[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50086-50089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24043]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6438-9]


Proposed Agreement Pursuant to Sections 122(g) and (h) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
for the Zionsville Third Site Superfund Site

agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

action: Notice; request for public comment on proposed de minimis 
settlement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(I)(1) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1984, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), notification is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative agreement concerning the Zionsville Third Site hazardous 
waste site located approximately 150 feet east of U.S. Route 421 in 
Zionsville, Indiana (the ``Site''). EPA proposes to enter into this 
agreement under the authority of sections 122 (g) and (h) and 107 of 
CERCLA. In addition to the review by the public pursuant to this 
document, the agreement has been approved by the United States 
Department of Justice. The proposed agreement has been executed by the 
following de minimis parties: A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company; 
Advance Circuits, Inc.; Nilfisk-Advance, Inc. (Formerly Advance Machine 
Company); AlliedSignal, Inc. and Sinclair & Valentine Company; Allina 
Health System (United Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Metropolitan 
Medical Center); American Industrial Corp.; American Packaging 
Corporation;

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American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.; AMF Incorporated; 
AlliedSignal Inc. on behalf of Amphenol Corporation; Amphenol 
Corporation (Bendix; Allied); Diamond Chain Company division of AMSTED 
Industries Incorporated; Aristech Chemical Corporation; ATEC 
Associates, Inc.; AWB Division of Magnode Corporation (Wright 
Manufacturing Corporation); Ball Corporation; Best Access Systems; 
HealthEast Bethesda Hospital (formerly known as Bethesda Lutheran 
Hospital); Bliley Electric Company; Blissfield Mfg. Co. (Berne Tube 
Products); Bootz Mfg. Company; Bowes Industries, Inc.; Brown Printing 
Company; Bruce Fox, Inc.; Bruner Engineering & Mfgr.; Cabot 
Corporation; Carrier Corporation on behalf of BDP Company division of 
Carrier Corp.; Casket Shells, Inc.; Century Mfg. Co.; Cerden and Son 
Mfg., Inc.; CHEMCENTRAL Corporation; Cissell Mfg. Co.; City Machine 
Tool & Die Co., Inc.; CMW Inc.; Coca-Cola Foods (``The Minute Maid 
Company,'' a division of The Coca-Cola Company); Crucible Materials 
Corporation; Collwell/General, Inc.; Sybron International Corp. (Sybron 
Corporation, Taylor Instruments Division, Combustion Engineering, 
Inc.); Parker-Hannifin Corporation (including Commercial Filters 
Division); Conco Inc.; Conoco, Inc.; Jefferson Smurfit Corporation 
(U.S.) (formerly known as Container Corporation of America); Crown 
Beverage Packaging, Inc. (For Continental Can Company); Corning 
Incorporated (f/k/a Corning Glass Works); Cosco, Inc.; The Courier-
Journal Co.; Bestfoods (formerly CPC International Inc.); CTS 
Corporation; D & L Paint Co.; Da-Lite Screen Co.; Dana Corporation; 
Dealers Mfg. Co.; Dehart Paint & Varnish Company, Inc.; Dellen 
Oldsmobile, Inc.; Delta Faucet; Deluxe Corporation (f/k/a Deluxe Check 
Printers); Dennis Chemical Company; DePauw University; Dimensional 
Designs, Inc.; Nordson Corporation (Domain, Inc.); Donaldson Company, 
Inc.; Halliburton (formerly Dresser Industries (Elec. Mach.; McGraw-
Edison)); Inverness Casting Group (formerly Du-Well Products); Ed 
Tutwiler Cadillac, Inc.; Edco Products, Inc.; Amerace Corporation; 
Fairmont Railway Motors (a Division of Harsco Corporation); Fire King 
International, Inc.; Flint Ink Corporation; FMC Corporation; Fort 
Snelling State Park; Franklin Electric Co., Inc.; Gemtron Corporation; 
General Alum & Chemical Corporation; Ex-GPHC Liquidating Trust on 
behalf of itself and on behalf of General Polymers Corporation; 
Georgia-Pacific Corporation; GK Technologies, Inc.; Gould Inc.; Graco 
Inc.; Great Dane Trailers; Grote Industries, Inc.; The Glidden Company 
(successor to Grow Group, Inc.); Pulse Engineering (formerly known as 
GTI Corporation); B&B Leathers, Inc. (formerly known as Gunnison Bros. 
Tannery); Robertson-Ceco Corporation (formerly H.H. Robertson Co.); 
Haas Cabinet Co., Inc.; Hansen Mfg. Co.; Harmenson Mfg. Co., Inc. (now 
