[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3583-3584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1546]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7612-6]


Proposed Administrative Cashout Deminimis Settlement Under 
Section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation 
and Liability Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment for the NL Industries 
(Taracorp) Site.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 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 for recovery of past and projected future 
response costs concerning the NL Industries (Taracorp) Site, with the 
total of 78 settling parties listed in the Supplementary Information 
portion of this notice. The settlement requires the settling parties to 
pay $1,960,888.51 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.
    The total cost of the cleanup is approximately $63 million. This 
number is the sum of EPA's past costs of approximately $43 million, 
plus costs incurred by certain potentially responsible parties of 
approximately $20 million. For purposes of settlement, site costs have 
been allocated approximately 50% to generators and 50% to owner/
operators. Since all deminimis parties are generators, the deminimis 
percentage share of site costs is based on fifty percent of total site 
costs, or $30 million. Total future site costs were assigned a premium 
of 20%. Payment amounts for each deminimis generator's percentage share 
of volume contributed to the site.
    Under the terms of the settlement, the deminimis generators who 
sign the Consent Order agree to pay their respective settlement 
amounts. In exchange for those payments, the United States covenants 
not to sue or take administrative action pursuant to sections 106 and 
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9609 and 9607(a), relating to the Site. In 
addition, participating deminimis generators will be entitled to 
protection from contribution action or claims as provided by sections 
113(f) and 122(g)(5) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f) and 9622(g)(5), for 
all response costs incurred and to be incurred by any person at the 
Site.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the Agency will accept written comments relating to the 
settlement. 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 the settlement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at EPA's 
Region 5 Office at 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 25, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at EPA's Record Center, 7th floor, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 
Illinois 60604. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from 
Larry L. Johnson, Associate Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA, Mail Code C-
14J, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone (312) 886-
6609. Comments should reference the NL Industries (Taracorp) Site, and 
should be addressed to Larry L. Johnson, Associate Regional Counsel, 
U.S. EPA, Mail Code C-14J, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 
60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry L. Johnson, Associate Regional 
Counsel, U.S. EPA, Mail Code C-14J, 77

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W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone 312-886-6609.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a list of the settling 
deminimis generators:

1. Mayfield Manufacturing Company f/k/a 3-H Industries
2. A. Edelstein & Sons
3. A.O. Smith Corporation
4. Ace Comb Company
5. Acme Iron & Metal Co.
6. Acro Sales & Engineering
7. Allied Metal Company
8. Amax Inc./Amax Lead & Zinc a/k/a Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
9. American National Can Company
10. Baker Iron & Metal
11. Ball Metal & Chemical
12. Barter Machinery & Supply Company
13. Ben Greenberg Company
14. Bill's Auto Parts
15. C.L. Downey Company
16. Braschnewitz Corp. n/k/a CNC Industries, Inc.
17. Cerro Copper Products Co.
18. Daimler-Chrysler Corporation
19. Crown Beverage Packaging, Inc. a/k/a Continental Can Company
20. Delhi Battery & Supply Co, Inc.
21. Douglas Battery Manufacturing Comp.
22. Dumes, Inc.
23. Elden R. Erikson & Sons, Inc.
24. Electro Battery Manufacturing Co.
25. Farmland Industries
26. Fisher Steel & Supply Co.
27. G & M Scrap Metal
28. Grossman Iron & Steel Company
29. Herman Strauss, Inc.
30. Houston Salvage
31. Industrial Electrical Equipment Co.
32. Intra-American Metals
33. J. Trockman & Sons
34. L. Kahn & Sons f/k/a L. Kahn & Son
35. La Salle Steel Company
36. Lear Corporation EEDS & Interiors f/k/a Bryan Manufacturing
37. Lewis Salvage Co.
38. M. Katch & Co. Inc.
39. McGraw Edison Company
40. Mallin Brothers Company
41. Marco Steel Supply
42. Martin Brothers Mill & Foundry Supply
43. McKinley Iron, Inc.
44. Miller Compressing Company
45. Milwaukee Scrap Metal Co.
46. Modine Manufacturing
47. Morris Tick Company
48. Northbrook Sports Club
49. Qwest f/k/a Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
50. Olin Corporation
51. Parks Pioneer Company, LLC f/k/a Parks Iron & Metal
52. The Peltz Group, Inc. f/k/a Peltz Brothers
53. Pequea Battery Company
54. General Mills, Inc./The Pillsbury Company a/k/a Pet, Inc.
55. Schering--Plough Healthcare Products, Inc. f/k/a Plough, Inc.
56. Newman/Allen Enterprises, Inc. f/k/a Sam Allen & Son, Inc.
57. College of the Ozarks f/k/a School of the Ozarks
58. Schuster Metals, Inc.
59. Senser Metal Company
60. Shapiro Sales Company
61. Shostak Iron & Metal Co., Inc.
62. Slesnick Iron & Metal
63. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
64. Stewart-Warner Corp.
65. Omni Source Corp Foundry f/k/a Superior Companies, Inc.
66. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
67. Versatile Metals
68. Vivo Iron & Metal
69. Wallach Iron & Metal Company
70. Willoughby Iron & Waste Material Co. $21,639.60
71. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation--Wabtec f/k/a--
Young Radiator Company
72. Parkans International, Inc.
73. Sherwin--Williams
74. Rankin Technical Institute
75. Crown Cork & Seal Corporation

Settling Federal Agencies

1. General Services Administration
2. Department of Energy (Stanford Linear Accelerator)
3. Bureau of Prisons (Unicor Federal Prison Industries, Inc.)

    Dated: January 9, 2004.
Wendy L. Carney,
Acting Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 04-1546 Filed 1-23-04; 8:45 am]
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