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40 CFR Part 300
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–1983–0002; FRL–9995–
25–Region 9]
National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion
of the MGM Brakes Superfund Site
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 9 is issuing a
Notice of Intent to Delete MGM Brakes
Superfund Site (Site) located in
Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California,
from the National Priorities List (NPL)
and requests public comments on this
proposed action. The NPL, promulgated
pursuant to section 105 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is
an appendix of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and
the State of California, through the
Department of Toxic Substances
Control, have determined that all
appropriate response actions under
CERCLA have been completed.
However, this deletion does not
preclude future actions under
Superfund.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion
I. Introduction
EPA Region 9 announces its intent to
delete the MGM Brakes Superfund Site
from the National Priorities List (NPL)
and requests public comment on this
proposed action. The NPL constitutes
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II. NPL Deletion Criteria
The NCP establishes the criteria that
EPA uses to delete sites from the NPL.
In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e),
sites may be deleted from the NPL
where no further response is
appropriate. In making such a
determination pursuant to 40 CFR
300.425(e), EPA will consider, in
consultation with the State, whether any
of the following criteria have been met:
i. Responsible parties or other persons
have implemented all appropriate
response actions required;
ii. all appropriate Fund-financed
response under CERCLA has been
implemented, and no further response
action by responsible parties is
appropriate; or
iii. the remedial investigation has
shown that the release poses no
significant threat to public health or the
environment and, therefore, the taking
of remedial measures is not appropriate.
III. Deletion Procedures
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Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which
is the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(NCP), which EPA promulgated
pursuant to section 105 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended.
EPA maintains the NPL as the list of
sites that appear to present a significant
risk to public health, welfare, or the
environment. Sites on the NPL may be
the subject of remedial actions financed
by the Hazardous Substance Superfund
(Fund). As described in 40 CFR
300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, sites deleted
from the NPL remain eligible for Fundfinanced remedial actions if future
conditions warrant such actions.
EPA will accept comments on the
proposal to delete this site for thirty (30)
days after publication of this document
in the Federal Register.
Section II of this document explains
the criteria for deleting sites from the
NPL. Section III discusses procedures
that EPA is using for this action. Section
IV discusses the MGM Brakes
Superfund Site and demonstrates how it
meets the deletion criteria.
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The following procedures apply to
deletion of the Site:
(1) EPA consulted with the State
before developing this Notice of Intent
to Delete.
(2) EPA has provided the state 30
working days for review of this notice
prior to publication of it today.
(3) In accordance with the criteria
discussed above, EPA has determined
that no further response is appropriate.
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(4) The State of California, through
the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, has concurred with deletion of
the Site from the NPL.
(5) Concurrently with the publication
of this Notice of Intent to Delete in the
Federal Register, a notice is being
published in a major local newspaper,
The Coverdale Reveille. The newspaper
notice announces the 30-day public
comment period concerning the Notice
of Intent to Delete the site from the NPL.
(6) The EPA placed copies of
documents supporting the proposed
deletion in the deletion docket and
made these items available for public
inspection and copying at the Site
information repositories identified
above.
If comments are received within the
30-day public comment period on this
document, EPA will evaluate and
respond appropriately to the comments
before making a final decision to delete.
If necessary, EPA will prepare a
Responsiveness Summary to address
any significant public comments
received. After the public comment
period, if EPA determines it is still
appropriate to delete the Site, the
Regional Administrator will publish a
final Notice of Deletion in the Federal
Register. Public notices, public
submissions and copies of the
Responsiveness Summary, if prepared,
will be made available to interested
parties and in the site information
repositories listed above.
Deletion of a site from the NPL does
not itself create, alter, or revoke any
individual’s rights or obligations.
Deletion of a site from the NPL does not
in any way alter EPA’s right to take
enforcement actions, as appropriate.
The NPL is designed primarily for
informational purposes and to assist
EPA management. Section 300.425(e)(3)
of the NCP states that the deletion of a
site from the NPL does not preclude
eligibility for future response actions,
should future conditions warrant such
actions.
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IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion
The following information provides
EPA’s rationale for deleting the Site
from the NPL:
Site Background and History
MGM Brakes Superfund Site
(CERCLIS ID: CAD000074120) was
proposed to the National Priorities List
(NPL) on 12/30/1982 (47 FR 58476), and
finalized on 9/08/1983 (48 FR 40658).
The Site is approximately 5-acres and is
located in the City of Cloverdale,
Sonoma County, California at 1201
South Cloverdale Boulevard. It is
bounded on the south by light industrial
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facilities, including a beer brewing
company and on the west by a vehicle
storage yard. In May 1990, a Remedial
Design/Remedial Action Consent Decree
(CD) was entered into by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and the potentially responsible
parties (PRPs) TBG Inc. and Indian Head
Industries, Inc. The CD defines the
‘‘Site’’ as Assessor’s Parcels Numbers
(APN) 38, 39, and 45 and portions of
adjacent Parcels 62, 63, 71, and 72.
