[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33408-33409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16110]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5844-8]


Proposed CERCLA Section 122(h)(1) Administrative Cost Recovery 
Settlement for the City Bumper Site

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``U.S. EPA'').

ACTION: Proposal of CERCLA section 122(h)(1) administrative cost 
recovery settlement for the City Bumper Site.

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SUMMARY: U.S. EPA proposes to address the potential liability of Ida 
Plummer under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as 
amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(``SARA''), Pub. L. 99-499, for

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past costs incurred in connection with a federal fund lead removal 
action conducted at the City Bumper Site (``the Site'') located in 
Cincinnati, Ohio. The U.S. EPA proposes to address the potential 
liability of Ida Plummer by execution of a CERCLA section 122(h)(1) 
Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement (``AOC'') prepared pursuant to 
42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1). The key terms and conditions of the AOC may be 
briefly summarized as follows: (1) Ida Plummer agrees to convey her 
ownership interest in the Site to a prospective purchaser with $65,000 
of the sale proceeds paid directly to U.S. EPA under a separate CERCLA 
Prospective Purchaser Agreement in satisfaction of claims for past 
response costs incurred at the Site by U.S. EPA in connection with the 
removal and disposal hazardous substances; (2) Ida Plummer agrees not 
to assert any claims or causes of action against the United States, or 
its contractors or employees, with respect to past response costs or 
the AOC; and (3) U.S. EPA affords Ida Plummer a covenant not to sue for 
past costs incurred during the removal action and contribution 
protection as provided by CERCLA sections 113(f)(2) and 122(h)(4) upon 
satisfactory completion of obligations under the AOC. The Site is not 
on the NPL, and no further response activities at the Site are 
anticipated at this time. The AOC has been submitted to the Attorney 
General for approval.

DATES: Comments on the proposed AOC must be received by U.S. EPA within 
thirty (30) days of the publication date of this document.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the proposed AOC is available for review at U.S. 
EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 
Please contact Mike Anastasio at (312) 886-7951, prior to visiting the 
Region 5 office.
    Comments on the proposed AOC should be addressed to Mike Anastasio, 
Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard (Mail Code CS-29A), Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Anastasio at (312) 886-7951, of the U.S. EPA Region 5 Office of 
Regional Counsel.
    A 30-day period, commencing on the date of publication of this 
document, is open pursuant to section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9622(i), for comments on the proposed AOC. Comments should be sent to 
the addressee identified in this document.

William E. Muno,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 5.
[FR Doc. 97-16110 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am]
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