[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7182]



[[Page 14722]]

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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6314-4]

[Docket No. CERCLA-7-99-008]


Notice of Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(h) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 
as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), Peerless Industrial Paint Coatings Site, 
St. Louis, MO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement and request for public comment.

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

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement for recovery of past and projected future 
response costs concerning the Peerless Industrial Paint Coatings Site 
in St. Louis, Missouri with the following parties: Boise Cascade 
Corporation, Cook Composite and Polymers Company, Morton International, 
Inc., and U.S. Polymers, Inc.

DATES: On or before April 26, 1999, the Agency will receive written 
comments relating to the settlement terms regarding the payment of past 
and future costs as required by Section 9622(h) and (i) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C. 9622(h) and (i). The Agency will consider all comments received 
and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments 
received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
    The Agency's response to any comments received will be available 
for public inspection at Region VII's offices located at 726 Minnesota 
Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and a fact sheet providing 
additional background information relating to the settlement is 
available at Region VII's offices located at 726 Minnesota Avenue, 
Kansas 66101. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained form 
Venessa Cobbs, Regional Hearing Clerk, EPA Region VII, 726 Minnesota 
Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, telephone number (913) 551-7630. 
Comments should reference the ``Peerless Industrial Paint Coatings 
Site'' and EPA Docket No. CERCLA-7-99-0008 and should be addressed to 
Ms. Cobbs at the above address. For further information, contact Denise 
Roberts, Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region VII, Office of Regional 
Counsel, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, telephone 
number (913) 551-1349.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The settlement requires the settling parties 
to pay $525,000, including interest, to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund. The settling parties also agree to finance and perform the 
future removal action, including payment of future oversight costs, 
estimated to cost $305,000. The value of the PRPs' settlement is 
$830,000. The government's past costs, after deduction of payments made 
by the de minimis parties, are calculated to be $1,321,202.50. EPA is 
forgiving $796,202.50 of unreimbursed past costs, representing the 
orphan share for this Site. This was one of 11 Superfund sites 
designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be one 
of the Allocation Pilots wherein EPA agreed to reimburse costs 
attributed to the orphan share, the share attributed to insolvent and 
defunct parties. In this case, the PRPs are paying 50% of past and 
future costs and EPA is contributing its 50% share through forgiveness 
of a portion of the past costs.
    The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling parties 
pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). There is also 
reservation of rights to allow the United States to recover costs in 
certain circumstances.

    Dated: March 10, 1999.
William Rice,
Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region VII.
[FR Doc. 99-7182 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-M