[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44220-44221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21014]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6421-2]


Petroleum Products Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed De Minimis 
Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed de minimis settlement.

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SUMMARY: Under Section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensastion and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) has offered a de minimis settlement at the 
Petroleum Products Superfund Site (Site) under an Administrative Order 
on Consent (AOC) to settle claims for past and future response costs at 
the Site. Approximately 300 parties have returned signature pages 
accepting EPA's settlement offer. Of these parties, eight major oil 
companies are also settling on behalf of approximately 1120 of their 
branded service stations that sent waste oil to the Site. EPA will

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consider public comments on the proposed settlement for thirty days. 
EPA may withdraw from or modify the proposed settlement should such 
comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate the proposed 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Copies of the 
proposed settlement are available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Waste Management Division, 
61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8887.
    Written comment may be submitted to Mr. Greg Armstrong at the above 
address within 30 days of the date of publication.

    Dated: August 3, 1999.
Franklin E. Hill,
Chief, Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 99-21014 Filed 8-12-99; 8:45 am]
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