82 FR 34655 - Sycamore Removal Site, Hollywood, CA; Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 142 (July 26, 2017)

This notice announces the availability for review and comment of a proposed administrative settlement agreement under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), and 953 N Sycamore (LA), LLC (``Sycamore LLC''), regarding the Sycamore Superfund Removal Site in Hollywood, California. The Settlement Agreement requires the purchaser to conduct a removal action to address soil and soil gas contamination at the Sycamore Site.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34655-34656]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15729]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-SFUND-2017-03; FRL-9965-32-Region 9]


Sycamore Removal Site, Hollywood, CA; Notice of Proposed 
Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability for review and comment 
of a proposed administrative settlement agreement under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), between the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), and 953 N Sycamore (LA), LLC (``Sycamore 
LLC''), regarding the Sycamore Superfund Removal Site in Hollywood, 
California. The Settlement Agreement requires the purchaser to conduct 
a removal action to address soil and soil gas contamination at the 
Sycamore Site.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 25, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
SFUND-2017-03, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission 
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia

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submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please 
visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taly Jolish, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3), Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; tel: 
(415) 972-3925; fax: (415) 947-3570; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sycamore LLC is agreeing to perform a 
removal action to clean up soil and soil gas contaminated with 
chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including 
tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and cis-1,2-dichloroethylene, 
and with aromatic VOCs, including benzene, toluene, and xylene. The 
removal action will reduce the risk to future users of the property and 
the surrounding community from exposure to contamination primarily 
caused by historical dry cleaning operations at the property. Under the 
terms of the settlement, Sycamore LLC will complete the removal action 
and pay EPA's costs for oversight of the cleanup activities. In 
exchange, Sycamore LLC will receive a covenant not to sue from the 
United States.
    EPA will consider all comments submitted by the date set forth 
above 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.

    Dated: July 14, 2017.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2017-15729 Filed 7-25-17; 8:45 am]
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