[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34755-34756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16863]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8931-2]


Casmalia Disposal Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative 
De Minimis Settlement

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 
(CERCLA) and section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA), the EPA is hereby providing notice of a proposed administrative 
de minimis settlement concerning the Casmalia Disposal Site in Santa 
Barbara County, California (the Casmalia Disposal Site). Section 122(g) 
of CERCLA provides EPA with the authority to enter into administrative 
de minimis settlements. This settlement is intended to resolve the 
liabilities of 35 settling parties for the Casmalia Disposal Site under 
sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and section 7003 of RCRA, and also to 
resolve their liability for response costs and potential natural 
resource damage claims by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
(USFWS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and 
the United States Air Force (USAF). These parties, identified below, 
originally received settlement offers in 1999 or 2000 but raised an 
issue that has now been resolved. Most of those resolving their 
liability to the EPA have also elected to resolve their liability for 
response costs and potential natural resource damage claims by the 
USFWS, NOAA and the USAF. The settling parties sent 12,776,838 lbs. of 
waste to the Site, which represents 0.228% of total Site waste. This 
settlement requires these parties to pay over $1.25 million to EPA. EPA 
is simultaneously publishing another Federal Register Notice relating 
to another settlement with de minimis parties that had received offers 
between 2005 and 2008.
    Settling Parties: Parties that have elected to settle their 
liability at this time are as follows: Advanced Coatings & Chemical; AK 
Steel Corporation, Successor by Merger to Armco, Inc.; Barron Anodizing 
& Paint; BioResearch, Inc.; C&W Pallet Enterprises, Inc.; City of San 
Jose; CTS Corporation (CTS Keene, Inc.); CTS Printex Inc.; E.C. Loomis 
& Son; General Atomics; Goleta Water District; Guadalupe Union School 
District; Kevex Corporation; Lear Siegler Diversified Holdings Corp.; 
Paccar, Inc.; Plessey Semiconductors, Inc.; Redevelopment Agency of the 
City of San Jose; Rosemary Farm; Santa Palm Car Wash; Saticoy Lemon 
Association; Siemens Communications, Inc.; Siemens Energy & Automation 
Inc.; Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Oncology Care Systems Group; SMI 
Holding, LLC; Sweetwater Union High School District; Technitron 
Incorporated; Texas Instruments Tucson Corporation (f/k/a Burr-Brown 
Research Corporation); Tenneco Packaging, Inc. (n/k/a Pactiv 
Corporation); Thermo Finnigan LLC, Formerly Finnigan Corporation; 
Thermo Securities Corporation (as Successor to Cal-Doran Metallurgical 
Service); Thermo Separation Products, Inc.; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. 
Department of Interior; U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs; U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement 
until August 17, 2009. EPA will consider all comments it receives 
during this period, and may modify or withdraw consent to the 
settlement if any comments disclose facts or considerations indicating 
that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

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    Public Meeting: In accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d), commenters may request an opportunity for a public 
meeting in the affected area. The deadline for requesting a public 
meeting is July 31, 2009. Requests for a public meeting may be made by 
contacting Karen Goldberg by e-mail at [email protected], or by 
facsimile at (415) 947-3570. If a public meeting is requested, 
information about the date and time of the meeting will be published in 
the local newspaper, The Santa Maria Times, and will be sent to persons 
on the EPA's Casmalia Site mailing list. To be added to the mailing 
list, please contact: Jackie Lane at (415) 972-3236 or by e-mail at 
[email protected].
    A copy of the settlement document may be obtained by calling (415) 
369-0559 extension 10, and leaving a message with your name, phone 
number, and mailing address or e-mail address.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Karen Goldberg, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street (mail 
code RC-3), San Francisco, California 94105-3901, or may be faxed to 
her at (415) 947-3570 or sent by e-mail to [email protected]. A 
copy of the comments should be sent to: Caroline Rudolph, Project 
Coordinator, DTSC, P.O. Box 806, Sacramento, California 95812-0806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information about the 
Casmalia Disposal Site and about the proposed settlement may be 
obtained on the Casmalia Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/casmalia or by calling Karen Goldberg at (415) 972-3951.

    Dated: July 2, 2009.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E9-16863 Filed 7-16-09; 8:45 am]
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