[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65207-65208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31539]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6193-2]


Notice of Proposed De Minimis Administrative Order on Consent 
Pursuant to Section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Osage Metals Superfund Site, 
Kansas City, Kansas, Docket No. VII-98-F-0023

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed De Minimis Administrative Order on Consent, 
Osage Metals Superfund Site, Kansas City, Kansas.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative order on 
consent regarding the Osage Metals Superfund Site, was signed by the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on September 30, 
1998 and approved by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on 
October 30, 1998.

DATES: EPA will receive comments on or before December 28, 1998 
relating to the proposed agreement and covenant not to sue.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Audrey Asher, Senior 
Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City KS 66101 and 
should refer to the Osage Metals Superfund Site Administrative Order on 
Consent, EPA Docket No. VII-98-F-0023.
    The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by 
mail at the office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101 (913-
551-7255).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed agreement concerns the 1.7-acre 
Osage Metals Superfund Site (``Site''), located at 120 Osage Avenue in 
Kansas City, Kansas. The Site was the location of metals salvage and 
reclamation facilities between 1948 and 1993. Samples taken at the Site 
in 1994 found polychlorinated biphenyls (``PCBs'') in surface soils at 
levels as high as 334 mg/kg, and lead contamination in levels as high 
as 56,600 mg/kg. The EPA approved a removal action at the Site on 
February 13, 1995, and began cleanup in March of 1995. EPA completed 
its work in October 1995. No further response action is anticipated.

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    As of May 31, 1998, EPA and DOJ had incurred costs in excess of 
$1.3 million exclusive of interest. Each of the proposed settlors 
arranged with Trinity Environmental Technologies, Inc. for disposal of 
capacitors contaminated with PCBs. Trinity Environmental Technologies, 
Inc. in turn arranged for disposal of these capacitors with PCB 
Treatment, Inc. In addition to this arrangement, each settlor arranged 
for disposal of capacitors contaminated with PCBs directly with PCB 
Treatment, Inc. PCB Treatment, Inc. then arranged for disposal at the 
Site of scrap metal from the capacitors.
    EPA has determined that any party who arranged for disposal of 
between 206 and 89,387 pounds of capacitors contributed a de minimis 
volume of waste to the Site and that such wastes are not more toxic 
than any other hazardous substance at the Site.
    Each settler will pay a share of costs based on its volumetric 
share of capacitor weight compared to all capacitor weight with an 
additional premium of 15%.
    Through this settlement EPA will recover over $10,000. EPA has 
recovered over $80,000 through a consent decree with the former owner/
operator and will seek the remaining costs from other potentially 
responsible parties at the Site. EPA will be recovering over $180,000 
through Administrative Order on Consent EPA Docket No. VII-98-F0012, 
which became effective on October 23, 1998.

    Dated: November 3, 1998.
Dennis Grams, P.E.,
Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 98-31539 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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