The Kay Company, Inc.); Hella North America, Inc.; Henkel Corporation; 
Hiawatha Rubber Co.; National Service Industries, Inc. (d/b/a Lithonia 
Lighting d/b/a Hi-Tek); Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co. Inc.; Home Crest Corp.; 
Hoover Universal, Inc.; Schwitzer, Inc. (formerly the Schwitzer 
Division of Household Manufacturing, Inc., c/o Borg-Warner Automotive, 
Inc.); Hudson Machine Tool Inc.; Huffy Corporation; AC Humko (Kraft, 
Inc.) n/k/a Kraft Foods, Inc.; Huot Manufacturing Company; Hurco 
Companies, Inc.; Hyster Company; ICI Americas n/k/a Zeneca Inc.; 
Indiana University; City of Indianapolis--Department of Public Works; 
Indianapolis Star News; Industrial Sewer Service, Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand 
Company; International Paper Company; Introl c/o Hartzell Corporation 
Liquidating Trust; ITT Industries, Inc. f/k/a ITT Corporation; IVC 
Industrial Coating, Inc.; Jefferson Products Company; Johnson Controls, 
Inc. (Globe-Union); Kauffman Engineering, Inc.; Kelley Technical 
Coatings, Inc.; Kettering Medical Center; Kidde Merchandising Equipment 
Group, Inc.; The Scott Fetzer Company (Kingston Products); Kraft 
General Foods (Battery Properties) n/k/a Kraft Foods, Inc.; Leader 
Industries Inc.; Lexington Standard Corporation; Loranger Manufacturing 
Corp.; Lord Corporation; Madison Chemical Co., Inc.; Magnavox; 
Mallinckrodt, Inc.; Manus Products, Inc.; Masco Corp. (Electra); 
Mayhill Publications, Inc.; MCB Manufacturing c/o EM Industries, 
Incorporated; McCord Heat Transfer Corporation; McCord Heat--Textron, 
Inc.; McCormick & Company, Inc.; McGill/Jensen Inc.; Mercury Minnesota 
Inc.; Midmark Corp.; Minnesota Department of Transportation; City of 
Minneapolis; Minnesota Rubber; MVE, Inc. a/k/a Minnesota Valley 
Engineering; Minnesota Department of Corrections; Moorfeed Corp.; 
Murray Ohio Mfg./Tomkins Industries, Inc.; National Latex Products; 
IFC-YP, Inc. on behalf of National Metals Products (Amedco); Navistar 
International Transportation Corp. (f/k/a International Harvester); NCR 
Corporation; New Idea Farm Equipment--Textron, Inc.; The New York 
Blower Co.; Nice-Pak Products, Inc.; Northern States Power Company; 
Northern Telecom Inc.; Northland Aluminum Products, Inc.; Nortronics 
Co., Inc.; Northrup King Co. (n/k/a Novartis Seeds, Inc.); O.K.P., Inc. 
(Kyanize Paints); Oglebay Norton Company; Northrop Grumman Corporation 
as successor to Olson Bodies (Grumman); Olson Bodies (Grumman); Orchard 
Corp. (Borden Inc.); Osborne Coinage Co.; Owens-Illinois (Brockway); 
Owens-Illinois (Glass Container); P.B.& S. Chemical Company, Inc.; 
Packaging Products Corporation; Paper Corp. of America n/k/a Unisource 
Worldwide, Inc.; Paper, Calmenson and Co.; Paulo Products Company; 
Perma-Fix of Dayton, Inc.; Perry Chemical & Mfg. Co.; Cadbury Beverages 
Inc. on behalf of Peter Paul Cadbury; Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc.; 
Philips Industries, Inc. (Lau Industries)/Tomkins Industries, Inc.; 
Pioneer Metal Finishing; Potlatch Corporation; Queens Group, Inc. c/o 
Shorewood Packaging Corp.; Raygo (Caterpillar); Reclaimed Energy Co. 
Inc.; Reichold, Inc. f/k/a Reichold Chemicals, Inc.; The Sam Miller 
Corporation, formerly Sam Miller Bag Company; Sears Roebuck, and Co.; 
Seaway Manufacturing Corp.; Selec-Tron Ind. Inc.; SERCO Laboratories; 
Shell Oil Company; Sheller-Globe Corporation and Sheller-Globe 
Corporation, successor in interest for City Machine Tool and Die Co., 
Inc.; Sherwood Medical Company c/o The Kendall Company; Smith System 
Manufacturing Co.; Snap-Tite, Inc.; SnyderGeneral Corp. n/k/a AAF-
McQuay Inc.; Sommer Metalcraft Corporation; Dura Operating Corp. for 
Sparton Corporation; Spill Recovery of Indiana, Inc.; Standard Gravure 
Corporation; The Standard Products Company; Stant Inc.; Stewart Warner 
South Wind Corporation; Stone Container Corporation (formerly known as 
National Packaging Company and Great Plains Bag Company); Sullair 
Corporation; Summit Finishing Company, Inc.; Sunnen Products Company; 
Talon-Textron, Inc.; Thermoset Plastics, Inc./Lord Corporation; Thanks 
Fred, Inc. (formerly Thermoset Plastics); Hasbro, Inc. and Tonka 
Corporation; Triangle Pacific Corporation; Tuchman Cleaners, Inc.; 
Ulrich Chemical, Inc.; United Parcel Service, Inc.; Ritrama, Inc. 
(formerly Universal Coating Co.); Grassland Holding, Inc. (formerly 
Universal Woods, Inc.); University of Minnesota; Van Waters & Rogers 
Inc.; Vermont American Corporation; Windway Capital Corp. (f/k/a The 
Vollrath Company); West Publishing Company;

