[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6077-6078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2987]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6231-5a]
Caldwell Systems, Inc., Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed De
Minimis Settlements
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency.
action: Notice of proposed de minimis settlements.
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summary: Under section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has offered approximately 500 de minimis
parties at the Caldwell Systems, Inc. Site located in Lenoir, North
Carolina, an opportunity to enter into an Administrative Order on
Consent (AOC) to settle claims for past and future response costs at
the Site. The original settlement offer contained a cost matrix with a
weight assigned to each party along with a payment amount for each
party. The original cost matrix is no longer accurate because of
volumetric challenges. These challenges were reviewed and it was
determined that the volumes attributed to some of these parties were
incorrect. These parties received letters indicating their new weight
and payment amounts, if any, and these letters are attached to the
original cost matrix. Additionally, the State of North Carolina has a
separate AOC. The following list of 359 parties have returned signature
pages accepting EPA's settlement offer:
A.E.P. Industries, Inc., A.G. Industries, AVX, Acme Printing, Acme
Transformer, Aeroquip, Alcatel Telecommunications Cable aka Alcatel/
Celwave, Alexvale Furniture Company, Allied Colloids, Inc., Allied
Towing Corporation, Amerada Hess Corporation, American Can Company,
American Cyanamid fka Cyanamid c/o Margaret Tribble, American
National Can Company fka Stroh Container Division, American Roller
Bearing of North Carolina, Ametek, Inc-Lamb Electric Division, Amoco
Oil, Amoco Oil Co. aka Southeast Terminals, Andrex Industries, Inc.,
Arrow Automotive Industries, Asplundh Manufacturing, Aus-Ben
Industries, Austex Corp. fka Diamond G. Printed Sportswear, Auto
Alignment, Inc., B&W Metal Fabrication, BP Oil, Inc.-Gulf Products
Division, Babcock & Wilcox, Baker Furniture, Baker Furniture
Company, Balcrank Products, Ball Glass Container Corporation,
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., aka Bassett Furniture aka
Bassett Upholstery, Belding Corticelli Thread Company, Betz Labs,
Binswanger Southern, Black & Decker, Blackman-Uhler Chemical, Borden
Chemical Company, Bowater, Bowman Gray School of Medicine,
Bradington-Young, Inc., Bristol Myers Products, Burlington
Industries, CM Furniture, Inc., Cabinet Makers, Inc., Capitol Ford,
Inc., Cardinal Steel Drum, Caribbean Gulf Refining Company, Carolina
Enterprises, Carolina Mirror Corporation, Cellu Products aka Sealed
Air Corp., Champion Parts Rebuilders, Inc., Champion Products, Inc.,
S.E., Channel Master, Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital, Chemical
Coatings Corporation, Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Chemprene, Inc.
aka Hercules Products, Cheaspeake Finished Metals, Chevron USA,
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Citgo Petroleum, City Chevrolet, City
Motors, City of Lincolnton, City of Raleigh, City of Raleigh-
Transportation Dept., Clark Hurth Components aka Clark Equipment
Company, Clayton Marcus Company, Coats North America fka American
Thread, Collins & Aikman, Comm Scope Company, Inc., Conoco, Inc.,
Controls Corporation aka Fasco Industries, Converters Ink Company,
Conwed Fibers aka Conwed Corporation, Cooper Industries Energy
Services aka Cooper Energy Service, Cooper Lighting aka Metalux
Lighting, Cornell Dublier Electronics, Corning, Inc. fka Corning
Glass Works, Council Business Furniture, Inc., Crain Industries aka
Crain Carolina, Crawford Door Company, Crown Central Petroleum,
Crown Cork & Seal Co., Cryovac Division, Curtiss-Wright Flight
Systems, Dale Electronics, Damon Clinical Laboratories-WCBS, Dana
Corporation, Dar-Ran Furniture Industries, Data General, Dexter
Packaging Products aka Dexter Corp.-Midland Division, DuPont
Spruance Fibers Plant, Duff Norton Company, Duracell, Durham County
General Hospital, EZ Painter Corporation aka EZ Painter (A Newell
Company), E-Z Go Textron, Eagle-Pontiac-GMC aka Royal Pontiac-GMC-
Isuzu, East Carolina Heat Treat aka East Carolina Metal Treating,
Eaton Corporation, Eaton Cutler Hammer, Ecusta Corporation, Emerson
Electric Company, Emhart Packaging Group, Empak, Inc., Empire
Furniture Co., Encas Labs, Environmental Enterprises, Inc.,
Environmental Wastewater Services, Ericsson Radio Systems, Inc. fka
Anaconda Wire and Cable, Esstar Corporation aka Amstar Corporation,
Ethan Allen, Excello Corporation-Micromatic Operation, Exide
Electronics, F.M.C. Corporation, Fairfield Chair Company, Farval aka
Farval Cleveland Gear, Federal Paper Board, Fermenta Animal Health,
Fiber Controls, Fieldcrest Mills, Fina Oil and Chemical Company,
Firetrol, Inc., First National Bank, Flint Ink aka Flin Ink, Forest
City Tool, GSX Services, Inc., Gage Carolina Metals, George A.
