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[FR Doc No: 94-21694]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5063-8]

 

Proposed Administrative Order on Consent; Petrochem Recycling 
Corp./Ekotek, Inc., Site, Salt Lake City, UT

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, (U.S. EPA).

ACTION: Proposed de minimis settlement.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 122(i)(1) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (CERCLA), notice is hereby given of a proposed de 
minimis settlement under section 122(g) concerning the Petrochem 
Recycling Corp./Ekotek, Inc., Site in Salt Lake City, Utah (the Site). 
The proposed Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) requires 363 
potentially responsible parties (PRP) to pay an aggregate total of 
$7,803,386.11 to resolve their liability to the EPA related to response 
actions taken or to be taken at the Site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by no later than October 3, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Greg Phoebe (8HWM-SR), 
Enforcement Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2405, and 
should refer to: In the matter of Petrochem/Ekotek De Minimis 
Settlement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James M. Stearns, Office of Regional Counsel, EPA Region VIII, at (303) 
294-7197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of section 122(g) De Minimis 
Settlement: In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of CERCLA, notice is 
hereby given that the terms of an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) 
have been agreed to by the following 363 parties, for the following 
amounts: Option A Settlements: Allied Petroleum of Reno ($53,634.70); 
Alpine Foreign Repair ($2,915.06); American Label Co. ($9,765.80); 
Anaconda Mining (Anaconda Minerals) ($148,636.91); Applied Mechanical 
Systems, Inc. ($15,444.00); Aztec Truck & Tire ($10,637.05); B&R Tire 
Company, Inc. ($3,539.62); Beckman Instruments, Inc. ($85,714.20); 
Bell's Chevron Food Mart ($11,560.70); Bill & Vern's Service Inc. 
($2,566.90); Black Butte Coal Company ($27,834.46); BMW of Murray 
($25,289.55); Bob's Conoco ($868.73); Bonanza Motors, Inc. 
($18,926.62); Brigham Truck & Implement ($9,920.20); Brighton Ski 
Resort (Boyne USA, Inc.) ($3,857.36); Buehner Concrete/Otto Buehner & 
Co. ($11,012.75); Buhl Implement, Inc. ($12,216.20); Burks Tractor, 
Inc. ($11,104.24); Call's Sinclair Service ($6,755.00); Cameron Sales, 
Inc. (Cameron International) ($14,378.64); Canyon Lincoln-Mercury 
($11,078.20); Cardwell Distributing Co. ($19,826.24); Carleson Cadillac 
Company, Inc. ($19,801.00); Casper Barrel & Drum, Inc. ($25,096.50); 
Center Street Conoco ($579.00); Cherry Hill Chevron ($6,330.40); Chris 
& Keith Chevron ($6,214.60); Chris Jordan Volkswagen-Porsche-Audi, Inc. 
($7,997.92); Christensen Oil Company ($10,428.56); Chrysler-Dodge 
Country USA, Inc. ($17,717.40); Chuck's Chevron ($9,920.20); City of 
Idaho Falls (Fire Station No. 2) ($579.15); City of Logan ($13,899.60); 
City of Pocatello ($2,856.40); City of Twin Falls, Inc., and Water 
Treatment Plant ($12,065.63); Clarence Knight Pontiac ($27,753.40); 
Cliff's Chevron ($10,248.30); Cline's Mazda Auto Sales ($15,401.40); 
Construction Rental & Supply ($8,706.56); Corporation of the Presiding 
Bishop/Deseret Mills & Elevator ($41,934.00); Crus Distributing (Crus 
Oil, Inc.) ($2,910.44); Custom Auto Crafters ($8,318.30); Dahle's 
Toyota, Inc. ($12,892.40); Dan Eastman Jeep, Eagle & Suzuki, Inc. 
($16,733.10); Darrel's Chevron ($6,948.00); Dave Kissel Chevron (Kissel 
Chevron) ($1,737.00); Dave's Chevron ($3,995.10); Dick Dey Oldsmobile-
Buick, Inc. (Dick Dey) ($3,860.00); Discount Tire and Automotive, Inc. 
($3,281.85); Doug Smith Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. ($11,196.90); Duane's 
Texaco ($1,814.20); Durbano Metals, Inc. ($1,640.92); Duval Corp. 
($119,698.60); Ecclesiastes 9:10-11-12, Inc. (f/k/a Logan 
Manufacturing, Inc.) ($7,334.00); Economy Builder's Supply, Inc. 
