Davis Refining Superfund Site Tallahassee, Leon County, FL Notice of Proposed Settlement, 16307-16308 [06-3131]

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DATES: The Agency will consider public comments on the proposed settlement until May 1, 2006. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed settlement are available from Ms. Paula V. Batchelor. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–RO4– SFUND–2006–0289 or Site name Davis Refining, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: Batchelor.Paula@epa.gov. • Fax: 404/562–8842. Mail: Ms. Paula V. 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Aronica, PhD, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis: Based on the evidence and findings of an investigation report by Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and additional analysis conducted by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in its oversight review, ORI found that Susan M. Aronica, Ph.D., former Postdoctoral Student/Fellow, IUPUI, committed 21 acts of scientific misconduct by knowingly and intentionally falsifying and fabricating data in her notebooks, in 17 figures and figure panels, in two tables published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (J. Biol. Chem. 270:21998–22007, 1995) and Blood (Blood 89:3582–3595, 1997), and in two figures in a manuscript submitted for publication to Blood in August 1997. ORI issued a charge letter enumerating the above findings of scientific misconduct. However, Dr. Aronica requested a hearing to dispute these findings to the Departmental Appeals Board. 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The ALJ concluded that the determination of whether the hearing request raises a genuine dispute is a threshold jurisdictional determination. Thus, the ALJ decided that Dr. Aronica’s request did not show a genuine dispute, because it did not specifically deny any allegation. As a result, the ALJ concluded that Dr. Aronica’s hearing request could not be granted, but was required to be dismissed pursuant to 42 CFR 93.504(a)(2). Specifically, ORI found that Dr. Aronica falsified and fabricated data in: • Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5A, 5B, 5C, 6A, and 6B, and Tables III and IV in: Aronica, S.M., Mantel, C., Gonin, R., Marshall, M.S., Sarris, A., Cooper, S., E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16307-16308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3131]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Docket No. EPA-RO4-SFUND-2006-0289, FRL-8052-4]


Davis Refining Superfund Site Tallahassee, Leon County, FL Notice 
of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement.

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SUMMARY: Under section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into a settlement 
for the partial reimbursement of past response costs concerning the 
Davis Refining Superfund Site in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.

DATES: The Agency will consider public comments on the proposed 
settlement until May 1, 2006. The Agency will consider all comments 
received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed settlement are available from Ms. 
Paula V. Batchelor. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-RO4-SFUND-2006-0289 or Site name Davis Refining, by one of the 
following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Batchelor.Paula@epa.gov.
     Fax: 404/562-8842.
    Mail: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. EPA Region 4, WMD-SEIMB, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. ``In addition, please mail 
a copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.''
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R04-SFUND-
2006-0289. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise

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protected through https://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment 
directly to EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov your 
e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of 
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on 
the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that 
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the U.S. EPA Region 4 
office located at 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 
Regional office is open from 7 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays.
    Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor within 30 
calendar days of the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula V. Batchelor at 404/562-8887.

    Dated: March 22, 2006.
Rosalind H. Brown,
Chief, Superfund Enforcement & Information Management Branch, Waste 
Management Division.
[FR Doc. 06-3131 Filed 3-30-06; 8:45 am]
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