[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6244-6245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3586]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5423-6]
Notice of Proposed Administrative Order on Consent Pursuant to
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (``CERCLA'')
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given that
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), the State
of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (``DEQ'') and Winmar
Pacific, Inc. (``WPI'') have negotiated a proposed Administrative Order
on Consent (``Consent Order'') pursuant to Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. 9622(g), as amended, and applicable Oregon state law, to be
issued jointly by EPA and DEQ to WPI, with respect to the East
Multnomah County Groundwater Contamination Site in Oregon (``Site'').
WPI owns undeveloped property in the South Shore Business Park area
of the cities of Portland and Gresham, Oregon. This property is down
gradient from known sources of hazardous substance groundwater
contamination that are part of the Site. Groundwater contamination from
these sources flows beneath the WPI property. Based on
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certifications and disclosures by WPI, EPA and DEQ have concluded that
WPI has not disposed of or arranged for the disposal of hazardous
substances at the Site, and has not caused or contributed to a release
of hazardous substances at the Site. EPA and DEQ have a Memorandum of
Agreement to coordinate their activities to require parties responsible
for the contamination to cleanup the Site.
The major provisions of the Consent Order require a cash payment
from WPI to DEQ, which is the lead Agency managing the cleanup of the
Site, to help defray past and future response costs at or in connection
with the Site, including costs incurred in connection with negotiation
and entry of this Consent Order, and in order to facilitate community
relations regarding response activities at the Site, and a grant of
access by WPI to DEQ and EPA to the property for all response
activities to be taken at the Site; in exchange for legal protection
for WPI and its successors in interest for cleanup liability at the
Site in the form of a covenant not to sue from EPA and DEQ.
EPA will receive comments relating to the proposed Consent Order
for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication.
Comments should be addressed to Alan Goodman, Oregon Operations Office,
811 SW 6th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Portland, OR 97204, and refer to In the
Matter of East Multnomah County Groundwater Contamination Site,
Proposed Administrative Order on Consent for Winmar Pacific, Inc.
Copies of the proposed Consent Order may be examined at the Oregon
Operations Office, 811 SW 6th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Portland, OR 97204. A
copy of the proposed Consent Order may be obtained by mail or in person
from the Oregon Operations Office.
Chuck Clarke,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-3586 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45 am]
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