[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25227]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5896-8]
San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites Notice of Proposed
Administrative 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 of 1980, as amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9600
et seq., notice is hereby given that on August 16, 1997 the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and the United States
Department of Justice (``DOJ'') executed a proposed Prospective
Purchaser Agreement pertaining to a property transaction within the San
Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites. The proposed Prospective Purchaser
Agreement would resolve certain potential claims of the United States
under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and
section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
6973, against Ekstrom Properties and Cardinal Industrial Finishes (the
``Purchasers''). The Purchasers plan to acquire an eleven acre parcel
located within the Puente Valley Operable Unit of the San Gabriel
Valley Superfund Sites near Los Angeles, California for the purposes of
developing and operating a powder coating manufacturing facility. The
proposed settlement would require the Purchasers to make a one-time
payment of $150,000, which would be placed into a special account for
response actions in the Puente Valley Operable Unit.
For thirty (30) calendar days following the date of publication of
this document, EPA will receive written comments relating to this
proposed settlement. If requested prior to the expiration of this
public comment period, EPA will provide an opportunity for a public
meeting in the affected area. EPA's response to any comments received
will be available for public inspection at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 1997.
AVAILABILITY: The proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement and
additional background documentation relating to the settlement are
available for public inspection at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105. A copy of the
proposed settlement may also be obtained from Brett Moffatt, Assistant
Regional Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105. Comments should
reference ``Cardinal Industrial Finishes--Puente Valley Operable Unit,
San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites'' and ``Docket No. 97-12'' and
should be addressed to Brett Moffatt at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett Moffatt, Assistant Regional
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105; E-mail:
moffatt.brett@epamail.epa.gov; Phone: (415) 744-1374.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 97-25227 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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