[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25227]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5896-8]


San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites Notice of Proposed 
Administrative Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9600 
et seq., notice is hereby given that on August 16, 1997 the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and the United States 
Department of Justice (``DOJ'') executed a proposed Prospective 
Purchaser Agreement pertaining to a property transaction within the San 
Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites. The proposed Prospective Purchaser 
Agreement would resolve certain potential claims of the United States 
under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and 
section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
6973, against Ekstrom Properties and Cardinal Industrial Finishes (the 
``Purchasers''). The Purchasers plan to acquire an eleven acre parcel 
located within the Puente Valley Operable Unit of the San Gabriel 
Valley Superfund Sites near Los Angeles, California for the purposes of 
developing and operating a powder coating manufacturing facility. The 
proposed settlement would require the Purchasers to make a one-time 
payment of $150,000, which would be placed into a special account for 
response actions in the Puente Valley Operable Unit.
    For thirty (30) calendar days following the date of publication of 
this document, EPA will receive written comments relating to this 
proposed settlement. If requested prior to the expiration of this 
public comment period, EPA will provide an opportunity for a public 
meeting in the affected area. EPA's response to any comments received 
will be available for public inspection at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 1997.

AVAILABILITY: The proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement and 
additional background documentation relating to the settlement are 
available for public inspection at the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105. A copy of the 
proposed settlement may also be obtained from Brett Moffatt, Assistant 
Regional Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105. Comments should 
reference ``Cardinal Industrial Finishes--Puente Valley Operable Unit, 
San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites'' and ``Docket No. 97-12'' and 
should be addressed to Brett Moffatt at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett Moffatt, Assistant Regional 
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105; E-mail: 
[email protected]; Phone: (415) 744-1374.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 97-25227 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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