[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]
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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.
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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]
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