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ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; 

request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement for 

recovery of past response costs 

concerning the Peabody Street Asbestos 

Superfund Site, located in Salem, Essex 

County, Massachusetts with the settling 

parties Massachusetts Electric Company 

and National Grid USA. The proposed 

settlement requires the settling parties 

to pay $850,000, plus interest, to the 

Hazardous Substance Superfund. In 

exchange, EPA will provide the settling 

parties a covenant not to sue. The 

settlement has been approved by the 

Environmental and Natural Resources 

Division of the United States 

Department of Justice. For 30 days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will receive written 

comments relating to the settlement for 

recovery of response costs. The Agency 

will consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

this cost recovery settlement if 

comments received disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. The Agency’s response to 

any comments received will be available 

for public inspection at the Salem 

Public Library, 370 Essex Street, Salem, 

MA 01970 and at the Environmental 

Protection Agency—Region I, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 

02109–3912. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

November 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Kevin Pechulis, 

Enforcement Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 5 

Post Office Square, Suite 100 

(OES04–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912 

(Telephone No. 617–918–1612) and 

should reference the Peabody Street 

Asbestos Superfund Site, U.S. EPA 

Docket No: 01–2015–0052. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the proposed settlement may be 

obtained from Stacy Greendlinger, 

Office of Site Remediation and 

Restoration, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR02–2), 

Boston, MA 02109–3912, (617) 918– 

1403; greendlinger.stacy@epa.gov. 

Technical questions can also be directed 

to Stacy Greendlinger. For legal 

questions, Kevin Pechulis, Office of 

Environmental Stewardship, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 5 

Post Office Square, Suite 100 

(OES04–3), Boston, MA 02109–3912, 

(617) 918–1612; Pechulis.kevin@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed administrative settlement for 

recovery of past response costs 

concerning the Peabody Street Asbestos 

Superfund Site, located in Salem, Essex 

County, Massachusetts is made in 

accordance with Section 122(i) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(i). The settling parties to this 

administrative settlement include: 

Massachusetts Electric Company and 

National Grid USA. The settlement 

includes a covenant not to sue the 

settling parties pursuant to Section 106 

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, and Section 

107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). 

For 30 days following the date of 

publication of this notice, the Agency 

will receive written comments relating 

to the settlement for recovery of 

response costs (Section XIV of the 

proposed settlement). 

Dated: October 7, 2015. 

Nancy Barmakian, 

Acting Director, Office of Site Remediation 

and Restoration. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–OGC–2015–0677; FRL 9935–89–OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby 

given of a proposed consent decree to 

address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club 

and Physicians For Social 

Responsibility—Los Angeles 

(‘‘Plaintiffs’’) in the United States 

District Court for the Central District of 

California: Sierra Club, et al. v. EPA, No. 

2:15–cv–3798–ODW (ASx) (C.D. CA.) 

(filed May 20, 2015). Plaintiffs filed a 

lawsuit alleging that Gina McCarthy, in 

her official capacity as Administrator of 

the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) and Jared 

Blumenfeld, in his official capacity as 

Regional Administrator of the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region IX (collectively, 

‘‘EPA’’), failed to perform duties 

mandated by CAA to take final action to 

approve or disapprove, in whole or in 

part, the portions of the South Coast Air 

Quality Management District’s Final 

2012 Air Quality Management Plan that 

address attainment of the 2006 fine 

particulate matter (‘‘PM2.5’’) NAAQS, 

which California submitted to EPA on 

February 13, 2013. The proposed 

consent decree would establish 

deadlines for EPA to take certain 

specified actions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by November 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

OGC–2015–0677, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

or by hand delivery or courier to EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. Comments on 

a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted 

in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use 

of special characters and any form of 

encryption, and may be mailed to the 

mailing address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geoffrey L. Wilcox, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–5601; fax number: (202) 564–5603; 

email address: wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by the Plaintiffs 

seeking to compel EPA to take actions 

required under CAA section 110(k)(2)– 

(4). The Plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleged that 

EPA has a mandatory duty to take final 

action to approve or disapprove, in 

whole or in part, the portions of the 

South Coast Air Quality Management 

District’s Final 2012 Air Quality 

Management Plan that address 

attainment of the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

California made this SIP submission on 

February 13, 2013. The submission was 

complete by operation of law on August 

13, 2013. Section 110(k)(2) requires EPA 

to take action on a SIP submission 

within one year of the date it is 

complete. The Plaintiffs allege that EPA 

had a mandatory duty to take action on 

the submission by August 13, 2014. 

Under the terms of the proposed 

consent decree, EPA must take final 

action no later than March 15, 2016, 


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with respect to this claim. See the 

proposed consent decree for the specific 

details. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this 

proposed consent decree should be 

withdrawn, the terms of the consent 

decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the proposed consent 

decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed 

consent decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by EPA–OGC–2015– 

0677) contains a copy of the proposed 

partial consent decree. The official 

public docket is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: October 13, 2015. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9935–95–OA] 

Notice of Meeting of the EPA 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby 

given that the next meeting of the 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) will be held 

November 12 and 13, 2015 at the 

National Archives Museum (700 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20408) in the Jefferson Room. The 

CHPAC advises the Environmental 

Protection Agency on science, 

regulations, and other issues relating to 

children’s environmental health. 

DATES: November 12 and 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: 700 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20408. Enter on 

7th Street near Constitution Avenue. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martha Berger, Office of Children’s 

Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564–2191 

or berger.martha@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meetings of the CHPAC are open to the 

public. The CHPAC will meet on 

Thursday, November 12 from 1 p.m. to 

5:30 p.m. and Friday, November 13 from 

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Jefferson Room. 

An agenda will be posted to epa.gov/

children. 

Access and Accommodations: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Martha Berger at 202–564–2191 

or berger.martha@epa.gov., preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting. 

Martha Berger, 

Designated Federal Official. 

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