[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 845-846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-106]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5946-1]


Proposed Administrative Order on Consent; Reclaim Barrel Site, 
Salt Lake County, UT

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA).

ACTION: Proposed Section 122(g)(4) De Minimis Settlements.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of Section 122(g)(4) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., notice is hereby 
given of a proposed de minimis settlement agreement under Section 
122(g)(4), 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), concerning the Reclaim Barrel Site in 
Salt Lake County, Utah (the ``Site''). The proposed Administrative 
Order on Consent (AOC) requires the settling party, Western Dairymen 
Cooperative, Incorporated to pay a total of $1,104 to resolve its 
liability for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') in connection with the 
remediation of the Reclaim Barrel Site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted to EPA on or before February 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Matthew Cohn, (8ENF-L), 
Senior Enforcement Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466, 
and should refer to: In the Matter of: Reclaim Barrel Site 
Administrative Settlement Agreement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Cohn, (8ENF-L), Senior Enforcement Attorney, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, 
Colorado, 80202-2466, (303) 312-6853.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of Section 122(g)(4), 42 U.S.C. 
9622(g)(4), Administrative Order on Consent De Minimis Settlement: In 
accordance with Section 122(g)(4) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), 
notice is hereby given that the terms of an Administrative Orders on 
Consent (AOC) for a de minimis settlement has been agreed to by the 
settling party, Western Dairymen Cooperative, Incorporated.

    By the terms of the proposed AOC, Western Dairymen Cooperative, 
Incorporated will pay $1,104 to the EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund. 
In exchange for payment, as provided for by CERCLA, the settling party 
will

[[Page 846]]

receive a covenant not to sue for liability under sections 106 and 
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and contribution 
protection under Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g).
    The amount that will paid is directly related to the amount of 
hazardous substances that Western Dairymen Cooperative, Incorporated 
contributed to the Site, including a premium payment related to future 
response costs.
    U.S. EPA will receive, for a period of thirty (30) days from the 
date of this publication, comments relating to the proposed 
administrative de minimis 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.

    Dated: December 18, 1997.
Carol Rushin,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and 
Environmental Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-106 Filed 1-6-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-M