Goulston Company, Inc., Georgia Bonded Fibers, Gilbarco, Inc.,
Glaxo, Inc., Glenoit Mills, Inc., Glidden Co. aka Glidden Coatings &
Resins, Goodman Conveyor Company, Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,
Great Lakes Chemical Corp., Great Lakes Research Corp., Green Ford
Isuzu, Greenwood Mills, Greet Laboratories, Inc., Grinnell Sales &
Supplies aka I.T.T. Grinnell, Gulf State Paper Company, HBD
Industries aka Carolina Rubber Hose Co., Halliston Mills, Inc.,
Hanes Knitwear, Hanes Printables, Inc., Harley Corporation, Hastings
Company, Hekman Furniture Company, Henry-Link Corporation, Hickory
Springs, Hickory Vinyl, Highway Transport, Inc., Holtrachem, Inc.,
Hooker Furniture Co., Hunt Mfg., Hydro-Agra North America, Inc. aka
Transnitro, Inc., Ingersoll Dresser Pump Company aka Dresser
Industrial-Worthington Pump Division, Ingersoll Rand, Intercraft
Industries, International Flavors & Fragrances, International Paper
aka Masonite Corporation, Ivac Corporation, J.H. Craver & Sons,
Inc., J.P. Stevens & Company, Inc., aka West Point Stevens, James
River Dixie Products aka James River Dixie Northern, Jepson Burns
Corporation, John Boyle Company, Johnson Controls, Inc. aka Hoover
Universal, Inc., Jordan Oil Company aka Union Oil Company, Kendrick
Paint & Body, Kewaunee Scientific, Klingspor Abrasives, Koch
Refining aka Koch Fuel, Kohler Company, Kollmorgen Corp.-Industrial
Drive Division, Koopers Company, Kramer Chemicals, Inc. aka Kramer
Environmental, Lackawanna Leather Co., Lancaster Synthesis aka
Fairfield Chemical Company, Inc., Leathercraft, Lenoir Mirror
Company, Liggett Group, Inc. aka Liggett Meyers Tobacco Co., Liquid
Air Company aka Air Liquide America, Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.,
Lyon Shaw, Inc., M.A. Bruder & Sons, Inc., M.P.I. Labels of
Charlotte, Maintenance Supply Company, Inc. aka Maintenance Supply
Service Corp., Mallinckrodt, Inc., Manville Packaging Division,
Marsh Furniture Company, Mayes Brothers Tool Mfg. Co., Merck Sharpe
& Dohme, Metro Machine Company, Microm Corp., Midland Brake, Inc.,
Miller Brewing Company, Miller Desk Company, Inc., Miller Oil
Company, Milliken Chemicals Corporation, Mine Safety Appliance
Company, Mitsubishi Semiconductor of America, Modern Chevrolet
Company, Monarch Color Corporation, Morganite, Inc., Morganton
Chair, Mr. Frank Bell, Mueller Company, NCNB, NI-Industries, Nap
Consumer Electronics, Neptco, Inc., New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection-Division of Waste Management, News &
Observer, Niemand Industries, Inc., North Carolina Department of
Corrections, North Carolina Department of Transportation, North East
Solvents Reclamation Corp., Northern Telecom, Norton Company, Nova
Enterprises aka Nova Kitchen & Bath, OH Materials, Occidental
Chemical, Ohio Electric Motors, Onan Power Electronics-ADC
Magnetics, Onedia Molded Plactics Corporation, Overnite
Transportation, PPG Industries, Inc., Pac-Fab, Inc., Package
Prodcuts Specialty aka Package Products Co., Pampco, Inc., Paramount
Packaging, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Pelton and Crane, Penn
Engineering, Pennsylvania House Furniture, Phillips Petroleum
Company, Piedmont Airlines, Plastic Packaging Company, Pneumafil
Corp., Polymer Industries, Primary Oil & Energy Corp., Printpack,
Inc., Prodelin, Prodelin, Inc. aka M/A Com Prodelin, Inc.,
Progressive Furniture Co., Purolator Products Co., RR Donnelly and
Sons, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Radiator Specialty, Raleigh