Since the CD was issued, parcels 71 and
72 were subdivided and reassigned
APNs 117–040–090, 117–040–093, 117–
340–001 through 117–340–012, and
117–340–COM.
From 1962 until operations ceased in
1982, the MGM Brakes facility
manufactured and cast aluminum brake
components for large motor vehicles.
The facility consisted of a casting plant
building, seven above ground storage
tanks, a cooling tower, and a storage
shed. From 1965 until 1972, hydraulic
fluids containing polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) were used in the
casting machines. These hydraulic
fluids leaked from the casting machines
in the normal course of the plant’s
operations and were then collected in
floor drains, together with water used to
cool the dies between castings.
Following gravity separation of oils and
grease, the wastewater containing PCBs
was discharged, via a drain line, to the
ground adjacent to the casting plant.
The practice of discharging wastewater
onto the vacant fields surrounding the
casting plant building is believed to be
the main cause of PCB contamination at
the Site.
PCB contamination was detected in
surface water runoff, surface and
subsurface soil, and inside the casting
plant building. During investigations
conducted from 1983 to 1988 volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) were
detected in groundwater. The detected
VOCs were benzene, chlorobenzene, cis1,2- dichloroethylene, 1,4dichlorobenzene, 1,1-dichloroethene,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethene
(TCE), and vinyl chloride. TCE was the
predominant VOC, as it was detected
more frequently than other VOCs and at
the highest concentrations.
Remedial actions for PCBs began in
1993 and included equipment removal,
building demolition, concrete slab
removal, removal of below-grade
structures, and soil excavation. The soil
excavation and backfill work was
completed in 1994.
Remedial actions for the VOCcontaminated groundwater included
installation of groundwater monitoring
wells and monitored natural
attenuation. Groundwater monitoring
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wells were installed in 1994 and
groundwater monitoring was conducted
from 1995 through 2013. All
groundwater monitoring wells were
removed by 2017 following the
attainment of groundwater restoration
cleanup levels for TCE.
The MGM Brakes site is not currently
developed. However, in January 2018
the EPA included the MGM Brakes site
on the Superfund Redevelopment Focus
List and stated the site was ‘‘Ready for
Reuse’’.
Remedial Investigation and Feasibility
Study (RI/FS)
EPA conducted a Remedial
Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/
FS) from 1983 to 1988. The EPA
conducted limited field investigations
during the course of evaluating remedial
alternatives. The original FS was
initiated in 1985 and released in 1986.
The original FS identified incineration
as the EPA’s preferred alternative for
removing PCBs. Due to strong
opposition to incineration, as well as
other comments submitted during the
public comment period, EPA decided to
prepare a revised FS. In May 1988, EPA
released the revised FS which evaluated
a list of alternatives including capping,
excavation and on-site fixation, in-situ
fixation, on-site incineration, and
excavation and off-site disposal. The
preferred remedy, as stated in the May
1988 Proposed Plan, was excavation and
off-site disposal of PCBs. No adverse
comments were received during the
public comment period regarding this
remedy.
The remedial action objective (RAO)
for PCB contaminated soils was to
reduce the present and future on-site
risk to human health and the
environment to a 1 × 10¥5 (1 in 100,000)
cancer risk and provide unrestricted
future use of the Site. RAOs also
required restoration of groundwater to
appropriate maximum contaminant
levels (MCLs) or other health-based
standard such that the total risk will not
exceed 10¥6.
Selected Remedy
In September 1988, EPA issued a
Record of Decision (ROD) which
selected as the Site remedy excavation
and off-site disposal of soils with PCB
concentrations above 10 milligrams per
kilogram (mg/kg); demolition of the
casting plant; and decontamination of
PCB contaminated equipment and
materials. In addition, PCBs in surface
soil (defined as the uppermost 10
inches) could not exceed 1 mg/kg. The
1988 ROD also called for further
investigation of the VOC-contaminated
groundwater and restoration of
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groundwater within the Site boundaries
to appropriate MCLs. The specific
groundwater cleanup option was to be
determined as a part of the remedial
design. The 1988 ROD stated that the
selected remedies were intended to
reduce the present and future on-site
risk to human health and the
environment to a 1 × 10¥5 (1 in 100,000)
cancer risk and provide unrestricted
future use of the property. This was to
be achieved by removing and disposing
of all soil exceeding a PCB
concentration of 10 mg/kg. The 1988
ROD also required restoration of
groundwater within the Site boundary
to appropriate MCLs such that the total
risk would not exceed 1 × 10¥6.
