[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 36386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12452]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7926-2]


Velsicol/Hardeman County Landfill Superfund Site, et al.; Notice 
of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of settlement.

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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 ability-to-pay settlement with Velsicol Chemical 
Corporation relating to Paragraph 15 of the August 9, 2002 Settlement 
Agreement approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
District of Delaware in In re Fruit of the Loom, Inc., No. 99-4497(PJW) 
and to Paragraph 15 of the August 28, 2002 Agreement and Settlement for 
Recovery of Response Costs, EPA Docket No. 00-51-C (Region 4). These 
Agreements relate to the following sites: The Velsicol/Hardeman County 
Landfill Superfund Site, Toone, Hardeman County, Tennessee; the 
Velsicol Chemical Superfund Site, St. Louis, Michigan; the Woodridge/
Berry's Creek Superfund Site, Wood-Ridge and Carlstadt, New Jersey; the 
North Hollywood Dump Superfund Site, Memphis Tennessee, the Residue 
Hill Site, Chattanooga, Tennessee; the Marshall 23 Acre Site, Marshall, 
Illinois; the Breckenridge Site, Breckenridge, Michigan; the Mathis 
Brothers/South Marble Top Road Landfill Superfund Site; Kensington, 
Walker County, Georgia; the Valley Chemical Superfund Site, Greenville, 
Mississippi; the Tennessee Products Superfund Site, Chattanooga, 
Tennessee; the Former Coke Production Plant Property, Chattanooga, 
Tennessee; and the Shaver's Farm Superfund Site, Lafayette, Walker 
County, Georgia. The proposed administrative settlement requires 
Velsicol Chemical Corporation to pay $1,454,000 million to resolve its 
liability under Paragraph 15 of the August 9, 2002 Settlement Agreement 
and foregoes further recovery under Paragraph 15 of the August 28, 2002 
Agreement. EPA will consider public comments on the Agreement until 
July 25, 2005. EPA may withdraw from or modify the Agreement if such 
comments should disclose facts or considerations which indicate the 
Agreement is inappropriate, improper or inadequate. Copies of the 
proposed settlement are available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Waste Management Division, 
61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, 404/562-8887, 
[email protected].
    Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor at the above 
address by July 25, 2005.

    Dated: June 7, 2005.
Rosalind H. Brown,
Chief, Superfund Enforcement & Information Management Branch, Waste 
Management Division.
[FR Doc. 05-12452 Filed 6-22-05; 8:45 am]
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