[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25225]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5897-1]
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Fourth
And Carey Site
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed
administrative cost recovery settlement concerning the Fourth and Carey
Site in Hutchinson, Kansas, with the following settling parties: 4th &
Carey PRP Group and the Lowen Corporation. The settlement requires the
settling parties to pay $180,382.66 to the Hazardous Substances
Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling
parties pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this document,
the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement.
The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or
withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose
facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any
comments received will be available for public inspection at the
Hutchinson Public Library, 901 N. Main Street, Hutchinson, Kansas
67501-4401, and at the EPA RegionVII Office, located at 726 Minnesota
Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas 66101.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background
information relating to the settlement are available for public
inspection at the Hutchinson Public Library, located at 901 N. Main
Street, Hutchinson, Kansas 67501-4401, and during weekday business
hours at the EPA Region VII Office at 726 Minnesota Avenue in Kansas
City, Kansas 66101. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained
from Vanessa Cobbs, Regional Docket Clerk, EPA Region VII, 726
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, telephone: (913) 551-7630.
Comments should reference the Fourth and Carey Site in Hutchinson,
Kansas, and EPA Docket No. VII-97-F-0013 and should be addressed to Ms.
Cobbs at the address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Gerhardt Braeckel, Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region VII,
Office of Regional Counsel, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas
66101, telephone: (913) 551-7471.
Dated: September 2, 1997.
Michael J. Sanderson,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA Region VII.
[FR Doc. 97-25225 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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