80_FR_55291 80 FR 55114 - Samoa Pulp Mill Removal Site, Samoa, CA; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs

80 FR 55114 - Samoa Pulp Mill Removal Site, Samoa, CA; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 177 (September 14, 2015)

Page Range55114-55115
FR Document2015-23062

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 Humboldt Bay Harbor, Conservation and Recreation District for recovery of response costs concerning the Samoa Pulp Mill Superfund Site in Samoa, 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 party to reimburse EPA based on any salvage of fixtures at the site, including the pulp mill boiler, or on any sale of the real property that is the site. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party 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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23062]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9933-83-Region 9]


Samoa Pulp Mill 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 Humboldt Bay Harbor, 
Conservation and Recreation District for recovery of response costs 
concerning the Samoa Pulp Mill Superfund Site in Samoa, 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 party to reimburse EPA 
based on any salvage of fixtures at the site, including the pulp mill 
boiler,

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or on any sale of the real property that is the site. The settlement 
includes a covenant not to sue the settling party 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 14, 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 
Samoa Pulp Mill Superfund Site, Samoa, 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: Humboldt 
Bay Harbor, Conservation and Recreation District.

    Dated: August 31, 2015.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2015-23062 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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55114 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 177 / Monday, September 14, 2015 / Notices section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, on the substance of your comment. Any EPA’s August 29, 2014 denials of 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., identifying or contact information Petitioners’ requests for extensions of Washington, DC. The EPA Docket provided in the body of a comment will their Small Refinery Temporary Center Public Reading Room is open be included as part of the comment that Exemptions (see Sinclair Wyoming from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday is placed in the official public docket, Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14–9594 through Friday, excluding legal and made available in EPA’s electronic (10th Cir.) and Sinclair Wyoming holidays. The telephone number for the public docket. If EPA cannot read your Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14–1209 Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, comment due to technical difficulties (D.C. Cir.) (jointly, the ‘‘Pending and the telephone number for the OEI and cannot contact you for clarification, Cases’’). The proposed settlement Docket is (202) 566–1752. EPA may not be able to consider your agreement provides that after Petitioners An electronic version of the public comment. submit their 2014 Exemption Request, docket is available through Use of the www.regulations.gov Web EPA will, within 14 business days after www.regulations.gov. You may use the site to submit comments to EPA receiving the 2014 Exemption Request, www.regulations.gov to submit or view electronically is EPA’s preferred method either make a determination that the public comments, access the index for receiving comments. The electronic Request is complete or advise Sinclair listing of the contents of the official public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous in writing of any additional information public docket, and to access those access’’ system, which means EPA will needed to make the Request complete documents in the public docket that are not know your identity, email address, (an Incompleteness Determination). available electronically. Once in the or other contact information unless you After EPA determines that the 2014 system, key in the appropriate docket provide it in the body of your comment. Exemption Request is complete, EPA identification number then select In contrast to EPA’s electronic public will issue its decision to Petitioners on ‘‘search’’. docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) the 2014 Exemption Request within 90 It is important to note that EPA’s system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ calendar days. Within five business policy is that public comments, whether system. If you send an email comment days of EPA issuing its decision on the submitted electronically or in paper, directly to the Docket without going 2014 Exemption Request, Petitioners will be made available for public through www.regulations.gov, your will (1) voluntarily dismiss the Pending viewing online at www.regulations.gov email address is automatically captured Cases with prejudice and (2) send a without change, unless the comment and included as part of the comment letter to EPA withdrawing its January contains copyrighted material, CBI, or that is placed in the official public 13, 2015 ‘‘Request for Reconsideration other information whose disclosure is docket, and made available in EPA’s of Petition for Partial Extension of Small restricted by statute. Information electronic public docket. claimed as CBI and other information Refinery RFS Exemptions’’ regarding Dated: September 3, 2015. whose disclosure is restricted by statute EPA’s August 29, 2014 denials of Gautam Srinivasan, is not included in the official public Petitioners’ requests for extensions of docket or in the electronic public Acting Associate General Counsel. the Small Refinery Temporary docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted [FR Doc. 2015–23061 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am] Exemptions. For a period of 30 days following the material, including copyrighted material BILLING CODE 6560–50–P date of publication of this notice, the contained in a public comment, will not Agency will receive written comments be placed in EPA’s electronic public relating to the proposed settlement docket but will be available only in ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION agreement from persons who were not printed, paper form in the official public AGENCY named as parties or intervenors to the docket. Although not all docket [FRL–9933–83–Region 9] litigation in question. EPA or the materials may be available Department of Justice may withdraw or electronically, you may still access any Samoa Pulp Mill Removal Site, Samoa, withhold consent to the proposed of the publicly available docket CA; Notice of Proposed CERCLA settlement agreement if the comments materials through the EPA Docket Settlement Agreement for Recovery of disclose facts or considerations that Center. Past Response Costs indicate that such consent is B. How and to whom do I submit AGENCY: Environmental Protection inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or comments? Agency (EPA). inconsistent with the requirements of You may submit comments as ACTION: Notice; request for comment. the Act. Unless EPA or the Department provided in the ADDRESSES section. of Justice determines that consent to the Please ensure that your comments are SUMMARY: In accordance with Section agreement should be withdrawn, the submitted within the specified comment 122(i) of the Comprehensive terms of the agreement will be affirmed. period. Comments received after the Environmental Response, Compensation II. Additional Information About close of the comment period will be and Liability Act of 1980, as amended Commenting on the Proposed Consent marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is Decree consider these late comments. hereby given of a proposed If you submit an electronic comment, administrative settlement with A. How can I get a copy of the consent EPA recommends that you include your Humboldt Bay Harbor, Conservation decree? name, mailing address, and an email