[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47494-47495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24041]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6157-7]


Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act--Hansen Container Site, Grand Junction, CO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice and Request for Public Comment.

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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 
settlement under section 122(h), concerning the Hansen Container site 
in Grand Junction, Colorado (Site). The proposed Administrative 
Settlement Agreement requires seventeen (17) Potentially Responsible 
Parties to Pay an aggregate total of $1,440,720 to address their 
liability to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
related to response actions taken or to be taken at the Site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement is 
available for public inspection at the EPA Superfund Record Center, 999 
18th Street, 5th Floor, North Tower, Denver, Colorado.
    Comments should be addressed to Maureen O'Reilly, Enforcement 
Specialist, (8ENF-T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th 
Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202-2405, and should reference 
the Hansen Container settlement (docket number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen O'Reilly, Enforcement 
Specialist, at (303) 312-6402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of Section 122(h) Administrative 
Settlement Agreement: In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of CERCLA, 
notice is hereby given that the terms of the Administrative Settlement 
Agreement have been agreed to by the following parties: (in 
alphabetical order): Adolph Coors Company; Allied Signal, Inc.; Amoco 
Corporation; Canada Eldor (f/k/a Eldorado Nuclear Ltd.); Defense 
Logistics Agency; Chris Hansen, Jr.; Kerr-McGee Corporation; 
Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc.; National Aeronautics

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and Space Administration; National Lead Company of Ohio; Oil & Solvent 
Process Company; Thiokol Corporation; Umetco Minerals Corporation; 
Union Carbide Corporation; Union Pacific Railroad; U.S. Air Force, U.S. 
Department of Energy.
    By the terms of the proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement, 
these parties will together pay $1,440,720 to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund. EPA applied its June 3, 1996 orphan share guidance to the 
facts at this site and determined that application of the orphan share 
policy was indeed appropriate. EPA determined that the maximum orphan 
share compensation at this site was $562,500. When the orphan share 
amount is added to the settlement offer, the total is $2,003,220. This 
amount represents 95.4% of EPA's $2.1 million in past response costs.
    In exchange for payment, EPA will provide the settling parties with 
a covenant not to sue for liability under section 107(a) of CERCLA, to 
recover past response costs incurred through January 9, 1998.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the public may submit comments on EPA relating to this proposed 
settlement.
    A copy of the proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement may be 
obtained from the Superfund Records Center located at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, 5th 
floor, Denver, Colorado 80202. Additional background information 
relating to the settlement is also available for review at the 
Superfund Records Center.

    Dated: August 12, 1998.
William P. Yellowtail,
Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII.
[FR Doc. 98-24041 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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