[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53142-53143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21689]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA R9-2019-06; FRL-10000-82-Region 9]


Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement Agreement and 
Order on Consent for Southern Avenue Industrial Area Superfund Site, 
South Gate, California

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'').

ACTION: Notice of settlement; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') is hereby providing notice of a proposed 
administrative settlement agreement and order on consent (``Settlement 
Agreement'') with Joyce Mendell Brody, as an individual and in her 
capacity as the sole member and manager of 5211 Southern Avenue LLC 
(``Settling Party''). The Settlement Agreement is intended to resolve 
claims for the recovery of past and future response costs associated 
with EPA's ongoing efforts to remediate the hazardous substances in the 
soil and groundwater beneath the Southern Avenue Industrial Area 
Superfund Site, in South Gate, California. The Settlement Agreement 
includes a covenant by EPA not to sue and requires the Settling Party 
to reimburse EPA $134,821.

DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the Settlement 
Agreement until November 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The Settlement Agreement is available for public inspection 
at United States Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Records 
Center, 75 Hawthorne Street, Room 3110, San Francisco, California 
94105. Telephone 415-947-8717. Comments should be addressed to Diane 
Prend, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-3-
1), EPA Region IX, 75

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Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105 or by email at 
Prend.Diane@epa.gov; and should reference the Southern Avenue 
Industrial Area Superfund Site, EPA R9-2019-06. EPA's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at the same 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Prend, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, ORC 3-1, San Francisco, California 94105; phone: (415) 972-
3825; email: Prend.Diane@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settlement Agreement is entered into 
pursuant to Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA and notice is made in 
accordance with Section 122(i). The Settlement Agreement is intended to 
resolve Settling Party's ownership liability for the Southern Avenue 
Industrial Area Superfund Site under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA. 
The Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to reimburse EPA 
$134,821 and includes a covenant by EPA not to sue or take 
administrative action against Settling Party.

    Dated: September 24, 2019.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2019-21689 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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