98-30397. 42 U.S.C. Section 122(i), Proposed Administrative Order on Consent with Compromise of CERCLA Response and Oversight Costs

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63473-63474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30397]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6188-5]


42 U.S.C. Section 122(i), Proposed Administrative Order on 
Consent with Compromise of CERCLA Response and Oversight Costs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed AOC.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to sign and issue an Administrative Order on 
Consent (AOC) under section 106 of CERCLA for a removal action at the 
Carbographics Industries Corporation Superfund Site. Respondents have 
agreed to perform a clean up, in return for EPA waiving response costs 
of approximately $5,000. EPA today is proposing to sign and issue this 
AOC because it expeditiously achieves a necessary removal action 
without resort to time-consuming and costly litigation.

DATES: Comments on this proposed settlement must be received by 
December 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed settlement are available at the 
following address for review: (It is recommended that you telephone 
Janet Pope at [phone] before visiting the Region V Office). Janet 
Pope, OPA (P19-J) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 
Office of Superfund, Removal and Enforcement Response Branch, 77 W. 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    Comments on this proposed settlement should be addressed to: 
(Please submit an original and three copies, if possible) Janet Pope, 
Community Relations Coordinator, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard (P-
19J), Chicago, Illinois 60604, [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Pope, Office of Public Affairs, 
at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Carbographics Site is a one story, 
industrial, brick building (approximately 25,000 square feet) located 
at 4757 North Ronald Street,

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Harwood Heights, Illinois, which is a suburban industrial area with 
surrounding residential and commercial areas. Single family homes 
adjacent to the east fence of the site are within approximately thirty 
feet of the property and multi-unit apartment buildings are adjacent to 
the north and east of the Site. The Harwood Heights United States Post 
Office is located to the east across Ronald Street. There is an 
elementary school located approximately 0.25 mile southeast of the Site 
and a high school located approximately 0.5 mile southwest of the Site. 
On March 13, 1998, U.S. EPA conducted a Removal Site Assessment and 
identified approximately 850 one gallon, 345 five gallon, 20 fifteen 
gallon, 3 thirty gallon, 144 fifty-five gallon containers and various 
gas cylinders throughout the building. Labels on many of the containers 
indicated the contents were flammable, organic peroxides, acids, and 
caustics. Analytical results from samples collected from four fifty-
five gallon drums confirmed that the contents exhibit the RCRA 
characteristics for ignitability and corrosivity. In addition to the 
containers located within the building, two underground storage tanks 
which were used to store solvents are located under the south parking 
lot. Within the building is a small electro plating operation. Minor 
releases were observed inside the Carbographics building. The potential 
for fire and explosion appear to be the major threat of release due to 
the significant amount of flammable materials inside the building. 
Subsurface contamination has also been documented in the south parking 
lot area.
    Though recently boarded up by the Village of Harwood Heights, the 
Site is accessible. Based on the presence of graffiti within the 
building, and notwithstanding past efforts to secure the building, it 
appears that the Site is routinely visited by gangs and children. 
Several windows are broken and the roof, which appears to have been 
damaged by fire, is unstable. After EPA had sampled and assessed the 
situation, EPA contacted the named Respondent parties (two officers and 
an employee of the now dissolved Carbographics Industries 
Incorporated)and negotiated an Administrative Order on Consent for the 
remainder of the removal action.
    A 30-day period, beginning on the date of publication, is open 
pursuant to section 122(i) of CERCLA for comments on the proposed 
settlement.
    Comments should be sent to Janet Pope of the Office of Public 
Affairs (P-19J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 77 W. 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Brian A. Barwick,
Assistant Regional Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-30397 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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