Leviathan Mine Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative Order on Consent, 70998-70999 [E8-27751]

Download as PDF 70998 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 227 / Monday, November 24, 2008 / Notices Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to the documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ esubscribenow.htm. Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the Commission’s calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/ EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information. You can also request additional information by calling Texas Eastern at 1–800–831– 0043. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–27812 Filed 11–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. IS08–405–000] Dixie Pipeline Company; Notice of Extension of Time for Technical Conference November 18, 2008. On November 14, 2008, Dixie Pipeline Company (Dixie) and the protesting parties 1 in the above-captioned proceeding (Joint Movants) filed a Joint Motion to Extend Date for Technical Conference. In the order issued August 22, 2008,2 the Commission established a technical conference in this proceeding. By notice issued October 3, 2008, the technical conference was scheduled for 9 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2008, at the Commission’s offices. By further notice issued October 22, 2008, the conference was postponed at the request of Dixie and the protesting parties until November 20, 2008, at 9 a.m. at the Commission’s offices. Joint Movants state that the parties are continuing to work toward a settlement of the issues in this proceeding and that they believe an additional extension of time for the technical conference will benefit the ongoing discussions. Joint Movants ask the Commission to further extend the date of the technical conference and agree to report their progress before December 19, 2008. Dixie states that, if the parties have not resolved the matter before that date, it will withdraw FERC Tariffs No. 92 and 93 and refile them at a later date to allow the parties time to confer. Take notice that the Commission will convene the technical conference in this proceeding on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at 9 a.m. (EST), in a room to be designated at the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. FERC 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. All parties and staff are permitted to attend. For further information, please contact Jenifer Lucas at (202) 502–8362 or Jenifer.Lucas@ferc.gov. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–27814 Filed 11–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12652–001] Gerald M. Lutticken; Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permit November 18, 2008. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 1 The protesting parties include Dow Hydrocarbon and Resources LLC; CITGO Petroleum Corporation; ConocoPhillips Company; Targa Midstream Services Limited Partnership and Targa Louisiana; and Crosstex NGL Marketing, L.P. and Crosstex Processing Services, LLC. Joint Movants state that the following intervenors and/or commenters do not oppose the motion: National Propane Gas Association, FerrellGas, L.P., BP Products North America Inc., and the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board. Dixie further states that it informed an additional intervenor, Petrologistics Olefins LLC, of the instant motion, but as of the time it filed the motion, Dixie had not received a response. 2 Dixie Pipeline Co., 124 FERC ¶ 61,175 (2008). VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:32 Nov 21, 2008 Jkt 217001 Take notice that Gerald M. Lutticken, permittee for the proposed Helltown Ravine Hydroelectric Project, has requested that its preliminary permit be terminated. The permit was issued on November 3, 2006, and would have expired on October 31, 2009.1 The project would have been located on Helltown Ravine, a tributary to Butte Creek, in Butte County, California. The permittee filed the request on November 7, 2008, and the preliminary 1 117 PO 00000 FERC ¶ 62,123. Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 permit for Project No. 12652 shall remain in effect through the thirtieth day after issuance of this notice unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday, part-day holiday that affects the Commission, or legal holiday as described in section 18 CFR 385.2007, in which case the effective date is the first business day following that day. New applications involving this project site, to the extent provided for under 18 CFR Part 4, may be filed on the next business day. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–27815 Filed 11–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8742–9] Leviathan Mine Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative Order on Consent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. AGENCY: 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), the EPA is hereby providing notice of a proposed administrative settlement agreement and order on consent (‘‘Settlement Agreement’’) with Atlantic Richfield Company (‘‘Respondent’’) concerning the Leviathan Mine Superfund Site in Alpine County, California (‘‘Site’’). Section 122(h) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), provides EPA with the authority to enter into administrative settlements for claims for costs incurred by EPA under CERCLA. The Settlement Agreement resolves certain claims under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607. Under the Settlement Agreement, Respondent will perform certain response actions at the Site through July 31, 2013, pay over $1.7 million to reimburse the United States for certain past costs, pay certain future response costs, pay a civil penalty of $90,000, and perform a specified supplemental environmental project in Douglas County, Nevada, with costs estimated at $400,000. EPA estimates that the response actions to be performed under the Settlement Agreement will cost approximately $5,600,000. The Settlement Agreement and its appendices may be examined at the U.S. E:\FR\FM\24NON1.SGM 24NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 227 / Monday, November 24, 2008 / Notices Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, Office of Regional Counsel, San Francisco, California 94105, and also at any of the following public information repositories: Nevada State Library & Archives, 100 N. Stewart Street, Carson City, NV 89701; Douglas County Public Library, 1625 