[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66354-66355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29805]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9092-5]
McClellan Air Force Base Superfund Site; Proposed Notice of
Administrative Order on Consent
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 concerning portions of the McClellan Air Force Base Superfund
Site (``Site'') in McClellan, California has been negotiated by the
Agency and the Respondent, McClellan Business Park, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company. The proposed administrative order on consent
concerns cleanup of portions of the Site pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9604,
9606 and 9622 (``CERCLA''). Pursuant to a Federal Facilities Agreement
(``FFA''), the U.S. Air Force is performing the CERCLA response actions
for the Site; however, the FFA will be amended to suspend the
obligations of the Air Force to conduct the response actions undertaken
by the Respondent. The Air Force has prepared a Finding of Suitability
for Early Transfer (``FOSET''), which has been subject to a public
comment period. The Air Force will submit the FOSET to the
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 9, and the State of
California for their approval and upon approval of the FOSET, the Air
Force will transfer portions of the Site to the County of Sacramento,
which will then transfer those portions to the Respondent. The Air
Force and the County of Sacramento have entered into an Environmental
Services Cooperative Agreement, which requires the County of Sacramento
to perform certain CERCLA response actions on the transferred portions
of the Site, using funds supplied by the Air Force. The County of
Sacramento has contracted with Respondent to conduct those CERCLA
response actions. The proposed administrative order on
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consent would require the Respondent to prepare and perform removal
actions, one or more remedial investigations and feasibility studies
and one or more remedial designs and remedial actions for certain
contaminants present on the transferred portions of the Site, under the
oversight of EPA and the State of California. The administrative order
on consent also commits the Respondent to reimburse direct and indirect
future response costs incurred by EPA in connection with actions
conducted under CERCLA at the transferred portions of the Site.
For thirty (30) calendar days following the date of publication of
this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed
administrative order on consent. If requested prior to the expiration
of this public comment period, EPA will provide an opportunity for a
public meeting in the affected area. 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 January 14, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The proposed administrative order on consent may be obtained
from Judith Winchell, Docket Clerk, telephone (415) 972-3124. Comments
regarding the proposed administrative order on consent should be
addressed to Judith Winchell (SFD-7) at United States EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and should reference
``FOSET 1 Privatization, McClellan Superfund Site,'' and
``Docket No. R9-2008-08''.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Mueller, 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) 972-3953.
Dated: December 9, 2009.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E9-29805 Filed 12-14-09; 8:45 am]
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