In 1995 EPA issued an Explanation of
Significant Differences (ESD) that
selected monitored natural attenuation
(MNA) as the groundwater remedy and
established Federal MCLs as the
cleanup levels. The 1995 ESD also
revised the soil remedy to allow bedrock
(deeper than 15 feet and below ground
surface (bgs)) with PCB concentrations
greater than 10 mg/kg and less than 100
mg/kg to be left in place and added the
requirement for land use restrictions. A
Covenant and Agreement to Restrict Use
of Certain Property (1995 Covenant) was
recorded in Sonoma County in July
1995 to restrict use of certain portions
of the Site. The 1995 Covenant
prohibited excavation of more than 1
cubic yard of soil from a depth greater
than 15 feet bgs without following
specific protocols set forth in the 1995
Covenant.
In the 2013 Five Year Review (2013
FYR) EPA determined that the site
qualified for unlimited use and
unrestricted exposure. In 2016 EPA
issued a second ESD that removed the
requirement for land use restrictions
based on the 2013 FYR determination.
The 2016 ESD noted that land use
controls (LUCs) were included in a new
Covenant and Environmental
Restrictions on Property (2016
Covenant), recorded in Sonoma County
on March 25, 2016. The 2016 Covenant
is not incorporated into the Superfund
remedy.
Remedial Actions
The remedial actions were
implemented pursuant to the ROD, CD,
and ESD. For the PCB-contaminated soil
remedy, EPA determined that building
demolition must be performed to access
the contaminated soil, concrete beneath
the casting plant building, and other
structures. Equipment was removed
from the building and, except for one
piece, was disposed of off-site with
demolition debris. One piece of
equipment was decontaminated,
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documented as clean using wipe
samples, and moved to a different
facility. Demolition of the structure
began in April 1992 and was completed
in May 1992. The building debris was
sampled for PCBs, found to be
hazardous waste and subsequently
shipped off-site to a permitted disposal
facility, Kettleman Hills Class I Landfill.
The excavation work performed to
remove and dispose of PCBcontaminated soil began in June 1993.
Soils contaminated above 10 mg/kg
were excavated to a depth of at least five
feet for most of the Site, with limited
highly contaminated areas being
excavated to 29 feet; as noted above, a
limited volume of deeper soil contained
more than 10 mg/kg and less than 100
mg/kg PCBs. There were several belowgrade structures that were removed as
part of this excavation work. These
included a small underground storage
tank, two concrete sumps, three
concrete pipes, and other associated
underground piping.
Upon completion of the excavation
and backfilling, stockpiled soil, debris,
and other appurtenances were removed
from the Site and disposed of at the
appropriate facilities. All excavation
field work was completed by June 1994.
For the VOC-contaminated
groundwater remedy, construction
activities included installation of
groundwater monitoring wells.
Cleanup Levels
Monitoring for PCBs in Soil and Surface
Water Runoff
Soil sampling and analysis for PCBs
was conducted in and around the
excavation to monitor the progress and
establish extent of the excavation. The
entire Site was divided into grid blocks
12.5 feet on each horizontal side by two
feet vertically. Each grid block was
given a unique identification number.
Soil samples collected from the grid
blocks were analyzed in an on-site
mobile laboratory that provided
screening results. A California certified
laboratory was used to analyze all
surface soil samples and splits of at least
20% of the samples. The verification
analysis indicated that PCBs were less
than or equal to the remedial clean up
goal. For a minimum of 10% of the soil
samples sent to the off-site laboratory,
an EPA split soil sample was analyzed
by EPA’s contract laboratory. The data
from screening analyses and verification
analyses for PCBs in soil met the quality
assurance and quality control goals set
forth in the Remedial Action Quality
Assurance Project Plan.
Soil was excavated from grids where
screening analyses indicated that PCB
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concentrations were higher than the
remedial goals, except for several grids
where samples were collected from
bedrock in the bottom of the excavation.
As noted above, the 1995 ESD revised
the soil remedy to allow these few grids
to remain.
In accordance with the Final
Excavation Monitoring Plan, postconstruction surface runoff samples
were collected at three locations on and
near the Site within 24 hours of any
rainfall event producing 1.0 inch or
more of precipitation in a 24-hour
period, as measured by the Cloverdale
Fire Department. Forty-seven postconstruction monitoring surface runoff
samples were collected after completion
of the excavation work. PCBs were not
detected in any of the surface water
runoff samples at or above a detection
limit of 0.25 mg/L.
In March 1998, the EPA provided a
Certificate of Completion for the
demolition and excavation work, which
documented EPA’s conclusion that all
portions of the Remedial Action (RA) for
soil were completed in accordance with
the ROD, CD, and ESD.
Investigation and Monitoring of
Groundwater
In accordance with the ROD and CD,
the groundwater RA included activities
to locate the source of VOCs, and install
additional wells to evaluate the extent
of VOC contamination and monitor
groundwater. Despite attempts to locate
the source of VOC contamination in the
groundwater, no source was identified.
As described above, the 1995 ESD
selected MNA as the groundwater
remedy and defined a point of
compliance to ensure contaminants did
not move beyond the Site boundary at
concentrations above MCLs. When the
1995 ESD was published, TCE was the
only contaminant which remained
above its MCL.
