[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 51 (Friday, March 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 12611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4867]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8288-3]
McClellan Air Force Base Superfund Site Proposed Notice of
Administrative Order on Consent
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative order on
consent concerning portions of the McClellan Air Force Base Superfund
Site (``Site'') in McClellan, California has been negotiated by the
Agency and the Respondent, McClellan Business Park, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company. The proposed administrative order on consent
concerns cleanup of portions of the Site pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9604,
9606 and 9622 (``CERCLA''). Pursuant to a Federal Facilities Agreement
(``FFA''), the U.S. Air Force is performing the CERCLA response actions
for the Site; however, the FFA will be amended to suspend the
obligations of the Air Force to conduct the response actions undertaken
by the Respondent. The Air Force has prepared a Finding of Suitability
for Early Transfer (``FOSET''), which will be submitted to the
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 9, and the State of
California for their approval after a public comment period. Upon
approval of the FOSET, the Air Force will transfer portions of the Site
to the County of Sacramento, which will then transfer those portions to
the Respondent. The Air Force and the County of Sacramento have entered
into an Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement, which requires
the County of Sacramento to perform certain CERCLA response actions on
the transferred portions of the Site, using funds supplied by the Air
Force. The County of Sacramento has contracted with Respondent to
conduct those CERCLA response actions. The proposed administrative
order on consent would require the Respondent to prepare and perform
removal actions, one or more remedial investigations and feasibility
studies and one or more remedial designs and remedial actions for
certain contaminants present on the transferred portions of the Site,
under the oversight of EPA and the State of California. The
administrative order on consent also commits the Respondent to
reimburse direct and indirect future response costs incurred by EPA in
connection with actions conducted under CERCLA at the transferred
portions of the Site.
For thirty (30) calendar days following the date of publication of
this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed
administrative order on consent. 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 April 16, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The proposed administrative order on consent may be obtained
from Judith Winchell, Docket Clerk, telephone (415) 972-3124. Comments
regarding the proposed administrative order on consent should be
addressed to Judith Winchell (SFD-7) at United States EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and should reference
``Parcel C6 Privatization, McClellan Superfund Site,'' and ``Docket No.
R9-2006-27''.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Mueller, Assistant Regional
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; E-mail:
[email protected]; phone: (415) 972-3953.
Dated: March 9, 2007.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E7-4867 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am]
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