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Denver, Colorado 80202–2466, and

should refer to: In the Matter of:

Portland Cement-Horman-Redwood

Settlement Agreements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew Cohn, (8ENF–L), Senior

Enforcement Attorney, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado, 80202–2466, (303)

312–6853.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the proposed Settlement Agreements

may be obtained in person or by mail

from Sharon Abendschan, Enforcement

Specialist (ENF–T), Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999

18th Street, Suite 500, Denver,

Colorado, 80202–2466, (303) 312–6957.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Carol Rushin,

Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of

Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental

Justice.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5947–7]

Proposed Administrative Settlement

Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act; in Re:

Gaynor Stafford Industries Superfund

Site; Stafford, CT

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed prospective

purchaser agreement and request for

public comment.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is proposing to enter into

a prospective purchaser agreement to

address claims under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42

U.S.C. 9601 et seq. Notice is being

published to inform the public of the

proposed settlement and of the

opportunity to comment. The settlement

is intended to resolve the liability under

CERCLA of C & C Industrial, L.L.C., for

injunctive relief and for costs incurred

or to be incurred by EPA in conducting

response actions at the Gaynor Stafford

Industries Superfund Site in Stafford,

Connecticut.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before February 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, JFK Federal Building,

Mailcode RAA, Boston, Massachusetts

02203, and should refer to: In re: C & C

Industrial, L.L.C., U.S. EPA Docket No.

CERCLA–I–97–1096.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Audrey Zucker, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, J.F.K. Federal

Building, Mailcode SES, Boston,

Massachusetts 02203, (617) 565–3444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C.

9601 et seq., notice is hereby given of

a proposed prospective purchaser

agreement concerning the Gaynor

Stafford Industries Superfund Site in

Stafford, Connecticut. The settlement

was approved by EPA Region I on

November 15, 1997, and by the U.S.

Department of Justice on December 8,

1997, subject to review by the public

pursuant to this Notice. C & C

Industrial, L.L.C. has executed a

signature page committing it to

participate in the settlement. Under the

proposed settlement, the Setting

Respondent is required to pay $30,000

to the Hazardous Substances Superfund

and to provide access to the property. In

exchange, the Settling Respondent is

granted a covenant not to sue under

CERCLA and protection from

contribution actions or claims under

CERCLA with respect to the existing

contamination at the site. EPA believes

the settlement is fair and in the public

interest.

EPA will receive written comments

relating to this settlement for thirty (30)

days from the date of publication of this

Notice.

A copy of the proposed administrative

settlement may be obtained in person or

by mail from Audrey Zucker, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, JFK

Federal Building, Mailcode SES, Boston,

Massachusetts 02203, (617) 565–3444.

The Agency’s response to any

comments received will be available for

public inspection with the Docket Clerk,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, JFK Federal Building,

Mailcode RAA, Boston, Massachusetts

02203 (U.S. EPA Docket No. CERCLA–

I–97–1096).

Dated: December 12, 1997.

John P. DeVillars,

Regional Administrator.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5946–1]

Proposed Administrative Order on

Consent; Reclaim Barrel Site, Salt Lake

County, UT

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (U.S. EPA).

ACTION: Proposed Section 122(g)(4) De

Minimis Settlements.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirements of Section 122(g)(4) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

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

9601 et seq., notice is hereby given of

a proposed de minimis settlement

agreement under Section 122(g)(4), 42

U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), concerning the

Reclaim Barrel Site in Salt Lake County,

Utah (the ‘‘Site’’). The proposed

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)

requires the settling party, Western

Dairymen Cooperative, Incorporated to

pay a total of $1,104 to resolve its

liability for response costs incurred and

to be incurred by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’) in connection with the

remediation of the Reclaim Barrel Site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted to

EPA on or before February 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Matthew Cohn, (8ENF–L),

Senior Enforcement Attorney, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado 80202–2466, and

should refer to: In the Matter of: Reclaim

Barrel Site Administrative Settlement

Agreement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew Cohn, (8ENF–L), Senior

Enforcement Attorney, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado, 80202–2466, (303)

312–6853.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

Section 122(g)(4), 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4),

Administrative Order on Consent De

Minimis Settlement: In accordance with

Section 122(g)(4) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9622(g)(4), notice is hereby given that

the terms of an Administrative Orders

on Consent (AOC) for a de minimis

settlement has been agreed to by the

settling party, Western Dairymen

Cooperative, Incorporated.

By the terms of the proposed AOC,

Western Dairymen Cooperative,

Incorporated will pay $1,104 to the EPA

Hazardous Substance Superfund. In

exchange for payment, as provided for

by CERCLA, the settling party will
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receive a covenant not to sue for

liability under sections 106 and 107(a)

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a),

and contribution protection under

Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9622(g).

The amount that will paid is directly

related to the amount of hazardous

substances that Western Dairymen

Cooperative, Incorporated contributed

to the Site, including a premium

payment related to future response

costs.

U.S. EPA will receive, for a period of

thirty (30) days from the date of this

publication, comments relating to the

proposed administrative de minimis

settlement agreement.