Groundwater monitoring for VOCs
began in 1995 and continued through
2013 as follows:
• From 1995 through 1999,
groundwater samples were collected
from 12 wells and analyzed for VOCs.
In addition, PCBs and semi-volatile
organic compounds (SVOC) analyses
were performed in 1998 and 1999. With
EPA concurrence, one groundwater
monitoring well was abandoned. The
well was abandoned under permit from
the Sonoma County Department of
Environmental Health (SCDEH).
• From 2000 through 2006,
groundwater samples were collected
from 11 wells and analyzed for VOCs.
In 2006, EPA approved the
abandonment of nine wells at the Site.
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The wells were abandoned under permit
from SCDEH.
• From 2006 through 2013
groundwater samples were collected
from the two remaining wells, B–50 and
B–73. The groundwater samples were
analyzed for VOCs. In April 2017, after
the attainment of TCE MCLs and with
EPA concurrence, both wells were
abandoned under permit from SCDEH.
The Final Groundwater Monitoring
Report, was prepared after the 2013
sampling events. As described in the
Draft Revised Final Remedy
Certification Report for the VOC
Groundwater Work, per 2014 EPA
guidance, analysis of contaminantspecific data from the MGM Brakes Site
provided a technical and scientific basis
that:
1. The MCL for TCE was met in both
remaining wells; and,
2. The groundwater would continue
to meet the MCL for TCE in both
remaining wells in the future.
In February 2018, the EPA provided a
Certificate of Completion for the VOC
Groundwater Work, which documented
EPA’s concurrence that all portions of
the RA for groundwater were completed
in accordance with the ROD, CD and
ESD.
Operation and Maintenance
There are no ongoing monitoring
activities for soil or groundwater. The
2016 ESD removed the requirement for
institutional controls. There are no
operation and maintenance activities
required.
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Five Year Review
The Third Five-Year Review Report
for MGM Brakes Superfund Site,
Cloverdale California, September 2013
(Third FYR) was the last five-year
review completed at the Site. The Third
FYR concluded that the Site remedy is
protective of human health and the
environment and that there are no
issues that affect protectiveness in the
short- or long-term. Furthermore, an
evaluation completed during the Third
FYR, and documented in the 2016 ESD,
concluded that hazardous substances
and pollutants had been removed to safe
levels and that the site qualified for
unlimited use and unrestricted
exposure. Future FYRs are not required.
Community Involvement
The community has been involved in
the MGM Brakes Superfund Cleanup
throughout the remedial process.
Comments were submitted in strong
opposition to the original remedy
suggested by the feasibility study in
1986. These comments were taken into
consideration and EPA prepared a
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revised FS in May 1988 evaluating a list
of alternative remedies, ultimately
resulting in a different remedy for the
Site. No adverse comments were
received during the public comment
period regarding this remedy.
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Criteria for Deletion in the NCP
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Michael Stoker,
Regional Administrator, Region 9.
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In March 1998, the EPA provided a
Certificate of Completion for the
demolition and excavation work, which
documented EPA’s concurrence that all
portions of the RA for soil were
completed in accordance with the ROD,
CD, and ESD. In February 2018, the EPA
provided a Certificate of Completion for
the VOC Groundwater Work, which
documented EPA’s concurrence that all
portions of the RA for groundwater were
completed in accordance with the ROD,
CD and ESD. In the Third FYR and the
2016 ESD, EPA concluded that
hazardous substances and pollutants
had been removed to safe levels and that
the site qualified for unlimited use and
unrestricted exposure.
In February 2018, the Regional Water
Quality Control Board of California
determined that no further action (NFA)
was required at the MGM Brakes
Superfund Site located at 1201 South
Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale,
California. A letter documenting the
NFA status is included in the deletion
docket. In December 2018 the
Department of Toxic Substances Control
issued a letter concurring with EPA’s
proposed deletion of the MGM Brakes
Site from the National Priorities List.
This letter is also included in the
deletion docket.
The implemented remedy at the MGM
Brakes Superfund Site has achieved the
degree of cleanup specified in the ROD
for all exposure pathways; and all
selected remedial and removal action
objectives and associated cleanup levels
are consistent with agency policy and
guidance. No further Superfund
response is needed at the MGM Brakes
Superfund Site to protect human health
and the environment.
SUMMARY: This document corrects
technical errors in the proposed rule
that appeared in the May 3, 2019, issue
of the Federal Register entitled
‘‘Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient
Prospective Payment Systems for Acute
Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care
Hospital Prospective Payment System
and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal
Year 2020 Rates; Proposed Quality
Reporting Requirements for Specific
Providers; Medicare and Medicaid
Promoting Interoperability Programs
Proposed Requirements for Eligible
Hospitals and Critical Access
Hospitals.’’
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
DATES:
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous
waste, Hazardous substances,
Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, Water supply.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C.
