[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19391]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5862-2]


Proposed Administrative Order On Consent; Clear Creek/Pinto Beans 
Site, Clear Creek County, CO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed 122(h)(1) settlement.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 122(h)(1) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (CERCLA), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement agreement under section 122(h)(1) concerning 
the Clear Creek/Pinto Beans Site in Clear Creek County, Colorado (the 
Site). The proposed Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) requires the 
potentially responsible party (PRP), Shupe & Yost, Inc., to pay a total 
of $11,200.00 to resolve its liability to the U.S. EPA related to 
response actions taken or to be taken at the Site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Sharon Abendschan, (8ENF-T), 
Enforcement Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466, and 
should refer to: In the Matter of: Clear Creek/Pinto Beans Site 
Administrative Settlement Agreement, EPA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Kellen, (8ENF-L), Legal Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, 
Colorado, 80202-2466, (303) 312-6518.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of section 122(h)(1) Administrative 
Settlement Agreement: In accordance with section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 
notice is hereby given that the terms of an Administrative Order on 
Consent (AOC) have been agreed to by the settling party Shupe & Yost, 
Inc.
    By the terms of the proposed AOC, Shupe & Yost, Inc., will pay 
$11,200.00 to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund. In exchange for 
payment, U.S. EPA will provide Shupe & Yost, Inc., with a covenant not 
to sue for liability under sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA.
    The amount that Shupe & Yost, Inc., will pay was determined through 
negotiations between EPA and Shupe & Yost, Inc. The settlement amount 
was determined by a financial analysis of the Shupe & Yost, Inc., 
financial documents submitted to EPA.
    U.S. EPA will receive, for a period of thirty (30) days from the 
date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed 
administrative settlement agreement.
    A copy of the proposed AOC may be obtained in person or by mail 
from Sharon Abendschan, Enforcement Specialist (ENF-T), Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, 
Colorado, 80202-2466, (303) 312-6957. Additional background information 
relating to the administrative settlement agreement is available for 
review at the Superfund Records Center at the above address.

    Dated: July 15, 1997.
Jack W. McGraw,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-19391 Filed 7-22-97; 8:45 am]
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