[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41536-41537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15131]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9948-36-Region 9]
Casmalia Resources Superfund 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby providing
notice of a proposed administrative de minimis settlement concerning
the Casmalia Resources Superfund Site in Santa Barbara County,
California (the Casmalia Resources 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
the 171 settling parties identified below for the Casmalia Resources
Site under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and section 7003 of RCRA.
These parties have also elected to resolve their liability for response
costs and potential natural resource damage claims by the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These 171 parties sent 27,811,584
lbs. of waste to the Casmalia Resources Site, which represents 0.005
(0.5%) of the total Site waste of 5.6 billion pounds. This settlement
requires these parties to pay over $1.7 million to EPA.
DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement
until July 27, 2016. 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 11, 2016. Requests for a public meeting may be made by
contacting Russell Mechem by email at [email protected]. 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 Resources Site
mailing list. To be added to the mailing list, please contact:
Alejandro Diaz at (415) 972-3242 or by email at [email protected].
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Casmalia Case Team,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street
(mail code SFD-7-1), San Francisco, California 94105-3901, or may be
sent by email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the settlement document and
additional information about the Casmalia Resources Site and the
proposed settlement may be obtained on the EPA-maintained Casmalia
Resources Site Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/casmalia or by
calling Russell Mechem at (415) 972-3192.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Settling Parties: Parties that have elected to settle their
liability with EPA at this time are as follows:
3M/McGhan Medical Corporation; A&E Products Group, Inc.; Aberdeen
American Petroleum Company; Advance Packaging Systems/Interamics; AGL
Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries; AHMC Healthcare, Inc.; Alhambra
Unified School District; Amvac Chemical Corporation; Apache Nitrogen
Products, Inc.; Applied Graphics Technologies; AVX Corporation; Bank of
America, N.A., successor in interest to Security Pacific Corp--Brea
Operations; Barclays American Business Credit; Bayer; Benge Trumpet
Co.; BGN Fremont Square, LTD; BHP Billiton Petroleum; BMW of San Diego;
Broadway So. Calif Crenshaw Shopping; Bulk Transportation; Burbank
Plating Service Corporation; Burlington Engineering, Inc.; Canon, Inc.;
Carmen Plaza Car Wash; Casitas Municipal Water District; CenterPoint
Energy, Inc and it's wholly owned subsidiaries Primary Fuels, Inc.;
Central Coast Analytical Services; Certified Freight Lines; City of
Benicia; City of El Monte; City of Escondido; City of Piedmont; City of
West Covina; Consolidated Container Company LP for itself and as an
alleged successor in interest to Stewart/Walker Co; Consolidated Oil &
Gas, Inc.; Cooper Companies, Inc.; County of Napa; County of Solano;
County of Stanislaus; Creative Press; Danco Metal Surfacing; Data
General Corp; Davlin Paint Co.; Daylight Transport, LLC; Deep Water Oil
and Gas Corp; Dignity Health; Dole Food Company; Dura Tech Processes,
Inc.; EKC Technology, Inc.; El Dorado Newspapers dba McClatchy Printing
Co; ENGS Motor Truck Company; Ennis Business Forms; Excellon
Automation; Farrar Grinding; Federal Envelope Company; Foster Lumber;
Fujitsu; Gardena Specialized Processing; Genstar Roofing Products
Company; GEO Western Drilling Fluids; Gerald V. Dicker Commercial
Properties; Gooch & Housego PLC; Gorham Manufacturing Company;
Granitize Products, Inc.; H Koch & Sons Div; Handy & Harman Electronic
Materials Corp; Helix Water District; Henry Soss & Co; Hordis Brothers,
Inc.; Hycor Biomedical, Inc.; Immunetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Inamed
Corporation; Industrial Process & Chemical Co., Inc.; International
Paper Company; Interstate Consolidation; J B Hunt; J E Dewitt, Inc.;
J.C. Penneys; John Deere Parts Depot; John L. Armitage & Co.; Kasler
Continental Heller; Kester Solder; Knape & Vogt Mfg.; Knight Foundry,
Inc.; Lehigh Hanson, Inc.; Levins Metal Corp; LH Research, Inc.;
Lincoln Blvd. Car Wash; Liquid Air Corporation; Loma Linda Foods Co.;
Ludlow Saylor n/k/a Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.; Marbro Lamp
Company; McClatchy Newspaper Inc.; Mission Kleensweep Products, Inc.;
Model Lands, Inc.; MWH Global; Myers Electronic Products, Inc.;
National Airmotive Corporation; New Mexico Institute of Technology; New
Mexico State University; Newpark Resources, Inc.; Newport Adhesive;
Newport Specialty Hospital for itself and on behalf of Prospect Medical
Holdings; Nike, Inc.; North American Philips; North American Van Lines;
NuSil Technology, LLC; Opto Electronics; Overton Moore & Associates,
Inc.; P.T.I. Technologies, Inc.; Pacific Wood Preserving Co.; PacOrd,
Inc.; Palomar Systems & Machine; Paramount Machine Co.; Peen Rite,
Inc.; Pell Development Company; Petoseed Company; Petrol Transport,
Inc.; Petrominerals Corp.; Pfizer; Pharm-Eco Laboratories, Inc.; Pick-
A-Part Auto Recycling; Pirelli Cable; Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
School District; Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center; Providence
Health & Services; Public Service Marine, Inc.; Pure Fishing, Inc.;
Quality Heat Treating; R E Hazard Contracting Company; R F White
Company, Inc.; R&G Sloane Maintenance; Rally Chevrolet; Ramser
Development Company; Red Lions Inn; Reid Metal Finishing; Richmond
Technology; Roadway Express; Rossi Enterprises; S&P Company; Santa
Barbara New Press; Santa Clara University; Schurgin Development
Company; Sea World; Security Pacific Bank; SESCO; Setzer Forest
Products, Inc.; Sierra Pacific Power Co.; Sonoco Products Company; SPS
Technologies; State of Arizona; Superior Metal Finishing, Inc.; Telic
Corporation; The E.W. Scripps Company, as successor to New Chronicle;
The Toro Company; Thoratec Laboratories Corporation; Time Warner, Inc.
including its former subsidiaries, Warner Music Group Inc., Westland
Graphics Inc., Allied Record Company & Allied Record Company.; True
Value Hardware Simi Valley; TW Graphics; U S Divers (USD Corp); United
Oil Company; UVP, Inc.; Ventura Townehouse; Ventura Transfer Company;
Vulcan Materials Company; Weatherford BMW; Weber Nameplate; Williams
Bros Market; Winonics, Inc.; Winters Industrial Cleaning; XIK, LLC a
Delaware LLC, as successor by merger to Arwood Corporation; Zep, Inc.
Dated: June 17, 2016.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2016-15131 Filed 6-24-16; 8:45 am]
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