82 FR 45846 - Casmalia Resources Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative De Minimis Settlement

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 189 (October 2, 2017)

Page Range		45846-45847
FR Document		2017-21123

In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby providing notice of a proposed administrative de minimis settlement concerning the Casmalia Resources Superfund Site in Santa Barbara County, California (the Casmalia Resources Site). CERCLA provides EPA with the authority to enter into administrative de minimis settlements. This settlement is intended to resolve the liabilities of the 57 settling parties identified below for the Casmalia Resources Site. These parties have also elected to resolve their liability for response costs and potential natural resource damage claims by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These 57 parties sent 6,517,494 lbs. of waste to the Casmalia Resources Site, which represents 0.00114 (0.114%) of the total Site waste of 5.6 billion pounds. This settlement requires these parties to pay $590,772 to EPA.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9968-39-Region 9]


Casmalia Resources Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA 
Administrative De Minimis 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, as amended (CERCLA) and the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) is hereby providing notice of a proposed administrative de 
minimis settlement concerning the Casmalia Resources Superfund Site in 
Santa Barbara County, California (the Casmalia Resources Site). CERCLA 
provides EPA with the authority to enter into administrative de minimis 
settlements. This settlement is intended to resolve the liabilities of 
the 57 settling parties identified below for the Casmalia Resources 
Site. These parties have also elected to resolve their liability for 
response costs and potential natural resource damage claims by the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These 57 parties sent 
6,517,494 lbs. of waste to the Casmalia Resources Site, which 
represents 0.00114 (0.114%) of the total Site waste of 5.6 billion 
pounds. This settlement requires these parties to pay $590,772 to EPA.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement 
until November 1, 2017. EPA will consider all comments it receives 
during this period, and may modify or withdraw consent to the 
settlement if any comments disclose facts or considerations indicating 
that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
    Public Meeting: In accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973(d), commenters may request an opportunity for a public 
meeting in the affected area. The deadline for requesting a public 
meeting is October 16, 2017. Requests for a public meeting may be made 
by contacting Russell Mechem by email at [email protected]. If a 
public meeting is requested, information about the date and time of the 
meeting will be published in the local newspaper, The Santa Maria 
Times, and will be sent to persons on the EPA's Casmalia Resources Site 
mailing list. To be added to the mailing list, please contact: 
Alejandro Diaz at (415)972-3242 or by email at [email protected].

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Casmalia Case Team, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street 
(mail code SFD-7-1), San Francisco, California 94105-3901, or may be 
sent by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the settlement document and 
additional information about the Casmalia Resources Site and the 
proposed settlement may be obtained on the EPA-maintained Casmalia 
Resources Site Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/casmalia or by 
calling Russell Mechem at (415) 972-3192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 122(g) of CERCLA gives EPA authority 
to enter into administrative de minimis settlements. Section 122(i) of 
CERCLA and section 7003 of RCRA require that EPA publish notice of a 
proposed administrative de minimis settlement. This settlement is 
intended to resolve the liabilities of the settling parties under 
sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and section 7003 of RCRA for the 
Casmalia Resources Site.
    The parties that have elected to settle their liability with EPA at 
this time are as follows: ABB Group, Inc.; Advanced Structures 
Corporation; Alameda County Fire Department; Alisal Guest Ranch and 
Golf Resort; ALSCO, Inc.; American Forest Products Co.; Angell and 
Giroux, Inc.; ASV Wines, Inc.; Cadet Uniform; Cambro Manufacturing; 
Coating Resources Corporation; Colfax Corporation; Conejo Recreation & 
Park District; County of Alameda; Custom Building Products, Inc.; Data 
Products Corporation; Denso Products and Services Americas, Inc. (on 
behalf of American Industrial Manufacturing Services); Electronic 
Precision Specialties, Inc.; Federal Cartridge Company on behalf of 
Omark Industries; Fuentes-Ford Enterprises; H-H Heat Treating, aka 
Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc.; Hearst Corporation; Hendry 
Mechanical Works/Hendry Telephone Products; Holz Rubber Company, Inc.; 
Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., successor-in-interest to County Lumber 
Company; Hubbell, Inc.; J Buchbinder Industrial; Jervis B. Webb 
Company, as former shareholder of Jervis B. Webb Company of California; 
KEC Company; Kelly Moore Paint Company, Inc.; Kem-Mil Company; Kirby 
Automotive; Leidos, Inc.; Liquid Carbonic Corp.; Liquid Waste Test 
Facility; McCann's Engineering & Mfg, Co.; Moldex-Metric, Inc.; 
Monterey Regional Waste Management District; Munroe & Sons 
Manufacturing; Nestle S.A.; Oscar E. Erickson, Inc.; PCL Construction 
Company; Plasticolor Molded Products; Prime Healthcare; Princeton 
Packaging, Inc.; Reynolds & Taylor; Richards Surgical Mfg. Co.; Roofing 
Wholesale Company; Sage Mitsubishi; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, 
Inc., settles on behalf of Syva Diagnostics Holding Company and entity 
Behring Diagnostics acquired through Dade-Behring; Specialty Extrusion 
Ltd.; Successor Agency to Culver City Redevelopment Agency; Tenet 
Healthcare; Terminal Data Corporation; Thomsen Equipment

