San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites; Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 58406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28389]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6466-9]


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 September 30, 1999, 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 the Industry Urban Development Agency (the ``Purchaser'') 
and the City of Industry, California. The Purchaser plans to acquire a 
17 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 solid waste transfer and 
recycling station. The proposed settlement requires the Purchaser to 
make a one-time payment of $25,000, which would be used 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 November 29, 1999.

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 EPA at the address listed below. 
Comments should reference ``Industry Urban-Development Agency 
Prospective Purchaser Agreement, Docket No. 99-11, San Gabriel Valley 
Superfund Sites'' and should be directed to Brett Moffatt at the 
address below.

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 A. Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-28389 Filed 10-28-99; 8:45 am]
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