[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 23306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10763]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7490-9]


Notice of Proposed Administrative Order on Consent Pursuant to 
Sections 106(a), 107(a) and 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), PCB Treatment, Inc. 
Superfund Site, Kansas City, KS, and Kansas City, MO, Docket No. CERCLA 
07-2002-0128

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed 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 administrative order on 
consent regarding the PCB Treatment Inc. Superfund Site (Site), was 
signed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 
February 4, 2003, and approved by the United States Department of 
Justice (DOJ) on April 3, 2003.

DATES: EPA will receive comments until June 2, 2003, relating to the 
proposed agreement.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Audrey Asher, Senior 
Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 
and should refer to the PCB Treatment, Inc. Superfund Site 
Administrative Order on Consent, Docket No. CERCLA 07-2002-0128.
    The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by 
mail at the office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, 
(913) 551-7255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed agreement concerns two 
facilities, about two miles apart, located in the industrial areas of 
Kansas City, Kansas at 45 Ewing Street and Kansas City, Missouri at 
2100 Wyandotte Street. The facilities were formerly operated by PCB 
Treatment, Inc., now a defunct corporation. Between 1982 and 1987, PCB 
Treatment, Inc. and its subsidiaries or affiliates treated and stored 
PCBs contained in used transformers, capacitors, oil, equipment, and 
other materials at the Wyandotte facility and the Ewing facility. 
During its period of operations, spills of PCB-contaminated oil and 
solvents occurred.
    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 surrounding soils. At 
Wyandotte Street, the PCB contamination exceeded 23,800 ppm in the 
building and 800 ppm in the surrounding soils.
    Over 1000 parties arranged for disposal of PCB wastes at the Site, 
but the majority of the PCB contaminated material was sent to the Site 
by fewer than 15 parties. This settlement is with 11 private parties 
who contributed a major portion of waste to the Site and 12 Federal 
parties who collectively contributed a major share. This proposed 
settlement requires the private party Respondents to perform the 
removal actions at this Site which is estimated to cost $35,000,000. 
These costs will be paid by the Respondents, who will be reimbursed by 
the Federal Respondents for approximately 33% of the costs. In 
addition, Respondents may be reimbursed for approximately 24% of their 
costs through disbursements from a Special Account created with funds 
EPA recovered through de minimis settlements with small volume 
contributors.

    Dated: April 21, 2003.
James B. Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 03-10763 Filed 4-30-03; 8:45 am]
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