[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 113 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 36900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14770]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6713-8]


Casmalia Disposal Site; Notice of Extension of the Public Comment 
Period for Proposed CERCLA Administrative De Minimis Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period.

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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), and section 7003(d) of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (``RCRA'') 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), 
the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') provided notice in the 
March 15, 2000, Federal Register, 65 FR 13967-13969, of a proposed 
administrative de minimis settlement concerning the Casmalia Disposal 
Site in Santa Barbara County, California (``the Casmalia Disposal 
Site''). This notice extends the public comment period through June 26, 
2000. 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 433 settling 
parties for the Casmalia Disposal Site under sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, and section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973. 
For most of the settling parties, the settlement will also resolve 
their Casmalia Disposal Site-related liability for the response costs 
incurred or to be incurred by the federal Natural Resources Trustees' 
(the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, and the United States Department of the Air 
Force), and potential natural resource damages. The settling parties 
will pay a total of $27.6 million toward Casmalia Disposal Site 
response costs.
    Through June 26, 2000, EPA will receive written comments relating 
to the settlement. In addition, in accordance with section 7003(d) of 
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), EPA will hold a public hearing to receive 
comments on the proposed settlement, on June 26, 2000, from 7-9 p.m., 
in the Board of Supervisors' Hearing Room, at the County Administration 
Building, 511 E. Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, California. EPA will 
consider all comments it receives during this comment 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. EPA's written responses to all 
comments will be made available at the EPA Region IX Superfund Records 
Center (415-536-2000), 95 Hawthorne Street, Suite 403 S, San Francisco, 
CA 94105-3901 and at the Santa Maria Library (805-925-0994), 420 South 
Broadway, Santa Maria, CA 93454.

DATES: Original, signed comments must be received by EPA on or before 
June 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Regional Hearing Clerk, 
U.S. EPA Region IX (ORC-1), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105-3901, and should refer to: Casmalia Disposal Site, Santa Barbara 
County, CA, U.S. EPA Docket No. 99-02(a). The proposed settlement and 
additional background information relating to the settlement are 
available for inspection at the EPA Region IX Superfund Records Center 
(415-536-2000), 95 Hawthorne Street, Suite 403 S, San Francisco, CA 
94105-3901 and at the Santa Maria Library (805-925-0994), 420 South 
Broadway, Santa Maria, CA 93454. 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: Karen Goldberg, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX (ORC-3), 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105-3901; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel: (415) 
744-1382.

Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 00-14770 Filed 6-9-00; 8:45 am]
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