9601–9657; E.O. 13626, 77 FR 56749, 3 CFR,
2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757,
3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52
FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.
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Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient
Prospective Payment Systems for
Acute Care Hospitals and the LongTerm Care Hospital Prospective
Payment System and Proposed Policy
Changes and Fiscal Year 2020 Rates;
Proposed Quality Reporting
Requirements for Specific Providers;
Medicare and Medicaid Promoting
Interoperability Programs Proposed
Requirements for Eligible Hospitals
and Critical Access Hospitals;
Correction
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
AGENCY:
June 18, 2019.
Erin Patton, (410) 786–2437.
Dylan Podson, (410)-786–5031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In FR Doc. 2019–08330 of May 3,
2019 (84 FR 19158), there were a
number of technical errors that are
identified and corrected in the
Correction of Errors section of this
correcting document.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002; FRL-9995-25-Region 9]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List: Deletion of the MGM Brakes Superfund Site
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 is issuing
a Notice of Intent to Delete MGM Brakes Superfund Site (Site) located
in Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California, from the National Priorities
List (NPL) and requests public comments on this proposed action. The
NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of
1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the State of
California, through the Department of Toxic Substances Control, have
determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been
completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions
under Superfund.
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DATES: Comments must be received by July 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1983-0002, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or
removed from Regulations.gov. 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Olivia Trombadore, Remedial Project Manager, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, SFD-9-2, 75 Hawthorne St.,
San Francisco, CA, 94105, (415) 972-3973.
Hand delivery: Olivia Trombadore, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, SFD-9-2, 75
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA, 94105, (415) 972-3973. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
1983-0002. 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 protected through https://www.regulations.gov or email. The https://www.regulations.gov website 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 email comment directly to EPA without
going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email 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.
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 the hard
copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Regional Records
Center, 75 Hawthorne Street, Room 3110, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415)
947-8717, Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Or:
Sonoma County Library, Headquarters, 6135 State Farm Drive, Rohnert
Park, California, (707) 545-0831, Call for hours of operation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olivia Trombadore, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, SFD-9-2, 75
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA, 94105, (415) 972-3973,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion
I. Introduction
EPA Region 9 announces its intent to delete the MGM Brakes
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests
public comment on this proposed action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B
of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances
Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to
section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA maintains the NPL
as the list of sites that appear to present a significant risk to
public health, welfare, or the environment. Sites on the NPL may be the
subject of remedial actions financed by the Hazardous Substance
Superfund (Fund). As described in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP,
sites deleted from the NPL remain eligible for Fund-financed remedial
actions if future conditions warrant such actions.
EPA will accept comments on the proposal to delete this site for
thirty (30) days after publication of this document in the Federal
Register.
Section II of this document explains the criteria for deleting
sites from the NPL. Section III discusses procedures that EPA is using
for this action. Section IV discusses the MGM Brakes Superfund Site and
demonstrates how it meets the deletion criteria.
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
The NCP establishes the criteria that EPA uses to delete sites from
the NPL. In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e), sites may be deleted
from the NPL where no further response is appropriate. In making such a
determination pursuant to 40 CFR 300.425(e), EPA will consider, in
consultation with the State, whether any of the following criteria have
been met:
i. Responsible parties or other persons have implemented all
appropriate response actions required;
ii. all appropriate Fund-financed response under CERCLA has been
implemented, and no further response action by responsible parties is
appropriate; or
iii. the remedial investigation has shown that the release poses no
significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore,
the taking of remedial measures is not appropriate.
III. Deletion Procedures
The following procedures apply to deletion of the Site:
(1) EPA consulted with the State before developing this Notice of
Intent to Delete.
(2) EPA has provided the state 30 working days for review of this
notice prior to publication of it today.
(3) In accordance with the criteria discussed above, EPA has
determined that no further response is appropriate.
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(4) The State of California, through the Department of Toxic
Substances Control, has concurred with deletion of the Site from the
NPL.
(5) Concurrently with the publication of this Notice of Intent to
Delete in the Federal Register, a notice is being published in a major
local newspaper, The Coverdale Reveille. The newspaper notice announces
the 30-day public comment period concerning the Notice of Intent to
Delete the site from the NPL.
(6) The EPA placed copies of documents supporting the proposed
deletion in the deletion docket and made these items available for
public inspection and copying at the Site information repositories
identified above.
If comments are received within the 30-day public comment period on
this document, EPA will evaluate and respond appropriately to the
comments before making a final decision to delete. If necessary, EPA
will prepare a Responsiveness Summary to address any significant public
comments received. After the public comment period, if EPA determines
it is still appropriate to delete the Site, the Regional Administrator
will publish a final Notice of Deletion in the Federal Register. Public
notices, public submissions and copies of the Responsiveness Summary,
if prepared, will be made available to interested parties and in the
site information repositories listed above.
