Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-28030
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement: Removal Action and Payment of Response Costs by Prospective Lessee at the C-Brite Removal Site in Harbor City; Los Angeles County, CA
Posted Date: 2022-03-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14850-14851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05488]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA R9-2021-06; FRL-9441-01-R9]

Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for 
Removal Action and Payment of Response Costs by Prospective Lessee at 
the C-Brite Removal Site in Harbor City; Los Angeles County, California

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice 
is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has 
entered into a proposed settlement, embodied in an Administrative 
Settlement Agreement for Removal Action and Payment of Response Costs 
by Prospective Lessee (``Settlement Agreement''), with 1213 253rd, LLC 
(``Prospective Lessee''), a prospective lessee and purchaser of the 
real property located at 1213 253rd Street, Harbor City, Los Angeles 
County, California, known as the Former C-Brite Metal Finishing 
Facility Site (``C-Brite Site'' or ``Site''). C-Brite Metal Finishing, 
Inc. operated a plating business at the Site from 1966 to 2017 and 
abandoned the property thereafter. Under the Settlement Agreement, the 
Prospective Lessee agrees to perform a portion of the removal work at 
the Site and to pay $80,000 for EPA's oversight costs in exchange for 
liability protection, contribution protection, a release of any lien on 
the Site under CERCLA Section 107(r) or 107(l), and a covenant not to 
sue for existing contamination at the Site, the payment of EPA's 
oversight costs, or the removal work. EPA completed the removal of 
hazardous contamination at the site, and the Lessee will now continue 
with the removal of all the remaining non-hazardous debris.

DATES: The Agency will consider public comments relating to the 
Settlement Agreement until April 15, 2022. EPA will consider all 
comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the 
Settlement Agreement if comments received disclose facts or 
considerations

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that indicate it is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

ADDRESSES: Please contact Craig Whitenack at [email protected] or 
(213) 244-1820 to request a copy of the Settlement Agreement. Comments 
on the Settlement Agreement should be submitted in writing to Mr. 
Whitenack at [email protected]. Comments should reference the C-
Brite Site and the EPA Docket Number for the Settlement Agreement, EPA 
R9-2021-06. If for any reason you are not able to submit a comment by 
email, please contact Mr. Whitenack at (213) 244-1820 to make 
alternative arrangements for submitting your comment. EPA's response to 
comments received may be obtained by contacting Mr. Whitenack at 
[email protected] or (213) 244-1820.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Whitenack, Civil Investigator, 
Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region IX, 600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1460, 
Los Angeles, CA 90017; email: [email protected]; phone: (213) 
244-1820.

    Dated: March 9, 2022.
Michael Montgomery,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, EPA Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2022-05488 Filed 3-15-22; 8:45 am]
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