Notice2024-19708
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for Payment of Past Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation Response Costs at the Glendale North and South Operable Units of the San Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site in Glendale, California
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Published
September 3, 2024
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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 an Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs ("Settlement Agreement"), with the Glendale Respondents Group ("GRG"). Under the Settlement Agreement, the GRG agrees to pay $3,261,293 to reimburse EPA for costs paid at or in connection with the San Fernando Valley Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation between December 31, 1997, and September 30, 2016, that were allocated by EPA to the San Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site, Glendale North and South Operable Units ("GNOU" and "GSOU," collectively the "GOUs").
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71269-71270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19708]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R9-2024-02; FRL-12190-01-R9]
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for
Payment of Past Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation Response Costs at the
Glendale North and South Operable Units of the San Fernando Valley
(Area 2) Superfund Site in Glendale, 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 an
Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs
(``Settlement Agreement''), with the Glendale Respondents Group
(``GRG''). Under the Settlement Agreement, the GRG agrees to pay
$3,261,293 to reimburse EPA for costs paid at or in connection with the
San Fernando Valley Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation between December
31, 1997, and September 30, 2016, that were allocated by EPA to the San
Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site, Glendale North and South
Operable Units (``GNOU'' and ``GSOU,'' collectively the ``GOUs'').
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The Settlement Agreement is available for public inspection
on EPA's web page at <a href="https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/09/100037898.pdf">https://semspub.epa.gov/src/document/09/100037898.pdf</a>, or at the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
Superfund Records Center, 75 Hawthorne Street, Room 3110, San
Francisco, California 94105. Telephone: 415-947-8717. Comments should
be addressed to Stephanie Oehler, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of
Regional Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105; or emailed to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4728222f2b223569343322372f26292e220722372669202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d22282521283f633e39283d252c2324280d283d2c632a223b">[email protected]</span></a> and should reference the GOUs and the EPA
Docket Number for the Settlement Agreement, EPA R9-2024-02. EPA's
response to any comments received will be available for public
inspection at the same address. EPA will also post its response to
comments at <a href="https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.docdata&id=0902252">https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.docdata&id=0902252</a>, EPA's web page for the
San Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Oehler, Assistant Regional
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California
94105; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#48272d20242d3a663b3c2d38202926212d082d3829662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7718121f1b120559040312071f16191e123712071659101801">[email protected]</span></a>; 415-972-3928.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this proposed Settlement Agreement
is made in accordance with section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i).
The Settlement Agreement concerns costs paid by EPA for the San
Fernando Valley Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation, in connection with
the San Fernando Valley (Area 2) Superfund Site and the GOUs. These are
CERCLA response actions taking place in Los Angeles County, California,
where groundwater contamination has come to be located. The GRG, which
agrees to pay $3,261,293, is the only party to the Settlement
Agreement. EPA intends to seek to recover the remaining
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San Fernando Valley Basin-Wide Remedial Investigation response costs
from other responsible parties in the future; however, because EPA is
not recovering one hundred percent of its past costs at this time, this
Settlement Agreement represents a compromise of EPA's costs. The
Settlement Agreement includes two covenants not to sue pursuant to
sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). EPA will
consider all comments received on the Settlement Agreement in
accordance with the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this Notice and may
modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement Agreement if comments
received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
Parties to the Proposed Settlement: Coltec Industries, Inc.,
Menasco Aerosystems Division; Eaton Filtration LLC, as successor in
interest to Vickers Incorporated; Foto-Kem Industries, Inc.; Haskel
International, LLC, formerly Haskel International, Inc.; International
Electronic Research Corporation; ITT LLC, as successor in interest to
ITT Industries, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Lockheed Martin
Librascope Corporation; Pacific Bell Telephone Company, formerly
Pacific Bell, formerly The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company;
Philips North America LLC, as successor in interest to Philips
Components, a Division of Philips Electronics North America
Corporation; PRC-DeSoto International, Inc., formerly Courtaulds
Aerospace, Inc.; The Prudential Insurance Company of America; Ralphs
Grocery Co.; Union Pacific Railroad Company, formerly Southern Pacific
Transportation Co.; Vorelco, Inc.; and Walt Disney Pictures and
Television.
Dated: August 27, 2024.
Dana Barton,
Acting Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, EPA
Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2024-19708 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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