[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 2487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-599]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8516-7]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Columbia 
American Plating Company Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs 
concerning the COLUMBIA AMERICAN PLATING COMPANY Time-Critical Removal 
Site in Portland, Oregon, with the following settling parties: LAKEA 
CORPORATION (dba Columbia American Plating Company) and LARRY ANSON, an 
individual. The settlement requires the settling parties to pay: 
$15,000.00 to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund; the net sale 
proceeds from selling the site if the settling parties are able to 
redeem the property out of foreclosure from Multnomah County; and 
assignment of all rights to insurance claims proceeds to EPA. The 
settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant 
to Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). 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 the U.S. EPA Region 10 
offices, located at 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 14, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at the U.S. EPA Region 10 offices, located at 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington 98101. A copy of the proposed settlement may be 
obtained from Carol Kennedy, Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S. EPA Region 
10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Mail Stop ORC-158, Seattle, 
Washington 98101; (206) 553-0242. Comments should reference the 
COLUMBIA AMERICAN PLATING Time-Critical Removal Site in Portland, 
Oregon. EPA Docket No. CERCLA-10-2008-0048 and should be addressed to 
Lori Cora, Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 10, Mail Stop 
ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Cora, Assistant Regional Counsel, 
U.S. EPA Region 10, Mail Stop ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, 
Seattle, Washington 98101; (206) 553-1115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The COLUMBIA AMERICAN PLATING Site is 
located at 3003 NW. 35th Avenue, Portland, Oregon (Site). LAKEA 
CORPORATION (dba as COLUMBIA AMERICAN PLATING) operated a metal plating 
business.
    In May 2003, in response to a request from the State of Oregon's 
Department of Environmental Quality's Emergency Response and Removal 
Program, EPA assisted in evaluating and mitigating the imminent threat 
to human health and the environment posed by hazardous substances and 
chemicals stored or otherwise handled at the Site. EPA removed 
approximately 80,000 gallons and 78,260 pounds of hazardous and non-
hazardous waste located in tanks, drums, containers, sumps, and 
secondary containment systems for proper off-site treatment and 
disposal. EPA also conducted soil, groundwater, and surface water 
sampling at the Site. The removal was completed in 2004.
    This settlement requires LAKEA CORPORATION and LARRY ANSON to pay: 
$15,000.00 to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund; the net sale 
proceeds from selling the site if the settling parties are able to 
redeem the property out of foreclosure from Multnomah County; and 
assignment of all rights to insurance claims proceeds to EPA. This is 
in settlement of the approximately $1.8 million in past costs incurred 
by EPA at the Site.

    Dated: December 20, 2007.
Michael F. Gearheard,
Director of Office of Water and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. E8-599 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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