Samoa Pulp Mill Removal Site, Samoa, CA; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs, 55114-55115 [2015-23062]

Download as PDF 55114 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 177 / Monday, September 14, 2015 / Notices section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, EPA’s August 29, 2014 denials of Petitioners’ requests for extensions of their Small Refinery Temporary Exemptions (see Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14–9594 (10th Cir.) and Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14–1209 (D.C. Cir.) (jointly, the ‘‘Pending Cases’’). The proposed settlement agreement provides that after Petitioners submit their 2014 Exemption Request, EPA will, within 14 business days after receiving the 2014 Exemption Request, either make a determination that the Request is complete or advise Sinclair in writing of any additional information needed to make the Request complete (an Incompleteness Determination). After EPA determines that the 2014 Exemption Request is complete, EPA will issue its decision to Petitioners on the 2014 Exemption Request within 90 calendar days. Within five business days of EPA issuing its decision on the 2014 Exemption Request, Petitioners will (1) voluntarily dismiss the Pending Cases with prejudice and (2) send a letter to EPA withdrawing its January 13, 2015 ‘‘Request for Reconsideration of Petition for Partial Extension of Small Refinery RFS Exemptions’’ regarding EPA’s August 29, 2014 denials of Petitioners’ requests for extensions of the Small Refinery Temporary Exemptions. For a period of 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the proposed settlement agreement from persons who were not named as parties or intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed settlement agreement if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of Justice determines that consent to the agreement should be withdrawn, the terms of the agreement will be affirmed. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent Decree A. How can I get a copy of the consent decree? Direct your comments to the official public docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2015– 0612 which contains a copy of the settlement agreement. The official public docket is available for public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Sep 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566–1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available through www.regulations.gov. You may use the www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then select ‘‘search’’. It is important to note that EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official public docket or in the electronic public docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted material, including copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed in EPA’s electronic public docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket Center. on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. 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. Use of the www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA’s preferred method for receiving comments. The electronic public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. In contrast to EPA’s electronic public docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If you send an email comment directly to the Docket without going through www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. B. How and to whom do I submit comments? You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to consider these late comments. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further information AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: September 3, 2015. Gautam Srinivasan, Acting Associate General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2015–23061 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9933–83–Region 9] Samoa Pulp Mill Removal Site, Samoa, CA; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 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 Humboldt Bay Harbor, Conservation and Recreation District for recovery of response costs concerning the Samoa Pulp Mill Superfund Site in Samoa, 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 based on any salvage of fixtures at the site, including the pulp mill boiler, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 177 / Monday, September 14, 2015 / Notices or on any sale of the real property that is 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. Pursuant to Section 122(i) of CERCLA, EPA will receive written comments relating to this proposed settlement until October 14, 2015. 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 Samoa Pulp Mill Superfund Site, Samoa, 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. DATES: Parties to the Proposed Settlement: Humboldt Bay Harbor, Conservation and Recreation District. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: August 31, 2015. Enrique Manzanilla, Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX. [FR Doc. 2015–23062 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings Federal Election Commission Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, DC (Ninth Floor). AGENCY: DATE AND TIME: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Sep 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 55115 This meeting will be open to the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Correction and Approval of Minutes for noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. August 11, 2015 Draft Advisory Opinion 2015–03: Unless otherwise noted, comments Democracy Rules, Inc. regarding each of these applications Draft Advisory Opinion 2015–06: must be received at the Reserve Bank Representative Maxine Waters indicated or the offices of the Board of Audit Division Recommendation Governors not later than October 9, Memorandum on the Committee for 2015. Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Committee (CFC) (Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice Commission Documents Public President) 701 East Byrd Street, Disclosure Policies Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528: Proposed Directive 74 on the Timely Resolution of Enforcement Matters 1. Old Line Bancshares, Inc., Bowie, Management and Administrative Maryland; to acquire 100 percent of the Matters voting shares of Regal Bancorp, Inc., and Individuals who plan to attend and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares require special assistance, such as sign of Regal Bank & Trust, both in Owings language interpretation or other Mill, Maryland. reasonable accommodations, should Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve contact Shawn Woodhead Werth, System, September 9, 2015. Secretary and Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, Michael J. Lewandowski, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting Associate Secretary of the Board. date. [FR Doc. 2015–23004 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am] PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: BILLING CODE 6210–01–P (202) 694–1220. STATUS: public. Shelley E. Garr, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2015–23145 Filed 9–10–15; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The applications will also be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than September 29, 2015. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 1. Ronald G. Gerken and Karol S. Gerken, both of Sterling, Illinois, as a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of SV Financial, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Sauk Valley Bank & Trust Company, both in Sterling, Illinois. E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55114-55115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23062]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9933-83-Region 9]


Samoa Pulp Mill Removal Site, Samoa, 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 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 Humboldt Bay Harbor, 
Conservation and Recreation District for recovery of response costs 
concerning the Samoa Pulp Mill Superfund Site in Samoa, 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 
based on any salvage of fixtures at the site, including the pulp mill 
boiler,

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or on any sale of the real property that is 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.

DATES: Pursuant to Section 122(i) of CERCLA, EPA will receive written 
comments relating to this proposed settlement until October 14, 2015.

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 
Samoa Pulp Mill Superfund Site, Samoa, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parties to the Proposed Settlement: Humboldt 
Bay Harbor, Conservation and Recreation District.

    Dated: August 31, 2015.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2015-23062 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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