[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34192-34193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16115]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7002-6]


Motorola 52nd Street Superfund Site Phoenix, AZ; Proposed Notice 
of Administrative Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency

ACTION: Notice; Request for public comment

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C sections 
9600 et seq.,notice is hereby given that a proposed Agreement and 
Covenant Not to Sue (Prospective Purchaser Agreement) associated with 
the Motorola 52nd Street Superfund Site (the Site) was executed by the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 13,2001. 
The Prospective Purchaser Agreement would resolve certain potential 
claims of the United States under sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 
U.S.C sections 9606 and 9607(a), and section 7003 of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery

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Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. section 6973, against the City of Phoenix, a 
municipal corporation of the State of Arizona (City). City plans to 
acquire six (6) parcels of land comprising 22.1 acres within Operable 
Unit 2 (OU2) of the Site by purchase or condemnation as part of an 
expansion plan for Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. City 
plans to use these parcels for aviation-related purposes, including 
airfields, terminals, parking operations, air cargo operations, car 
rental operations, airport administrative functions and aircraft 
maintenance operations. City will pay EPA$100,000, will provide access 
to these parcels to EPA if and as necessary to accomplish cleanup of 
the Site and will implement institutional controls on these properties 
if and as requested by EPA.
    For thirty (30) calendar days following the date of publication of 
this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed 
settlement. If requested prior to the expiration of this public comment 
period, EPA will provide an opportunity for a public meeting in the 
affected area. EPA's response to any comments received will be 
available for public inspection at the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement and additional 
background documents relating to the settlement are available for 
public inspection at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the proposed 
settlement may be obtained from James Collins, Assistant Regional 
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Comments should reference 
``City of Phoenix PPA, Motorola 52nd Street Site'' and Docket No. 2000-
06, and should be addressed to James Collins at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Collins, Assistant Regional 
Counsel (ORC-3), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; phone: (415) 744-1345; fax: 
(415) 744-1041; e-mail: [email protected]

    Dated: June 15, 2001.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S.EPA, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 01-16115 Filed 6-26-01; 8:45 am]
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