[Federal Register: December 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 250)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act; South 
Bay Asbestos Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(I) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended by 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (``CERCLA''), notice 
is hereby given that a proposed administrative cost recovery settlement 
concerning the South Bay Asbestos Site in the Alviso district of San 
Jose, California was executed by the Agency on December 16, 1999. The 
proposed settlement resolves an EPA claim under Sections 106 and 107 of 
CERCLA against the following Respondents: CertainTeed Corporation and 
T&N Limited; T&N Industries Inc. The proposed settlement was entered 
into under the authority granted EPA in Section 122(h) of CERCLA, and 
requires the Respondents to pay $800,000 to the Hazardous Substances 
Superfund in settlement of past costs. For thirty (30) days following 
the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written 
comments relating to the settlement. The Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at: 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Superfund Record Center, 4th 
floor, 95 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California, 94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement as set forth in the Administrative 
Consent Order may be obtained from Jeannie Cervera, Assistant Regional 
Counsel (ORC-2), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California, 94105. Comments regarding 
the proposed settlement should be sent to Jeannie Cervera at the 
address provided above, and should reference the South Bay Asbestos 
site located in San Jose, California (EPA Docket No. 99-06).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Cervera, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 744-1395.

    Dated: December 17, 1999.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 99-33953 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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