($1,466.80); Eddie's Chevron ($8,976.83); Ed Kenley Ford ($6,774.30); 
Egan Farm Services, Inc. ($10,962.40); Elixir Industries ($79,405.33); 
Emery County Road Department ($17,679.52); Field Oil ($8,667.95); Fife 
Rock Products Company, Inc. ($11,773.00); GT Automotive, Inc. 
($4,855.88); Gary's Tire Center, Inc. ($15,142.78); Gary's Fast Lube/
Cary's Chevron ($5,695.00); Gene's Texaco ($2,046.33); Gilbert Western 
($81,859.02); Given Ford Sales ($2,541.99); Goodyear Tire & Rubber 
Company ($37,754.66); Grandma's Tires and Car Care Clinic, Inc. 
($11,023.16); Grant's Conoco ($6,484.80); Hayes Brothers Buick 
($55,270.21); Henry's Service, Inc./Henry's Conoco ($8,225.66); 
Hilton's Conoco ($965.66); Holiday Tire Center/Holiday Oil Company 
($13,703.00); Horne Construction Corp. ($1,832.24); Intermountain Parts 
Cleaners ($9,071.00); Intermountain Sports ($1,679.54); Intermountain 
Volkswagen ($44,818.46); Jerome Gas & Oil, Inc. ($1,080.80); Jerry 
Seiner Chevrolet, Inc. ($11,919.68); Jiffy Lube International of Utah, 
Inc. #1 (Jiffy Lube International, Inc.) ($195,316.00); Jiffy Lube 
International of Utah, Inc. #2 ($118,787.64); Jiffy Lube International 
of Utah, Inc. #3 ($159,147.80); Jiffy Lube International of Utah, Inc. 
#4 ($73,455.80); Jiffy Lube International of Utah, Inc. #5 
($146,764.92); Jim & Dave's Enterprises (Jim & Dave's Husky) 
($5,712.80); Jim's Chevron ($5,230.30); John's Texaco ($2,142.30); Kent 
Nelson Conoco ($5,384.70); Ketchum Automotive ($3,670.86); Kiewit 
Western ($31,941.50); Kim Hansen Chevrolet-Olds, Inc ($9,785.10); KUTV, 
L.P. ($636.90); Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. ($29,613.87); Lowell's 
Conoco ($13,838.10); Lube-N-Go ($20,844.00); Lynn Wood Service Center 
($6,293.43); M.H. Cook Pipeline Construction Company ($12,181.46); Mack 
Trucks, Inc. ($41,618.52); Maetex Supply Co., Inc. ($1,930.00); Marion 
Willey & Son Ford ($26,923.50); Mark Miller Subaru ($17,563.00); Master 
Muffler Shops ($14,949.78); May Trucking Company ($42,567.53); Menlove 
Dodge Toyota (Menlove-Johnson) ($29,436.36) Middlekauff Lincoln-
Mercury, Inc. ($5,945.94); Miller Brands, Inc. ($1,833.50); Miller's 
Transport, Inc. ($26,095.02); Miller's Truck Stop ($13,799.50); Montana 
Brand Produce Co., Inc. ($11,058.90); Motor Cargo ($18,701.70); Motor 
Sportsland, Inc. ($2,123.00); Murray City Maintenance (Murray City 
Corporation) ($7,160.30); Naylor Dodge (Naylor Auto, Inc.) ($1,833.50); 
Newspaper Agency Corporation (NAC) ($2,796.58); North End Texaco 
($2,335.91); Northwest EnviroService, Inc. ($48,006.82); Northwest 
Transport Service, Inc. ($11,158.29); Nowsco Services, Inc. 
($12,255.50); Olsen Chevrolet (Young Chevrolet Company) ($43,150.94); 
Parley's Way Conoco ($2,779.92); Pearson Tire & Distributing Co., Inc. 
($3,261.70); Petersen Motors (Petersen Motor Company, Inc.) 
($36,689.30); Pipe Renewal Service, Inc. ($34,469.80); Plaza Cycle 
($20,192.00); Questar Corp. for Interstate Brick, Mountain Fuel Supply, 
Mountain Fuel Resources, and Questar Pipeline ($100,187.12); R.J. Flinn 
Automotive ($1,594.16); Reichold Chemical ($133,366.86); Rick's Texaco 
Service ($1,196.60); Riverside Country Club ($1,158.30); Robert's TBA 
Service, Inc. ($11,522.10); Rocky Mountains Transmission ($1,351.00); 
Rosan Rexnord Products (VSI Corp.) ($21,230.00); Roy Raymond Ford-
Mitsubishi, Inc. ($9,683.39); Rupps Trucking ($4,882.90); Safeway, Inc. 
