[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18729-18730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10535]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5463-8]
Proposed Settlement Under Section 122 (h) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), Chemical Commodities, Inc.
Superfund Site, Kansas City, KS
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative settlement.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
proposing to enter into an administrative settlement under Section
122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), to
resolve the liability of Aeronca, Inc., AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant
Techsystems Inc., Lake Road Warehouse, McDonnell Douglas Corporation,
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Rockwell International
Corporation, Veterinary Laboratories, the Defense Logistics Agency and
the General Services Administration for costs incurred by the EPA in
connection with response actions taken at the Chemical Commodities,
Inc. Site at 43 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas (``the Site'').
DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before May 29, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Regional Administrator,
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726
Minnesota Avenue,
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Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer to: In the Matter of
Chemical Commodities, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, EPA Docket No. VII-96-
F-0010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara L. Peterson, Senior Assistant Regional Counsel, United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,
Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7277.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A variety of incompatible hazardous
substances in broken, deteriorating and leaking containers were
abandoned in the basement of a three-story warehouse located at the
Site presenting the threat of fire or explosion. Among the hazardous
substances at the facility were used or surplus materials from Aeronca,
Inc., AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc., Lake Road Warehouse
Co., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Rockwell International
Company, Veterinary Laboratories, the Defense Logistics Agency and the
General Services Administration. The Site is located approximately five
miles south of downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The State of Kansas
requested that the EPA assume the role of lead agency with respect to
cleanup of the Site. The hazardous substances at the Site were removed
and properly disposed of by the EPA in November, 1992.
The proposed settlement provides for partial reimbursement of
removal action costs incurred by the EPA. The EPA has determined that
the settling parties Aeronca, Inc., AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant
Techsystems Inc., Lake Road Warehouse Co., Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing Company, Rockwell International Company, Veterinary
Laboratories, the Defense Logistics Agency and the General Services
Administration, are liable for response costs at the Site pursuant to
Section 107(a)(3) of CERCLA. The settling parties have each agreed to
pay a portion of the response costs incurred by the EPA. The proposed
settlement agreement provides that the EPA will covenant not to sue the
settling parties for response costs incurred by the EPA at the Site
under Section 107 of CERCLA upon payment of the amounts specified in
the settlement agreements.
Dated: April 9, 1996.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-10535 Filed 4-20-96; 8:45 am]
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