56190 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 1997 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection

Activities; OMB Responses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) responses to Agency clearance

request, in compliance with the

paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et. seq.). An agency may not

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

required to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s

regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9

and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer (202) 260–2740, please

refer to the appropriate EPA Information

Collection Request (ICR) Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance

Requests

OMB Approvals

EPA ICR No. 1812.01; Public Water

Systems Annual Compliance Report;

was approved 09/30/97; OMB No. 2040–

0186; expires 09/30/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1176.05; NSPS for New

Residential Wood Heaters—40 CFR

60.530 thru 60.539(b), Subpart AAA;

was approved 09/26/97; OMB No. 2060–

0161; expires 09/30/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1672.02; Request for

Information for Bioremediation Field

Initiative Database System; was

approved 05/15/97; OMB No. 2080–

0048; expires 05/31/2000.

OMB Disapprovals

EPA ICR No. 1813.01; Information

Collection Request of Proposed Regional

Haze Rule; was disapproved by OMB

10/03/97.

EPA ICR No. 1801.01; National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants Cement Manufacturing; was

disapproved by OMB 10/03/97.

EPA ICR No. 1788.01 NESHAP for

Source Category: Oil and Natural Gas

Production; was disapproved by OMB

10/14/97.

EPA ICR No. 1789.01; NESHAP for

Source Category: Natural Gas

Transmission and Storage; was

disapproved by OMB 10/14/97.

Notice of Short Term Extensions

EPA ICR No. 1676.01; Clean Air Act

Tribal Authority; OMB No. 2060–0306;

expiration date was extended from

10/31/97 to 03/31/98.

EPA ICR No. 1637.03; Determining

Conformity of General Federal Actions

to State Implementation Plans; OMB No.

2060–0279; expiration date was

extended from 10/31/97 to 04/30/98.

Dated: October 23, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Division Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–28646 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Proposed Settlement Under Section

104 and 122(h) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act;

Yakima Plating Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative settlement and

opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking

public comment on a proposed

administrative settlement to resolve

claims against Robert and Shirley

Mastel under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended

(CERCLA). Notice is being published to

inform the public of the proposed

settlement and of the opportunity to

comment. The settlement is intended to

resolve all liabilities of Robert and

Shirley Mastel for costs incurred by EPA

at the former Yakima Plating Company

electroplating facility in Yakima,

Washington.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: Comments

must be provided on or before

November 28, 1997. The public is

encouraged to comment on the

proposed settlement, called an

Administrative Order on Consent, in

writing during the pubic comment

period. Comments should be sent to:

Sean Sheldrake, Project Manager, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (ECL–

111), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,

Washington 98101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with section 122(h) of

CERCLA, notice is hereby given of a

proposed administrative settlement

concerning the Yakima Plating

hazardous waste Site located at 1804 1⁄2

South Third Street, Yakima,

Washington. The Site was listed on the

National Priorities List (NPL) on March

31, 1989 (54 FR 13296). EPA completed

a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility

Study for the Site on August 1, 1991. A

Record of Decision (ROD) for the Site

was issued by EPA on September 30,

1991. The ROD’s selected remedy

included excavation and

decontamination of underground tanks

on-Site, removal of electroplating

liquids stored in containers, excavation

of contaminated soils, disposal of

contaminated soils at an off-site

hazardous waste disposal facility, and

monitoring of the groundwater under

the Site. On June 15, 1992, EPA

removed approximately 2567 cubic

yards of contaminated soil and debris

from the Site. The Site was then

backfilled with gravel and a layer of

topsoil. Results of groundwater

monitoring indicated that no further

work was necessary at the Site to protect

human health and the environment. As

such, the Site was removed from the

NPL on August 23, 1994 (59 FR 43291).

Cleanup costs incurred by EPA totaled

more than $2.5 million, excluding

interest. Subject to review by the public

pursuant to this Notice, the agreement

has been approved by the United States

Department of Justice.

The EPA is entering into this

agreement under the authority of

sections 122(h), 104, and 107 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), 9604, and

9607. Section 122(h) authorizes

administrative cost recovery settlements

with responsible parties, and where the

total response costs exceed $500,000,

such cost recovery settlements must be

approved by the Department of Justice.

Under this authority, the agreement

proposes to settle with Robert and

Shirley Mastel, the owners of the

property upon which Yakima Plating

Company operated its chrome replating

facility. In the proposed agreement,

Robert and Shirley Mastel, owners of

the property, have agreed to reimburse

EPA $50,000, which is the fair market

value of the property that was cleaned

up by EPA. Payment will be made

within 30 days of the effective date of

the Administrative Order. They have

also agreed to pay EPA 50 percent of

any money that they are able to recover

from other potentially responsible

parties or insurance companies related

to the Site. Upon making their initial

payment to EPA, Robert and Shirley

Mastel will receive a release from

further civil or administrative liabilities

for the Site and will receive statutory

contribution protection under section

122(h)(4).

EPA will receive written comments

relating to this proposed settlement for