($34,424.68); Salt Lake Auto/Truck Plaza ($35,317.96); Sawtooth Auto 
Sales, Inc. ($12,343.62); Sawtooth Motors ($18,528.93); Shell Western E 
& P Inc. ($12,999.29); Sinclair Oil ($4,632.00); Six States 
Distributors, Inc. ($1,274.13); Snelgrove Ice Cream Parlors, Inc. 
($1,196.60); Southgate Chevron ($2,026.50); Spartan Jeep/Eagle, Inc. 
($40,780.90); Stadium Chevron ($3,474.00); Stars Ferry Building Supply, 
Inc. ($1,930.00); Steve's Conoco ($907.10); Sun Power Computerized 
Tune-Up ($11,375.42); Sun Valley Company ($5,759.12); Sun Valley 
Stages, Inc. ($1,717.70); TAS Tire & Automotive ($17,744.00); Taylor 
Chevrolet, Inc. ($13,139.44); Taylor Farm Service, Inc. ($9,266.40); 
Tom Randall Distributing ($29,988.34); Tri-City Ford, Inc. 
($12,834.50); Tri-Miller Packing Company ($2,082.97); U S Pollution 
Control, Inc. ($116,768.86); Utah County Road Department ($8,494.20); 
Utah State Parks & Recreation ($6,774.30); Utah Valley Transit, Inc. 
($1,833.50); Viking Freight System ($8,108.10); W.H. Pingree Co., Inc. 
($6,118.10); W.W. Clyde & Co. ($67,638.74); Wasatch Metals, Inc. 
($7,411.20); Washburn Motor Co., Inc. (Washburn Isuzu) ($7,198.90); 
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District ($6,583.00); Werner's BMW 
Service ($8,260.40); Westcon Utility ($6,957.52); Western Industrial 
Cleaning Services, Inc. (Allwaste Intermountain Plant Services, Inc.) 
($7,830.43); Western States Petroleum, Inc. ($1,639.38); Western 
Transmission (a/k/a J.R. McGeachin, Inc.) ($12,034.74); Westland Ford, 
Inc. ($20,882.60); Wilson Motor Company, Inc. ($12,266.39); Wilson 
Products Company, Inc. ($3,262.55); Winder Dairy ($2,509.00); Workman 
Pontiac-Cadillac-Buick GMC Inc. ($8,528.95); Wright Motor Company 
(Wright Motor Company) ($3,474.90); and Young Ford, Inc. ($10,169.87); 
Option B Settlements: Alta Ski Lifts Company ($88,104.46); American 
Airlines ($1,470.15); Ames Construction, Inc. ($24,766.60); Amoco 
Corporation ($1,306.00); Amoco Service Center ($2,286.90); Analytichem 
International Inc. ($33,041.80); Apex Drum Co., Inc. ($12,272.33); ASF-
24 (U.S. Army) ($5,485.20); Associated Food Stores, Inc. ($9,049.59); 
AT&T ($3,036.45); Axtell Chevrolet Co., Inc. ($39,807.00); Barber 
Brothers Motor Company, Inc. (Chrysler) ($1,633.50); Beaver Creek Coal 
Company ($14,701.50); Bert-Co Graphics ($3,593.70); Bill & Randy's 
Texaco ($6,693.25); Bill's Service ($2,612.00); Black & Decker (U.S.), 
Inc. ($653.40); Boeing ($326.70); Boise Cascade ($3,101.75); Bonneville 
County, Idaho ($21,856.23); Boulevard Texaco ($7,019.75); Bourns, Inc. 
