[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 55619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23172]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9934-01-Region 9]


Mobile Smelting Removal Site, Samoa, CA; Notice of Proposed 
CERCLA Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed administrative settlement with nine settling parties for 
recovery of response costs concerning the Mobile Smelting Removal Site 
in Mojave, California. The settlement is entered into pursuant to 
Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), and it requires the 
settling parties to reimburse EPA $72,830.77 in response costs that EPA 
incurred at the site. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the 
settling parties pursuant to Sections 106 or 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9606 or 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this Notice in the Federal Register, 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 
that indicate the proposed settlement is inappropriate, improper, or 
inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be 
available for public inspection at 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 
CA 94105.

DATES: Pursuant to Section 122(i) of CERCLA, EPA will receive written 
comments relating to this proposed settlement until October 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. A 
copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from J. Andrew 
Helmlinger, EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, ORC-3, San Francisco, 
CA 94105, telephone number 415-972-3904. Comments should reference the 
Mobile Smelting Removal Site, Mojave, California and should be 
addressed to Mr. Helmlinger at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Andrew Helmlinger, Assistant 
Regional Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; phone: (415) 972-
3904; fax: (417) 947-3570; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parties to the Proposed Settlement: Alpert & 
Alpert Iron and Metal; BNSF Railway Co.; City of Burbank; City of 
Glendale; City of Pasadena; Los Angeles Dept. of Power and Water; 
Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Southern California Edison; and, 
THUMS Long Beach Co.

    Dated: September 3, 2015.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2015-23172 Filed 9-15-15; 8:45 am]
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