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Parties’’), owners of the real property
located at 1213 253rd Street, Harbor
City, Los Angeles County, California,
known as the Former C-Brite Metal
Finishing Facility Site (‘‘C-Brite Site’’ or
‘‘Site’’). C-Brite Metal Finishing, Inc.
operated a plating business at the Site
from 1966 to 2017 and abandoned the
property thereafter. Under the
Settlement Agreement, the Settling
Parties’ CERCLA liability will be
resolved in exchange for a lump sum
payment of $100,000, which will be
placed in a special account and used to
fund response actions at the Site.
DATES: The Agency will consider public
comments relating to the Settlement
Agreement until April 15, 2022. EPA
will consider all comments received and
may modify or withdraw its consent to
the Settlement Agreement if comments
received disclose facts or considerations
that indicate it is inappropriate,
improper, or inadequate.
ADDRESSES: Please contact Harry Allen
at Allen.HarryL@epa.gov or (415) 218–
7406 to request a copy of the Settlement
Agreement. Comments on the
Settlement Agreement should be
submitted in writing to Mr. Allen at
Allen.HarryL@epa.gov. Comments
should reference the C-Brite Site and the
EPA Docket Number for the Settlement
Agreement, EPA R9–2021–07. If for any
reason you are not able to submit a
comment by email, please contact Mr.
Allen at (415) 218–7406 to make
alternative arrangements for submitting
your comment. EPA’s response to
comments received may be obtained by
contacting Mr. Allen at Allen.HarryL@
epa.gov or (415) 218–7406.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Harry Allen, On-Scene Coordinator
(SFD–9–2), Superfund Division, U.S.
EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105; email:
Allen.HarryL@epa.gov; phone: (415)
218–7406.
Dated: March 9, 2022.
Michael Montgomery,
Director, Superfund and Emergency
Management Division, EPA Region IX.
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Notice of proposed settlement
agreement; request for public comment.
ACTION:
In accordance with the Clean
Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act),
notice is given of a proposed settlement
agreement in Genscape, Inc. v. EPA, No.
19–3705 (6th Cir.). On July 26, 2019,
Petitioner Genscape, Inc. (Genscape)
filed a petition for review in the United
States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit. Genscape challenged the final
action of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA or the Agency) entitled
‘‘EPA Final Determination in the Matter
of Genscape, Inc., Option A Quality
Assurance Plan Auditor Under the
Renewable Fuel Standard Program’’
(‘‘Final Determination’’), which was
issued on May 31, 2019. The proposed
settlement agreement would require
dismissal of the litigation once EPA
issues a revision to the Final
Determination as specified in
Attachment A.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed settlement agreement must be
received by April 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OGC–2022–0293, online at https://
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method). Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID number for
this action. Comments received may be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
‘‘Additional Information about
Commenting on the Proposed
Settlement Agreement’’ heading under
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this document. Out of an abundance
of caution for members of the public
and our staff, the EPA Docket Center
and Reading Room are closed to the
public, with limited exceptions, to
reduce the risk of transmitting COVID–
19. Our Docket Center staff will
continue to provide remote customer
service via email, phone, and webform.
We encourage the public to submit
comments via https://
www.regulations.gov, as there may be a
delay in processing mail and faxes.
Hand-deliveries and couriers may be
received by scheduled appointment
only. For further information on EPA
Docket Center services and the current
status, please visit us online at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
EPA continues to carefully and
continuously monitor information from
the CDC, local area health departments,
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and our federal partners so that we can
respond rapidly as conditions change
regarding COVID–19.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Stahle, Air and Radiation Law
Office (mail code), Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202)
564–1272; email address stahle.susan@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed
Settlement Agreement
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2022–0293) contains a
copy of the proposed settlement
agreement.
The electronic version of the public
docket for this action contains a copy of
the proposed settlement agreement and
is available through https://
www.regulations.gov. You may use
https://www.regulations.gov to submit
or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and 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.’’
II. Additional Information About the
Proposed Settlement Agreement
On May 31, 2019, EPA issued the
Final Determination in which it (1)
revoked Genscape’s registration as a
Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) auditor
pursuant to 40 CFR 80.1450(g)(11); (2)
revoked Genscape’s QAP A Plan under
40 CFR 80.1469(e)(4); and (3) required
Genscape to replace the remaining
invalid A–RINs it had verified and that
were used for compliance purposes
pursuant to 40 CFR 80.1470(d) and
80.1474(b)(5)(i). On July 26, 2019,
Genscape filed a petition for review in
the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
challenging only the portion of the Final
Determination requiring Genscape to
replace the invalid RINs. The proposed
settlement would require dismissal of
this litigation once EPA issues a
revision to the Final Determination as
specified in Attachment A within 30
days of a fully executed settlement
agreement. The revision to the Final
Determination would be limited to
revisions addressing the number of RINs
Genscape must replace, the time in
which they much be replaced and other
requirements regarding that RIN
replacement. Genscape would file an
appropriate pleading to dismiss its
petition for review with prejudice
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within 15 days of EPA issuing the
revision to the Final Determination.
If Genscape fully complies with the
revised Final Determination, it would
fulfill Genscape’s RIN replacement
obligations under and bring Genscape
into compliance with 40 CFR 80.1470
and 80.1474 regarding the auditing
activities described in the Final
Determination and would fully resolve
all RIN retirement obligations of
Genscape and its parent companies
identified in the proposed settlement
agreement arising from the Final
Determination. If Genscape fails to
comply with any requirement in the
revised Final Determination, EPA would
reserve the right to initiate proceedings
to enforce that action. If EPA fails to
issue the revisions to the Final
Determination, Genscape would be able
to pursue its challenge to the original
Final Determination.
