property, known as the Luttrell Pit mine waste repository, to implement CERCLA remedial actions at the Sites. Parties to the Agreement include EPA, the Forest Service, MDEQ and the United States Department of Justice.

Dates

The public should submit comments to EPA relating to this proposed settlement on or before February 18, 2003.