Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 19, 2004 / Notices 61495

Bernstein Salvage Superfund Site, 

located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and is made 

and entered into by EPA and Virginia 

Bernstein and the Virginia Bernstein 

Revocable Living Trust (Settling 

Parties). 

In response to the release of 

hazardous substances at or from the 

Site, EPA undertook response actions at 

the Site pursuant to Section 104 of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604. In performing 

these response actions, EPA incurred 

response costs at or in connection with 

the Site. 

Pursuant to Section 107(a) of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), the Settling 

Parties are responsible parties and are 

liable for response costs incurred or to 

be incurred at or in connection with the 

Site. This Agreement requires the 

Settling Parties to pay to the Hazardous 

Substance Superfund the principal sum 

of $100,000 in reimbursement of Past 

Response Costs, plus an additional sum 

for interest and will resolve the Settling 

Parties’ civil liability for these costs. 

The proposed agreement also includes a 

covenant not to sue the Settling Parties 

pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 

42 U.S.C. 9607(a).

Dated: September 29, 2004. 

James B. Gulliford, 

Regional Administrator, United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII.

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Notice of Proposed Agreement for 

Recovery of Past Response Costs 

Under the Comprehensive, 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 

(CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 

9622(h)(1), Helena Chemical Company 

Superfund Site, Hayti, MO, Docket No. 

CERCLA–07–2004–0312

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement 

for recovery of past response costs, 

Helena Chemical Company Superfund 

Site, Hayti, Missouri. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

proposed agreement regarding the 

Helena Chemical Company Superfund 

Site located in Hayti, Missouri, was 

signed by the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

on September 3, 2004.

DATES: EPA will receive, for a period of 

thirty (30) days from the date of this 

publication, written comments relating 

to the proposed agreement.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to James D. Stevens, Senior 

Assistant Regional Counsel, United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, 

Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should 

refer to: In the Matter of Helena 

Chemical Company Superfund Site, 

Hayti, Missouri, Docket No. CERCLA–

07–2004–0312. 

The proposed agreement may be 

examined or obtained in person or by 

mail from James D. Stevens, United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, 

Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551–

7322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed Agreement concerns the 

Helena Chemical Company Superfund 

Site, located in Hayti, Missouri, and is 

made and entered into by EPA and BP 

Products North America, Inc. and 

Helena Chemical Company (Settling 

Parties). This Site consists of an 

approximately 2.6 acre lot, and is 

located about one-eighth mile east of the 

City of Hayti in Pemiscot County, 

Missouri. 

In response to the release of 

hazardous substances including 

toxaphene, arsenic and dieldrin at or 

from the Site, EPA undertook response 

actions at the Site pursuant to Section 

104 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604. In 

performing these response actions, EPA 

incurred response costs at or in 

connection with the Site. In addition, 

EPA provided oversite of response 

actions undertaken by the Settling 

Parties. 

Pursuant to Section 107(a) of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), the Settling 

Parties are responsible parties and are 

jointly and severally liable for response 

costs incurred at or in connection with 

the Site. The Regional Administrator 

EPA, Region VII, or his designee, has 

determined that the total past and 

projected response costs of the United 

States at or in connection with the Site 

will not exceed $500,000, excluding 

interest. 

This Agreement requires the Settling 

Parties to pay to the EPA Hazardous 

Substance Superfund the principal sum 

of $151,072.65 in reimbursement of Past 

Response Costs, and will resolve the 

Settling Parties’ alleged civil liability for 

these costs. The proposed Agreement 

also includes a covenant not to sue the 

Settling Parties pursuant to Section 

107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a).

Dated: September 16, 2004. 

James B. Gulliford, 

Regional Administrator, United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII.

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Sunshine Act Meeting; Deletion of 

Agenda Item From October 14, 2004, 

Open Meeting 

October 14, 2004. 

The following items have been 

deleted from the list of Agenda items 

scheduled for consideration at the 

October 14, 2004, open meeting and 

previously listed in the Commission’s 

Notice of October 7, 2004.

Item No. Bureau Subject 

5 ........................ Wireline Competition .......... Title: The Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC Docket No. 96–128). 

Summary: The Commission will consider an Order on Reconsideration concerning its 

payphone compensation rules. 

6 ........................ Wireline Competition .......... Title: Petition of Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. for Order Declaring it to be an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier in Terry, Montana Pursuant to Section 251(h)(2) (WC Docket 

No. 02–78). 

Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning section 

251 (h)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.