Deletion of a site from the NPL does not itself create, alter, or
revoke any individual's rights or obligations. Deletion of a site from
the NPL does not in any way alter EPA's right to take enforcement
actions, as appropriate. The NPL is designed primarily for
informational purposes and to assist EPA management. Section
300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that the deletion of a site from the
NPL does not preclude eligibility for future response actions, should
future conditions warrant such actions.
IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion
The following information provides EPA's rationale for deleting the
Site from the NPL:
Site Background and History
MGM Brakes Superfund Site (CERCLIS ID: CAD000074120) was proposed
to the National Priorities List (NPL) on 12/30/1982 (47 FR 58476), and
finalized on 9/08/1983 (48 FR 40658). The Site is approximately 5-acres
and is located in the City of Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California at
1201 South Cloverdale Boulevard. It is bounded on the south by light
industrial facilities, including a beer brewing company and on the west
by a vehicle storage yard. In May 1990, a Remedial Design/Remedial
Action Consent Decree (CD) was entered into by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the potentially responsible
parties (PRPs) TBG Inc. and Indian Head Industries, Inc. The CD defines
the ``Site'' as Assessor's Parcels Numbers (APN) 38, 39, and 45 and
portions of adjacent Parcels 62, 63, 71, and 72. Since the CD was
issued, parcels 71 and 72 were subdivided and reassigned APNs 117-040-
090, 117-040-093, 117-340-001 through 117-340-012, and 117-340-COM.
From 1962 until operations ceased in 1982, the MGM Brakes facility
manufactured and cast aluminum brake components for large motor
vehicles. The facility consisted of a casting plant building, seven
above ground storage tanks, a cooling tower, and a storage shed. From
1965 until 1972, hydraulic fluids containing polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) were used in the casting machines. These hydraulic fluids leaked
from the casting machines in the normal course of the plant's
operations and were then collected in floor drains, together with water
used to cool the dies between castings. Following gravity separation of
oils and grease, the wastewater containing PCBs was discharged, via a
drain line, to the ground adjacent to the casting plant. The practice
of discharging wastewater onto the vacant fields surrounding the
casting plant building is believed to be the main cause of PCB
contamination at the Site.
PCB contamination was detected in surface water runoff, surface and
subsurface soil, and inside the casting plant building. During
investigations conducted from 1983 to 1988 volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) were detected in groundwater. The detected VOCs were benzene,
chlorobenzene, cis-1,2- dichloroethylene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 1,1-
dichloroethene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethene (TCE), and vinyl
chloride. TCE was the predominant VOC, as it was detected more
frequently than other VOCs and at the highest concentrations.
Remedial actions for PCBs began in 1993 and included equipment
removal, building demolition, concrete slab removal, removal of below-
grade structures, and soil excavation. The soil excavation and backfill
work was completed in 1994.
Remedial actions for the VOC-contaminated groundwater included
installation of groundwater monitoring wells and monitored natural
attenuation. Groundwater monitoring wells were installed in 1994 and
groundwater monitoring was conducted from 1995 through 2013. All
groundwater monitoring wells were removed by 2017 following the
attainment of groundwater restoration cleanup levels for TCE.
The MGM Brakes site is not currently developed. However, in January
2018 the EPA included the MGM Brakes site on the Superfund
Redevelopment Focus List and stated the site was ``Ready for Reuse''.
Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
EPA conducted a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/
FS) from 1983 to 1988. The EPA conducted limited field investigations
during the course of evaluating remedial alternatives. The original FS
was initiated in 1985 and released in 1986. The original FS identified
incineration as the EPA's preferred alternative for removing PCBs. Due
to strong opposition to incineration, as well as other comments
submitted during the public comment period, EPA decided to prepare a
revised FS. In May 1988, EPA released the revised FS which evaluated a
list of alternatives including capping, excavation and on-site
fixation, in-situ fixation, on-site incineration, and excavation and
off-site disposal. The preferred remedy, as stated in the May 1988
Proposed Plan, was excavation and off-site disposal of PCBs. No adverse
comments were received during the public comment period regarding this
remedy.
The remedial action objective (RAO) for PCB contaminated soils was
to reduce the present and future on-site risk to human health and the
environment to a 1 x 10-\5\ (1 in 100,000) cancer risk and
provide unrestricted future use of the Site. RAOs also required
restoration of groundwater to appropriate maximum contaminant levels
(MCLs) or other health-based standard such that the total risk will not
exceed 10-\6\.
Selected Remedy
In September 1988, EPA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) which
selected as the Site remedy excavation and off-site disposal of soils
with PCB concentrations above 10 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg);
demolition of the casting plant; and decontamination of PCB
contaminated equipment and materials. In addition, PCBs in surface soil
(defined as the uppermost 10 inches) could not exceed 1 mg/kg. The 1988
ROD also called for further investigation of the VOC-contaminated
groundwater and restoration of
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groundwater within the Site boundaries to appropriate MCLs. The
specific groundwater cleanup option was to be determined as a part of
the remedial design. The 1988 ROD stated that the selected remedies
were intended to reduce the present and future on-site risk to human
health and the environment to a 1 x 10-\5\ (1 in 100,000)
cancer risk and provide unrestricted future use of the property. This
was to be achieved by removing and disposing of all soil exceeding a
PCB concentration of 10 mg/kg. The 1988 ROD also required restoration
of groundwater within the Site boundary to appropriate MCLs such that
the total risk would not exceed 1 x 10-\6\.