($52,886.47); Brush Wellman, Inc. ($34,878.49); Bush Oil Company 
($7,187.40); Californian Publishing Co. ($4,668.95); Camp Pendleton--
Marine Corps ($17,478.45); Carr Printing Company, Inc. ($816.25); Car-
Tune Shop, Inc. ($2,450.25); Chemcentral Corporation ($7,396.32); Chuck 
Morey/Halliburton Energy Services ($25,319.25); City of Ketchum Shops 
($1,274.13); City of North Salt Lake (North Salt Lake Shops) 
($1,796.85); City of South Salt Lake Shops ($4,900.00); Claude H. Nix 
Construction ($9,025.20); Clinton City Corp. ($1,731.51); Coast 
Envelope (International Paper) ($21,940.80); Coast Yellow Cab Co-op 
($1,960.20); Commercial Security Bank ($1,437.48); Container 
Corporation of America ($15,452.91); Coors Brewing Co. ($180,319.42); 
Cottonwood Chrylser-Plymouth, Inc. ($17,282.43); Cottonwood Sanitation 
Dist., Salt Lake County ($4,606.47); CPC Industries of Utah ($490.05); 
Crown Coach, Inc. ($18,786.81); Defense Property Disposal (Defense 
Logistics Agency) ($389,267.00); Dexter Adhesives & Structural Material 
(Hysol Division/Dexter Corp.) ($7,183.00); Douglas Aircraft Company 
(McDonnell Douglas) ($359.15); Dugway Service Station (Army and Air 
Force Exchange Service ($2,350.80); Dynamic Air ($7,966.60); Eaton-
Kenway Corporation ($1,436.12); Ed & Karl's Husky ($620.73); EIMAC 
Corp. (Varian Associates, Inc.) ($63,122.45); Embee Inc. (Embee 
Plating) ($20,908.80); Fort Douglas (Transportation Motor Pool) 
($11,761.20); Fort Ord ($28,351.02); Four-Way Service ($6,697.35); 
Frances Taylor ($1,306.00); Franklin Press ($3,240.86); Frye & Smith, 
Inc. ($1,947.13); Gans Ink & Supply Co. ($11,492.80); George AFB 
($61,754.21); Grandma's Tire of Bountiful, Inc. ($3,593.70); Grandma's 
Tires of Ogden, Inc. ($6,043.95); Grandma's Tires of Sandy ($4,475.79); 
Grandma's Tires of South State, Inc. ($1,960.20); Green Giant Co. 
($16,419.94); H & S Conoco ($2,221.56); Hansen's Texaco (Demont Hansen) 
($4,181.76); Heber City Corporation ($816.75); Heckett Engineering/
Harsco Corporation ($37,635.84); Hercules Incorporated ($91,678.55); 
Heritage Honda (Larry H. Miller Honda) ($86,640.84); Herman Brothers, 
Inc. ($10,127.70); Hill AFB ($226,721.60); Hirning Pontiac, Cadillac, 
GMC, Inc. ($16,713.97); Hydro Flame Corp. ($4,504.21); IT Corp. 
($18,798.32); Industrial Constructors Corp. ($28,601.40); Ingersoll-
Rand Company ($1,796.85); Intermountain Farmers Association 
($9,114.93); Interpace Industries, Inc. ($24,992.55); Interstate 
Engineering ($1,045.44); J.C. Carter Co., Inc. ($38,550.60); Jackson 
Hole Standard ($1,893.70); James H. Clark & Son, Inc. ($47,338.83); 
Jay's Chevron ($1,450.55); Jetway Equipment (Jetway Corp./Pneumo Abex) 
($20,614.77); Joslin Automotive ($653.00); Kaysville City Shop 
($1,731.51); Ken's Texaco ($980.10); Kent Hansen Texaco ($490.05); 
Kenworth Sales Co. ($2,613.60); Kim's Conoco ($2,056.95); Kimball 
Elevator Co. (United States Elevator) ($1,561.63); Kimberly-Clark Corp. 
($2,677.30); Knott's Berry Farm ($9,501.15); L.E. Myers ($3,593.70); La 
Sal Oil Company, Inc. ($29,272.32); LaFleur Conoco ($1,893.70); Larry 
H. Miller Chevrolet ($27,540.81); Latham Motors, Inc. ($16,629.03); 
Lear-Siegler, Inc. (BFM Energy) ($16,236.99); Leffingwell (Uniroyal 
Chemical Company, Inc.) ($44,156.77); Liebert Industrial Metals, Inc. 
($979.50); Litton Industries, Inc. ($12,937.32); Luke AFB ($19,812.02); 
Lund Machinery Company, Inc. ($35,884.73); M.C. Green & Sons, Inc. 
($9,702.99); MAACO Auto Painting (DR&S Incorporated) ($359.15); Madison 
County Road & Bridge ($3,358.48); Marine Corps Supply Center Yermo 
Annex/MCSC Barstow ($120,506.56); MCAS El Toro ($44,326.65); MCC 
Flowseal ($23,522.40); Monroc, Inc. (Utah Sand & Gravel) ($3,265.00); 
Montana Resources, Inc. ($34,885.62); Morgan City Shop (Morgan City 
Corp.) ($980.10); Morris Motors, Inc. ($979.18); Mountain Home AFB 
($45,579.40); Murry's Center Texaco ($2,711.61); Naval Air Station 
Almeda ($185,604.80); Newport Corporation ($41,498.15); North Davis 
County Sewer District ($4,275.73); OK Tire (OK Auto Systems, Inc.) 
