[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25326]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FR-6165-5]
Notice of Proposed De Micromis Administrative Order on Consent
Pursuant to Section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Osage Metals Superfund Site,
Kansas City, Kansas, Docket No. VII-98-F-0014
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed De Micromis Administrative Order on Consent,
Osage Metals Superfund Site, Kansas City, Kansas.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed de micromis
administrative order on consent regarding the Osage Metals Superfund
Site, was signed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) on August 11, 1998, and approved by the United States Department
of Justice (DOJ) on September 11, 1998.
DATES: EPA will receive comments relating to the proposed agreement and
covenant not to sue on or before October 22, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Audrey Asher, Senior
Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and
should refer to the Osage Metals Superfund Site Administrative Order on
Consent, EPA Docket No. VII-98-F-0014.
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, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed agreement concerns the 1.7-acre
Osage Metals Superfund Site (``Site''), located at 120 Osage Avenue in
Kansas City, Kansas. The Site was the location of metals salvage and
reclamation facilities between 1948 and 1993. Samples taken at the Site
in 1994 found polychlorinated biphenyls (``PCBs'') in surface soils at
levels as high as 334 mg/kg, and lead contamination in levels as high
as 56,000 mg/kg. The EPA approved a removal action at the Site on
February 13, 1995, and began cleanup in March of 1995. EPA completed
its work in October 1995. No further response action is anticipated.
As of May 31, 1998, EPA and DOJ had incurred costs in excess of
$1.3 million exclusive of interest. EPA notified more than 750 parties
of their potential liability for response costs incurred at the Site.
EPA recovered $80,000 in 1996 and is seeking the remaining costs from
parties who arranged for disposal of more than 200 pounds of capacitors
or transformers contaminated with PCBs at the Site.
EPA has determined that any party who arranged for disposal of 200
pounds or less of capacitors or transformers contributed a de micromis
volume of waste to the Site and that such wastes are not more toxic
than any other hazardous substance at the Site.
Under the proposed agreement, each de micromis party will pay $0
(zero) in exchange for contribution protection and a covenant not to
sue for past costs incurred at the Site.
Dated: September 14, 1998.
William Rice,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 98-25326 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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