[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19641]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5860-9]
Proposed Administrative Settlement Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Dorney Road
Landfill Superfund Site; De Minimis Settlement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing
to enter into a de minimis settlement pursuant to sections 104 and
122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9604 and
9622(g)(4). This proposed settlement is intended to resolve the
liabilities under CERCLA of Dorothy and Russell Kulp for response costs
incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at the
Dorney Road Landfill Superfund Site, Lehigh and Berks Counties,
Pennsylvania.
DATES: Comments must be provided on or before August 25, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Docket Clerk, United
States Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut
Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, and should refer to: In
Re: Dorney Road Landfill Superfund Site, Lehigh and Berks Counties,
Pennsylvania, U.S. EPA Docket No. III-97-85-DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Lazos (215) 566-2658, United
States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel,
(3RC22), 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107.
Notice of de minimis settlement: In accordance with section
122(i)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i)(1), notice is hereby given of a
proposed administrative settlement concerning the Dorney Road Landfill
Superfund Site in Lehigh and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania. The
administrative settlement was signed by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III's Regional Administrator on May 14, 1997,
and is subject to review by the public pursuant to this document. The
agreement is also subject to the approval of the Attorney General,
United States Department of Justice or her designee.
The settling parties have agreed to provide the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, or its designee, access to their
property so that response actions may be conducted on that property,
and not to interfere with those response actions. This administrative
settlement is subject to the contingency that the Environmental
Protection Agency may elect not to complete the settlement based on
matters brought to its attention during the public comment period
established by this document.
EPA is entering into this agreement under the authority of sections
122(g)(4), 104 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), 9604 and 9607.
Section 122(g)(4) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), authorizes early
settlements with de minimis parties to allow them to resolve their
liabilities under, inter alia, section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607,
to reimburse the United States for response costs incurred in cleaning
up Superfund sites without incurring substantial transaction costs.
The Environmental Protection Agency will receive written comments
upon this proposed administrative settlement until August 25, 1997. A
copy of the proposed Administrative Order on Consent can be obtained
from the Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Office of
Regional Counsel, (3RC20), 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 19107 by contacting Pamela Lazos at (215) 566-2658.
Stanley L. Laskowski,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region III.
[FR Doc. 97-19641 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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