[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67848-67849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30170]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7594-5]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Agreement for the Recovery of Past 
Response Costs Incurred at the Weld County Waste Disposal Site Near Ft. 
Lupton, in Weld County, CO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 122(i) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed administrative settlement under section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 
42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), concerning the Weld County Waste Disposal site 
located at 4982 Weld County Road 35, approximately 4\1/2\ miles east of 
Ft. Lupton, in Weld County, Colorado. This settlement, embodied in a 
CERCLA section 122(h) Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs 
(``Agreement''), is designed to resolve each Settling Party's liability 
at the Site for past work and past response costs through covenants 
under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607. The 
proposed Agreement requires the Settling Parties listed in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below to pay an aggregate total of 
$2,710,542.59.
    Opportunity for Comment: For thirty (30) days following the date of 
publication of this notice, the Agency will consider all comments 
received, and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
either settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The 
Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at the EPA Superfund Record Center, 999 18th Street, 5th 
Floor, in Denver, Colorado.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background 
information relating to the settlement are available for public 
inspection at the EPA Superfund Records Center, 999 18th Street, 5th 
Floor, in Denver, Colorado. Comments and requests for a copy of the 
proposed Agreement should be addressed to Carol Pokorny (8ENF-RC), 
Technical Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466, and should 
reference the Weld County Waste Disposal Site, in Weld County, Colorado 
and the EPA docket number, CERCLA-8-2003-0012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Pokorny, Enforcement Specialist 
(8ENF-RC), Technical Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466, (303) 
312-6970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regarding the proposed administrative 
settlement under section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1): In 
accordance with section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is 
hereby given that the terms of the Agreement have been agreed to by the 
following settling parties, for the following amounts (where the name 
of one party is followed by one or more names grouped under it, the 
main name listed is the name that appears on the settlement signature 
page or is the name of the party that is assuming liability under the 
settlement):

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 Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs; EPA Docket No. CERCLA-8-
                                2003-0012
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                                                            Settlement
                    Settling parties                          amount
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Adolph Coors Company and Coors Brewing Company.........      $278,096.78
Alsco, Inc. (f/k/a Steiner Corporation), settling on                0.00
 behalf of American Industrial.........................
Arapahoe Chemical, Inc. (n/k/a Roche Colorado Corp)....     1,939,739.44
Ball Metal Container...................................        27,078.61
Borg Warner Corporation (Morse Chain Division).........             0.00
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company,               6,076.75
 settling on behalf of the Colorado and Southern
 Railroad Company......................................
Claude A. Akridge d/b/a University Hills Conoco and               640.91
 Claude A. Akridge, Inc................................
COBE Laboratories, Inc. (n/k/a Gambro, Inc.)...........             0.00
ConocoPhillips Company, settling on behalf of Asamera          97,768.22
 Oil (U.S.), Inc.......................................
TOSCO Corporation......................................        73,423.12
Cooper Industries, settling on behalf of Gardner-Denver        13,591.18
 Corp..................................................
CoorsTek, Inc., settling on behalf of Coors Porcelain             200.00
 Company, Inc., Coors Ceramics Company, CoorsTek, Inc..
Continental Airlines, Inc., settling on behalf of              12,272.84
 Frontier Airlines.....................................
Envirosource, Inc., Successor to National Molasses              6,805.97
 Company...............................................
General Iron Works.....................................             0.00
Graphic Packaging Corporation..........................           225.00
Hazen Research, Inc....................................        17,353.00
International Business Machines (IBM)..................        58,929.70
Johns Manville Corporation.............................             0.00
Kwal Paints Inc., J&H Shapiro, Inc., Helen Shapiro,            14,664.26
 Helen Ruth Shapiro Trust, Jack S. Shapiro Marital
 Trust, Jack S. Shapiro Family Trust, Joliet
 Associates, LPA, Kwalabuy Inc./,Kwal-Howells, Inc.,
 and Professional Paint, Inc...........................
Lakewood, City of/South Lakewood Sanitation............        11,847.70
Marathon Oil Company...................................         4,174.53
National Cash Register (NCR)...........................         4,876.23
Power Motive (PM)......................................        18,128.63
Regional Transportation District (RTD).................           292.71
Ryder Truck Rental, Inc................................             0.00
Safeway, Inc...........................................        14,488.09
Samsonite..............................................         1,473.37
SASHCO, Inc............................................             0.00
Shattuck Chemical Co (S.W.), Inc.......................        24,766.04
Stonehouse Signs, Inc..................................             9.18
United Technologies Corporation, on behalf of                  79,472.09
 Sundstrand Aviation Unit..............................
Tomahawk Watkins (n/k/a Alpine Diesel).................             0.00
U.S Geological Survey..................................         1,222.50
Weaver Electric Company................................         2,925.74
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    Total..............................................    $2,710,542.59
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    By the terms of the proposed Agreement, the Settling Parties will 
pay a combined total of $2,710,542.59 to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund. This payment represents approximately 53% of the 
$5,086,748,001.01 in past response costs incurred through September 30, 
2002. The Settling Parties manifested 1,461,777.75 gallons of hazardous 
substances to the Site. This amount represents approximately 94% of the 
1,552,849.32 gallons of hazardous substances manifested to the Site by 
all generators. The amount that each individual PRP will pay, as shown 
above, was based upon the number of gallons of hazardous substances 
manifested to the Site. To be eligible for the settlement, each 
generator must have submitted a response to EPA's Request for 
Information.

    Dated: November 25, 2003.
Carol Rushin,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance, 
and Environmental Justice, Region VIII.
[FR Doc. 03-30170 Filed 12-3-03; 8:45 am]
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