Library Lane, Minden, NV 89423; or Alpine County Library, 270 Laramie Street, Markleeville, CA 96120. The Settlement Agreement, together with descriptions of the removal action and the supplemental environmental project to be performed under the Settlement Agreement may also be examined at the following EPA Web site: https://www.epa.gov/region09/ LeviathanMine. A copy of the Settlement Agreement may also be obtained by mail from Joshua Wirtschafter, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street (mail code ORC–3), San Francisco, California 94105–3901. EPA must receive comments by December 24, 2008 relating to the Settlement Agreement. EPA will consider all comments it receives during this period, and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if any comments disclose facts or considerations indicating that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. DATES: Written comments may be submitted to Joshua Wirtschafter, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street (mail code ORC–3), San Francisco, California 94105–3901. Written comments may also be e-mailed to Joshua Wirtschafter at Wirtschafter.Joshua@epa.gov or faxed to him at (415) 947–3570. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information about the Leviathan Mine Super-fund Site and about the proposed Settlement Agreement may be obtained by contacting Joshua Wirtschafter, Esq. at the above e-mail address or at (415) 972–3912. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Dated: November 13, 2008. Keith Takata, Director, Superfund Division, Region IX. [FR Doc. E8–27751 Filed 11–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–M VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:32 Nov 21, 2008 Jkt 217001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8744–2; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 2008–0789] Literature Search for 2,3,7,8– Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) Dose-Response Studies for Use in an Upcoming Expert Panel Workshop Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice; availability of a literature search, public review period, and request for information. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 45-day public review and request for additional information on available peer-reviewed literature for 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) dose-response for use in human health risk assessment. An initial literature search was conducted by EPA through an Interagency Agreement with the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Results of this preliminary search are available via the dioxin Web site https://www.epa.gov/ ncea/dioxin. The public is invited to review the preliminary literature search results and submit any additional information, specifically peer-reviewed TCDD dose-response studies, to EPA that are not already identified in the literature search. Please submit any information in accordance with the instructions provided below. It is requested that the full publication be provided to EPA if possible. Results of this literature search will be used by scientists from EPA and other scientists from outside of EPA in the conduct of a scientific expert workshop, open to the public, to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 18–20, 2009. This workshop will be announced in a future Federal Register notice. This notice provides: (1) A link to the electronic list of recent literature search results for TCDD dose-response; and (2) instructions to the public for submitting additional scientific information pertinent to TCDD dose-response assessment to EPA that is not already identified in the literature search. DATES: The 45-day public comment period begins November 24, 2008, and ends January 8, 2009. ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant scientific information, identified by docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2008– 0789, online at https:// www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred method); by e-mail to ord.docket@epa.gov; by mail to the Office of Environmental Information PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 70999 (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001 or by hand delivery or courier to the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below for detailed instructions. For information and help on submitting scientific information, please contact the OEI Docket by e-mail (ord.docket@epa.gov), by phone (202– 566–1752), or by fax (202–566–1753). For information and help on accessing the Literature Search for TCDD DoseResponse and for technical information, please contact Glenn E. Rice, National Center for Environmental Assessment (Mail Code: MSA–110), Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone: 513– 569–7813; facsimile: 513–487–2539; or e-mail: rice.glenn@epa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In 1991, EPA announced that it would conduct a scientific reassessment of the potential health risks of exposure to dioxin and related compounds. EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) first reviewed the draft dioxin reassessment in 1995, and the document was revised to address SAB comments. In 2000, the SAB reviewed the integrated summary, risk characterization, and other information on toxic equivalency of dioxin-like compounds. Reports of the findings and recommendations of these SAB reviews are available on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab (see reports EPA–SAB–EC–95–021 and EPA– SAB–EC–01–006). In 2003, EPA produced an external review draft of the multi-year comprehensive reassessment of dioxin exposure and human health effects (https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ recordisplay.cfm?deid=87843). This draft dioxin reassessment document, titled Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of 2,3,7,8– Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) and Related Compounds, consisted of three parts: (1) A scientific review of information relating to sources and exposures to TCDD and other dioxins in the environment; (2) detailed reviews of scientific information on the health effects of TCDD, other dioxins, and dioxin-like compounds; and (3) an integrated summary and risk E:\FR\FM\24NON1.SGM 24NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 227 (Monday, November 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70998-70999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27751]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8742-9]


