[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25225]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5897-1]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Fourth 
And Carey Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative cost recovery settlement concerning the Fourth and Carey 
Site in Hutchinson, Kansas, with the following settling parties: 4th & 
Carey PRP Group and the Lowen Corporation. The settlement requires the 
settling parties to pay $180,382.66 to the Hazardous Substances 
Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling 
parties pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For 
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this document, 
the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. 
The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or 
withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose 
facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at the 
Hutchinson Public Library, 901 N. Main Street, Hutchinson, Kansas 
67501-4401, and at the EPA RegionVII Office, located at 726 Minnesota 
Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas 66101.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background 
information relating to the settlement are available for public 
inspection at the Hutchinson Public Library, located at 901 N. Main 
Street, Hutchinson, Kansas 67501-4401, and during weekday business 
hours at the EPA Region VII Office at 726 Minnesota Avenue in Kansas 
City, Kansas 66101. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained 
from Vanessa Cobbs, Regional Docket Clerk, EPA Region VII, 726 
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, telephone: (913) 551-7630. 
Comments should reference the Fourth and Carey Site in Hutchinson, 
Kansas, and EPA Docket No. VII-97-F-0013 and should be addressed to Ms. 
Cobbs at the address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Gerhardt Braeckel, Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region VII, 
Office of Regional Counsel, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 
66101, telephone: (913) 551-7471.

    Dated: September 2, 1997.
Michael J. Sanderson,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region VII.
[FR Doc. 97-25225 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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