[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 65696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30404]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Proposed Administrative Order on Consent Under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 6973, 
Gates Corporation, Boone, IA; Docket No. RCRA-7-99-0019

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative order on consent, Gates 
Corporation, Boone, Iowa; and opportunity for public meeting and public 
comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative order on 
consent regarding Gates Corporation was signed by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on September 30, 1999. The 
facility that is the subject of this consent order is the Gates Rubber 
Company, located in Boone, Iowa. EPA will receive public comments and 
requests for a public meeting in the affected area on the proposed 
settlement. If a public meeting is to be held, additional notice will 
be provided; otherwise, no public meeting is currently scheduled.

DATES: EPA will receive, on or before December 23, 1999, written 
comments relating to the proposed administrative order on consent and 
requests for a public meeting in the affected area.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Robert Richards, Assistant 
Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer to 
Gates Corporation, Boone, Iowa Docket No. RCRA-7-99-0019.
    The proposed consent order 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) 
551-7502.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Respondent (Gates Corporation) owns and 
operates a facility under the name of Gates Rubber Company (Facility), 
located at 2121 Industrial Park Blvd., Boone, Iowa. Respondent 
assembles hydraulic hoses at the Facility. As a result of business 
operations, Respondent generates solid and hazardous waste. Solvent 
contamination was initially identified during a geotechnical 
exploration on the Facility property in May 1997. Tetrachloroethylene 
(PCE) has been identified in the soil and groundwater at the Facility 
and is believed to have originated from an above ground storage tank 
that was previously used at the Facility. Several other volatile 
hydrocarbons have also been identified in the soil and/or groundwater 
media. The release of PCE into the environment at the facility is 
enough to contaminate the groundwater to a level that exceeds the EPA 
established maximum contaminant level for PCE in drinking water. The 
continued migration of the contaminants off the Facility property may 
threaten human health and the environment.
    Respondent has agreed to undertake all actions required by the 
terms and conditions of the consent order, including submission of work 
plans and reports pursuant to EPA guidance, implementation of 
additional work deemed to be necessary by EPA and documentation of 
financial assurance.
    This is a proposed order subject to public comment. The EPA may 
withdraw its consent to this order if comments received during the 
comment period or at any requested public meeting disclose facts or 
considerations which indicate this order is inappropriate, improper or 
inadequate.

    Dated: October 28, 1999.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 99-30404 Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]
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