[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8864-8865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2958]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8530-4]


Frontier Fertilizer Superfund Site; Proposed Notice of 
Administrative Order on Consent for Certain Remedial Activities in 
Connection With the Frontier Fertilizer Superfund Site

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 (``Agreement'') concerning certain remedial activities by a 
Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser in connection with remediation of the 
Frontier Fertilizer Superfund Site (``Site'') in Davis, California has 
been negotiated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') and Target Corporation (``Respondent'') subject to the final 
review and approval of the EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice. The 
proposed Agreement concerns relocation and abandonment of groundwater 
wells on Respondent's property pursuant to the Comprehensive

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Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9604, 
9606 and 9622 (``CERCLA''). Respondent's property is adjacent to the 
Frontier Fertilizer facility, and wells on Respondent's property are 
necessary for implementation of the remedial action at the Site. The 
Agreement requires that wells on Respondent's property be relocated 
under the oversight of EPA. The proposed Agreement includes EPA's 
covenant not to sue or to take administrative action against the 
Respondent, provided that the Respondent complies with all the terms 
and conditions of the Agreement. The Agreement also commits the 
Respondent to reimburse oversight costs incurred by EPA in connection 
with the work conducted under CERCLA at the Respondent's property.
    For thirty (30) calendar days following the date of publication of 
this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed 
Agreement. 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 March 17, 2008.
    Availability: The proposed Agreement may be obtained from Judith 
Winchell, Docket Clerk, telephone (415) 972-3124. Comments regarding 
the proposed Agreement should be addressed to Judith Winchell (SFD-7) 
at United States EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105, and should reference ``Frontier Fertilizer Superfund 
Site,'' and ``Docket No. R9-2008-01''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Benson, 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) 972-3918.

    Dated: January 15, 2008.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E8-2958 Filed 2-14-08; 8:45 am]
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