[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 51 (Friday, March 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 12611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4867]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8288-3]


McClellan Air Force Base Superfund Site Proposed Notice of 
Administrative Order on Consent

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative order on 
consent concerning portions of the McClellan Air Force Base Superfund 
Site (``Site'') in McClellan, California has been negotiated by the 
Agency and the Respondent, McClellan Business Park, LLC, a Delaware 
limited liability company. The proposed administrative order on consent 
concerns cleanup of portions of the Site pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9604, 
9606 and 9622 (``CERCLA''). Pursuant to a Federal Facilities Agreement 
(``FFA''), the U.S. Air Force is performing the CERCLA response actions 
for the Site; however, the FFA will be amended to suspend the 
obligations of the Air Force to conduct the response actions undertaken 
by the Respondent. The Air Force has prepared a Finding of Suitability 
for Early Transfer (``FOSET''), which will be submitted to the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 9, and the State of 
California for their approval after a public comment period. Upon 
approval of the FOSET, the Air Force will transfer portions of the Site 
to the County of Sacramento, which will then transfer those portions to 
the Respondent. The Air Force and the County of Sacramento have entered 
into an Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement, which requires 
the County of Sacramento to perform certain CERCLA response actions on 
the transferred portions of the Site, using funds supplied by the Air 
Force. The County of Sacramento has contracted with Respondent to 
conduct those CERCLA response actions. The proposed administrative 
order on consent would require the Respondent to prepare and perform 
removal actions, one or more remedial investigations and feasibility 
studies and one or more remedial designs and remedial actions for 
certain contaminants present on the transferred portions of the Site, 
under the oversight of EPA and the State of California. The 
administrative order on consent also commits the Respondent to 
reimburse direct and indirect future response costs incurred by EPA in 
connection with actions conducted under CERCLA at the transferred 
portions of the Site.
    For thirty (30) calendar days following the date of publication of 
this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed 
administrative order on consent. EPA's response to any comments 
received will be available for public inspection at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The proposed administrative order on consent may be obtained 
from Judith Winchell, Docket Clerk, telephone (415) 972-3124. Comments 
regarding the proposed administrative order on consent should be 
addressed to Judith Winchell (SFD-7) at United States EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and should reference 
``Parcel C6 Privatization, McClellan Superfund Site,'' and ``Docket No. 
R9-2006-27''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Mueller, Assistant Regional 
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; E-mail: 
[email protected]; phone: (415) 972-3953.

    Dated: March 9, 2007.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E7-4867 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am]
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