[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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