[Federal Register: November 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 227)]
[Notices]
[Page 66173]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8499-2]
Proposed Cercla Administrative Agreement for the Recovery of Past
and Future Response Costs Incurred at the Vermiculite Intermountain
Site in Salt Lake City, UT
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of 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 administrative settlement under section 122(h)(1)of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), concerning the Vermiculite Intermountain Site
located at and around 333 West 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah. This
settlement, embodied in a CERCLA Section 104, 106(a), 107 and 122(h)
Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order On Consent for Removal
Action (``Agreement''), is designed to resolve the liability of
Settling Respondents for past and future costs at the Site through
covenants under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and
9607, while requiring long-term institutional controls to protect
remedies already in place at the Site. The proposed Agreement requires
the Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Supplemental Trust to pay a total of $100,000, La Quinta Properties,
Inc., to pay a total of $441,000 and recognizes PacifiCorp's
performance of approximately $3.5 million in cleanup work at the Site.
In addition, PacifiCorp and La Quinta Properties, Inc., will record
EPA-approved Environmental Covenants to ensure the continued protection
of remedial features at the Site.
Opportunity for Comment: For thirty (30) days following the date of
publication of this notice, the Agency will 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 EPA Region 8's Central Records Center, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, 3rd Floor, in Denver, Colorado.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The proposed Agreement and additional background information
relating to the settlement are available for public inspection at EPA
Region 8's Central Records Center, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 3rd Floor, in
Denver, Colorado. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed
Agreement should be addressed to Kelcey Land (8ENF-RC), Technical
Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, and should reference the
Settlement for the Vermiculite Intermountain Site, in Salt Lake City,
Utah.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelcey Land, Enforcement Specialist
(8ENF-RC), Technical Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-
6393.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regarding the proposed administrative
settlement under Sections 104, 106(a), 107 and 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9604, 9606(a), 9607 and 9622(h)(1): In accordance with section
122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given that the
terms of the Agreement have been agreed to by the Settling Respondents
and EPA. By the terms of the proposed Agreement, the Van Cott, Bagley,
Cornwall & McCarthy 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan Supplemental Trust will
pay a total of $100,000 and La Quinta Properties will pay $441,000 to
the Hazardous Substance Superfund. These payments, in addition to the
cleanup already performed by PacifiCorp, amounts to more than half of
the funds expended at the Site.
It is so agreed:
Dated: November 14, 2007.
Eddie A. Sierra,
Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement,
Compliance, and Environmental Justice, Region 8.
[FR Doc. E7-23064 Filed 11-26-07; 8:45 am]
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