[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 34655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16380]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6367-9]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Standard 
Scrap Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; 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 response costs 
concerning the Standard Scrap site (a/k/a Standard Scrap Metal/Chicago 
International Exporting Site) in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois with 
the following settling parties: Universal Scrap Metals, Inc.; Cozzi 
Iron & Metal, Inc./Scrap Processing, Inc./Balco Metals, Inc.; H. 
Diamond Iron & Metal Co.; Sadoff & Rudoy Industries d/b/a Sadoff Iron & 
Metal Company, Gus Holman Company, and Alfred Muchin Company; H. Kramer 
& Co.; Azcon Corporation; Mandel Metals Inc.; General Motors 
Corporation; Brandenburg Industrial Service Co.; and Southern Scrap 
Material Co., Limited (through its successor company Southern Scrap 
Material Co., L.L.C.), its member Southern Recycling, L.L.C., and its 
member Southern Holdings, Inc. The settlement requires the settling 
parties to pay $370,400 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The 
settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant 
to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days 
following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will 
receive written comments relating to the settlement. 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 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 28, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the 
proposed settlement may be obtained from Mike Anastasio, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, Mail Code 
C-14J, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone 
(312) 886-7951. Comments should reference the Standard Scrap Site, 
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and EPA Docket No. V-W-'99-C-549 and 
should be addressed to Mike Anastasio, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, Mail Code C-14J, 77 W. Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone (312) 886-7951.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Anastasio, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, Mail Code C-14J, 77 W. 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone (312) 886-7951.

    Dated: May 28, 1999.
William E. Muno,
Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 99-16380 Filed 6-25-99; 8:45 am]
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