[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60099-60100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30158]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5655-5]
Proposed De Minimis Settlement Under Section 122(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(g), Doepke Holliday
Superfund Site, Johnson County, KS
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed de minimis settlement under Section 122(g)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9622(g), Koepke
Holliday Superfund Site, Johnson County, Kansas.
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SUMMARY: The United States 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
Batliner Paper Stock Company for the response costs incurred and to be
incurred at the Doepke Holliday Superfund Site, Johnson County, Kansas.
The proposed settlement consent order was signed by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) on September 12, 1996, and approved by the
United States Department of Justice on September 26, 1996.
DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before December 26,
1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Daniel J. Shiel, Office of
Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region
VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer
to: In the matter of Batliner Paper Stock Company, EPA Docket No. VII-
96-F-0027.
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 by mail
please refer to the matter name and docket number set forth above and
enclose a check in the amount of $6.50 (25 cents per page for
reproduction costs), payable at the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed administrative settlement
concerns the Doepke Holliday Superfund Site (Site) in Johnson County,
Kansas. The Site encompasses approximately 80 acres and is located at
the intersection of Interstate 435 and Holliday Drive. In the 1950s and
early 1960s, various parties conducted residential and commercial trash
disposal operations on the Site. From approximately 1963 until late
1970, Doepke Disposal Service (DDS) operated a commercial and
industrial waste disposal business on the Site. DDS disposed of a wide
variety of wastes on the Site, including, inter alia, fiberglass and
fiberglass resins, paint sludge, waste solvents, metal tailings,
petroleum refinery wastes, chemical and pesticide manufacturing wastes,
and wastes from commercial operations, including, appliance repair,
automobile, truck and trailer repair, packaging materials and printing
operations. Hazardous substances, including, but not limited to, the
following have been found in soils and/or groundwater at the Site:
benzene, 1,2-dichloroethene, ethyl benzene, toluene, vinyl chloride,
xylene, naphthalene, chromium, iron, lead, manganese.
EPA placed the Site on the National Priorities List, set forth at
40 CFR Part 300, Appendix B, by publication in the Federal Register on
September 8, 1983, 48 Fed. Reg. 40674. A Remedial Investigation and
Feasibility Study (``RI/FS'') was conducted for the Site pursuant to 40
CFR Sec. 300.430, and the RI/FS Report was completed in July 1989. The
decision by EPA on the remedial action to be implemented at the Site
was embodied in a final Record of Decision (``ROD''), executed on
September 21, 1989.
On May 24, 1996, the United States District Court for the District
of Kansas entered a consent decree in the case styled United States v.
Waste Disposal, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 96-2124JWL. In the
consent decree the current owner of the Site, past owners and
operators, and a number of waste generators, including de minimis
generators, agreed to construct, operate and maintain the remedial
action, perform monitoring, and reimburse the United States'
outstanding response costs. Under the proposed settlement
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Batliner Paper Stock Company will pay the United States $15,000 in
exchange for the same settlement terms received by other similar de
minimis parties in the Consent Decree.
Dated: October 17, 1996.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-30158 Filed 11-25-96; 8:45 am]
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