[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16111]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5844-6]


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 Roland 
Hedge, George Hedge, Elaine Davis, Barbara Jackson, Janet Sickmeier and 
Donna Ernst (hereinafter referred to as ``the Settling Parties'') 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 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 the Settling Parties 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) the Settling 
Parties agree to convey their 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 of hazardous 
substances; (2) the Settling Parties agree 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 the Settling Parties a covenant not to sue for past 
response 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. 97-16111 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am
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