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Company, Inc.; University Financial; Western Industrial Maintenance.

    Dated: September 15, 2017.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region IX.
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jumpers before or at the time of Resource Conservation and Recovery Site Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/
abandonment is removed from the final Act (RCRA), the Environmental region09/casmalia or by calling Russell
permit; Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby Mechem at (415) 972–3192.
14. Fixed monitoring frequency is providing notice of a proposed SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
replaced with tier-approach monitoring administrative de minimis settlement 122(g) of CERCLA gives EPA authority
frequency for intake velocity through concerning the Casmalia Resources to enter into administrative de minimis
the cooling water intake structure; and Superfund Site in Santa Barbara County, settlements. Section 122(i) of CERCLA
15. An exception to allow operators to California (the Casmalia Resources Site). and section 7003 of RCRA require that
submit SEAMAP data instead of CERCLA provides EPA with the EPA publish notice of a proposed
entrainment monitoring is added. authority to enter into administrative de administrative de minimis settlement.
16. Monitoring exception for sanitary minimis settlements. This settlement is This settlement is intended to resolve
and domestic waste discharges using intended to resolve the liabilities of the the liabilities of the settling parties
approved Marine Sanitation Devices 57 settling parties identified below for under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA
(MSDs) from previous permit was the Casmalia Resources Site. These and section 7003 of RCRA for the
reinstated. parties have also elected to resolve their Casmalia Resources Site.
Other Legal Requirements liability for response costs and potential The parties that have elected to settle
natural resource damage claims by the their liability with EPA at this time are
Executive Order 12866: Regulatory United States Fish and Wildlife Service as follows: ABB Group, Inc.; Advanced
Planning and Review and Executive (USFWS) and the National Oceanic and Structures Corporation; Alameda
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). County Fire Department; Alisal Guest
Regulatory Review These 57 parties sent 6,517,494 lbs. of Ranch and Golf Resort; ALSCO, Inc.;
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR waste to the Casmalia Resources Site, American Forest Products Co.; Angell
51735, October 4, 1993), this action is a which represents 0.00114 (0.114%) of and Giroux, Inc.; ASV Wines, Inc.;
‘‘significant regulatory action.’’ the total Site waste of 5.6 billion Cadet Uniform; Cambro Manufacturing;
Accordingly, EPA submitted this action pounds. This settlement requires these Coating Resources Corporation; Colfax
to the Office of Management and Budget parties to pay $590,772 to EPA. Corporation; Conejo Recreation & Park
(OMB) for review under Executive DATES: EPA will receive written District; County of Alameda; Custom
Orders 12866 and 13563 (76 FR 3821, comments relating to the settlement Building Products, Inc.; Data Products
January 21, 2011) and any changes made until November 1, 2017. EPA will Corporation; Denso Products and
in response to OMB recommendations consider all comments it receives during Services Americas, Inc. (on behalf of
have been documented in the docket for this period, and may modify or American Industrial Manufacturing
this action. withdraw consent to the settlement if Services); Electronic Precision
