PRC Patterson Superfund Removal Site; Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, As Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

Résumé

In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Action ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed Administrative Order on Consent ("AOC," Region 9 Docket No. 2001-14) pursuant to section 122(h) of CERCLA concerning the PRC PATTERSON SUPERFUND REMOVAL SITE (the "Site"), located in Patterson, California, and including an above ground storage tank in Vernalis, California. The respondents to the AOC are Chevron Corporation and Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Through the proposed AOC the respondents will complete the removal action addressing an above ground bulk storage tank at the Site. The AOC provides the respondents with a covenant not to sue and contribution protection for the removal actions at the Site. To date, EPA has incurred approximately $900,000.00 in response costs related to the Site; however, EPA's response costs incurred at the Site are less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total costs of the response action at the Site. EPA is waiving all claims for recovery of its response costs against the respondents consistent with EPA's est