[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33372-33373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16253]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6111-9]
Peak Oil Superfund Site Notice of Proposed De Minimis Settlement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed de minimis settlement.
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SUMMARY: Under section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has offered approximately 650 de minimis
parties at the Peak Oil Superfund Site (Site) an opportunity to enter
into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) to settle claims for past
and future response costs at the Site. On August 28, 1997, EPA
published the names of 140 parties that returned signature pages
accepting EPA's offer. Since that time, 37 additional parties have
submitted signature pages accepting EPA's de minimis settlement offer.
Following is a list of those additional 37 parties: B&W Corporation
f/k/a Bowman Transportation, Case International Harvester, Crews
Equipment Company, City of Fort Myers, City of Wauchula, Compressed Air
Products, Inc., Crown Datsun n/k/a Crown Nissan, Crown Pontiac, Dundee
Citrus Growers Association, Eagle Supply, Inc., Fred P. Smith, Inc.,
Graff's Union 76, Grimsley Oil Company, Inc., Haines City Citrus
Growers Association, Hoagland Oldsmobile, Hough Chevrolet, Jiffy Lube
International, Inc., Jim McKeel Buick-GMC Trucks n/k/a Blount Buick-GMC
Trucks, Lake Placid Citrus Growers, Inc., M. Anderson Industries, Inc.,
Nitram, Inc., Okeechobee County School Board, SmithKline Beecham
Corporation, Peace River Packing
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Company, Penreco, Pinckney, Inc., Polk Nursery Company, Inc., Shell
Distributor (Hobson Ingram), Sims Crane & Equipment Co. (Sims Crane
Service, Inc.), Smith Brothers Oil Company, Smoak Groves, Inc., Spring
Lock Scaffolding, Tampa Bay Hermetics, Inc., Tampa Yacht and Country
Club, Inc., Tito's Service Center, Inc., United Telephone Company of
Florida, Unocal Corp., and The Wickie Company.
EPA will consider public comments on the proposed settlement with
these 37 parties for thirty days. EPA may withdraw from or modify the
proposed settlement should such comments disclose facts or
considerations which indicate the proposed settlement is inappropriate,
improper, or inadequate. Copies of the proposed settlement are
available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region IV, Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division,
61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8887.
Written comment may be submitted to Mr. Greg Armstrong at the above
address within 30 days of the date of publication.
Dated: May 27, 1998.
Jewell Harper,
Acting Director, Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 98-16253 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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