[Federal Register: June 2, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 105)]
[Notices]
[Page 32750-32751]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7506-6]
Notice of Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement Pursuant to
CERCLA and RCRA, BKK Landfill Site, West Covina, CA
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed prospective purchaser
agreement associated with the BKK Landfill site, located in West
Covina, Los Angeles County, California was
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executed by the Agency on May 22, 2003, and concurred upon by the
United States Department of Justice on May 13, 2003. The site is an
interim status hazardous waste facility. The agreement, between the
City of West Covina, California (the ``City''), and the United States,
is subject to final approval after the comment period. The Prospective
Purchaser Agreement would resolve certain potential EPA claims under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), and potential claims under section 3008(h) of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'').
The City plans to purchase approximately 158 acres of the 583-acre
BKK hazardous waste facility for redevelopment into sports, recreation
and commercial uses. Under this proposed prospective purchaser
agreement, the City would be required to implement a workplan for
monitoring soil, soil-gas and indoor air at any development involving a
park or playground that the City approves on certain specified portions
of the property it plans to purchase if the facility owner/operator,
the BKK Corporation (``BKK''), fails to do so and if funds are
available to the City to implement that workplan. Under a separate
agreement being entered into between the City, BKK and Wells Fargo
Bank, the City also has certain obligations to oversee BKK's use of the
funds obtained from the purchase of the property for compliance with
local, State and federal requirements at the BKK Landfill site.
The City is required to grant access to the property to EPA, its
authorized officers, employees, representatives, and all other persons
performing response actions under EPA oversight.
For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the
proposed settlement. The Agency's response to any comments received
will be available for public inspection at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
California 94105 and the information repository for the BKK Landfill
site located at the West Covina Public Library, 1601 West Covina
Parkway, West Covina, CA 91790.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 2, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to Mimi Newton, Assistant Regional
Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105 (e-mail:
newton.mimi@epa.gov). Comments should reference ``The BKK Landfill Site
Prospective Purchaser Agreement.''
Availability: The proposed settlement is available for public
inspection at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and the information
repository for the BKK Landfill site located at the West Covina Public
Library, 1601 West Covina Parkway, West Covina, CA 91790. A copy of the
proposed agreement may be obtained from Mimi Newton, Assistant Regional
Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105 (e-mail:
newton.mimi@epa.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mimi Newton, Assistant Regional
Counsel (ORC-3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 972-3941; e-
mail: newton.mimi@epa.gov.
Dated: May 21, 2003.
Jeff Scott,
Director, Waste Management Division, Region IX.
Dated: May 16, 2003.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 03-13699 Filed 5-30-03; 8:45 am]
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