[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71269-71270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19708]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R9-2024-02; FRL-12190-01-R9]


Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for 
Payment of Past Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation Response Costs at the 
Glendale North and South Operable Units of the San Fernando Valley 
(Area 2) Superfund Site in Glendale, California

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 
notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), has entered into a proposed settlement, embodied in an 
Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs 
(``Settlement Agreement''), with the Glendale Respondents Group 
(``GRG''). Under the Settlement Agreement, the GRG agrees to pay 
$3,261,293 to reimburse EPA for costs paid at or in connection with the 
San Fernando Valley Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation between December 
31, 1997, and September 30, 2016, that were allocated by EPA to the San 
Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site, Glendale North and South 
Operable Units (``GNOU'' and ``GSOU,'' collectively the ``GOUs'').

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The Settlement Agreement is available for public inspection 
on EPA's web page at https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/09/100037898.pdf, or at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
Superfund Records Center, 75 Hawthorne Street, Room 3110, San 
Francisco, California 94105. Telephone: 415-947-8717. Comments should 
be addressed to Stephanie Oehler, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of 
Regional Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105; or emailed to 
[email protected] and should reference the GOUs and the EPA 
Docket Number for the Settlement Agreement, EPA R9-2024-02. EPA's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at the same address. EPA will also post its response to 
comments at https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.docdata&id=0902252, EPA's web page for the 
San Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Oehler, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 
94105; [email protected]; 415-972-3928.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this proposed Settlement Agreement 
is made in accordance with section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i). 
The Settlement Agreement concerns costs paid by EPA for the San 
Fernando Valley Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation, in connection with 
the San Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site and the GOUs. These are 
CERCLA response actions taking place in Los Angeles County, California, 
where groundwater contamination has come to be located. The GRG, which 
agrees to pay $3,261,293, is the only party to the Settlement 
Agreement. EPA intends to seek to recover the remaining

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San Fernando Valley Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation response costs 
from other responsible parties in the future; however, because EPA is 
not recovering one hundred percent of its past costs at this time, this 
Settlement Agreement represents a compromise of EPA's costs. The 
Settlement Agreement includes two covenants not to sue pursuant to 
sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). EPA will 
consider all comments received on the Settlement Agreement in 
accordance with the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this Notice and may 
modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement Agreement if comments 
received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
    Parties to the Proposed Settlement: Coltec Industries, Inc., 
Menasco Aerosystems Division; Eaton Filtration LLC, as successor in 
interest to Vickers Incorporated; Foto-Kem Industries, Inc.; Haskel 
International, LLC, formerly Haskel International, Inc.; International 
Electronic Research Corporation; ITT LLC, as successor in interest to 
ITT Industries, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Lockheed Martin 
Librascope Corporation; Pacific Bell Telephone Company, formerly 
Pacific Bell, formerly The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company; 
Philips North America LLC, as successor in interest to Philips 
Components, a Division of Philips Electronics North America 
Corporation; PRC-DeSoto International, Inc., formerly Courtaulds 
Aerospace, Inc.; The Prudential Insurance Company of America; Ralphs 
Grocery Co.; Union Pacific Railroad Company, formerly Southern Pacific 
Transportation Co.; Vorelco, Inc.; and Walt Disney Pictures and 
Television.

    Dated: August 27, 2024.
Dana Barton,
Acting Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, EPA 
Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2024-19708 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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