Ecology Control Industries, Inc. Removal Site, Torrance, CA; Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent, 19282-19283 [2018-09322]

Download as PDF 19282 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 2, 2018 / Notices existing industrial categories selected for effluent guidelines or pretreatment standards and provides a schedule for their development. The information and analyses from the EPA’s 2015 and 2016 Annual Reviews, in addition to input from public comments on the Preliminary 2016 Plan, were used in developing the Final 2016 Plan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip Flanders, Engineering and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566–8323; fax number: (202) 566–1053; email address: Flanders.Phillip@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Supporting Documents—A key document that provides additional information for this notice is the Final 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan. B. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information? 1. Docket. The EPA has established official public dockets for these actions under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 2015–0665. The official public docket is the collection of materials that are available for public viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/ DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 2. Electronic access. You can access this Federal Register document electronically through the United States government online source for Federal regulations at https:// www.regulations.gov. 3. Internet access. Copies of the supporting documents are available at https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluentguidelines-plan. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES II. How is this document organized? The outline of this notice follows. A. Legal Authority. B. Summary of the Final 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan. A. Legal Authority This notice is published under the authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b), and 308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 1317(b), and 1318. and pretreatment standards, consistent with CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 304(m), and 307(b). From these reviews and considering public comment, the Final 2016 Plan identifies any new or existing industrial categories selected for effluent guidelines or pretreatment standards rulemakings, and provides a schedule for such rulemakings. In addition, the Final 2016 Plan presents any new or existing categories of industry selected for further review and analysis. The Final 2016 Plan identifies one new rulemaking (and the associated schedule) for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. The EPA has concluded that no additional industries warrant new or revised effluent guidelines at this time. The Final 2016 Plan also announces that the EPA is initiating a new study to look holistically at the management of oil and gas extraction wastewater from onshore facilities. The focus of this study is not to look specifically at any one existing effluent guideline. Rather, the EPA intends to engage with stakeholders to evaluate approaches to manage both conventional and unconventional oil and gas extraction wastewater from onshore facilities including, but not limited to, an assessment of technologies for facilities that treat and discharge oil and gas extraction wastewater. Lastly, the Final 2016 Plan announces that the EPA is initiating a new study of the Electrical and Electronic Components Point Source Category. The focus of this study will be on changes within the industry since the 1983 rulemaking, particularly as these changes pertain to wastewater characteristics and wastewater treatment technologies. The Final 2016 Plan and the 2015 and 2016 Annual Effluent Guidelines Review Reports can be found at https:// www.epa.gov/eg/effluent-guidelinesplan. Dated: April 24, 2018. David P. Ross, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water. [FR Doc. 2018–09320 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P B. Summary of the Final 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan The EPA prepared the Final 2016 Plan pursuant to CWA section 304(m). The Final 2016 Plan provides a summary of the EPA’s review of effluent guidelines VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:14 May 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R09–SFUND–2018–07; FRL–9977– 39—Region 9] Ecology Control Industries, Inc. Removal Site, Torrance, CA; Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement. AGENCY: This notice announces the availability for review and comment of a proposed administrative settlement agreement under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), and Bridge Point South Bay II, LLC (‘‘Bridge Point LLC’’), regarding the Ecology Control Industries, Inc. Removal Site (‘‘ECI Site’’) in Torrance, California. The Settlement Agreement requires the purchaser to conduct a removal action to address soil contamination at the ECI Site. DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 1, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09– SFUND–2018–07, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xiao Zhang, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC–3), Environmental Protection Agency, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\02MYN1.SGM 02MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 2, 2018 / Notices Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; tel: (415) 972– 3266; fax: (415) 947–3570; Zhang.Xiao@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bridge Point LLC is agreeing to perform a removal action to address soils contaminated with the pesticide dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT). The removal action will reduce the risk to future users of the property and the surrounding community from exposure to contamination primarily caused by historical DDT manufacturing operations at a nearby plant. Under the terms of the settlement, Bridge Point LLC will complete the removal action and pay EPA’s costs for oversight of the cleanup activities. In exchange, Bridge Point LLC will receive a covenant not to sue from the United States. EPA will consider all comments submitted by the date set forth above 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. Dated: April 10, 2018. Enrique Manzanilla, Director, Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9. [FR Doc. 2018–09322 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P EXPORT-IMPORT BANK [Public Notice: 2018–3009] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery Export-Import Bank of the United States. ACTION: Notice of submission of information collection approval from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments. AGENCY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, ExportImport Bank of the United States has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 1, 2018 to be assured of consideration. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:14 May 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 Comments may be submitted electronically on WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV (EIB 11–01) or by mail to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20038 Attn: OMB 3048–0036. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, please contact Mia Johnson, Mia.Johnson@ exim.gov, or by mail to Mia L. Johnson, Export-Import Bank of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20571. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title and Form Number: EIB 11–01, Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration’s commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on the Agency’s services will be unavailable. The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions: • The collections are voluntary; • The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19283 the respondents and the Federal Government; • The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies; • Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the near future; • Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained; • Information gathered will be used only internally for general service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended for release outside of the agency; • Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions; and • Information gathered will yield qualitative information; the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the population of study. Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results. As a general matter, information collections will not result in any new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private. The Agency received no comments in response to the 60-day notice published in the Federal Register of January 23, 2018 (Vol. 83, No. 15). E:\FR\FM\02MYN1.SGM 02MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09322]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-SFUND-2018-07; FRL-9977-39--Region 9]


Ecology Control Industries, Inc. Removal Site, Torrance, CA; 
Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability for review and comment 
of a proposed administrative settlement agreement under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), between the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), and Bridge Point South Bay II, LLC 
(``Bridge Point LLC''), regarding the Ecology Control Industries, Inc. 
Removal Site (``ECI Site'') in Torrance, California. The Settlement 
Agreement requires the purchaser to conduct a removal action to address 
soil contamination at the ECI Site.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
SFUND-2018-07, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission 
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xiao Zhang, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3), Environmental Protection 
Agency,

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Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; tel: (415) 972-
3266; fax: (415) 947-3570; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bridge Point LLC is agreeing to perform a 
removal action to address soils contaminated with the pesticide 
dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT). The removal action will reduce 
the risk to future users of the property and the surrounding community 
from exposure to contamination primarily caused by historical DDT 
manufacturing operations at a nearby plant. Under the terms of the 
settlement, Bridge Point LLC will complete the removal action and pay 
EPA's costs for oversight of the cleanup activities. In exchange, 
Bridge Point LLC will receive a covenant not to sue from the United 
States. EPA will consider all comments submitted by the date set forth 
above 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.

    Dated: April 10, 2018.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2018-09322 Filed 5-1-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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