In 1995 EPA issued an Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD)
that selected monitored natural attenuation (MNA) as the groundwater
remedy and established Federal MCLs as the cleanup levels. The 1995 ESD
also revised the soil remedy to allow bedrock (deeper than 15 feet and
below ground surface (bgs)) with PCB concentrations greater than 10 mg/
kg and less than 100 mg/kg to be left in place and added the
requirement for land use restrictions. A Covenant and Agreement to
Restrict Use of Certain Property (1995 Covenant) was recorded in Sonoma
County in July 1995 to restrict use of certain portions of the Site.
The 1995 Covenant prohibited excavation of more than 1 cubic yard of
soil from a depth greater than 15 feet bgs without following specific
protocols set forth in the 1995 Covenant.
In the 2013 Five Year Review (2013 FYR) EPA determined that the
site qualified for unlimited use and unrestricted exposure. In 2016 EPA
issued a second ESD that removed the requirement for land use
restrictions based on the 2013 FYR determination. The 2016 ESD noted
that land use controls (LUCs) were included in a new Covenant and
Environmental Restrictions on Property (2016 Covenant), recorded in
Sonoma County on March 25, 2016. The 2016 Covenant is not incorporated
into the Superfund remedy.
Remedial Actions
The remedial actions were implemented pursuant to the ROD, CD, and
ESD. For the PCB-contaminated soil remedy, EPA determined that building
demolition must be performed to access the contaminated soil, concrete
beneath the casting plant building, and other structures. Equipment was
removed from the building and, except for one piece, was disposed of
off-site with demolition debris. One piece of equipment was
decontaminated, documented as clean using wipe samples, and moved to a
different facility. Demolition of the structure began in April 1992 and
was completed in May 1992. The building debris was sampled for PCBs,
found to be hazardous waste and subsequently shipped off-site to a
permitted disposal facility, Kettleman Hills Class I Landfill.
The excavation work performed to remove and dispose of PCB-
contaminated soil began in June 1993. Soils contaminated above 10 mg/kg
were excavated to a depth of at least five feet for most of the Site,
with limited highly contaminated areas being excavated to 29 feet; as
noted above, a limited volume of deeper soil contained more than 10 mg/
kg and less than 100 mg/kg PCBs. There were several below-grade
structures that were removed as part of this excavation work. These
included a small underground storage tank, two concrete sumps, three
concrete pipes, and other associated underground piping.
Upon completion of the excavation and backfilling, stockpiled soil,
debris, and other appurtenances were removed from the Site and disposed
of at the appropriate facilities. All excavation field work was
completed by June 1994.
For the VOC-contaminated groundwater remedy, construction
activities included installation of groundwater monitoring wells.
Cleanup Levels
Monitoring for PCBs in Soil and Surface Water Runoff
Soil sampling and analysis for PCBs was conducted in and around the
excavation to monitor the progress and establish extent of the
excavation. The entire Site was divided into grid blocks 12.5 feet on
each horizontal side by two feet vertically. Each grid block was given
a unique identification number. Soil samples collected from the grid
blocks were analyzed in an on-site mobile laboratory that provided
screening results. A California certified laboratory was used to
analyze all surface soil samples and splits of at least 20% of the
samples. The verification analysis indicated that PCBs were less than
or equal to the remedial clean up goal. For a minimum of 10% of the
soil samples sent to the off-site laboratory, an EPA split soil sample
was analyzed by EPA's contract laboratory. The data from screening
analyses and verification analyses for PCBs in soil met the quality
assurance and quality control goals set forth in the Remedial Action
Quality Assurance Project Plan.
Soil was excavated from grids where screening analyses indicated
that PCB concentrations were higher than the remedial goals, except for
several grids where samples were collected from bedrock in the bottom
of the excavation. As noted above, the 1995 ESD revised the soil remedy
to allow these few grids to remain.
In accordance with the Final Excavation Monitoring Plan, post-
construction surface runoff samples were collected at three locations
on and near the Site within 24 hours of any rainfall event producing
1.0 inch or more of precipitation in a 24-hour period, as measured by
the Cloverdale Fire Department. Forty-seven post-construction
monitoring surface runoff samples were collected after completion of
the excavation work. PCBs were not detected in any of the surface water
runoff samples at or above a detection limit of 0.25 [micro]g/L.
In March 1998, the EPA provided a Certificate of Completion for the
demolition and excavation work, which documented EPA's conclusion that
all portions of the Remedial Action (RA) for soil were completed in
accordance with the ROD, CD, and ESD.
