[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19641]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5860-9]


Proposed Administrative Settlement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Dorney Road 
Landfill Superfund Site; De Minimis Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing 
to enter into a de minimis settlement pursuant to sections 104 and 
122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9604 and 
9622(g)(4). This proposed settlement is intended to resolve the 
liabilities under CERCLA of Dorothy and Russell Kulp for response costs 
incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at the 
Dorney Road Landfill Superfund Site, Lehigh and Berks Counties, 
Pennsylvania.

DATES: Comments must be provided on or before August 25, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Docket Clerk, United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, and should refer to: In 
Re: Dorney Road Landfill Superfund Site, Lehigh and Berks Counties, 
Pennsylvania, U.S. EPA Docket No. III-97-85-DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Lazos (215) 566-2658, United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, 
(3RC22), 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107.

    Notice of de minimis settlement: In accordance with section 
122(i)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i)(1), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed administrative settlement concerning the Dorney Road Landfill 
Superfund Site in Lehigh and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania. The 
administrative settlement was signed by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region III's Regional Administrator on May 14, 1997, 
and is subject to review by the public pursuant to this document. The 
agreement is also subject to the approval of the Attorney General, 
United States Department of Justice or her designee.
    The settling parties have agreed to provide the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, or its designee, access to their 
property so that response actions may be conducted on that property, 
and not to interfere with those response actions. This administrative 
settlement is subject to the contingency that the Environmental 
Protection Agency may elect not to complete the settlement based on 
matters brought to its attention during the public comment period 
established by this document.
    EPA is entering into this agreement under the authority of sections 
122(g)(4), 104 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), 9604 and 9607. 
Section 122(g)(4) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), authorizes early 
settlements with de minimis parties to allow them to resolve their 
liabilities under, inter alia, section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, 
to reimburse the United States for response costs incurred in cleaning 
up Superfund sites without incurring substantial transaction costs.
    The Environmental Protection Agency will receive written comments 
upon this proposed administrative settlement until August 25, 1997. A 
copy of the proposed Administrative Order on Consent can be obtained 
from the Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Office of 
Regional Counsel, (3RC20), 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, 19107 by contacting Pamela Lazos at (215) 566-2658.
Stanley L. Laskowski,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region III.
[FR Doc. 97-19641 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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