03-12767. Southern Solvents Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice of proposed settlement.

SUMMARY:

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into an Administrative Order on Consent pursuant to section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended regarding the Southern Solvents Superfund Site located in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida. This Agreement is made and entered into by EPA and by Southern Solvents, Inc., (“Settling Parties”). EPA will consider public comments on the proposed settlement until June 20, 2003.

EPA may withdraw from or modify the proposed settlement should such comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate the proposed settlement in appropriate, improper, or inadequate. Copies of the proposed settlement are available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. EPA, Region 4, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, Waste Management Division, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. [phone].

Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of this publication.

Dated: April 28, 2003.

Archie Lee,

Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division.