[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22636]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8266-3]


El Monte Operable Unit of San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site; 
Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement Under Section 
122(h)(1)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs 
concerning the El Monte Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley 
Superfund Site in El Monte, Los Angeles County, California with the 
City of El Monte, California. The settlement is entered into pursuant 
to Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1) and it requires 
the City of El Monte to pay $160,000 to the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA). The settlement includes a covenant not to sue 
the City of El Monte pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973. For 
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the 
Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The 
Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw 
its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or 
considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, 
improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received 
will be available for public inspection at 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 5, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. A 
copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from James Collins, EPA 
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, ORC-3, San Francisco, CA 94105, 
telephone number 415-972-3894. Comments should reference the El Monte 
Operable Unit of the San Gabrile Valley Superfund Site in El Monte, 
California and EPA Docket No. 2006-24 and should be addressed to James 
Collins at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Collins, Assistant Regional 
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; phone: (415) 972-3894; fax: 
(415) 947-3570; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: December 21, 2006.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
 [FR Doc. E6-22636 Filed 1-4-07; 8:45 am]
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