[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60703-60704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30480]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5656-9]


Proposed Cost Recovery Settlement Under Section 122(h)(1) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), Pipe and Piling 
Superfund Site, Omaha and Avoca, Nebraska

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed cost recovery settlement under Section 
122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), Pipe 
and Piling Superfund Site, Omaha and Avoca, Nebraska.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
proposing to enter into a cost recovery administrative settlement to 
resolve claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
9622(h)(1). This settlement is intended to resolve the liability of 
Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.) Ltd. (Pipe & Piling) for the response 
costs incurred by the EPA in overseeing a removal action conducted by 
Pipe & Piling at Pipe and Piling Superfund Site, Omaha and Avoca, 
Nebraska. The proposed settlement consent order was signed by the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on October 29, 1996. Because 
EPA's total response costs did not exceed $500,000, the Attorney 
General's concurrence is not required for this settlement.

DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before December 30, 
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 Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.) Ltd., EPA Docket 
No. VII-96-F-0031.
    The proposed administrative settlement 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 $3.75 (25 cents per page for 
reproduction costs), payable to the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed administrative settlement 
concerns the Pipe and Piling Nebraska Superfund Site located in Omaha 
and Avoca, Nebraska. In November 1992, EPA Region VII issued a CERCLA 
Section 106 unilateral administrative order (UAO) to Pipe & Piling 
Supplies requiring it to remove asbestos-containing materials from two 
locations in Nebraska. EPA treated the two locations, one in Omaha and 
one in Avoca, as one site. Pipe & Piling conducted the removal action 
as required by the UAO.
    Pipe & Piling did not agree to reimburse EPA's costs of overseeing 
the removal action at the time EPA issued the UAO. By letter dated 
February 29, 1996, EPA sent Pipe & Piling a cost reimbursement bill for 
$34,684.15. Pipe & Piling responded by questioning the appropriateness 
of some charges included within the bill. In the proposed settlement, 
Pipe & Piling has agreed to reimburse EPA $20,000.

    Dated: November 15, 1996
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-30480 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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