[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20823]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5871-6]
Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of a Prospective Purchaser Agreement and Covenant Not to
Sue Rosey's Pit Cleaning, Camden, New Jersey for a Property Within the
Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Contamination Site.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
proposing to enter into a Prospective Purchaser Agreement to provide
Rosey's Pit Cleaning, Camden, New Jersey, a covenant not to sue under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, in connection with its proposed purchase
and development of a property related to general contamination from the
former Gas Mantle facility. This agreement is intended to resolve a
potentially responsible party's liability for certain response costs
incurred and to be incurred by EPA at the Welsbach/General Gas Mantle
Contamination Superfund Site in Camden, New Jersey. Notice is being
published to inform the public of the Proposed Prospective Purchaser
Agreement and of the opportunity to comment.
DATE: Comments must be provided on or before September 8, 1997.
ADDRESS: Comments should be addressed to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway--17th
Floor, New York, NY 10007 and should refer to: In the Matter of the
Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site: Rosey's Pit
Cleaning, Camden, New Jersey, U.S. EPA Index No. II-CERCLA-97-0113.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway--17th Floor, New York, NY
10007, Attention: Virginia Curry, Esq. (212) 637-3134.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of a Proposed
Prospective Purchaser Agreement with Rosey's Pit Cleaning, Camden, New
Jersey, resolving the company's potential liability for a property
within the Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site.
CERCLA authorizes EPA to enter into this agreement. The Department of
Justice approved this agreement pursuant to the inherent settlement
authority of the Attorney General to settle claims of the United
States.
A copy of the Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement may be
obtained by mail from EPA's Region II Office of Regional Counsel, 290
Broadway--17th Floor, New York, NY 10007.
Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement under CERCLA--Welsbach/
General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site.
Dated: June 30, 1997.
Jeanne M. Fox,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-20823 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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