82 FR 37211 - MEW Superfund Area, Mountain View, CA; Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Certain Response Action Activities by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 152 (August 9, 2017)

Page Range		37211-37211
FR Document		2017-16813

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 Warmington Fairchild Associates LLC (``Warmingotn''), regarding the Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman (MEW) Superfund Area in Mountain View, California. Under this Settlement Agreement, Warmington agrees to perform certain response action activities at the property located at 277 Fairchild Drive and 228 and 236 Evandale Avenue, in Mountain View, California.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-SFUND-2017-01; FRL-9965-95-Region 9]


MEW Superfund Area, Mountain View, CA; Notice of Proposed 
Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Certain Response Action 
Activities by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser

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 Warmington Fairchild Associates LLC 
(``Warmingotn''), regarding the Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman (MEW) 
Superfund Area in Mountain View, California. Under this Settlement 
Agreement, Warmington agrees to perform certain response action 
activities at the property located at 277 Fairchild Drive and 228 and 
236 Evandale Avenue, in Mountain View, California.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 8, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
SFUND-2017-01, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. 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. 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 submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bethany Dreyfus, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105; tel: (415) 972-3886; fax: (415) 947-3570; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the terms of the settlement, 
Warmington agrees to implement the Response Action Plan, dated June 30, 
2017, intended to lower ``hot spot'' area trichloroethene (TCE) 
contaminant concentrations in the soil gas and groundwater. The 
Response Action Plan provides for reduction of ``hot spot'' 
contamination to reduce potential risks to human health from exposure 
to TCE through the subsurface vapor intrusion pathway prior to 
construction of residential units in those areas. Warmington agrees to 
pay EPA's costs for oversight of the response action activities. In 
exchange, Warmington 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 28, 2017.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9.
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Hydroelectric Station will not alter the Commission in this proceeding, in www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
pipeline’s primary purpose. Therefore, accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and instructions for submitting comments.
based upon the above criteria, 385.2010. Once submitted, comments cannot be
Commission staff preliminarily Locations of Notice of Intent: Copies edited or withdrawn. EPA may publish
determines that the proposal satisfies of the notice of intent can be obtained any comment received to its public
the requirements for a qualifying directly from the applicant or such docket. Do not submit electronically any
conduit hydropower facility, which is copies can be viewed and reproduced at information you consider to be
not required to be licensed or exempted the Commission in its Public Reference Confidential Business Information
from licensing. Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street NE., (‘‘CBI’’) or other information whose
Comments and Motions to Intervene: Washington, DC 20426. The filing may disclosure is restricted by statute.
Deadline for filing comments contesting also be viewed on the web at http:// Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
whether the facility meets the qualifying www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp etc.) must be accompanied by a written
criteria is 45 days from the issuance using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the comment. The written comment is
date of this notice. docket number (i.e., CD17–17) in the considered the official comment and
Deadline for filing motions to docket number field to access the should include discussion of all points
intervene is 30 days from the issuance document. For assistance, call toll-free you wish to make. EPA will generally
date of this notice. 1–866–208–3676 or email not consider comments or comment
Anyone may submit comments or a FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, contents located outside of the primary
motion to intervene in accordance with call (202) 502–8659. submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
the requirements of Rules of Practice other file sharing system). For
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and Dated: August 2, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
additional submission methods, the full
385.214. Any motions to intervene must EPA public comment policy,
be received on or before the specified Secretary.
information about CBI or multimedia
deadline date for the particular [FR Doc. 2017–16751 Filed 8–8–17; 8:45 am]
submissions, and general guidance on
proceeding. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P making effective comments, please visit
Filing and Service of Responsive
http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
Documents: All filings must (1) bear in
commenting-epa-dockets.
all capital letters the COMMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CONTESTING QUALIFICATION FOR A FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
AGENCY Bethany Dreyfus, Assistant Regional
CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY or
MOTION TO INTERVENE, as [EPA–R09–SFUND–2017–01; FRL–9965–95– Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel
applicable; (2) state in the heading the Region 9] (ORC–3), U.S. Environmental Protection
name of the applicant and the project Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,
number of the application to which the MEW Superfund Area, Mountain View, San Francisco, CA 94105; tel: (415) 972–
filing responds; (3) state the name, CA; Notice of Proposed Settlement 3886; fax: (415) 947–3570;
address, and telephone number of the Agreement and Order on Consent for Dreyfus.Bethany@epa.gov.
person filing; and (4) otherwise comply Certain Response Action Activities by
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
with the requirements of sections Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser
terms of the settlement, Warmington
385.2001 through 385.2005 of the AGENCY: Environmental Protection agrees to implement the Response
Commission’s regulations.1 All Agency (EPA). Action Plan, dated June 30, 2017,
comments contesting Commission staff’s intended to lower ‘‘hot spot’’ area
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.
preliminary determination that the trichloroethene (TCE) contaminant
facility meets the qualifying criteria SUMMARY: This notice announces the concentrations in the soil gas and
must set forth their evidentiary basis. availability for review and comment of groundwater. The Response Action Plan
The Commission strongly encourages a proposed administrative settlement provides for reduction of ‘‘hot spot’’
electronic filing. Please file motions to agreement under the Comprehensive contamination to reduce potential risks
intervene and comments using the Environmental Response, to human health from exposure to TCE
Commission’s eFiling system at http:// Compensation, and Liability Act of through the subsurface vapor intrusion
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), between pathway prior to construction of
Commenters can submit brief comments the U.S. Environmental Protection residential units in those areas.
up to 6,000 characters, without prior Agency (‘‘EPA’’), and Warmington Warmington agrees to pay EPA’s costs
registration, using the eComment system Fairchild Associates LLC for oversight of the response action
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ (‘‘Warmingotn’’), regarding the activities. In exchange, Warmington will
ecomment.asp. You must include your Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman (MEW) receive a covenant not to sue from the
name and contact information at the end Superfund Area in Mountain View, United States. EPA will consider all
of your comments. For assistance, California. Under this Settlement comments submitted by the date set
please contact FERC Online Support at Agreement, Warmington agrees to forth above and may modify or
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) perform certain response action withdraw its consent to the settlement
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 activities at the property located at 277 if comments received disclose facts or
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please Fairchild Drive and 228 and 236 considerations that indicate the
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Evandale Avenue, in Mountain View, proposed settlement is inappropriate,
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Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 California. improper, or inadequate.
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
A copy of all other filings in reference DATES: Comments must be received on Dated: July 28, 2017.
to this application must be accompanied or before September 8, 2017. Enrique Manzanilla,
by proof of service on all persons listed ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, Director, Superfund Division, U.S.
in the service list prepared by the identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09– Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9.
SFUND–2017–01, to the Federal [FR Doc. 2017–16813 Filed 8–8–17; 8:45 am]
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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of proposed settlement.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before September 8, 2017.
Contact		Bethany Dreyfus, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; tel: (415) 972-3886; fax: (415) 947-3570; [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 37211