[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2049]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6227-1]
Notice of Proposed Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended
(``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost
recovery settlement under section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA concerning the
Moschiano Plating Company, Inc., site at 2808-2824 West Lake Street,
Chicago, Illinois (``Site''). The settlement resolves an EPA claim
under section 107(a) of CERCLA against (1) the Estate of Frank B.
Moschiano, (2) Josephine S. Moschiano, individually and as the Executor
of the Estate of Frank B. Moschiano, and (3) the heirs, successors and
assigns of the property in the Estate of Frank B. Moschiano. The
settlement requires the settling parties to pay $39,750 to the
Hazardous Substances Superfund. The settlement also requires that the
settling parties use their best efforts to sell the Site property and
then pay to the Hazardous Substances Superfund the proceeds of that
sale minus reasonable fees incurred to sell the Site. Additionally, in
future the settling parties must notify EPA if certain events occur:
(1) if the settling parties offer to sell, or accept an offer to sell,
the Site property; (2) if the settling parties file an insurance claim
or receive payment on an insurance claim related to the Site or
Moschiano Plating Company, Inc.; and (3) if the settling parties
receive payments on any accounts receivable for Moschiano Plating
Company, Inc.
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 Agency's response to any
comments received will be available for public inspection at the
Superfund Records Center, located at 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Seventh
Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background
information relating to the settlement are available for public
inspection at the Superfund Records Center, located at 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Seventh Floor, Chicago, Illinois. A copy of the proposed
settlement also may be obtained from the Superfund Records Center,
located at the address above, or by contacting Jacqueline Kline at
telephone number 312/886-7167. Comments should reference the Moschiano
Plating Company, Inc., Site, Chicago, Illinois, and EPA Docket No. V-W-
99-AO-10 and should be addressed to Jacqueline Kline, Associate
Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard (C-14J), Chicago, Illinois
60604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Kline, Associate Regional
Counsel, at the address and telephone number listed above.
Dated: January 13, 1999.
James Mayka,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 99-2049 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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