[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 41011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13989]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7938-7]


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) and section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA), 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 provides EPA with the authority to enter into administrative 
de minimis settlements. This settlement is intended to resolve the 
liabilities of 26 settling parties for the Casmalia Disposal Site under 
sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and section 7003 of RCRA. These parties 
are identified below. For most of the parties, the settlement will also 
resolve the 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, the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the United States Air 
Force. The settling parties sent a combined total of 16,732,348 lbs. of 
waste to the Site and will pay a combined total of $1,860,343 million 
to EPA, $386 to the U.S. Air Force, $983 to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife 
Service, and $83 to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. These parties had received settlement offers from EPA 
in 1999 or 2000 but raised questions regarding their settlement which 
have since been resolved. EPA is simultaneously publishing another 
Federal Register notice relating to another settlement with de minimis 
parties that received settlement offers in April 2005.
    Settling Parties: The parties to this settlement are: A.O. Smith 
Corporation, Angelus Block Company, Chase Bros Dairy, City of 
Huntington Beach, City of Lompoc, City of Newport Beach, City of Santa 
Monica, City of Signal Hill, Crenshaw Christian Church of Los Angeles, 
Emery Air Freight, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Luxfer Inc., MAFCO/
Pneumo Abex, Martinez Shopping Center, Maywood Village Square L.P, 
Pacific Racing Association/Golden Gate Fields, Pasadena Center 
Operating Company, Phil Wood, Inc., Philip Morris Industrial, Quintec 
Manufacturing, Saddleback Valley Unified School District, Sares Regis, 
Temple Inland, The Coca Cola Company, Walter Buell Trust, and World Oil 
Company.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement 
until August 26, 2005. 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.
    Public Meeting: In accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, the EPA 
has scheduled a public meeting in the affected area to discuss this 
settlement. Information about the date and time of the meeting will be 
published in the local newspaper, The Santa Maria Times, and will be 
sent to persons on the EPA's Casmalia Site mailing list. To be added to 
the mailing list, please contact David Cooper at (415) 972-3237 or by 
e-mail at [email protected]. The information on the public meeting 
will also be available by calling (415) 369-0559.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Karen Goldberg, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street (mail 
code RC-3), San Francisco, California 94105-3901, or may be faxed to 
her at (415) 947-3570 or sent by e-mail to [email protected].

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 or sending 
her an e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: July 8, 2005.
Elizabeth J. Adams,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region IX.
[FR Doc. 05-13989 Filed 7-14-05; 8:45 am]
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