[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72311-72312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34696]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6213-8]
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Standard
Scrap Site
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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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''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed
administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs
concerning the Standard Scrap site (a/k/a Standard Scrap Metal/Chicago
International Exporting Site) in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois with
the following settling parties: Acme Refining Scrap Iron & Metal, Inc.;
Alma Iron & Metal Company, Inc.; American Iron & Supply Co.; Assad Iron
& Metals Inc./Heidelberg; Bay Side Recycling Corporation (West End Iron
& Metal); Belson Scrap & Steel, Inc.; Capitol City Metals, L.L.C.; CFF
Pro-Metal Processing Co. (see Oklahoma); Chamberlain Manufacturing
Company; Clark Iron & Metal Co. Inc.; Cohen Brothers Inc.; Cohen and
Green Salvage Co. Inc.; Coleman Metals/Coleman Iron & Metal Inc.; Dart
Electric Motor & Supply Inc.; DeKalb Iron & Metal Co.; Dobrow
Industries, Inc.; Dudek, Inc.; Dudek Industries, Inc.; Dumes, Inc.;
Elgin Salvage and Supply Co., Inc.; Emilian Trading Co.; F. Perlman &
Co. Inc.; Fisher Steel and Supply Company; Fusselman Salvage Company;
Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc.; Goldsboro Iron & Metal Company;
Grossman Iron & Steel Company; H. Hirschfield Sons Co.; Hummelstein
Iron & Metal, Inc.; Indianapolis Shredding Company, LLC; Industrial
Scrap Corporation; International Recycling Corporation; J. Solotken &
Company, Inc.; K&F Industries, Inc.; Khaled Habayeb/DBA Secondary Metal
Processing, Inc.; Lewis Salvage Corporation; Loeb Metal Recycling Co.;
Lorman Iron & Metal Co. Inc.; Louisville Scrap Material Co., Inc.; M.
Gervich & Sons, Inc.; M. Katch & Co., Inc.; M. Weingold & Co.; McKinley
Iron, Inc.; Mervis Industries, Inc./Mervis Supply Co., Inc.; Midwest
Metallics, L.P (f/k/a Pielet Bros. Scrap Iron & Metal); Miller
Compressing Company; Miller Recycling Company; Milwaukee Scrap Metal
Company; Morris Tick Company, Inc.; Mose Cohen and Sons, Inc.; Newman/
Allen Enterprises, Inc.; OmniSource Corporation; Onstate Recycling
Inc.; Oscar Winski Company, Inc.; Otis Oakley Iron & Supply Co. Inc.;
Philip L. Sebulsky/Camco Recycling Inc.; Phillips Industries, Inc.;
Public Iron & Metal Co.; QRS Inc. DBA Riverside Recycling; Reserve Iron
& Metal; Robert Bosch Corporation; S & B Consulting, Inc. f/k/a
Klempner Bros., Inc./Klempner Bros., Inc.; Safran Metals; Sam Allen--
New; Sam Winer & Co., Inc.; Samuels Hide & Metal Co., Inc.; Schlafer
Iron & Steel Co.; Schneider's Iron & Metal Inc.; Schuster Metals Inc.;
Serlin Iron & Metal Co. Inc.; Standard Iron & Metal Co., Inc.; Sturgis
Iron & Metal Co., Inc.; The Kroot Corporation; United Metal Recyclers;
Wallach Iron & Metal Inc.; William Lans Sons Company; Willoughby Iron &
Waste Materials Company; and Winston Brothers Iron & Metal Co. Inc. The
settlement requires the settling parties to pay $651,350.22 to the
Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not
to sue the settling parties pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this document, 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 77 W.
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection
at 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the
proposed settlement may be obtained from Mike Anastasio, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, Mail Code
C-14J, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone
(312) 886-7951. Comments should reference the Standard Scrap Site,
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and EPA Docket No. V-W-'99-C-521 and
should be addressed to Mike Anastasio, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, Maile Cod C-14J, 77 W. Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone (312) 886-7951.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Anastasio, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, Mail Code C-14J, 77 W.
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone (312) 886-7951.
Dated: December 17, 1998.
Thomas W. Mateer,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 98-34696 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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