[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 40738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16348]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9831-3; 10-2009-0193]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Double H 
Pesticide Burial Site

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), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative 
settlement for recovery of response costs incurred for the Double H 
Pesticide Burial Site in Grandview, Yakima County, Washington. Under 
this proposed settlement, the settling parties are Double H, L.P.; 
James T. Hansen; Linda L. Hansen; George W. Higgins; and Edith M. 
Higgins. The proposed settlement requires the settling parties to pay 
$370,256.98 to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund. Upon payment of 
this sum to EPA, the settling parties will be released from all other 
obligations for payments to EPA as well as requirements for maintaining 
insurance and financial assurance established under an Administrative 
Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (``ASAOC''), CERCLA Docket 
No. 10-2009-0193, signed between the settling parties and the EPA in 
2009.
    For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the 
EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed settlement. 
The EPA 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 EPA's response to any comments received 
will be available for public inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 10 
Office, located at 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 7, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at the U.S. EPA Region 10 Office, located at 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington 98101. A copy of the proposed settlement may be 
obtained from Candace Smith, Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S. EPA Region 
10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Mail Stop ORC-158, Seattle, 
Washington 98101. Comments should reference the Double H Pesticide 
Burial Site, CERCLA Docket No. 10-2009-0193, and should be addressed to 
Clifford J. Villa, Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 10, Mail 
Stop ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford J. Villa, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 10, Mail Stop ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101; (206) 553-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Double H Pesticide Burial Site is 
located near Grandview, Yakima County, Washington. The site was the 
location of unpermitted disposal of pesticide containers and other 
hazardous substances. Consistent with the terms of the ASAOC, the 
settling parties conducted an action in 2009 to remove contaminated 
materials from this site for proper disposal. Work under the ASAOC was 
conducted subject to EPA oversight. By notice dated January 10, 2011, 
EPA confirmed the completion of the required work at the Site. As 
provided by the ASAOC, EPA subsequently submitted a bill to settling 
parties for reimbursement of EPA's costs for oversight and related 
expenses at the Site. The total amount of this bill, dated January 15, 
2013, was $545,315.59. Of this amount, settling parties paid 
$73,459.42, and invoked dispute resolution over the remaining costs 
totaling $472,153.75. After the reviewing the activities comprising 
these disputed costs, and considering other factors, EPA and the 
settling parties propose to settle this dispute through a final payment 
of $370,256.98. Upon payment of this sum to EPA, the settling parties 
will be released from all other obligations for payments to EPA as well 
as requirements under the ASAOC for maintaining insurance and financial 
assurance. Other provisions of the ASAOC, including Section XIX 
(Covenant Not To Sue By EPA), Section XX (Reservations of Rights By 
EPA), and Section XXI (Covenant Not To Sue By Respondents) will remain 
subject to their original terms.

    Dated: June 27, 2013.
Chris D. Field,
Manager, Emergency Management Program, U.S. EPA Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2013-16348 Filed 7-5-13; 8:45 am]
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