Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Ashue Road Site, Wapato, Yakima County, WA

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 response costs incurred for the Ashue Road Site located at Section 17, Township 11, Range 19 in Wapato, Yakima County, Washington. Under this proposed settlement, the settling parties are Groat Bros., Inc., T.W. Clark Construction, LLC, and the Wapato School District No. 207. The proposed settlement requires the settling parties to pay $95,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous Substance Superfund. Upon payment of this sum to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the settling parties will be released from their obligations for payments to EPA for costs EPA incurred at the Site prior to the effective date of the proposed settlement. For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed settlement. The EPA 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 EPA's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 10 Office, located at 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.