[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51319-51320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21528]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6856-8]


Notice of Proposed Settlement; Ware Shoals Dyeing and Printing 
Superfund Site; Ware Shoals, Greenwood County, South Carolina

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

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SUMMARY: Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) proposes to enter into a ``prospective purchaser 
agreement'' (PPA) concerning property owned by the Ware Shoals Power 
and Water, Inc. (WSPW), in Greenwood County, South Carolina. EPA 
proposes to enter into the PPA with the Town of Ware Shoals. The PPA 
concerns the acquisition by the Town of Ware Shoals of certain real 
property presently owned by the WSPW in Ware Shoals, Greenwood County, 
South Carolina.
    The real property in question consists of a 27 acre tract located 
at 12 Mill Street, East Main Street and Honea Path Street, Ware Shoals, 
Greenwood County, South Carolina. The Property is the subject of an 
Agreement to transfer the property from WSPW to the Town of Ware 
Shoals. Pursuant to the PPA, the Settling Respondent agrees to conduct 
further environmental assessment at the Site pursuant to a Voluntary 
Contract with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental 
Control. The PPA will also settle and resolve, subject to reservations 
and limitations contained in the PPA, the potential liability of the 
Settling Respondent for the Existing Contamination as defined in the 
PPA at the Property which may otherwise result from Settling Respondent 
becoming the owner of the property. The Town of Ware Shoals will be 
protected from CERCLA liability for past costs which may arise from 
their participation in the acquisition of the Property, as described 
above.
    EPA will consider public comments on the proposed settlement for 
thirty (30) days. EPA may withdraw from or modify the proposed 
settlement should public 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, Waste Management Division, U.S. EPA, Region 4, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8909, 
404/562-8887.
    Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor within thirty 
(30) calendar days of the date of publication.

    Dated: August 3, 2000.
Franklin E. Hill,
Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 00-21528 Filed 8-22-00; 8:45 am]
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