[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65207-65208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31539]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6193-2]
Notice of Proposed De Minimis Administrative Order on Consent
Pursuant to Section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Osage Metals Superfund Site,
Kansas City, Kansas, Docket No. VII-98-F-0023
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed De Minimis Administrative Order on Consent,
Osage Metals Superfund Site, Kansas City, Kansas.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative order on
consent regarding the Osage Metals Superfund Site, was signed by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on September 30,
1998 and approved by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on
October 30, 1998.
DATES: EPA will receive comments on or before December 28, 1998
relating to the proposed agreement and covenant not to sue.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Audrey Asher, Senior
Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City KS 66101 and
should refer to the Osage Metals Superfund Site Administrative Order on
Consent, EPA Docket No. VII-98-F-0023.
The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by
mail at the office of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101 (913-
551-7255).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed agreement concerns the 1.7-acre
Osage Metals Superfund Site (``Site''), located at 120 Osage Avenue in
Kansas City, Kansas. The Site was the location of metals salvage and
reclamation facilities between 1948 and 1993. Samples taken at the Site
in 1994 found polychlorinated biphenyls (``PCBs'') in surface soils at
levels as high as 334 mg/kg, and lead contamination in levels as high
as 56,600 mg/kg. The EPA approved a removal action at the Site on
February 13, 1995, and began cleanup in March of 1995. EPA completed
its work in October 1995. No further response action is anticipated.
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As of May 31, 1998, EPA and DOJ had incurred costs in excess of
$1.3 million exclusive of interest. Each of the proposed settlors
arranged with Trinity Environmental Technologies, Inc. for disposal of
capacitors contaminated with PCBs. Trinity Environmental Technologies,
Inc. in turn arranged for disposal of these capacitors with PCB
Treatment, Inc. In addition to this arrangement, each settlor arranged
for disposal of capacitors contaminated with PCBs directly with PCB
Treatment, Inc. PCB Treatment, Inc. then arranged for disposal at the
Site of scrap metal from the capacitors.
EPA has determined that any party who arranged for disposal of
between 206 and 89,387 pounds of capacitors contributed a de minimis
volume of waste to the Site and that such wastes are not more toxic
than any other hazardous substance at the Site.
Each settler will pay a share of costs based on its volumetric
share of capacitor weight compared to all capacitor weight with an
additional premium of 15%.
Through this settlement EPA will recover over $10,000. EPA has
recovered over $80,000 through a consent decree with the former owner/
operator and will seek the remaining costs from other potentially
responsible parties at the Site. EPA will be recovering over $180,000
through Administrative Order on Consent EPA Docket No. VII-98-F0012,
which became effective on October 23, 1998.
Dated: November 3, 1998.
Dennis Grams, P.E.,
Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 98-31539 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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