[Federal Register: August 23, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 162)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7957-4]

 
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Agreement for Recovery of Past 
Response Costs; A-American Environmental Superfund Removal Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended by 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Action (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed Administrative 
Order on Consent (``AOC,'' Region 9 Docket No. 9-2005-0014) pursuant to 
section 122(h) of CERCLA concerning the A-American Environmental 
Removal Site (the ``Site''), located in Alhambra, California. The 
respondents to the AOC are thirty-one among approximately 600 parties 
that arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances at the Site, for 
which EPA incurred response costs. The respondents are: United States 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Alger Manufacturing Company, Inc.; 
American Fabrication Corp.; City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public Works; 
County of Los Angeles; Duthie Electric; Epmar Corporation; EZ Lube, 
Inc.; FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.; Flint Ink North America 
Corporation; Forrest Machining, Inc.; Graphic Center; Gruber Systems, 
Inc.; Haskel International Inc.; Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, Inc.; Los 
Angeles Chemical Co.; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation 
Authority; M C Gill Corp.; NeoMPS,

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Inc.; Opi Products Inc.; Remo, Inc.; Santa Catalina Island Company; 
Sundance Spas, Inc.; Ultra-Flex Moulding Inc.; Vista Paint Corp.; 
California Acrylic Inc.; Sterigenics EO, Inc.; Mansfield Plumbing 
Products, LLC; Semtech Corp.; State of California, Office of State 
Publishing; and State of California, Dept. of Transportation.
    Through the proposed AOC, these settling parties will reimburse the 
United States $259,472 of its response costs, which total $683,755. The 
AOC provides the settling parties with a covenant not to sue and 
contribution protection for the costs and the removal action at the 
Site. The AOC will supplement EPA's previous cost recovery settlement, 
EPA Docket No. 9-2004-0014.
    For thirty (30) day following the date of publication of this 
Notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the 
proposed AOC. The Agency's response to any comments will be available 
for public inspection at EPA'S Region IX offices, located at 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 22, 2005.

ADDRESSES: 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 EPA Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and should 
reference the A-American Environmental Superfund Removal Site, 
Alhambra, California, and USEPA Docket No. 9-2005-0014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Andrew Helmlinger, Office of 
Regional Counsel, telephone (415) 972-3904, USEPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

    Dated: August 12, 2005.
Keith A. Takata,
Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 05-16684 Filed 8-22-05; 8:45 am]

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