Community Hospital, Ranbar Technology, Inc. aka BBT, Inc. c/o Ball
Chemical Company, Raychem, Rea Magnet Wire, Reliance Electric aka
Reliance Universal, Rental Uniform Service, Rex Rosenlaw, Reynolds
Metal Company, Rheem
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Manufacturing Company, Rice's Toyota, Robert Bosch Power Tool Corp.,
Rospatch, SAFT Americas, Inc., Sam Moore Furniture, Sandoz Chemicals
aka Sodyeco, Inc., Sandvik, Inc., Schlage Lock, Schwitzer
Turbocharger, Sealed Air Corporation, Seaman Corporation-shelter
Rite, Shell Oil Company, Sherwin Williams Co., Shuford Mills, Inc.,
Sicpa fka Strahan Ink Pacquer Co., Siemans-Allis, Simpson
Industries, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Southchem,
Inc., Sherrill Furniture Company, Southeastern Transformer Co.,
Inc., Southern Facilities, Southern Furnitire, Southern Resin,
Spindale Mills Inc. aka New Cherokee, Sprague Electric Co., Square D
Company, St. Regis Paper Company, Stabilus aka Gas Spring Company,
Stanadyne-Washington, Stanadyne-Sanford, Standard Products Co.,
Standex, Stanley Furniture aka Raleigh Road Furniture, Star
Enterprises, State Industries, Inc.-Water Systems, Stauffer Chemical
Company-Furnace Plant, Stockhausen, Stroh Brewing Company, Style
Upholstery, Sulzer Ruti, Inc., Sun Chemical Corporation aka Sun
Chemical Corporation aka Gen. Printing Ink, Sun Refining & Marketing
Company, Superior Cable Company, Superpac, Inc., T&S Brass & Bronze,
T.I. Industries-Indiana Marketing, Technibilt Division of Whittaker
Co., Technographics Decotone U.S., Inc., Ted Nelson Company,
Teledyne-Lewisburg, Tenneco Oil Company, Terrell Machine Company,
Texaco, Texas City Refining, Thayer Coggins, Inc., Therm-o-disc,
Inc., Thomasville Furniture, Thonet Industries, Tidewater Regional
Transit, Tietex Corporation, Timken Company, Tracor Aerospace, Inc.,
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline, Triad Terminal Oil Company, Trion,
Inc., Tritac, Union Oil Company-Southeast Terminals, Unitex Chemical
Company, Unocal, VME Americas, Inc., Varco Pruden, Vaughan Furniture
Company, Vaughn Bassett-Elkin Division, Vermont American
Corporation, Vic Bailey, Virginia Department of Highways &
Transportation, W.P. Hickman Company, Wake Medical Center, Walter
Kidde Company, Warlick Paint Company, Washington Post, Waster
Resources of Tennessee, Wayne Dalton Corporation, Weber USA,
Wellington Hall, Ltd., Wells Aluminum S.E., Inc., West Vaco-Chemical
Division, St. John's Department, Westclox, Western Branch Diesel,
Inc., Western Publishing Co., Weyerhaeuser, Whittaker Corporation,
William M. Wilson's Sons, Inc., Winston Container Co., and
Yieldhouse.
EPA will consider public comments on the proposed settlements for
thirty days. EPA may withdraw from or modify the proposed settlements
should such comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate
the proposed settlements are inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
Copies of the proposed settlements are available from: Ms. Paula V.
Batchelor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Program
Services Branch, Waste Management Division, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8887.
Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Annette Hill at the above
address within thirty (30) days of the date of publication.
Dated: January 22, 1999.
Franklin E. Hill,
Chief, Programs Services Branch, Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2987 Filed 2-5-99; 8:45 am]
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