[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7304]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5980-6]
Proposed De Minimis Settlement Under Section 122(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund
Site, St. Charles County, MO
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
enter into a de minimis administrative settlement to resolve claims
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g). This
settlement is intended to resolve the liability of the following
parties for response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Hayford
Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site, St. Charles County, Missouri:
AlliedSignal, Inc.; United States Department of Energy; Borden, Inc.;
Campbell Soup Company; Cargill, Incorporated; Cooper Industries;
Hoechst Celanese Corporation; Chemtech Industries, Inc.; The Dow
Chemical Company; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; Ford Motor
Company; General Electric Company; Hager, C. & Sons Hinge Manufacturing
Company, Inc.; Intalco Aluminum Corporation; Nilok Chemicals,
Incorporated; PPG Industries, Inc.; Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.; Rohr
Inc.; St. Claire Die Casting Company; Union Camp Corporation; and
Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The proposed settlement consent
order was signed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on
September 23, 1997, and approved by the United States Department of
Justice on February 25, 1998.
DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before April 20, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Baerbel Schiller, Senior
Counsel, Superfund Division, United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and
should refer to: In the matter of Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Site,
EPA Docket No. VII-97-F-0017.
The proposed administrative consent order may be examined in person
at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. To request a copy of the
administrative consent order, write to the address shown above and
refer to the matter by name and docket number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed administrative settlement
concerns the Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site which is
located in the east central portion of Missouri just north of the City
of St. Charles in St. Charles County, Missouri. The Findett Corporation
has operated a recycling business at the Site since 1962. Between 1962
and 1973, about 80% of Findett's business involved the reclamation of
heat transfer fluids, hydraulic fluids, solvents and catalysts. Through
these reclamation processes, wastes containing polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) were disposed at
the Site resulting in contamination of the soils and groundwater.
EPA conducted a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study
(``RI/FS'') at the Site and the RI/FS Report was completed in 1988. The
decision by EPA on the remedial action to be implemented at the Site
was embodied in a Record of Decision (``ROD''), executed on December
28, 1988. In May 1995, EPA issued an amendment to the 1988 ROD. In
1989, EPA and the Findett Corporation signed a consent decree which
obligated Findett to implement the ROD. Findett is currently
implementing the groundwater remedy and is expected to commence soil
bioremediation on its property in the near future. Between May 1997 and
August 1997, the de minimis parties signed the administrative consent
order, agreeing to reimburse EPA $250,535 for a portion of the Agency's
past and future response costs in exchange for the United States'
covenant not to sue the parties pursuant to Sections 106 or 107 of
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 or 9607, subject to certain reservations of
rights by the United States.
Dated: March 9, 1998.
Baerbel Schiller,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, EPA Region VII.
[FR Doc. 98-7304 Filed 3-19-98; 8:45 am]
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