[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23584]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6435-3]
Notice of Proposed Cashout Settlement Agreement Under Section
122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), Strother Field
Industrial Park Superfund Site, Cowley County, Kansas, Docket No.
CERCLA-7-99-0028
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Cashout Settlement Agreement, Strother Field
Industrial Park Superfund Site, Cowley County, Kansas.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed cashoout settlement
agreement regarding the Strother Field Industrial Park Superfund Site,
was signed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
on July 26, 1999, and approved by the U.S. Department of Justice on
August 5, 1999.
DATES: EPA will receive, for a period of thirty (30) days from the date
of this publication, written comments relating to the proposed cashout
settlement agreement.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to J.D. Stevens, Assistant
Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region
VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer to
Strother Field Industrial Park Superfund Site, Proposed Cashout
Settlement Agreement, EPA Docket No. CERCLA-7-99-0028.
The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by
mail at the office of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, (913)
551-7322.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed agreement concerns the Strother
Field Industrial Park Superfund Site (``Site''), located in Cowley
County, Kansas. The property leased by Energy Plus (``Settling Party'')
constitutes a portion of the property that was formerly occupied and
operated by Struthers Thermo-Flood Corporation and is located within
the Site boundaries. A Remedial Investigation (``RI'') was completed
for the Site and the report was issued in May of 1992. The RI concluded
that two former drum storage areas and a drum loading area and a drum
loading area at the former Strother Thermo-Flood Corporation property
were source areas of hazardous substances released at the Site. The
hazardous substances released at the former Struthers Thermo-Flood
Corporation property include trichloroethene, dichlorothene and
percholoroethene.
The cashout agreement provides for the payment of $10,000 to the
Superfund by Settling Party. The $10,000 will be applied as
reimbursement toward EPA's costs and will allow Settling Party to get a
convenant not to sue from EPA and contribution protection. This
agreement will constitute a final settlement of the case with respect
to Settling Party absent misrepresentations made by Settling Party to
EPA or the United States, noncompliance with the agreement, or as
otherwise provided in the cashout agreement.
It is estimated that the total costs expended in connection with
the Site by both EPA and the responsible parties (EPA will seek to
recover from the responsible parties) will exceed $7.2 million. The
estimated costs incurred by the responsible parties include the
responsible parties' estimates of the respective amounts they had
expended on site cleanup activities. The cleanup of the Site will
continue with EPA's continuing enforcement activities against the PRP's
that have not been cashed out.
Dated: August 19, 1999.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 99-23584 Filed 9-13-99; 8:45 am]
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