[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 61 (Friday, March 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15195-15196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7770]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Proposed Administrative Order on Consent With Compromise of 
CERCLA Response Costs

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

ACTION:  Proposed AOC.

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SUMMARY: U.S. EPA is proposing to issue an Administrative Order on 
Consent (AOC) under section 106 of CERCLA at the Old American Zinc 
(OAZ) Superfund Site. Respondent has agreed to perform a clean up of 
all hazardous soil and site-related material in residential and other 
at-risk areas adjacent to the Site, as well as to establish control 
monitoring of off-site migrating air and liquid materials in order to 
prevent recontamination, in return for U.S. EPA waiving past response 
costs of approximately $71,847.55. U.S. EPA today is proposing to issue 
this AOC waiver of past costs because it achieves a necessary removal 
action at a Site where there is a problem of air-borne contamination of 
a nearby residential and high-risk area.

DATES: Comments on this proposed settlement must be received by April 
29, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed settlement are available at the 
following address for review: (It is recommended that you telephone Ms. 
Janet Pope at (312) 353-0628 before visiting the Region V Office). Ms. 
Janet Pope, OPA (P-19J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
V, Office of Superfund, Removal and Enforcement Response Branch, 77 W. 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    Comments on this proposed settlement should be addressed to: 
(Please submit an original and three copies, if possible) Ms. Janet 
Pope, Community Relations Coordinator, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard (P-
19J), Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-0628.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janet Pope, Office of Public 
Affairs, at (312) 353-0628.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OAZ Site is 132 acres in size and 
consists of the central Site that once held a smelter facility, and 
surrounding residential, industrial and commercial properties. The Site 
is bordered by Delmar Street on the north; Kings Highway and Rose Creek 
on the east; 45th Street on the west; and, railroad tracks of the Penn 
Central and Baltimore and Ohio lines on the south. The Site was 
discovered by the Illinois EPA in 1994. U.S. EPA became involved with 
the Site in 1999. After initial sampling and a November 1999 Site 
Assessment, U.S. EPA determined that contaminants of concern at the 
Site included arsenic, cadmium, lead and zinc. U.S. EPA determined that 
this represented an imminent and substantial threat to human health. 
After general notice and negotiations, between September 2000 and 
February 2002, U.S. EPA and the Respondent achieved an AOC for the 
removal action at the residential and other properties adjacent to the 
Site. In exchange for completion of the removal, U.S. EPA has offered 
the Respondent contribution protection, a covenant not to sue and 
waiver of the past response costs associated with the Site. These costs 
total approximately $71,847.55.
    A 30-day period, beginning on the date of publication, is open 
pursuant to section 122(i) of CERCLA for comments on the proposed 
settlement.
    Comments should be sent to Ms. Janet Pope of the Office of Public 
Affairs (P-19J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 77 W. 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

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    This action is taken under the authority of 42 U.S.C. section 
122(i).

Wendy L. Carney,
Acting Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 02-7770 Filed 3-28-02; 8:45 am]
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