[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 35656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16770]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6370-7]
Koppers Charleston Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed Settlement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.
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SUMMARY: Under section 122(g) of the comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), proposes to enter into an
Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with 17 de minimis parties at the
Koppers Charleston Superfund Site (Site), located in Charleston County,
South Carolina to settle claims for past and future response costs at
the Site. The parties to the proposed settlement are: Amerada Hess
Corporation, Amoco Chemical Company, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; Detyens
Shipyards, Inc.; Exxon Corporation; Fina Oil and Chemical Company;
Marathon Oil Company; Matlack Inc.; Metal Trades, Inc.; Mile, Inc.;
formally known as Mobay Chemical Company, now known as Bayer
Corporation; Mobile Chemical Company, Inc.; Swygert Shipyards, Inc.;
Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc.; United States Defense Logistics
Agency, Defense Fuel Supply Center; United States Department of
Transportation, Maritime Administration; United States Coast Guard;
United States Navy. EPA will consider public comments on the proposed
settlement for thirty (30) days. EPA may withdraw from or modify the
proposed settlement should such comments disclose facts or
considerations which indicate the proposed settlement in inappropriate,
improper or inadequate. Copies of the proposed settlement are available
from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, Waste Management Division, U.S. EPA
Region 4, 61 Forsyth St., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, 404-562-8887.
Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor within 30
calendar days of the date of publication.
Dated: June 22, 1999.
Franklin Hill,
Chief, Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16770 Filed 6-30-99; 8:45 am]
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