[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 16136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7720]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL--5179-2]


Sparks Solvent Fuel Site; Notice of Proposed De minimis 
Administrative Settlement

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 (CERCLA) as 
amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), 
notice is hereby given of a proposed de minimis administrative cost 
recovery settlement entered into by EPA, Region IX and Air BP, and 
operating division of BP Exploration & Oil Inc. (AIR BP). The proposed 
settlement was entered into under the authority granted EPA in section 
122(h) of CERCLA, and provides that Air BP will reimburse EPA its 
proportional share of the costs incurred at, in connection with, or 
anticipated to be incurred by EPA in providing oversight to a time 
critical removal being conducted at the Sparks Solvent Fuel site in 
Sparks, Nevada.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement. 
EPA may withdraw from or modify the proposed settlement should such 
comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate the proposed 
settlement is inappropriate, improper or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for inspection at 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, (RC-1), 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, Attention: Steve Armsey, 
Regional Hearing Clerk.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Steve 
Armsey, U.S. EPA Region IX Hearing Clerk (RC-1), 75 Hawthorne St., San 
Francisco, CA. 94105. Comments should reference the Sparks Solvent Fuel 
site and EPA Docket No. 95-09.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Klaiman, Office of Regional 
Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA, 
94105, Telephone: (414) 744-1374.

    Dated: March 9, 1995.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Director, Hazardous Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 95-7720 Filed 3-28-95; 8:45 am]
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