Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices 58731

Comments should be addressed to Paul

J. Rogers, Enforcement Specialist,

(8ENF–T), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 999 18th Street,

Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202–

2405, and should reference the

Herriman Residential Soils Removal

Action Order, EPA Docket No.

CERCLA–VIII–97–08.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Rogers, Enforcement Specialist, at

303/312–6356.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to sections 104(a) and 122(a) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, as amended, (CERCLA), EPA and

Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

(Kennecott) have entered into an

Administrative Order on Consent

(Order) concerning the Herriman

Residential Soils Removal Action Site in

Herriman, Utah (Site). Under Phase I of

the Removal Action at the Site, EPA will

remove lead and arsenic contaminated

soils from approximately 30 residences

in Herriman, Utah. The Order requires

Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation to

provide transportation and disposal of

no more than 60,000 cubic yards of lead

and arsenic contaminated soils removed

by EPA and for Kennecott to provide no

more than 60,000 cubic yards of clean

backfill as part of the Phase I response

action. Upon completion of the action,

EPA will covenant not to sue Kennecott

for any failure to perform the work

agreed to in the Order. EPA also

proposes to provide Kennecott with

contribution protection for matters

addressed in this Order to the extent

provided by section 113(f)(2) of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2). Matters

addressed are defined in the Order as

response actions taken or to be taken by

the EPA or any other person (as that

term is defined by section 101(21) of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601(21)) and all

response costs incurred and to be

incurred by the EPA or any other person

(as that term is defined by section

101(21) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601(21))

at or in connection with Phase I

Herriman Residential Soils Removal.

For a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication, the public may

submit comments to EPA relating to the

contribution protection proposed to be

conferred in this Order. A copy of the

Order may be obtained from Paul J.

Rogers, Enforcement Specialist,

(8ENF–T), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 999 18th Street,

Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202–

2405. Additional background

information relating to the Order and

the Site is available for review at the

Superfund Records Center at the

address listed above.

Dated: October 2, 1997.

Carol Rushin,

Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of

Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental

Justice, Region VIII.

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Notice of Tentative Decision To Deny

Fundamentally Different Factors

Variance Requests

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative decision to

deny Fundamentally Different Factors

Variance requests.

SUMMARY: EPA Region 6 intends to deny

the Fundamentally Different Factors

Variance requests submitted by a group

of Oil and Gas Industry companies that

own and operate oil production

platforms and developed and

undeveloped lease blocks in the Gulf of

Mexico. These facilities are subject to

limitations for the Offshore Subcategory

of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point

Source Category. The requests seek

alternate best available technology

economically achievable (BAT) oil and

grease limits for produced water

discharges.

DATES: Comments on this tentative

decision to deny these Fundamentally

Different Variance requests must be

submitted by December 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this tentative

decision should be sent to the Regional

Administrator, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Wilma Turner, Customer Service Branch

(6WQ–CA), EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733,

Telephone: (214) 665–7516, Fax: 214–

665–6490, E-mail:

TURNER.WILMA@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV

Copies of the tentative decision may

be obtained from Ms. Turner.

The administrative record for this

tentative decision will be available for

viewing at the EPA Headquarters Water

Docket, room M2616, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20460, Monday

through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

The phone number is 202–260–3027.

Please ask for the public record for the

Offshore Oil and Gas FDF Tentative

Denial.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sixteen

Oil and Gas Industry companies that

own and operate oil production

platforms and developed and

undeveloped lease blocks in the Gulf of

Mexico have submitted Clean Water Act

section 301(b)(1)(A), 301(b)(2)(A) and

301(b)(2)(E) fundamentally Different

Factors (FDF) variance requests. These

requests seek alternate best available

technology economically achievable

(BAT) oil and grease limits for produced

water discharges. These facilities are

subject to limitations for the Oil and Gas

Extraction Point Source Category,

Subpart A—Offshore Subcategory

specified in 40 CFR 435. The companies

seeking variances are: Anadarko

Petroleum Corporation, ARCO Oil and

Gas Company, Chevron USA Production

Company, Conoco, Inc., CanadianOxy

Offshore Production Company,

Freeport-McMoRan, Kerr-McGee

Corporation, Marathon Oil Company,

Pennzoil Petroleum Company, Pennzoil

Exploration and Production Company,

Shell Offshore, Inc., Shell Western

Exploration and Production, Inc.,

Texaco Exploration and Production,

Inc., Texaco, Inc., Four Star Oil and Gas

Company and Union Oil Company of

California.

This is to give notice that the Regional

Administrator intents to deny the FDF

Variance requests because they do not

satisfy the criteria specified in section

301(n) of the Clean Water Act or 40 CFR

125.31. This decision is tentative and

open to comment from the public.

EPA’s comments and public hearing

procedures may be found at 40 CFR

124.10 and 124.12 (48 FR 14264, April

1, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 38051,

September 26, 1984). During the

comment period, any interested person

may request a Public Hearing by filing

a written request which must state the

issues to be raised. A public hearing

will be held when EPA finds a

significant degree of public interest.

EPA will notify each person who has

submitted written comments or

requested notice of the final decision. A

final decision means a final decision to

grant or deny the Fundamentally

Different Factors Variance request.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

Jerry Clifford,

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region

6.

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