[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 35656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16770]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6370-7]


Koppers Charleston Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

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SUMMARY: Under section 122(g) of the comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), proposes to enter into an 
Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with 17 de minimis parties at the 
Koppers Charleston Superfund Site (Site), located in Charleston County, 
South Carolina to settle claims for past and future response costs at 
the Site. The parties to the proposed settlement are: Amerada Hess 
Corporation, Amoco Chemical Company, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; Detyens 
Shipyards, Inc.; Exxon Corporation; Fina Oil and Chemical Company; 
Marathon Oil Company; Matlack Inc.; Metal Trades, Inc.; Mile, Inc.; 
formally known as Mobay Chemical Company, now known as Bayer 
Corporation; Mobile Chemical Company, Inc.; Swygert Shipyards, Inc.; 
Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc.; United States Defense Logistics 
Agency, Defense Fuel Supply Center; United States Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration; United States Coast Guard; 
United States Navy. EPA will consider public comments on the proposed 
settlement for thirty (30) days. EPA may withdraw from or modify the 
proposed settlement should such comments disclose facts or 
considerations which indicate the proposed settlement in inappropriate, 
improper or inadequate. Copies of the proposed settlement are available 
from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, Waste Management Division, U.S. EPA 
Region 4, 61 Forsyth St., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, 404-562-8887.
    Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor within 30 
calendar days of the date of publication.

    Dated: June 22, 1999.
Franklin Hill,
Chief, Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16770 Filed 6-30-99; 8:45 am]
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