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Westvaco Corporation; Weyerhauser Co.; Wintek Corporation; Woodall 
Paint/Aeroquip Corporation; Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corp.; York 
International Corporation; U.S. Postal Service; and U.S. Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
    Under the proposed agreement, the Settling Parties will pay a total 
of approximately $1,512,012 into an escrow account to be used for 
response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Site. A group of non-
de minimis settlors under this agreement will perform an Engineering 
Evaluation/Cost Analysis (``EE/CA'') for the Site, pay $28,102.59 in 
response costs incurred by EPA at the Site, and pay EPA's costs of 
overseeing the EE/CA. EPA incurred response costs overseeing response 
activities conducted to mitigate an imminent and substantial 
endangerment to human health or the environment present or threatened 
by hazardous substances present at the Site. The non-de minimis 
settlors under this proposed agreement are: A.O. Smith Corporation; 
Ahlstrom Filtration Inc.; Alco Industries, Inc. (Synthane-Taylor); 
Alcoa, Inc. (f/k/a Aluminum Company of America); Allen-Bradley Company/
Rockwell International Corporation; American National Can Co.; American 
Recovery Company, Inc. c/o The Union Corporation; American Waste 
Processing, Ltd.; Anderson Development Company; Arvin Industries, Inc.; 
Ashland Chemical Company, a division of Ashland Inc.; Lucent 
Technologies Inc. for AT&T Corp.; Batesville Casket Corp.; Beazer East, 
Inc.; Bemis Company, Inc.; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.; Brulin & 
Company, Inc.; Carlisle Tire & Wheel Company; Champion Int'l (St. 
Regis); Chase Packaging Corp.; IWD Waste Inc. and Chemical Waste 
Management; Kewanee Industries, Inc. for Bruning Pain Company c/o 
Chevron Environmental Management Company; Cintech Industrial Coatings, 
Inc.; Printpack, Inc. (Cloudsley Co.); Commercial Sewer Cleaning Co., 
Inc.; Belden Wire & Cable Company (for Cooper Industries); Cummins 
Engine Company, Inc.; Dertex Corporation; Egyptian Lacquer Mfg. Co., 
Inc.; Emhart Industries, Inc. (on behalf of its former Mallory, USM, 
Bailey and Bostik subsidiaries and divisions); Ericsson, Inc., 
successor in interest to Anaconda-Ericsson/Wire & Cable; Federal-Mogul 
Corporation; Ford Motor Company; Freightline Corporation; Freudenberg-
NOK General Partnership; Davis-Frost, Inc. (formerly Frost Paint & Oil 
Co.); GenCorp., Inc.; General Electric Company and its subsidiary RCA; 
General Motors Corporation; HC Industries Inc.; Muellar Copper Tube 
Products, Inc. f/k/a Halstead Industries, Inc.; Hill-Rom Company, Inc.; 
Honeywell, Inc. and Alliant Techsystems Inc.; Fort James Corporation 
(James River II--Crown Zellerbach); Jeffboat LLC; Jenn--Air, a division 
of Maytag Corporation; JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc.; The Kendall Company; 
Kimberly-Clark Corporation; King Adhesives Corporation; Knauf Fiber 
Glass; Tru Serv Corporation, successor in interest to Kurfees Coatings; 
Lilly Industries, Inc.; Ludlow Corporation; Seagate Technology, Inc. 
(Magnetic Peripherals, Inc.); Marathon Oil Company; Marathon Oil 
Company on behalf of Marathon Pipe Line Company; Marcus Paint Company; 
Marisol, Inc.; McDonnell Douglas Corporation; McLaughlin Gormley King 
Company; Mobil Oil Corporation; National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(Amtrak); North American Philips Corp.; Onan Corporation; Porter Paint 
Co./Courtaulds; Potter Paint Co. of Indiana Inc.; Pratt & Lambert Inc.; 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company; Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc.; 
Reliance Electric Company; RHI Holdings, Inc., successor to Rexnord 
Holdings, Inc.; Marathon Oil Company (successor to Rock Island Refining 
