Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-19083
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent: Highland Plating Removal Site, Los Angeles, CA
Posted Date: 2016-05-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 28867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10986]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9946-12-Region 9]

Highland Plating Removal Site, Los Angeles, CA; Notice of 
Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed administrative settlement with 7007 W. Romaine (LA) LLC, for a 
removal action by a bona fide prospective purchaser, concerning the 
Highland Plating Removal Site in Los Angeles, California. EPA enters 
the settlement pursuant to Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9622(h)(1). The settlement provides for the completion of a removal 
action at a fire-ravaged plating facility in a residential and light 
industrial community, and is premised on the status of 7007 W. Romaine 
(LA) LLC as a bona fide prospective purchaser. The settlement does not 
require cost recovery, but includes a covenant not to sue pursuant to 
Sections 106 or 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 or 9607(a). For thirty 
(30) days following the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Agency will receive written comments relating to 
the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may 
modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received 
disclose facts or considerations that indicate the proposed settlement 
is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

DATES: Pursuant to Section 122(i) of CERCLA, EPA will receive written 
comments relating to this proposed settlement for thirty (30) days 
following the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. A 
copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from J. Andrew 
Helmlinger, EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, ORC-3, San Francisco, 
CA 94105, telephone number 415-972-3904. Comments should reference the 
Highland Plating Removal Site, Los Angeles, California and should be 
addressed to Mr. Helmlinger at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Andrew Helmlinger, Assistant 
Regional Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; phone: (415) 972-
3904; fax: (417) 947-3570; email: helmlinger.andrew@epa.gov.

    Dated: April 28, 2016.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2016-10986 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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