[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 43867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21044]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7039-8]


Notice of Proposed De Minimis Administrative Order on Consent 
Pursuant to Section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), PCB Treatment, Inc. Superfund 
Site, Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, CERCLA Docket No. 
07-2001-0008.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed de minimis administrative order on consent, 
PCB Treatment, Inc. superfund site, Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas 
City, Missouri.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed de minimis 
administrative order on consent regarding the PCB Treatment, Inc. 
Superfund Site, was signed by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) on August 21, 2001. The proposed settlement was 
approved by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on May 30, 
2001.

DATES: EPA will receive until September 20, 2001 written comments 
relating to the proposed de minimis administrative order on consent.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Audrey Asher, Senior 
Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and 
should refer to PCB Treatment, Inc. Superfund Site De Minimis 
Administrative Order on Consent, CERCLA Docket No. 07-2001-0008.
    The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by 
mail from Norma Tharp, Paralegal Specialist, at the office of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7076.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PCB Treatment, Inc. Superfund Site 
consists of two facilities, about two miles apart, located in the 
industrial area of Kansas City, Kansas (Ewing Street) and Kansas City, 
Missouri (Wyandotte Street).
    The facilities were formerly operated by PCB Treatment, Inc., now a 
defunct corporation. PCB Treatment, Inc. received and stored PCB-
containing oil, waste materials, transformers and capacitors between 
1982 and 1987. Samples collected at the Site in the late 1990s 
indicated that the PCB contamination at Ewing Street exceeded 1,790 
parts per million (ppm) in the building and 1,450 ppm in the soils. The 
PCB contamination found at Wyandotte Street exceeded 23,800 ppm in the 
building and 800 ppm in the soils.
    Over 1,000 parties arranged for disposal of PCB wastes at the Site. 
EPA developed a formula that took into account the type of waste sent 
and the capacity of the waste to contribute to the PCB contamination. 
EPA has determined that any party who arranged for disposal of no more 
than 733,190 allocated pounds or eight-tenths of a percent of the 
allocated weight of all materials containing hazardous substances sent 
to the Site for disposal contributed a de minimis volume of waste to 
the Site and that such wastes are not more toxic than any other 
hazardous substance at the Site.
    EPA estimates that clean up costs will exceed $35,000,000. Cleanup 
may be performed by EPA or, if negotiations are successful, a group of 
potentially responsible parties whose allocated weight exceeds eight-
tenths of a percent.
    This proposed settlement provides an opportunity for small volume 
contributors to settle their liability through a cash-out. Each settlor 
will pay a share of cleanup costs based on its allocated weight and 
will pay either a 50% premium with a cost reopener if cleanup exceeds 
$60,000,000 or a 100% premium with no cost reopener. Over 300 parties 
wish to enter into this settlement. EPA will recover over $7,109,000.

    Dated: August 13, 2001.
William W. Rice,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 01-21044 Filed 8-20-01; 8:45 am]
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