[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19078-19079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7309]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7898-1]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement Pursuant 
to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act; Greenberg Salvage Yard, Murphysboro, IL

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(h) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622 (h), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement by consent, pursuant to CERCLA 122(h), 42 
U.S.C. 9622(h) concerning Cox Parts & Services, Inc. and Thomas D. Cox 
Trucking, Inc. and the Greenberg Salvage Yard Site.
    The settlement requires that the Settling Parties shall pay to the 
EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund in eleven monthly installments the 
principal sum of $13,157 plus interest as defined in the Agreement for 
Recovery of Past Response Costs. The settlement includes EPA's covenant 
not to sue the Settling Parties pursuant to 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(a), to recover Past Response Costs. This covenant not to sue is 
conditioned upon the satisfactory performance by Settling Parties of 
their obligations under the Agreement. U.S. EPA is proposing this 
Agreement because it provides reimbursement to U.S. EPA for part of its 
past costs at the Greenberg Salvage Yard Site.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the agency will receive 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 response to any comment 
received will be available for public inspection at the Superfund 
Division Record Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 12, 2005 pursuant to 
122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i).

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Virginia Narsete, Public 
Affairs Specialist, Superfund Division, Emergency Response Branch, Mail 
Code SE-5J, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and should reference the 
Greenberg Salvage Yard site, Murphysboro, Illinois. The settlement 
agreement and additional background information relating to the 
settlement are available for public inspection at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Superfund Division Record 
Center (address above), or a copy of the AOC may be obtained from 
Virginia Narsete.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virginia Narsete, Public Affairs 
Specialist, Superfund Division, Emergency Response Branch, Mail Code 
SE-5J, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 or call (312) 886-4359.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Greenberg Salvage Yard Superfund Site, 
encompassing two parcels of approximately 2.34 acres, located in 
Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois is generally designated by the 
following property description: The Site's northern parcel is bordered 
to the north by Thomas D. Cox Trucking, Inc., to the east by the 
American Legion and to the west by private residences. The Site's 
southern parcel is bordered by a lumber yard and to the east and west 
by private residences. In response to the release or threatened release 
of hazardous substances at or from the Site, EPA undertook response 
actions at the Site pursuant to 104 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604. A lead 
stabilizing agent was mixed with lead-contaminated soil at the Site to 
treat the soil to below hazardous waste characteristic levels for lead. 
Then the soil was transported off the site for disposal as non-
hazardous waste. A total of 12,050.6 tons of treated/low level 
contaminated lead soil were disposed of at an off-site disposal 
facility. The Site was then backfilled with clean soil. The settling 
parties are: Cox Parts and Services, Inc. and Thomas D. Cox Trucking, 
Inc. The Settling Parties shall be jointly and severally liable for all 
obligations imposed upon them under the Agreement for Recovery of Past 
Response Costs, 122(h)(1) of CERCLA 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1). Based upon 
the information submitted by the parties, EPA determined that each 
Settling Party has limited financial ability to pay for response costs 
incurred at the Site. However, the Site property was owned by Cox Parts 
and Services, Inc. and was sold after the removal action was completed. 
The settlement represents the amount of profit received by Cox Parts 
and Services, Inc. from the sale of the property. Settling Parties 
shall pay to the EPA Hazardous Substance

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Superfund the principal sum of $13,157 plus interest as defined in the 
Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs. Payment shall be made in 
eleven monthly installments.

    Dated: April 1, 2005.
Donald J. Bruce,
Acting Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7309 Filed 4-11-05; 8:45 am]
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