Consideration of Other Federal or any comments disclose facts or Specialties, Inc.; Federal Cartridge
State Laws. State certification under considerations indicating that the Company on behalf of Omark Industries;
section 401 of the CWA; consistency settlement is inappropriate, improper, Fuentes-Ford Enterprises; H–H Heat
with the State Coastal Management or inadequate. Treating, aka Bodycote Thermal
Program; and compliance with National Public Meeting: In accordance with Processing, Inc.; Hearst Corporation;
Environmental Policy Act, Endangered section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. Hendry Mechanical Works/Hendry
Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 6973(d), commenters may request an Telephone Products; Holz Rubber
Conservation and Management Act, opportunity for a public meeting in the Company, Inc.; Homer T. Hayward
Historic Preservation Act, Paperwork affected area. The deadline for Lumber Co., successor-in-interest to
Reduction Act, and Regulatory requesting a public meeting is October County Lumber Company; Hubbell, Inc.;
Flexibility Act are discussed in the 16, 2017. Requests for a public meeting J Buchbinder Industrial; Jervis B. Webb
Region’s Final Permit Fact Sheet. may be made by contacting Russell Company, as former shareholder of
Dated: September 19, 2017. Mechem by email at Mechem.russell@ Jervis B. Webb Company of California;
epa.gov. If a public meeting is KEC Company; Kelly Moore Paint
William B. Honker,
requested, information about the date Company, Inc.; Kem-Mil Company;
Director, Water Division, EPA Region 6.
and time of the meeting will be Kirby Automotive; Leidos, Inc.; Liquid
[FR Doc. 2017–21108 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] published in the local newspaper, The Carbonic Corp.; Liquid Waste Test
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Santa Maria Times, and will be sent to Facility; McCann’s Engineering & Mfg,
persons on the EPA’s Casmalia Co.; Moldex-Metric, Inc.; Monterey
Resources Site mailing list. To be added Regional Waste Management District;
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION to the mailing list, please contact:
AGENCY Munroe & Sons Manufacturing; Nestle
Alejandro Diaz at (415)972–3242 or by S.A.; Oscar E. Erickson, Inc.; PCL
[FRL–9968–39–Region 9] email at diaz.alejandro@epa.gov. Construction Company; Plasticolor
ADDRESSES: Written comments should Molded Products; Prime Healthcare;
Casmalia Resources Superfund Site; be addressed to Casmalia Case Team, Princeton Packaging, Inc.; Reynolds &
Notice of Proposed CERCLA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Taylor; Richards Surgical Mfg. Co.;
Administrative De Minimis Settlement Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street (mail Roofing Wholesale Company; Sage
AGENCY: Environmental Protection code SFD–7–1), San Francisco, Mitsubishi; Siemens Healthcare
California 94105–3901, or may be sent Diagnostics, Inc., settles on behalf of
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Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; request for public
by email to Mechem.russell@epa.gov. Syva Diagnostics Holding Company and
comment. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A entity Behring Diagnostics acquired
copy of the settlement document and through Dade-Behring; Specialty
SUMMARY: In accordance with the additional information about the Extrusion Ltd.; Successor Agency to
Comprehensive Environmental Casmalia Resources Site and the Culver City Redevelopment Agency;
Response, Compensation, and Liability proposed settlement may be obtained on Tenet Healthcare; Terminal Data
Act, as amended (CERCLA) and the the EPA-maintained Casmalia Resources Corporation; Thomsen Equipment