($359.37); Owen Wright Inc. Cadillac-Oldsmobile ($11,434.50); Pacific 
Coast Packaging Corp. ($28,004.41); Park County, Wyoming ($3,983.30); 
Payson City Corp. (Shop) ($16,537.55); Pillsbury ($2,776.95); PP&G Ink 
(PPG Industries) ($46,611.14); Provo City Parks & Recreation 
($2,894.56); Provo City Utility ($1,306.80); Quality Linen & Towel 
Supply Company ($1,470.15); Ray's Chevron ($5,553.90); Ray's Land & Sea 
Service ($1,796.85); Rent-It-Center, Inc. ($23,489.73); Riverdale City 
Shops ($653.00); Riverton City Shops ($1,078.11); Rowley's Texaco 
($3,591.50); Roy City Corp. (Roy City Shop) ($1,535.49); Royal Paper 
Box Co. ($3,953.07); S.J. Groves & Sons Co. ($20,590.94); Salt Lake 
Country Club ($1,960.20); Salt Lake County Shops/Salt Lake Fire 
Department ($75,682.70); Sherwin-Williams Co. ($718.74); Signetics 
Corp. ($4,243.09); Solitude Ski Resort ($18,425.88); Spanish Fork City 
Corp. ($3,916.70); Staker Paving & Const., Inc. ($52,559.15); Standard 
Builders Supply, Inc. ($8,494.20); Standard Register Company 
($6,105.55); State Street Texaco ($4,541.13); Stone's Diesel & 
Automotive (Stone's Auto Sales) ($2,677.30); Tapmatic Corp. 
($25,467.00); Tekform/General Ceramics ($32,597.76); Texaco Car Truck 
Stop ($980.10); Texasgulf Inc. (Tg Soda Ash, Inc.) ($30,690.20); 
Thatcher Chemical ($12,270.85); Theisen Motors Inc. ($74,182.30); 
Tooele Army Depot ($223,515.07); Trane Co. (American Standard, Inc.) 
($2,272.44); Transport Equipment Co. (Kenworth Sales) ($18,584.38); 
Trebar Kenworth Sales, Inc. ($7,487.96); Tupperware USA ($29,035.81); 
T.W. Graphics Group ($3,852.70); Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. (B.F. 
Goodrich Co.) ($27,759.03); United Air Cargo (United Airlines, Inc.) 
($8,853.57); U.S. Gypsum Co. ($5,548.66); U.S. Naval Weapons Station 
(Fallbrook Annex) ($11,774.68); Washington Construction Company 
($441,861.75); Weber County Road Department ($4,900.50); Webster 
Chevrolet-Buick Co. ($2,286.90); West Jordan City ($4,571.00); West 
Point City ($1,078.11); West Valley City Corporation ($4,211.85); 
Western Lift Trucks ($18,316.65); Western States Minerals Corporation 
($15,681.50); Westland Graphics ($3,232.35); Williams AFB ($4,061.66); 
Williams International Corporation ($35,642.97); ZCMI Auto Centers (d/
b/a D&M Tire) ($12,708.63).
    By the terms of the proposed AOC, these PRPs will together pay 
$7,803,386.11 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund (Superfund). The 
$7,803,386.11 represents approximately 11.2% of the total anticipated 
costs for the Site upon which this settlement was based.
    In exchange for payment, U.S. EPA will provide the settling parties 
with a covenant not to sue for liability under sections 106 and 107(a) 
of CERCLA, including liability for EPA past costs, the one-time cost of 
remedy, future EPA oversight costs, future operation and maintenance of 
the as-yet unselected remedy, and under section 7003 of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, as amended (also known as the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA)).
    The amount that each individual PRP will pay, as shown above, 
equals $2.97 multiplied by the number of gallons of waste the party 
sent to the Site (Base Amount), plus a premium payment of either 30% or 
120% of the Base Amount, as specified by each Respondent PRP in the 
AOC. The per gallon charge of $2.97 was calculated by dividing the 
total estimated response costs for the Site ($69,594.403) by the total 
estimated volume of waste disposed of at the Site (23,454,592 gallons). 
For parties paying a 30% premium, there is an exception to the covenant 
not to sue if total response costs at the Site exceed $69,594,403. If 
this amount were exceeded, EPA could sue these parties for all or a 
portion of the overage. For parties paying the 120% premium, the 
exception to the covenant not to sue does not apply.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the public may submit comments to U.S. EPA relating to the proposed de 
minimis settlement.
    A copy of the proposed AOC may be obtained from Greg Phoebe (8HWM-
SR), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th 
Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2405, (303) 294-7036. 
Additional background information relating to the de minimis settlement 
is available for review at the Superfund Records Center at the above 
address, and at the Mariott Library, Special Collections Department, 
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, (801) 581-8863.
William P. Yellowtail,
Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region VIII.
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