[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4826]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6236-4]
Cherokee Resources Superfund Sites; Notice of Proposed Settlement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
settle claims for response costs under section 122(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g), with parties qualifying for de
minimis settlements. These claims relate to removal and response
actions undertaken by EPA at the Cherokee Resources Sites on Berryhill
Road and Summit Avenue in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina. A list of the parties to this proposed settlement is set
forth below. As announced in an earlier notice, this is the second and
final phase of the de minimis settlement for these Sites. The following
list of 32 parties have returned signature pages accepting EPA's
settlement offer:
AVM, Inc., Allwaste Tank Cleaning, Inc., American Linc
Corporation, Amoco Oil Company, Ansco & Associates, Inc., Autry
Concrete Products, Ayerst Laboratories, Inc. (d/b/a Wyeth-Ayerst
Laboratories), Bi-Lo, Inc., Carlisle Geauga Company, Carolina Scrap
Processors, Circle Bearing, Container Corporation of America (n/k/a
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation), The Dickerson Group, Inc., Dixie
Electric Motor Service, Inc., James Waste Oil, Kenan Transport
Company, Lacy J. Miller Machine Company, Inc., Lafayette Motor
Sales, Inc., Mack Trucks, Inc., Marion Fabrics, Monarch Machine Tool
Company--Cortland, Newco Fibre Company, Radiator Specialty Company,
Sonoco Products Company, Sparks Oldsmobile (d/b/a Sparks Chrysler-
Plymouth-Jeep, Inc.), Spencer--Pettus Machine Company, Inc., U-Haul
Company, Valley Forge Tape & Label Company, Inc., Vermont American
Corporation, Virginia Power, Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, and
Western Auto.
EPA will consider public comments on the proposed settlement which
are received by EPA within thirty (30) days of the date of publication
of this document. EPA may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed
settlement if such comments disclose facts or considerations which
indicate the proposed settlement is inappropriate, improper or
inadequate.
Written comments should be sent to the EPA representative listed
below. Request for copies of the settlement terms should be sent to
this same address: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency--Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, Program Services
Branch, Cost Recovery Section, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta,
Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8887.
Dated: February 11, 1999.
Franklin E. Hill,
Chief, Program Services Branch.
[FR Doc. 99-4826 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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