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Company, Inc.; University Financial; • Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, c. Ways to enhance the quality,
Western Industrial Maintenance. Board of Governors of the Federal utility, and clarity of the information to
Dated: September 15, 2017. Reserve System, 20th Street and be collected;
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, d. Ways to minimize the burden of
Enrique Manzanilla,
DC 20551. information collection on respondents,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA All public comments are available including through the use of automated
Region IX.
from the Board’s Web site at http:// collection techniques or other forms of
[FR Doc. 2017–21123 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am]
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/ information technology; and
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P proposedregs.aspx as submitted, unless e. Estimates of capital or startup costs
modified for technical reasons. and costs of operation, maintenance,
Accordingly, your comments will not be and purchase of services to provide
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM edited to remove any identifying or information.
contact information. Public comments At the end of the comment period, the
Proposed Agency Information may also be viewed electronically or in comments and recommendations
Collection Activities; Comment paper form in Room 3515, 1801 K Street received will be analyzed to determine
Request (between 18th and 19th Streets NW.,) the extent to which the Federal Reserve
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Washington, DC 20006 between 9:00 should modify the proposal prior to
Federal Reserve System. a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. giving final approval.
Additionally, commenters may send a
ACTION: Notice, request for comment. Proposal To Approve Under OMB
copy of their comments to the OMB
Desk Officer—Shagufta Ahmed—Office Delegated Authority the Extension for
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Three Years, With Revision, of the
Federal Reserve System (Board) invites of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New Following Reports
comment on a proposal to extend for
three years, with revision, the Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Report title: Interagency Notice of
Interagency Notice of Change in Control 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC Change in Control.
(FR 2081A; OMB No. 7100–0134), 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Agency form number: FR 2081A.
Interagency Notice of Change in Director FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A OMB control number: 7100–0134.
or Senior Executive Officer (FR 2081B; copy of the PRA OMB submission, Frequency: On occasion.
OMB No. 7100–0134), Interagency including the proposed reporting form Respondents: Individual (or a group
Biographical and Financial Report (FR and instructions, supporting statement, of individuals or companies that would
2081C; OMB No. 7100–0134), and the and other documentation will be placed not be bank holding companies (BHCs)
Interagency Bank Merger Act into OMB’s public docket files, once or savings and loan holding companies
Application (FR 2070; OMB No. 7100– approved. These documents will also be (SLHCs) after consummation of the
0171). made available on the Federal Reserve proposed transaction) seeking to acquire
On June 15, 1984, the Office of Board’s public Web site at: http:// shares of an insured depository
Management and Budget (OMB) www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ institution, SLHC, or BHC (or group of
delegated to the Board authority under reportforms/review.aspx or may be BHCs or SLHCs).
requested from the agency clearance Estimated number of respondents:
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to
officer, whose name appears below. 156.
approve of and assign OMB control
Federal Reserve Board Clearance Estimated average hours per response:
numbers to collection of information
Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of 30.5.
requests and requirements conducted or Estimated annual burden hours:
sponsored by the Board. In exercising the Chief Data Officer, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve 4,758.
this delegated authority, the Board is
directed to take every reasonable step to System, Washington, DC 20551 (202) Report title: Interagency Notice of
solicit comment. In determining 452–3829. Telecommunications Device Change in Director or Senior Executive
whether to approve a collection of for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact Officer.
(202) 263–4869, Board of Governors of Agency form number: FR 2081B.
information, the Board will consider all
the Federal Reserve System, OMB control number: 7100–0134.
comments received from the public and
Washington, DC 20551. Frequency: On occasion.
other agencies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Respondents: An insured depository
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
institution, savings and loan holding
or before December 1, 2017. Request for Comment on Information
company, bank holding company, or the
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Collection Proposals
affected individual.
identified by 7100–0134 or 7100–0171, The Board invites public comment on Estimated number of respondents:
by any of the following methods: the following information collection, 287.
• Agency Web site: http:// which is being reviewed under Estimated average hours per response:
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the authority delegated by the OMB under 2.
instructions for submitting comments at the PRA. Comments are invited on the Estimated annual burden hours: 574.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ following: Report title: Interagency Biographical
foia/proposedregs.aspx . a. Whether the proposed collection of and Financial Report.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// information is necessary for the proper Agency form number: FR 2081C.
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www.regulations.gov. Follow the performance of the Federal Reserve’s OMB control number: 7100–0134.
instructions for submitting comments. functions; including whether the Frequency: On occasion.
• Email: regs.comments@ information has practical utility; Respondents: Certain shareholders,
federalreserve.gov. Include OMB b. The accuracy of the Federal directors, and executive officers.
number in the subject line of the Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the Estimated number of respondents:
message. proposed information collection, 1,512.
• FAX: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– including the validity of the Estimated average hours per response:
3102. methodology and assumptions used; 4.5.

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice; request for public comment.
Dates		EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement until November 1, 2017. EPA will consider all comments it receives during this period, and may modify or withdraw consent to the settlement if any comments disclose facts or considerations indicating that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
Contact		A copy of the settlement document and additional information about the Casmalia Resources Site and the proposed settlement may be obtained on the EPA-maintained Casmalia Resources Site Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/casmalia or by calling Russell Mechem at (415) 972-3192.
FR Citation		82 FR 45846