[Federal Register: December 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 242)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act; Polar 
Star Superfund Removal Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice, request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
CERCLE 122(H) Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs 
(``Agreement'') concerning the Polar Star Superfund Removal Site in 
Dutch Flat, California with Desert Star Group, Inc. (``DSGI'') and Tuli 
P. Haromy, the sole shareholder and sole officer of DSGI. The Agreement 
requires the settling parties to sell all the real property parcels 
owned by DSGI in Dutch Flat, and to pay 95% of the net proceeds from 
such sales to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the ``Agency'' 
or ``USEPA'') Hazardous Substance Superfund. All property must be 
listed with a real estate listing agent for a period of one year from 
the effective date of the Agreement. If any property is not sold within 
that period, it must be offered for sale at a public auction. Upon 
performance of the Agreement by the settling parties, the settling 
parties shall have resolved any and all civil liability to USEPA under 
section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607 (a), for reimbursement of past 
response costs. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication 
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to 
the Agreement. The Agency will

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consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent 
to the Agreement if comments received disclose facts or considerations 
which indicate that the Agreement is inappropriate, improper, or 
inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be 
available for public inspection at USEPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The proposed Agreement may be obtained from Judith Winchell, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, telephone (415) 972-3124. Comments 
regarding the proposed Agreement should be addressed to Judith Winchell 
(SFD-7) at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105, and should reference the Polar Star Superfund Removal 
Site, Dutch Flat, California, and USEPA Docket No. 2003-16.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Wirtschafter, Office of 
Regional Counsel, telephone (415) 972-3912, USEPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

    Dated: December 8, 2003.
Daniel A. Meer,
Chief, Response, Planning & Assessment Branch, Superfund Division (SFD-
9).
[FR Doc. 03-31120 Filed 12-16-03; 8:45 am]

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