Corporation); S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; Sequa Corporation; Modine 
Manufacturing Company (successor in interest to Signet Systems, Inc.); 
Child Craft Industries, Inc. (Smith Cabinet Mfg. Co. Inc.); SRS of New 
Jersey; David L. Wade, Inc.; Standard Paints, Inc.; Stolle Corporation; 
Superior Oil Company (Superior Solvents & Chemicals); Devro-Teepak, 
Inc.; the Timken Company; TRW Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation; Unisys 
Corp. (Sperry Univac; Amer. Div.); United Technologies Corporation (for 
Essex Group, Inc.); United Technologies Corporation (for BASF as 
successor to Inmont Corporation); United Technologies Automotive, Inc. 
on behalf of Alma Plastic Company); US Gypsum Company, on behalf of the 
former Durabond Products Company; The Valspar Corporation; Wabash 
Products Co.; Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. on behalf of Warner Gear 
Division (Borg-Warner); Waste Research & Reclamation; CBS Corporation 
f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Thermo King Corporation; 
Whirlpool Corporation; White Consolidated Industries, Inc.; Whittaker 
Corporation; Heatcraft, Inc.; as related to Wickes Mfg.; World Color 
Press, Inc.; Federal Bureau of Prisons; U.S. Navy; Buckbee Mears 
Company (now known as BMC Industries, Inc.); Champion International 
Corporation as successor to Hoerner Waldorf Corp and St. Regis Corp. as 
well as Champion Pkg.; Chemical Manufacturing Corp. (Chemart); Electro-
Spec, Inc.; Farm Credit Services; Federal-Mogul Corporation (Switches, 
Inc.); H.B. Fuller Company; Herff Jones, Inc.; Valhi, Inc. as successor 
to Impex and Mid-States Steel & Wire Company; IWD Waste, Inc.; KCL 
Corporation; Liberty Solvents & Chemicals; Moormann Bros. Mfg.; PPG 
Industries, Inc.; Radio Materials Corporation; Robbie Manufacturing, 
Inc.; Rockwell International Corporation; The Sherwin-Williams Company; 
and Wyandotte Paint Co. (dba: Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.). Approximately 
$1,360,811 of the funds paid by the de minimis parties under this 
proposed agreement will be held in escrow until needed to help fund the 
performance of the further response actions to be required by EPA based 
on the results of the EE/CA.
    For thirty days following the date of publication of this document, 
the EPA will receive written comments relating to this proposed 
agreement. EPA will consider all comments received and may decide not 
to enter this proposed agreement if comments disclose facts or 
considerations which indicate that the proposed agreement is 
inappropriate, improper or inadequate.

dates: Comments on the proposed agreement must be received by EPA on or 
before October 15, 1999.

addresses: Comments should be addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3590, and should refer to: In the Matter of 
Zionsville Third Site, Zionsville, Indiana, U.S. EPA Docket No. V-W-
99C-545.

for further information contact: Thomas J. Krueger, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, C-14J, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3590, (312) 886-0562.
    A copy of the proposed administrative settlement agreement may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the EPA's Region 5 Office of 
Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604-
3590. Additional background information relating to the settlement is 
available for review at the EPA's Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel.

    Authority: The Comprehensive Environmental Response,

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Compensations,and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675.
William E. Muno,
Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 99-24043 Filed 9-14-99; 8:45 am]
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