[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16257-16258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8656]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5990-1]


Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 that a proposed 
administrative cost recovery settlement concerning the Del Norte County 
Pesticide Storage Area Superfund Site (``Site'') in Crescent City, 
California was executed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') on February 5, 1998. The State of California Department of 
Toxic Substances Control (``DTSC'') is also a party to the settlement. 
The settlement resolves EPA's and DTSC's claims under Section 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against the following Respondents:

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Arcata Corporation; Estate of Hilding Lovenborg; Theodore Lovenborg; 
Palmer Westbrook, Inc.; John Palmer Westbrook; Robert H. Stanhurst, 
Inc.; Robert H. Stanhurst; Smith River Farms, Inc.; Harry Harms; Robert 
K. Hastings; Stephen Hastings; Crockett United Lily Growers, Inc., 
formerly known as United Lily Growers, Inc.; Davy Crockett; E. Joyce 
Crockett; and the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service. The settlement was entered into under the authority granted 
EPA in Section 122(h) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), and requires the 
Respondents to pay a total of $675,000 ($405,000 to the U.S. EPA 
Hazardous Substances Superfund and $270,000 to the State of California 
Department of Toxic Substances Control) in settlement of past response 
costs incurred by EPA and DTSC in connection with the Site.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the 
settlement. The Agency's response to any comments received will be 
available for public inspection at the following location: U.S. EPA 
Region 9 Records Center, 95 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, California.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 4, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement as set forth in the Agreement for 
Recovery of Response Costs, CERCLA Docket No. 98-01, is available for 
public inspection at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the 
address provided above. A copy of the Agreement may be obtained from 
Kim Muratore (SFD-7-B), U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne St., San 
Francisco, California, 94105. Comments regarding the proposed 
settlement should be addressed to Ms. Muratore at the address provided 
above, and should reference the Del Norte Superfund Site, EPA CERCLA 
Docket No. 98-01.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kim Muratore (415) 744-2373 at the above listed address.

    Dated: March 26, 1998.
Michael Feeley,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, EPA Region 9.
[FR Doc. 98-8656 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]
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