[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 54742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18423]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7969-9]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Agreement for Recovery of Past 
Response Costs; Lauli'i Cylinders Superfund Removal Site

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 by 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Action (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed Administrative 
Order on Consent (``AOC,'' Region 9 Docket No. 9-2005-0021) pursuant to 
section 122(h) of CERCLA concerning the Lauli'i Cylinders Removal Site 
(the ``Site''), located in Lauli'i, American Samoa. The respondent to 
the AOC is FCF Fisheries Co. LTD (``FCF''), which arranged for the 
disposal of hazardous substances at the Site for which EPA incurred 
response costs.
    Through the proposed AOC, FCF will reimburse the United States 
$20,000 of its response costs, which total approximately $130,000. The 
AOC provides FCF with a covenant not to sue and contribution protection 
for the costs and the removal action at the Site.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the 
proposed AOC. The Agency's response to any comments will be available 
for public inspection at EPA'S Region IX offices, located at 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 17, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The proposed Agreement may be obtained from Judith Winchell, 
Docket Clerk, telephone (415) 972-3124. Comments regarding the proposed 
Agreement should be addressed to Judith Winchell (SFD-7) at EPA Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and should 
reference the Lauli'i Cylinders Superfund Removal Site, Lauli'i, 
American Samoa, and USEPA Docket No. 9-2005-0021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Andrew Helmlinger, Office of 
Regional Counsel, telephone (415) 972-3904, USEPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

    Dated: September 2, 2005.
Keith A. Takata,
Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 05-18423 Filed 9-15-05; 8:45 am]
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