[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 38331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16329]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7518-6]


Casmalia Disposal Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative 
De Minimis 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, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the EPA is hereby providing notice of 
a proposed administrative de minimis settlement concerning the Casmalia 
Disposal Site in Santa Barbara County, California (``the Casmalia 
Disposal 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 
25 settling parties for the Casmalia Disposal Site under CERCLA and 
section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 
42 U.S.C. 6973. The settlement will also resolve the Casmalia Disposal 
Site-related liabilities of these parties for response costs incurred 
or to be incurred by the State of California, and for potential natural 
resource damage claims by State natural resource trustees. For all but 
one of the settling parties, the settlement will also resolve their 
Casmalia Disposal Site-related liability for response costs incurred or 
to be incurred, and potential natural resource damage claims, by the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration. The settling parties will pay a total of 
$8,189,681 to EPA.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement 
until July 28, 2003. The 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. 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. 
The deadline for requesting a public meeting is July 7, 2003. Requests 
for a public meeting may be made by calling Karen Goldberg at (415) 
972-3951.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Casmalia Case Team, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street 
(mail code SFD-7), San Francisco, California 94105-3901.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information about the 
Casmalia Disposal Site and about the proposed settlement may be 
obtained on the Casmalia Web site at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/overview.nsf or by calling Karen Goldberg at (415) 972-3951.

    Dated: June 12, 2003.
Nancy Lindsay,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 03-16329 Filed 6-26-03; 8:45 am]
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