and Recreation District for recovery of Direct your comments to the official address or other contact information in response costs concerning the Samoa tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES public docket for this action under the body of your comment and with any Pulp Mill Superfund Site in Samoa, Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2015– disk or CD ROM you submit. This California. The settlement is entered 0612 which contains a copy of the ensures that you can be identified as the into pursuant to Section 122(h)(1) of settlement agreement. The official submitter of the comment and allows CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), and it public docket is available for public EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot requires the settling party to reimburse viewing at the Office of Environmental read your comment due to technical EPA based on any salvage of fixtures at Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA difficulties or needs further information the site, including the pulp mill boiler, VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Sep 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 177 / Monday, September 14, 2015 / Notices 55115 or on any sale of the real property that STATUS: This meeting will be open to the nonbanking company complies with the is the site. The settlement includes a public. standards in section 4 of the BHC Act covenant not to sue the settling party ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise pursuant to Sections 106 or 107(a) of Correction and Approval of Minutes for noted, nonbanking activities will be CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 or 9607(a). For August 11, 2015 conducted throughout the United States. thirty (30) days following the date of Draft Advisory Opinion 2015–03: Unless otherwise noted, comments publication of this Notice in the Federal Democracy Rules, Inc. regarding each of these applications Register, the Agency will receive Draft Advisory Opinion 2015–06: must be received at the Reserve Bank written comments relating to the Representative Maxine Waters indicated or the offices of the Board of settlement. The Agency will consider all Audit Division Recommendation Governors not later than October 9, comments received and may modify or Memorandum on the Committee for 2015. withdraw its consent to the settlement Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host if comments received disclose facts or Committee (CFC) A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond considerations that indicate the Commission Documents Public (Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice proposed settlement is inappropriate, Disclosure Policies President) 701 East Byrd Street, improper, or inadequate. The Agency’s Proposed Directive 74 on the Timely Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528: response to any comments received will Resolution of Enforcement Matters 1. Old Line Bancshares, Inc., Bowie, be available for public inspection at 75 Management and Administrative Maryland; to acquire 100 percent of the Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA Matters voting shares of Regal Bancorp, Inc., and 94105. Individuals who plan to attend and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares require special assistance, such as sign of Regal Bank & Trust, both in Owings DATES: Pursuant to Section 122(i) of language interpretation or other Mill, Maryland. CERCLA, EPA will receive written reasonable accommodations, should Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve comments relating to this proposed contact Shawn Woodhead Werth, System, September 9, 2015. settlement until October 14, 2015. Secretary and Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is Michael J. Lewandowski, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting available for public inspection at EPA Associate Secretary of the Board. date. Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 2015–23004 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am] Francisco, California. A copy of the Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: BILLING CODE 6210–01–P proposed settlement may be obtained (202) 694–1220. from J. Andrew Helmlinger, EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, ORC–3, San Shelley E. Garr, FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Francisco, CA 94105, telephone number Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 415–972–3904. Comments should [FR Doc. 2015–23145 Filed 9–10–15; 4:15 pm] Change in Bank Control Notices; reference the Samoa Pulp Mill Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or BILLING CODE 6715–01–P Superfund Site, Samoa, California and Bank Holding Company should be addressed to Mr. Helmlinger at the above address. The notificants listed below have FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM applied under the Change in Bank FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and J. Andrew Helmlinger, Assistant Formations of, Acquisitions by, and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 Regional Counsel (ORC–3), Office of Mergers of Bank Holding Companies CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, The companies listed in this notice or bank holding company. The factors 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA have applied to the Board for approval, that are considered in acting on the 94105; phone: (415) 972–3904; fax: (417) pursuant to the Bank Holding Company notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of 947–3570; email: helmlinger.andrew@ Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). epa.gov. (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part The notices are available for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parties to 225), and all other applicable statutes immediate inspection at the Federal the Proposed Settlement: Humboldt Bay and regulations to become a bank Reserve Bank indicated. The notices Harbor, Conservation and Recreation holding company and/or to acquire the also will be available for inspection at District. assets or the ownership of, control of, or the offices of the Board of Governors. Dated: August 31, 2015. the power to vote shares of a bank or Interested persons may express their Enrique Manzanilla, bank holding company and all of the views in writing to the Reserve Bank banks and nonbanking companies indicated for that notice or to the offices Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX. owned by the bank holding company, of the Board of Governors. Comments including the companies listed below. must be received not later than [FR Doc. 2015–23062 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am] The applications listed below, as well September 29, 2015. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION indicated. The applications will also be President) 230 South LaSalle Street, available for inspection at the offices of Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: Sunshine Act Meetings tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES the Board of Governors. Interested 1. Ronald G. Gerken and Karol S. persons may express their views in Gerken, both of Sterling, Illinois, as a AGENCY: Federal Election Commission writing on the standards enumerated in group acting in concert, to retain voting DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the shares of SV Financial, Inc., and thereby 17, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. proposal also involves the acquisition of indirectly retain voting shares of Sauk PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, a nonbanking company, the review also Valley Bank & Trust Company, both in DC (Ninth Floor). includes whether the acquisition of the Sterling, Illinois. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Sep 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; request for comment.
DatesPursuant to Section 122(i) of CERCLA, EPA will receive written comments relating to this proposed settlement until October 14, 2015.
ContactJ. 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]
FR Citation80 FR 55114 
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