[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61624-61625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24913]
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT AGENCY
[FRL-7388-1]
Proposed Agreement Pursuant to Sections 122(g) and (h) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
for the Zionsville Third Site Superfund Site
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'').
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment on proposed de minimis
settlement.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1984, as
amended (`CERCLA''), notification is hereby given of a proposed
administrative agreement concerning the Zionsville Third Site hazardous
waste site located approximately 150 feet east of U.S. Highway 421 and
approximately 350 feet south of the Environ-Chem Superfund site in
Zionsville, Indiana (the ``Site''). EPA proposes to enter into this
agreement under the authority of sections 122(g) and (h) and 107 of
CERCLA. The proposed agreement has been executed by the following de
minimis parties: Ahlstrom Filtration, Inc.; Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.
(Wyandotte Paint Co.); Also Industries, Inc. (Synthane-Taylor); Allen-
Bradley Company, LLC.; Allied Waste Transportation, Inc. d/b/a
Vermillion Waste Systems; American National Can Company, now Rexam
Beverage Can Company; American Recovery Company, Incorporated; A.O.
Smith Corporation; Ashland Inc.; Belden Inc. (Cooper Industries); BMC
Industries, Inc. (for Buckbee Mears Co.); Borg Warner Inc. on behalf of
Warner Gear Division (Borg-Warner); Brulin & Company, Inc.; Carlisle
Tire &Wheel Company (formerly known as Carlisle Tire & Rubber Company
(Indus Wheel); Chemical Waste Management, Inc.; Child Craft Industries,
Inc. (Smith Cabinet); Cintech Industrial Coatings, Inc. (for Cincinnati
Varnish); Cloudsley Company; Cohesant of MO, Inc. s/k/a King Adhesives,
Inc. and its parent Cohesant Technologies Inc.; Commercial Sewer
Cleaning Company, Inc.; Cummins Engine Co.; David L. Wade, Inc. (FKA
Standard Paints Incorporated); Davis-Frost, Inc. (formerly Frost Paint
& Oil Co.); Devro-Teepak, Inc.; Egyptian Lacquer Mfg. Co., Inc.;
Electro-Spec, Inc.; Emhart Industries, Inc.; Ericsson Inc.; Farm Credit
Services of Mid-America; Freudenberg-NOK, Gen. Corp Inc (General Tire);
Georgia Pacific Corporation, successor in interest to James River II
(Crown Zellerback); H.B. Fuller Company; Heriff Jones, Inc.; Hill-Room
Company, Inc.; International Paper Company (successor in interest to
Champion International Corporation); International Paper Company (for
Chase Packaging Corp.); I.W.D. Waste, Inc.; Kurfees Coatings
(Louisville Varnish); KCL Corporation; Kewanee Industries Inc. for
Bruning Paint Company and Chevron Environmental Management
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Co.; Knauf Fiber Glass; Lennox International Inc. as related to Wickes
Mfg. (Bohn Alum./Heat); Marathon Oil Company (includes Rock Island
Refining Corporation which merged with Marathon Oil Company); Marathon
Pipe Line Company; Marcus Paint Company; Marisol, Inc.; McLaughlin
Gormley King Company; Modine Manufacturing Company (successor in
interest to Signet Systems (Easton)); Moormann Bros. Mfg.; Mueller
Copper Tube Products, Inc. f/k/a Halstead Industries, Inc.; National
Railroad Passenger Corporation; Onan Corporation; Philips Electronics
North America Corporation; PPG Industries, Inc.; R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Company; Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc.; Reliance Electric Company;
RHI Holdings, Inc. as successor to Rexnold Holdings, Inc.; Robbie
Manufacturing, Inc.; Rockwell International; Seagate Technology LLC, as
successor in interest to the operating assets of Seagate Technology,
Inc. and on behalf of Magnet Peripherals, Inc & MPI Plastic; Sequa
Corporation; The Sherwin-Williams Corporation; Superior Oil Company,
Inc.; The Timken Company; TRW Inc.; Unisys Corporation, United States
Gypsum (for itself and as successor for this matter only to Durabond);
United Technologies Corporation (Inmont Corporation and Essex Group);
United Technologies Corporation (United Technologies Automotive, Inc.--
Alam Plastics); Valhi, Inc./IMPEX; Viacom Inc., successor by merger to
CBS Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Thermo King;
Wabash Products; White Consolidated Industries, Inc.; Whittaker
Corporation (Dayton Coatings) and all affiliates; World Color Press
(Salem Gravure) [n/k/a Quebecor World (USA), Inc.]; Federal Bureau of
Prisons; and U.S. Department of the Navy.
Under the proposed agreement, the de minimis parties will pay a
total of approximately $3,083,555.54, which will be placed into an
escrow account to be used for response costs incurred and to be
incurred at the Site. A group of 34 non-de minimis settlors under this
agreement will perform the remaining removal actions to be conducted at
the Site, and pay EPA's costs of overseeing these removal actions. EPA
has incurred and will continue to incur response costs overseeing
response activities conducted to mitigate an imminent and substantial
endangerment to human health or the environment present or threatened
by hazardous substances present at the Site. The Settling Parties have
spent approximately $8 million to perform cleanup activities at the
Site to date, and the remaining response cost are estimated at $6
million. The non-de minimis settlors under this proposed agreement are:
Alcoa Inc.; Anderson Development Company; ArvinMeritor, Inc., successor
in interest to Arvin Industries, Inc.; Batesville Casket Company, Inc.;
Beazer East, Inc.; Bemis Company, Inc.; Bridgestone/Firestone North
America Tire, LLC; Chemical Marketing Corp.; Detrex Corporation; Exxon
Mobil Corporation for Mobil Oil Corporation; Ford Motor Company;
Freightliner LLC (formerly Freightliner Corp.); General Electric
Company; General Motors Corporation; HC Industries, Inc.; Honeywell
International Inc.; JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc.; Jeffboat LLC; Kimberly
Clark Corporation; Liberty Solvents & Chemicals; Lilly Ind. Coatings,
Inc. n/k/a The Valspar Corporation and The Valspar Corporation; Lucent
Technologies (AT&T); Maytag Corporation (Jenn-Air); McDonnell Douglas
Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company; Pratt &
Lambert; Radio Materials Corporation; RCA Corporation; S.C. Johnson &
Son, Inc.; Stolle Corporation; Tyco Healthcare Group LP, as successor
in interest to the Kendall Company; Tyco International (US) Inc.
(Ludlow Corporation); Union Carbide Corporation; Waste Research &
Reclamation Co., Inc.; and Whirlpool Corporation.
For thirty days following the date of publication of this notice,
the EPA will receive written comments relating to this proposed
agreement. EPA will consider all comments received and may decide not
to enter this proposed agreement if comments disclose facts or
considerations which indicate that the proposed agreement is
inappropriate, improper or inadequate.
DATES: Comments on the proposed agreement must be received by EPA on or
before October 31, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, and should refer to: In the Matter of
Zionsville Third Site, Zionsville, Indiana, U.S. EPA Docket No. V-W-
02C-698.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Krueger, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, C-14J, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 66064-3490, (312) 886-0562.
A copy of the proposed administrative settlement agreement may be
obtained in person or by mail from the EPA's Region 5 Office of
Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-
3590. Additional background information relating to the settlement is
available for review at the EPA's Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel.
Authority: The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675.
William E. Muno,
Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 02-24913 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am]
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