[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1349]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7130-2]


Benfield Industries Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') proposes to enter into a 
Prospective Purchaser Agreement (``PPA'') regarding the Benfield 
Industries Superfund Site in Waynesville, Haywood County, North 
Carolina. EPA proposes to enter into the PPA with the party who 
purchases the property pursuant to a judgment sale conducted by the 
Haywood County Sheriff (the ``Purchaser''). The PPA obligates the 
Purchaser to cooperate with any response actions EPA may take on the 
property, to grant EPA access for any such response actions, and to 
comply with specified institutional controls. Further, the PPA provides 
the Purchaser with a covenant not to sue from the United States for 
Existing Contamination on the property. The covenant is conditioned 
upon the Purchaser's fulfilling its obligations under the PPA. EPA will 
consider comments on the proposed PPA for thirty (30) days.
    EPA may withdraw from or modify the proposed PPA should such 
comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate the proposed 
PPA is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Copies of the proposed 
settlement are available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Waste Management Division, 
61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, 404/562-8887.
    Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor at the above 
address within 30 days of the date of publication.

    Dated: December 21, 2001.
Anita L. Davis,
Acting Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch, Waste Management 
Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1349 Filed 1-17-02; 8:45 am]
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