[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31398]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Operating Industries, Inc. Landfill Superfund Site; Notice of 
Proposed CERCLA Administrative De Minimis Settlement

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), the Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') is hereby providing notice of proposed administrative de 
minimis settlement concerning the Operating Industries, Inc. Landfill 
Superfund site in Monterey Park, California (the ``OII Site''). Section 
122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g), provides EPA with the authority to 
enter into administrative de minimis settlements. This settlement is 
intended to resolve the liabilities of 324 settling parties for the OII 
Site under CERCLA and section 7003 of the Resource Consevation and 
Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6973. The settlement will also 
resolve OII Site-related claims by California Department of Toxic 
Substances Control against the settling parties. The settling parties 
will pay a total of $24,886,191 toward OII Site response costs.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement. 
In accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), 
commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the 
affected area. EPA will consider all comments it receives during this 
period, and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if any 
comments disclose facts or considerations indicating that the 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for a public meeting should be 
addressed to the Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S. EPA Region IX (ORC-1), 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to: 
Operating Industries, Inc. Landfill Superfund Site, Monterey Park, CA, 
U.S. EPA Docket No. 98-13. The proposed settlement and additional 
background information relating to the settlement are available for 
inspection, and EPA's response to any comments received will be 
available for inspection, at the U.S. EPA Region IX Superfund Records 
Center, 95 Hawthorne Street, Suite 403 S, San Francisco, CA 94105; at 
the Bruggemeyer Memorial Library, 318 South Ramona Avenue, Monterey 
Park, CA 91754; the Montebello Regional Library, 1550 West Beverly 
Boulevard, Montelbello, CA 90640; and the Chet Holifield Library, 1060 
South Greenwood Avenue, Montebello, CA 90640. A copy of the proposed 
Administrative Order on Consent may be obtained from the Regional 
Hearing Clerk at the address provided above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arthur Haubenstock, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX (ORC-3), 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105; E-Mail: haubenstock. [email protected]; Tel: (415) 
744-1355.

    Dated: November 9, 1998.
Michael Feeley,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 98-31398 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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