A copy of the proposed AOC may be

obtained in person or by mail from

Sharon Abendschan, Enforcement

Specialist (ENF–T), Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999

18th Street, Suite 500, Denver,

Colorado, 80202–2466, (303) 312–6957.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Carol Rushin,

Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of

Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental

Justice.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5947–1]

Revised Draft National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) General Permits for the

Eastern Portion of Outer Continental

Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico

(GMG280000)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Revised Draft (NPDES)

General Permit Reissuance, Notice to

States of Mississippi, Alabama and

Florida for Consistency Review with

approved Coastal Management

Programs.

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator

(RA) of EPA Region 4 (the ‘‘Region’’) is

today proposing to revise in part Draft

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES) general

permits for the Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (General

Permit No. GMG280000), published at

61 FR 64876 on December 9, 1996 for

discharges in the Offshore Subcategory

of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point

Source Category (40 CFR part 435,

subpart A). The existing permit, jointly

issued by Regions 4 and 6 and

published at 51 FR 24897 on July 9,

1986, authorizes discharges from

exploration, development, and

production facilities located in and

discharging to all Federal waters of the

Gulf of Mexico seaward of the outer

boundary of the territorial seas. Region

6 issued a final permit (General Permit

No. GMG290000) for the Western

portion of the OCS of the Gulf of

Mexico, published at 57 FR 54642 on

November 19, 1992 for facilities in

Federal waters seaward of Louisiana

and Texas Waters. Today’s version

extends permit coverage to the Central

Planning Area, except specified areas of

the Central Planning Area which are

designated as Areas of Biological

Concern. Today’s proposed revised draft

NPDES permits cover existing and new

source facilities in the Eastern Planning

Area (Alternative B of the

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS))

with operations on Federal leases

occurring in water depths seaward of

200 meters, occurring offshore the

coasts of Florida and Alabama, and

existing and new source facilities in the

Central Planning Area (Alternative A of

the EIS), with operations located in and

discharging pollutants to federal waters

in lease blocks located seaward of the

outer boundary of the territorial seas

offshore Mississippi and Alabama. The

western boundary of the coverage area

is demarcated by Mobile and Viosca

Knoll leases located seaward of the

outer boundary of the territorial seas

from the coasts of Mississippi and

Alabama in the Central Planning Area;

except specific areas in the Central

Planning Area which may be designated

by EPA as Areas of Biological Concern

(See Fact Sheet and Draft Environmental

Impact Statement). The eastern

boundary of the coverage area is

demarcated by the Vernon Basin leases

north of the 26° parallel and in water

depths seaward of 200 meters.

All permittees holding leases on

which a discharge has taken place

within 2 years of the effective dates of

the new general permits (operating

facilities) in these areas must file a

written notice of intent to be covered by

either the new general permit for

existing sources or the new general

permit for new sources within 60 days

after publication of the final

determination on this action. Nonoperational leases, i.e., those on which

no discharges have taken place in the 2

years prior to the effective date of the

new general permits, are not eligible for

coverage under either general permit,

and their coverage under the old general

permit will terminate on the effective

date of the new general permits. No

NOI’s will be accepted on nonoperational or newly acquired leases

until such time as an exploration plan

or development production plan has

been prepared for submission to EPA.

The notice of intent must contain the

information set forth in 40 CFR

122.28(b)(2)(ii) and Section A.4 of the

NPDES permit. In accordance with Oil

and Gas Extraction Point Source

Category; Offshore Subcategory Effluent

Guidelines and New Source

Performance Standards published at 58

FR 12454 on March 4, 1993, EPA Region

4 is making an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) available concurrently

with the general permits for review

during the public comment period that

addresses potential impacts from

facilities that may be defined as new

sources in the context of a

comprehensive offshore permitting

strategy. As set forth in Section 2.4.2 of

the EIS and information received, the

Regional Administrator has determined

that the area in the Eastern Planning

Area shoreward of the 200 meter depth

and certain designated areas in the

Central Planning Area includes

extensive live bottom and other valuable

marine habitats and includes areas of

biological concern, which should be

subject to more stringent review based

on the ocean discharge criteria under

Section 403 of the Clean Water Act

(CWA) and findings of the EIS.

Accordingly, individual permits will be

issued for operating facilities on lease

blocks traversed by and shoreward of

the 200 meter water depth in the Eastern

Planning Area and certain designated

areas of biological concern in the

Central Planning Area. Owners or

operators of those leases will be notified

in writing that an individual permit is

required. A brief statement of the

reasons for this decision will be

provided, together with an application

form and a deadline for filing the

application. If a timely application is

received, general permit coverage will

continue and shall automatically

terminate on the date final action is

taken on the individual NPDES permit

application, in accordance with 40 CFR

122.28(b)(3)(ii). No application will be

accepted for non-operational leases

until such time as an exploration plan

or development production plan has

been prepared for submission to EPA.

Owners of non-operational leases and

operators who neither file a notice of

intent nor an individual permit

application will lose coverage under the

old general permit on the effective date

of the new general permits.

As proposed, these NPDES general

permits include BPT, BCT, and BAT