Notice of Proposed Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), Tru-Fit Battery Superfund Site, Carroll, IA, Docket No. CERCLA-07-2004-0300, 1722-1723 [E7-412]

Download as PDF 1722 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 16, 2007 / Notices For Further Information Contact: John Blair at (202) 502–6092 or at john.blair@ferc.gov. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–443 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502–6136, Moon.Paul@ferc.gov. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–449 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [FRL–8268–4] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Conference on Competition in Wholesale Power Markets; Notice of Conference Proposed Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement Under Section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g), PCB Treatment Inc. Superfund Site January 9, 2007. AGENCY: sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES [Docket No. AD07–7–000] Take notice that on February 27, 2007, the first in a series of conferences will be held at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) to examine the state of competition in wholesale power markets. The first conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 pm (EST) at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in the Commission Meeting Room. All interested persons are invited to attend. A further notice with a detailed agenda will be issued in advance of the conference. A free webcast of this event will be available through https://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit https:// www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or David Reininger at 703–993–3100. Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202–208–2106 with the required accommodations. For more information about this conference, please contact: Moon Paul, Esq., Office of the General Counsel— Energy Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:23 Jan 12, 2007 Jkt 211001 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the PCB Treatment Inc. Superfund Site located at 2100 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri, and 45 Ewing Street, Wyandotte County, Kansas with the following settling party: Cargill, Inc. The settlement requires Cargill, Inc. to pay to the Hazardous Substance Superfund $47,844.97. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue Cargill, Inc. pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments 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. The Agency’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA Region VII office located at 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 15, 2007. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at the EPA Region VII office, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7 a.m. through 5 p.m. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from the PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Regional Hearing Clerk, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas, (913) 551– 7567. Comments should reference the PCB Treatment, Inc. Superfund Site, EPA Docket No. CERCLA–07–2007– 0008 and should be addressed to Audrey Asher, Senior Assistant Regional Counsel, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Audrey Asher at (913) 551–7255. Dated: December 21, 2006. John B. Askew, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII. [FR Doc. E7–358 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8268–8] Notice of Proposed Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), Tru-Fit Battery Superfund Site, Carroll, IA, Docket No. CERCLA–07–2004–0300 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed agreement regarding the TruFit Battery Superfund Site located in Carroll, Iowa, will be signed by the Environmental Protection Agency following completion of the public comment period. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 15, 2007. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to J. Scott Pemberton, Senior Assistant Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, and should refer to: In the Matter of Tru-Fit Battery Superfund Site, Carroll, Iowa, Docket No. CERCLA–07–2004–0300. The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by mail from Kathy Robinson, Regional Hearing Clerk, at the office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551–7567. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed Agreement concerns the TruFit Battery Superfund Site, located in Carroll, Iowa, and is made and entered E:\FR\FM\16JAN1.SGM 16JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 16, 2007 / Notices into by the EPA and T.J.’s Enterprises, Inc. (‘‘the Settling Party’’). In response to the release or threatened release of hazardous substances including lead at or from the Site, EPA undertook response actions at the Site pursuant to Section 104 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604. In April 1998, response actions were initiated by EPA to address the release of lead to surface and subsurface soils at the Site. Excavation of lead-contaminated soils began in December 1998, resulting in the excavation, on-Site treatment and off-Site disposal of approximately 2,650 tons of lead-contaminated material. The soils were excavated to below 1000 parts per million, a level suitable only for limited uses of the property. EPA’s response action has been completed and all costs incurred. Pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), the Settling Party is responsible for response costs incurred at or in connection with the Site. The Regional Administrator of EPA, Region VII, or his designee, has determined that the total past and projected response costs of the United States at or in connection with the Site will not exceed $500,000, excluding interest. This Agreement requires the Settling Party to pay to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund the principal sum of $45,000 in reimbursement of Past Response Costs, and will resolve the Settling Party’s alleged civil liability for these costs. The proposed Agreement also includes a covenant not to sue the Settling Party pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). Dated: December 21, 2006. John B. Askew, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII. [FR Doc. E7–412 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Interested persons may submit comments on the proposed reissuance of the general permit to EPA, Region 10 at the address below. Comments must be received by March 2, 2007. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request DATES: Comments on the proposed General Permit should be sent to Director, Office of Water and Watersheds; USEPA Region 10; 1200 Sixth Avenue, OWW–130; Seattle, Washington 98101. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the Fact Sheet and draft General Permit are available upon request. The Fact Sheet and draft General Permit may be found on the Region 10 Web site at https:// www.epa.gov/r10earth/ waterpermits.htm (click on draft permits, then Alaska). Requests for copies may be made to Audrey Washington at (206) 553–0523 or to Cindi Godsey at (907) 271–6561 or electronically mailed to: washington.audrey@epa.gov or godsey.cindi@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this action from the review requirements of Executive Order 12866 pursuant to Section 6 of that order. Regulatory Flexibility Act BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8268–7] Proposed Reissuance of General NPDES Permit (GP) for Alaskan Small Suction Dredging (Permit Number AKG–37–5000) Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed reissuance of a general permit. AGENCY: sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES expires. EPA proposes to reissue this general permit with minor changes. EPA is proposing to make this permit effective as the previous general permit expires. Dated: January 5, 2007. Michael F. Gearheard, Director, Office of Water & Watersheds, Region 10, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. [FR Doc. E7–410 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 15:23 Jan 12, 2007 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection project: ‘‘Improving Quality of Care in Long Term Care.’’ In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 15, 2007. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room #5036, Rockville, MD 20850. Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be obtained from AHRQ’s Reports Clearance Officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Project After review of the facts presented in the notice printed above, I hereby certify pursuant to the provision of 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this reissuance of this general permit will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Moreover, the permit reduces a significant administrative burden on regulated sources. SUMMARY: On June 4, 2007, a general permit regulating the activities of small suction dredge mining for gold placer mining operations in the State of Alaska VerDate Aug<31>2005 1723 Improving Quality of Care in Long Term Care The proposed project will design, implement, and evaluate an intervention program to prevent injurious falls in assisted living facilities. The project involves four major activities: (1) Adapting a multifaceted, evidence-based falls prevention program to a protocol tailored to the assisted living environment; (2) implementing the pilot protocol and collecting clinical and process data pre- and post-intervention; (3) evaluating the results of the intervention; and (4) widely disseminating the protocol (revised as needed based on the evaluation), training materials, and research findings. The project design is a multicomponent falls intervention program E:\FR\FM\16JAN1.SGM 16JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1722-1723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-412]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8268-8]


