[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20823]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5871-6]


Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of a Prospective Purchaser Agreement and Covenant Not to 
Sue Rosey's Pit Cleaning, Camden, New Jersey for a Property Within the 
Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Contamination Site.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
proposing to enter into a Prospective Purchaser Agreement to provide 
Rosey's Pit Cleaning, Camden, New Jersey, a covenant not to sue under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act 
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, in connection with its proposed purchase 
and development of a property related to general contamination from the 
former Gas Mantle facility. This agreement is intended to resolve a 
potentially responsible party's liability for certain response costs 
incurred and to be incurred by EPA at the Welsbach/General Gas Mantle 
Contamination Superfund Site in Camden, New Jersey. Notice is being 
published to inform the public of the Proposed Prospective Purchaser 
Agreement and of the opportunity to comment.

DATE: Comments must be provided on or before September 8, 1997.

ADDRESS: Comments should be addressed to the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway--17th 
Floor, New York, NY 10007 and should refer to: In the Matter of the 
Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site: Rosey's Pit 
Cleaning, Camden, New Jersey, U.S. EPA Index No. II-CERCLA-97-0113.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway--17th Floor, New York, NY 
10007, Attention: Virginia Curry, Esq. (212) 637-3134.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of a Proposed 
Prospective Purchaser Agreement with Rosey's Pit Cleaning, Camden, New 
Jersey, resolving the company's potential liability for a property 
within the Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site. 
CERCLA authorizes EPA to enter into this agreement. The Department of 
Justice approved this agreement pursuant to the inherent settlement 
authority of the Attorney General to settle claims of the United 
States.
    A copy of the Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement may be 
obtained by mail from EPA's Region II Office of Regional Counsel, 290 
Broadway--17th Floor, New York, NY 10007.
    Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement under CERCLA--Welsbach/
General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site.

    Dated: June 30, 1997.
Jeanne M. Fox,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-20823 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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