In accordance with section 113(g) of
the CAA, for a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
document, the Agency will accept
written comments relating to the
proposed settlement agreement. 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.
III. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed
Settlement Agreement
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2022–
0293, via https://www.regulations.gov.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from this docket.
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA’s docket at https://
www.regulations.gov 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. 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://
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www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. For additional information
about submitting information identified
as CBI, please contact the person listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document. Note
that written comments containing CBI
and submitted by mail may be delayed
and deliveries or couriers will be
received by scheduled appointment
only.
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. 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
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 https://
www.regulations.gov website 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.
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.
Gautam Srinivasan,
Associate General Counsel.
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information collection request (ICR),
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Copolymers Production (EPA ICR
Number 2432.06, OMB Control Number
2020–0666), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through April 30,
2022. Public comments were previously
requested, via the Federal Register, on
April 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. An agency may
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before April 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OAR–2021–0125, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460. EPA’s policy is that all
comments received will be included in
the public docket without change
including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes
profanity, threats, information claimed
to be Confidential Business Information
(CBI), or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Submit written comments and
recommendations to OMB for the
proposed information collection within
30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
Program Division (D243–05), Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,
27711; telephone number: (919) 541–
0833; email address: ali.muntasir@
epa.gov.
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Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public
comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean Air Act, as amended (CAA or the
Act), notice is given of a proposed settlement agreement in Genscape,
Inc. v. EPA, No. 19-3705 (6th Cir.). On July 26, 2019, Petitioner
Genscape, Inc. (Genscape) filed a petition for review in the United
States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Genscape challenged the
final action of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency)
entitled ``EPA Final Determination in the Matter of Genscape, Inc.,
Option A Quality Assurance Plan Auditor Under the Renewable Fuel
Standard Program'' (``Final Determination''), which was issued on May
31, 2019. The proposed settlement agreement would require dismissal of
the litigation once EPA issues a revision to the Final Determination as
specified in Attachment A.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be
received by April 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OGC-2022-0293, online at https://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
number for this action. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Additional Information
about Commenting on the Proposed Settlement Agreement'' heading under
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Out of an
abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, the EPA
Docket Center and Reading Room are closed to the public, with limited
exceptions, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. Our Docket
Center staff will continue to provide remote customer service via
email, phone, and webform. We encourage the public to submit comments
via https://www.regulations.gov, as there may be a delay in processing
mail and faxes. Hand-deliveries and couriers may be received by
scheduled appointment only. For further information on EPA Docket
Center services and the current status, please visit us online at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
EPA continues to carefully and continuously monitor information
from the CDC, local area health departments, and our federal partners
so that we can respond rapidly as conditions change regarding COVID-19.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Stahle, Air and Radiation Law
Office (mail code), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone (202) 564-1272; email address [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed Settlement Agreement
The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2022-0293) contains a copy of the proposed settlement
agreement.
The electronic version of the public docket for this action
contains a copy of the proposed settlement agreement and is available
through https://www.regulations.gov. You may use https://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the official public docket, and 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.''
II. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement Agreement
On May 31, 2019, EPA issued the Final Determination in which it (1)
revoked Genscape's registration as a Quality Assurance Plan (QAP)
auditor pursuant to 40 CFR 80.1450(g)(11); (2) revoked Genscape's QAP A
Plan under 40 CFR 80.1469(e)(4); and (3) required Genscape to replace
the remaining invalid A-RINs it had verified and that were used for
compliance purposes pursuant to 40 CFR 80.1470(d) and 80.1474(b)(5)(i).
On July 26, 2019, Genscape filed a petition for review in the Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals challenging only the portion of the Final
Determination requiring Genscape to replace the invalid RINs. The
proposed settlement would require dismissal of this litigation once EPA
issues a revision to the Final Determination as specified in Attachment
A within 30 days of a fully executed settlement agreement. The revision
to the Final Determination would be limited to revisions addressing the
number of RINs Genscape must replace, the time in which they much be
replaced and other requirements regarding that RIN replacement.
Genscape would file an appropriate pleading to dismiss its petition for
review with prejudice
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within 15 days of EPA issuing the revision to the Final Determination.
If Genscape fully complies with the revised Final Determination, it
would fulfill Genscape's RIN replacement obligations under and bring
Genscape into compliance with 40 CFR 80.1470 and 80.1474 regarding the
auditing activities described in the Final Determination and would
fully resolve all RIN retirement obligations of Genscape and its parent
companies identified in the proposed settlement agreement arising from
the Final Determination. If Genscape fails to comply with any
requirement in the revised Final Determination, EPA would reserve the
right to initiate proceedings to enforce that action. If EPA fails to
issue the revisions to the Final Determination, Genscape would be able
to pursue its challenge to the original Final Determination.
In accordance with section 113(g) of the CAA, for a period of
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this document,
the Agency will accept written comments relating to the proposed
settlement agreement. 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.
III. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement
Agreement
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2022-
0293, via https://www.regulations.gov. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from this docket. EPA may publish any comment
received to its public docket. Do not submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov 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. 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. For additional information about submitting information
identified as CBI, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. Note that written
comments containing CBI and submitted by mail may be delayed and
deliveries or couriers will be received by scheduled appointment only.
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. 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 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 https://www.regulations.gov website 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.
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.
Gautam Srinivasan,
Associate General Counsel.
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