Notice2022-05489

CERCLA Cashout Settlement Agreement for the C-Brite Removal Site in Harbor City; Los Angeles County, California

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Published
March 16, 2022

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Environmental Protection Agency

Abstract

In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has entered into a proposed settlement, embodied in a Cashout Settlement Agreement for Ability to Pay Peripheral Parties ("Settlement Agreement"), with the Laffey Family Trust, dated August 6, 2001 (and amended January 24, 2013), and Virginia Laffey (collectively, "Settling Parties"), owners of the real property located at 1213 253rd Street, Harbor City, Los Angeles County, California, known as the Former C- Brite Metal Finishing Facility Site ("C-Brite Site" or "Site"). C- Brite Metal Finishing, Inc. operated a plating business at the Site from 1966 to 2017 and abandoned the property thereafter. Under the Settlement Agreement, the Settling Parties' CERCLA liability will be resolved in exchange for a lump sum payment of $100,000, which will be placed in a special account and used to fund response actions at the Site.

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14852-14853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05489]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA R9-2021-07; FRL-9389-01-R9]


CERCLA Cashout Settlement Agreement for the C-Brite Removal Site 
in Harbor City; Los Angeles County, California

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice 
is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has 
entered into a proposed settlement, embodied in a Cashout Settlement 
Agreement for Ability to Pay Peripheral Parties (``Settlement 
Agreement''), with the Laffey Family Trust, dated August 6, 2001 (and 
amended January 24, 2013), and Virginia Laffey (collectively, 
``Settling

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Parties''), owners of the real property located at 1213 253rd Street, 
Harbor City, Los Angeles County, California, known as the Former C-
Brite Metal Finishing Facility Site (``C-Brite Site'' or ``Site''). C-
Brite Metal Finishing, Inc. operated a plating business at the Site 
from 1966 to 2017 and abandoned the property thereafter. Under the 
Settlement Agreement, the Settling Parties' CERCLA liability will be 
resolved in exchange for a lump sum payment of $100,000, which will be 
placed in a special account and used to fund response actions at the 
Site.

DATES: The Agency will consider public comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement until April 15, 2022. EPA will consider all 
comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the 
Settlement Agreement if comments received disclose facts or 
considerations that indicate it is inappropriate, improper, or 
inadequate.

ADDRESSES: Please contact Harry Allen at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#25644949404b0b6d4457575c69654055440b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77361b1b1219593f1605050e3b3712071659101801">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or (415) 
218-7406 to request a copy of the Settlement Agreement. Comments on the 
Settlement Agreement should be submitted in writing to Mr. Allen at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2a6b46464f4404624b585853666a4f5a4b044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0a18c8c858ecea881929299aca0859081ce878f96">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Comments should reference the C-Brite Site and 
the EPA Docket Number for the Settlement Agreement, EPA R9-2021-07. If 
for any reason you are not able to submit a comment by email, please 
contact Mr. Allen at (415) 218-7406 to make alternative arrangements 
for submitting your comment. EPA's response to comments received may be 
obtained by contacting Mr. Allen at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89c8e5e5ece7a7c1e8fbfbf0c5c9ecf9e8a7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="33725f5f565d1d7b5241414a7f735643521d545c45">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or (415) 218-
7406.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry Allen, On-Scene Coordinator 
(SFD-9-2), Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9f8d5d5dcd797f1d8cbcbc0f5f9dcc9d897ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f2e03030a0141270e1d1d16232f0a1f0e41080019">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>; phone: (415) 218-
7406.

    Dated: March 9, 2022.
Michael Montgomery,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, EPA Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2022-05489 Filed 3-15-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


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