Notice of Proposed Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs 
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), Tru-
Fit Battery Superfund Site, Carroll, IA, Docket No. CERCLA-07-2004-0300

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed agreement regarding the 
Tru-Fit Battery Superfund Site located in Carroll, Iowa, will be signed 
by the Environmental Protection Agency following completion of the 
public comment period.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 15, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to J. Scott Pemberton, Senior 
Assistant Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, and should refer to: 
In the Matter of Tru-Fit Battery Superfund Site, Carroll, Iowa, Docket 
No. CERCLA-07-2004-0300.
    The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by 
mail from Kathy Robinson, Regional Hearing Clerk, at the office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas 
City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7567.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed Agreement concerns the Tru-Fit 
Battery Superfund Site, located in Carroll, Iowa, and is made and 
entered

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into by the EPA and T.J.'s Enterprises, Inc. (``the Settling Party'').
    In response to the release or threatened release of hazardous 
substances including lead at or from the Site, EPA undertook response 
actions at the Site pursuant to Section 104 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604. 
In April 1998, response actions were initiated by EPA to address the 
release of lead to surface and subsurface soils at the Site. Excavation 
of lead-contaminated soils began in December 1998, resulting in the 
excavation, on-Site treatment and off-Site disposal of approximately 
2,650 tons of lead-contaminated material. The soils were excavated to 
below 1000 parts per million, a level suitable only for limited uses of 
the property. EPA's response action has been completed and all costs 
incurred.
    Pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), the 
Settling Party is responsible for response costs incurred at or in 
connection with the Site. The Regional Administrator of EPA, Region 
VII, or his designee, has determined that the total past and projected 
response costs of the United States at or in connection with the Site 
will not exceed $500,000, excluding interest.
    This Agreement requires the Settling Party to pay to the EPA 
Hazardous Substance Superfund the principal sum of $45,000 in 
reimbursement of Past Response Costs, and will resolve the Settling 
Party's alleged civil liability for these costs. The proposed Agreement 
also includes a covenant not to sue the Settling Party pursuant to 
Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a).

    Dated: December 21, 2006.
John B. Askew,
Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII.
 [FR Doc. E7-412 Filed 1-12-07; 8:45 am]
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