[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 66173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23064]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8499-2]


Proposed Cercla Administrative Agreement for the Recovery of Past 
and Future Response Costs Incurred at the Vermiculite Intermountain 
Site in Salt Lake City, UT

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of Section 122(i) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed administrative settlement under section 122(h)(1)of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), concerning the Vermiculite Intermountain Site 
located at and around 333 West 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah. This 
settlement, embodied in a CERCLA Section 104, 106(a), 107 and 122(h) 
Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order On Consent for Removal 
Action (``Agreement''), is designed to resolve the liability of 
Settling Respondents for past and future costs at the Site through 
covenants under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 
9607, while requiring long-term institutional controls to protect 
remedies already in place at the Site. The proposed Agreement requires 
the Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan 
Supplemental Trust to pay a total of $100,000, La Quinta Properties, 
Inc., to pay a total of $441,000 and recognizes PacifiCorp's 
performance of approximately $3.5 million in cleanup work at the Site. 
In addition, PacifiCorp and La Quinta Properties, Inc., will record 
EPA-approved Environmental Covenants to ensure the continued protection 
of remedial features at the Site.
    Opportunity for Comment: For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this notice, the Agency will consider all comments 
received, and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Agreement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
the Agreement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at EPA Region 8's Central Records Center, 1595 Wynkoop 
Street, 3rd Floor, in Denver, Colorado.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 27, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The proposed Agreement and additional background information 
relating to the settlement are available for public inspection at EPA 
Region 8's Central Records Center, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 3rd Floor, in 
Denver, Colorado. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed 
Agreement should be addressed to Kelcey Land (8ENF-RC), Technical 
Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1595 Wynkoop 
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, and should reference the 
Settlement for the Vermiculite Intermountain Site, in Salt Lake City, 
Utah.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelcey Land, Enforcement Specialist 
(8ENF-RC), Technical Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-
6393.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regarding the proposed administrative 
settlement under Sections 104, 106(a), 107 and 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9604, 9606(a), 9607 and 9622(h)(1): In accordance with section 
122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given that the 
terms of the Agreement have been agreed to by the Settling Respondents 
and EPA. By the terms of the proposed Agreement, the Van Cott, Bagley, 
Cornwall & McCarthy 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan Supplemental Trust will 
pay a total of $100,000 and La Quinta Properties will pay $441,000 to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund. These payments, in addition to the 
cleanup already performed by PacifiCorp, amounts to more than half of 
the funds expended at the Site.
    It is so agreed:

    Dated: November 14, 2007.
Eddie A. Sierra,
Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, 
Compliance, and Environmental Justice, Region 8.
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