Investigation and Monitoring of Groundwater
In accordance with the ROD and CD, the groundwater RA included
activities to locate the source of VOCs, and install additional wells
to evaluate the extent of VOC contamination and monitor groundwater.
Despite attempts to locate the source of VOC contamination in the
groundwater, no source was identified. As described above, the 1995 ESD
selected MNA as the groundwater remedy and defined a point of
compliance to ensure contaminants did not move beyond the Site boundary
at concentrations above MCLs. When the 1995 ESD was published, TCE was
the only contaminant which remained above its MCL.
Groundwater monitoring for VOCs began in 1995 and continued through
2013 as follows:
From 1995 through 1999, groundwater samples were collected
from 12 wells and analyzed for VOCs. In addition, PCBs and semi-
volatile organic compounds (SVOC) analyses were performed in 1998 and
1999. With EPA concurrence, one groundwater monitoring well was
abandoned. The well was abandoned under permit from the Sonoma County
Department of Environmental Health (SCDEH).
From 2000 through 2006, groundwater samples were collected
from 11 wells and analyzed for VOCs. In 2006, EPA approved the
abandonment of nine wells at the Site.
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The wells were abandoned under permit from SCDEH.
From 2006 through 2013 groundwater samples were collected
from the two remaining wells, B-50 and B-73. The groundwater samples
were analyzed for VOCs. In April 2017, after the attainment of TCE MCLs
and with EPA concurrence, both wells were abandoned under permit from
SCDEH.
The Final Groundwater Monitoring Report, was prepared after the
2013 sampling events. As described in the Draft Revised Final Remedy
Certification Report for the VOC Groundwater Work, per 2014 EPA
guidance, analysis of contaminant-specific data from the MGM Brakes
Site provided a technical and scientific basis that:
1. The MCL for TCE was met in both remaining wells; and,
2. The groundwater would continue to meet the MCL for TCE in both
remaining wells in the future.
In February 2018, the EPA provided a Certificate of Completion for
the VOC Groundwater Work, which documented EPA's concurrence that all
portions of the RA for groundwater were completed in accordance with
the ROD, CD and ESD.
Operation and Maintenance
There are no ongoing monitoring activities for soil or groundwater.
The 2016 ESD removed the requirement for institutional controls. There
are no operation and maintenance activities required.
Five Year Review
The Third Five-Year Review Report for MGM Brakes Superfund Site,
Cloverdale California, September 2013 (Third FYR) was the last five-
year review completed at the Site. The Third FYR concluded that the
Site remedy is protective of human health and the environment and that
there are no issues that affect protectiveness in the short- or long-
term. Furthermore, an evaluation completed during the Third FYR, and
documented in the 2016 ESD, concluded that hazardous substances and
pollutants had been removed to safe levels and that the site qualified
for unlimited use and unrestricted exposure. Future FYRs are not
required.
Community Involvement
The community has been involved in the MGM Brakes Superfund Cleanup
throughout the remedial process. Comments were submitted in strong
opposition to the original remedy suggested by the feasibility study in
1986. These comments were taken into consideration and EPA prepared a
revised FS in May 1988 evaluating a list of alternative remedies,
ultimately resulting in a different remedy for the Site. No adverse
comments were received during the public comment period regarding this
remedy.
Determine That the Site Meets the Criteria for Deletion in the NCP
In March 1998, the EPA provided a Certificate of Completion for the
demolition and excavation work, which documented EPA's concurrence that
all portions of the RA for soil were completed in accordance with the
ROD, CD, and ESD. In February 2018, the EPA provided a Certificate of
Completion for the VOC Groundwater Work, which documented EPA's
concurrence that all portions of the RA for groundwater were completed
in accordance with the ROD, CD and ESD. In the Third FYR and the 2016
ESD, EPA concluded that hazardous substances and pollutants had been
removed to safe levels and that the site qualified for unlimited use
and unrestricted exposure.
In February 2018, the Regional Water Quality Control Board of
California determined that no further action (NFA) was required at the
MGM Brakes Superfund Site located at 1201 South Cloverdale Boulevard,
Cloverdale, California. A letter documenting the NFA status is included
in the deletion docket. In December 2018 the Department of Toxic
Substances Control issued a letter concurring with EPA's proposed
deletion of the MGM Brakes Site from the National Priorities List. This
letter is also included in the deletion docket.
The implemented remedy at the MGM Brakes Superfund Site has
achieved the degree of cleanup specified in the ROD for all exposure
pathways; and all selected remedial and removal action objectives and
associated cleanup levels are consistent with agency policy and
guidance. No further Superfund response is needed at the MGM Brakes
Superfund Site to protect human health and the environment.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals,
Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations,
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, Water supply.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 13626,
77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3
CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp.,
p. 193.
Dated: April 30, 2019.
Michael Stoker,
Regional Administrator, Region 9.
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