[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]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-M