[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45846-45847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21123]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9968-39-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 the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA) and 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). CERCLA 
provides EPA with the authority to enter into administrative de minimis 
settlements. This settlement is intended to resolve the liabilities of 
the 57 settling parties identified below for the Casmalia Resources 
Site. 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 57 parties sent 
6,517,494 lbs. of waste to the Casmalia Resources Site, which 
represents 0.00114 (0.114%) of the total Site waste of 5.6 billion 
pounds. This settlement requires these parties to pay $590,772 to EPA.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement 
until November 1, 2017. 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.
    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 October 16, 2017. 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: Section 122(g) of CERCLA gives EPA authority 
to enter into administrative de minimis settlements. Section 122(i) of 
CERCLA and section 7003 of RCRA require that EPA publish notice of a 
proposed administrative de minimis settlement. This settlement is 
intended to resolve the liabilities of the settling parties under 
sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and section 7003 of RCRA for the 
Casmalia Resources Site.
    The parties that have elected to settle their liability with EPA at 
this time are as follows: ABB Group, Inc.; Advanced Structures 
Corporation; Alameda County Fire Department; Alisal Guest Ranch and 
Golf Resort; ALSCO, Inc.; American Forest Products Co.; Angell and 
Giroux, Inc.; ASV Wines, Inc.; Cadet Uniform; Cambro Manufacturing; 
Coating Resources Corporation; Colfax Corporation; Conejo Recreation & 
Park District; County of Alameda; Custom Building Products, Inc.; Data 
Products Corporation; Denso Products and Services Americas, Inc. (on 
behalf of American Industrial Manufacturing Services); Electronic 
Precision Specialties, Inc.; Federal Cartridge Company on behalf of 
Omark Industries; Fuentes-Ford Enterprises; H-H Heat Treating, aka 
Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc.; Hearst Corporation; Hendry 
Mechanical Works/Hendry Telephone Products; Holz Rubber Company, Inc.; 
Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., successor-in-interest to County Lumber 
Company; Hubbell, Inc.; J Buchbinder Industrial; Jervis B. Webb 
Company, as former shareholder of Jervis B. Webb Company of California; 
KEC Company; Kelly Moore Paint Company, Inc.; Kem-Mil Company; Kirby 
Automotive; Leidos, Inc.; Liquid Carbonic Corp.; Liquid Waste Test 
Facility; McCann's Engineering & Mfg, Co.; Moldex-Metric, Inc.; 
Monterey Regional Waste Management District; Munroe & Sons 
Manufacturing; Nestle S.A.; Oscar E. Erickson, Inc.; PCL Construction 
Company; Plasticolor Molded Products; Prime Healthcare; Princeton 
Packaging, Inc.; Reynolds & Taylor; Richards Surgical Mfg. Co.; Roofing 
Wholesale Company; Sage Mitsubishi; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, 
Inc., settles on behalf of Syva Diagnostics Holding Company and entity 
Behring Diagnostics acquired through Dade-Behring; Specialty Extrusion 
Ltd.; Successor Agency to Culver City Redevelopment Agency; Tenet 
Healthcare; Terminal Data Corporation; Thomsen Equipment

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Company, Inc.; University Financial; Western Industrial Maintenance.

    Dated: September 15, 2017.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2017-21123 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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