[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [[Page 60704]] 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] BILLING CODE 6560-50-M