Leviathan Mine Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA 
Administrative Order on Consent

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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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), the EPA is hereby providing notice of 
a proposed administrative settlement agreement and order on consent 
(``Settlement Agreement'') with Atlantic Richfield Company 
(``Respondent'') concerning the Leviathan Mine Superfund Site in Alpine 
County, California (``Site''). Section 122(h) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9622(h), provides EPA with the authority to enter into administrative 
settlements for claims for costs incurred by EPA under CERCLA.
    The Settlement Agreement resolves certain claims under Sections 106 
and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607. Under the Settlement 
Agreement, Respondent will perform certain response actions at the Site 
through July 31, 2013, pay over $1.7 million to reimburse the United 
States for certain past costs, pay certain future response costs, pay a 
civil penalty of $90,000, and perform a specified supplemental 
environmental project in Douglas County, Nevada, with costs estimated 
at $400,000. EPA estimates that the response actions to be performed 
under the Settlement Agreement will cost approximately $5,600,000.
    The Settlement Agreement and its appendices may be examined at the 
U.S.

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Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, Office 
of Regional Counsel, San Francisco, California 94105, and also at any 
of the following public information repositories:
    Nevada State Library & Archives, 100 N. Stewart Street, Carson 
City, NV 89701; Douglas County Public Library, 1625 Library Lane, 
Minden, NV 89423; or Alpine County Library, 270 Laramie Street, 
Markleeville, CA 96120.
    The Settlement Agreement, together with descriptions of the removal 
action and the supplemental environmental project to be performed under 
the Settlement Agreement may also be examined at the following EPA Web 
site: https://www.epa.gov/region09/LeviathanMine. A copy of the 
Settlement Agreement may also be obtained by mail from Joshua 
Wirtschafter, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street (mail code ORC-3), San Francisco, California 94105-
3901.

DATES: EPA must receive comments by December 24, 2008 relating to the 
Settlement Agreement. EPA will consider all comments it receives during 
this period, and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement 
if any comments disclose facts or considerations indicating that the 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to Joshua Wirtschafter, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street 
(mail code ORC-3), San Francisco, California 94105-3901. Written 
comments may also be e-mailed to Joshua Wirtschafter at 
Wirtschafter.Joshua@epa.gov or faxed to him at (415) 947-3570.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information about the 
Leviathan Mine Super-fund Site and about the proposed Settlement 
Agreement may be obtained by contacting Joshua Wirtschafter, Esq. at 
the above e-mail address or at (415) 972-3912.

    Dated: November 13, 2008.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E8-27751 Filed 11-21-08; 8:45 am]
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