[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23584]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Proposed Cashout Settlement Agreement Under Section 
122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), Strother Field 
Industrial Park Superfund Site, Cowley County, Kansas, Docket No. 
CERCLA-7-99-0028

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Cashout Settlement Agreement, Strother Field 
Industrial Park Superfund Site, Cowley County, Kansas.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed cashoout settlement 
agreement regarding the Strother Field Industrial Park Superfund Site, 
was signed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
on July 26, 1999, and approved by the U.S. Department of Justice on 
August 5, 1999.

DATES: EPA will receive, for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication, written comments relating to the proposed cashout 
settlement agreement.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to J.D. Stevens, Assistant 
Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer to 
Strother Field Industrial Park Superfund Site, Proposed Cashout 
Settlement Agreement, EPA Docket No. CERCLA-7-99-0028.

    The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by 
mail at the office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, (913) 
551-7322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed agreement concerns the Strother 
Field Industrial Park Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Cowley 
County, Kansas. The property leased by Energy Plus (``Settling Party'') 
constitutes a portion of the property that was formerly occupied and 
operated by Struthers Thermo-Flood Corporation and is located within 
the Site boundaries. A Remedial Investigation (``RI'') was completed 
for the Site and the report was issued in May of 1992. The RI concluded 
that two former drum storage areas and a drum loading area and a drum 
loading area at the former Strother Thermo-Flood Corporation property 
were source areas of hazardous substances released at the Site. The 
hazardous substances released at the former Struthers Thermo-Flood 
Corporation property include trichloroethene, dichlorothene and 
percholoroethene.
    The cashout agreement provides for the payment of $10,000 to the 
Superfund by Settling Party. The $10,000 will be applied as 
reimbursement toward EPA's costs and will allow Settling Party to get a 
convenant not to sue from EPA and contribution protection. This 
agreement will constitute a final settlement of the case with respect 
to Settling Party absent misrepresentations made by Settling Party to 
EPA or the United States, noncompliance with the agreement, or as 
otherwise provided in the cashout agreement.
    It is estimated that the total costs expended in connection with 
the Site by both EPA and the responsible parties (EPA will seek to 
recover from the responsible parties) will exceed $7.2 million. The 
estimated costs incurred by the responsible parties include the 
responsible parties' estimates of the respective amounts they had 
expended on site cleanup activities. The cleanup of the Site will 
continue with EPA's continuing enforcement activities against the PRP's 
that have not been cashed out.

    Dated: August 19, 1999.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 99-23584 Filed 9-13-99; 8:45 am]
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