[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10536]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5463-7]


Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(h) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), Chemical Commodities, Inc., 
Superfund Site, Shawnee, KS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative settlement.

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SUMMARY:  The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
proposing to enter into an administrative settlement under Section 
122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), to 
resolve the liability of AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc., 
McWane, Inc., Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Veterinary 
Laboratories, and the Defense Logistics Agency for costs incurred by 
the EPA in connection with response actions taken at the Chemical 
Commodities, Inc. Site at 20201 West 55th Street, Shawnee, Kansas.

DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before May 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Regional Administrator, 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726 
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer to: In the 
Matter of Chemical Commodities, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, EPA Docket 
No. VII-96-F-0009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara L. Peterson, Senior Assistant Regional Counsel, United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, 
Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7277.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chemical Commodities, Inc., a now defunct 
Kansas corporation, owned and operated a facility for recycling and 
storage of used and surplus chemicals, including hazardous substances, 
at 20201 West 55th Street, Shawnee, Kansas (the Site). An investigation 
of the Site by EPA in August, 1990 revealed that a variety of 
incompatible hazardous substances in deteriorating and leaking 
containers were randomly stored at the Site posing a threat of fire or 
explosion. The Site is located in a rapidly developing suburb of 
metropolitan Kansas City. The area surrounding the Site supports a 
mixture of residential, recreational, commercial and light industrial 
uses. The State of Kansas requested that the EPA assume the role of 
lead agency with respect to cleanup of the Site. The hazardous 
substances at the Site were removed and properly disposed of by the EPA 
in November, 1992.
    The proposed settlement provides for partial reimbursement of the 
removal response costs incurred by EPA. The EPA has determined that the 
settling parties, AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc., McWane, 
Inc., Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Veterinary Laboratories, and 
the Defense Logistics Agency, are liable for response costs at the Site 
pursuant to Section 107(a)(3) of CERCLA. The settling parties have each 
agreed to pay a portion of the response costs incurred by the EPA. The 
proposed settlement agreement provides that the EPA will convenant not 
to sue the settling parties for response costs incurred by the EPA at 
the Site under Section 107 of CERCLA upon payment of the amounts 
specified in the settlement agreements.

    Dated: April 9, 1996.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-10536 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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