[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60703-60704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30480]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5656-9]
Proposed Cost Recovery Settlement Under Section 122(h)(1) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), Pipe and Piling
Superfund Site, Omaha and Avoca, Nebraska
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed cost recovery settlement under Section
122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), Pipe
and Piling Superfund Site, Omaha and Avoca, Nebraska.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
proposing to enter into a cost recovery administrative settlement to
resolve claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C.
9622(h)(1). This settlement is intended to resolve the liability of
Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.) Ltd. (Pipe & Piling) for the response
costs incurred by the EPA in overseeing a removal action conducted by
Pipe & Piling at Pipe and Piling Superfund Site, Omaha and Avoca,
Nebraska. The proposed settlement consent order was signed by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on October 29, 1996. Because
EPA's total response costs did not exceed $500,000, the Attorney
General's concurrence is not required for this settlement.
DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before December 30,
1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Daniel J. Shiel, Office of
Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region
VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer
to: In the matter of Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.) Ltd., EPA Docket
No. VII-96-F-0031.
The proposed administrative settlement may be examined in person at
the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. To request a copy by mail
please refer to the matter name and docket number set forth above and
enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (25 cents per page for
reproduction costs), payable to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed administrative settlement
concerns the Pipe and Piling Nebraska Superfund Site located in Omaha
and Avoca, Nebraska. In November 1992, EPA Region VII issued a CERCLA
Section 106 unilateral administrative order (UAO) to Pipe & Piling
Supplies requiring it to remove asbestos-containing materials from two
locations in Nebraska. EPA treated the two locations, one in Omaha and
one in Avoca, as one site. Pipe & Piling conducted the removal action
as required by the UAO.
Pipe & Piling did not agree to reimburse EPA's costs of overseeing
the removal action at the time EPA issued the UAO. By letter dated
February 29, 1996, EPA sent Pipe & Piling a cost reimbursement bill for
$34,684.15. Pipe & Piling responded by questioning the appropriateness
of some charges included within the bill. In the proposed settlement,
Pipe & Piling has agreed to reimburse EPA $20,000.
Dated: November 15, 1996
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-30480 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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