Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-25677
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed CERCLA  Settlement Agreement: El Centro Residential Lead Removal Site, El Centro, CA
Posted Date: 2020-07-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42397-42398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15131]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10010-06-Region 9]

El Centro Residential Lead Removal Site, El Centro, CA; Notice of 
Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response 
Costs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for 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 of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of 
response costs concerning the El Centro Residential Lead Removal Site 
in El Centro, California. The settlement is entered into pursuant to 
Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, and it requires the settling party to 
reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $50,000 in response 
costs that EPA incurred at the Site.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to this proposed 
settlement until 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Please contact Craig Whitenack at whitenack.craig@epa.gov 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 whitenack.craig@epa.gov. Comments should reference the El 
Centro Residential Lead Removal Site, El Centro, California and the EPA 
Docket Number for the Settlement Agreement, EPA R9-20-004. 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Whitenack, Civil Investigator 
(SEMD-CSCEB-CES), Southern California Field Office, U.S. EPA Region IX, 
600 Wilshire Blvs., Suite 1460; phone: (213) 244-1820; fax: email: 
whitenack.craig@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  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 for recovery of response costs 
concerning the El Centro Residential Lead Removal Site in El Centro, 
California. The settlement is entered into pursuant to Section 
122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), and it requires the settling 
party to reimburse EPA $50,000 in response costs that EPA incurred at 
the Site. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling 
party 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.
    Party to the Proposed Settlement: City of El Centro.

Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2020-15131 Filed 7-13-20; 8:45 am]
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