Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 118 / Monday, June 19, 2000 / Notices 37973

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6716–5]

Proposed Settlement Under Sections

122(g)(1)(B) and 122(g)(4) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act; Land Trust No. 40966, Chicago

Title and Trust Company, as Trustee;

Northern Trust Company, as Trustee

for the John F. Stack Residuary Trust;

Mary Stack; Dorothy Stack Spaulding;

John Stack, Jr.; Robert Stack and

Eugene Stack

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1984, as amended

(CERCLA), notice is hereby given of a

proposed administrative settlement

concerning the Vacant Lot hazardous

waste site at the northeast corner of

Commonwealth Avenue and Martin

Luther King Drive in North Chicago,

Illinois (Site).

The agreement was proposed by EPA

Region 5 on January 12, 1998. Subject to

review by the public pursuant to this

Notice, the agreement has been

approved by the United States

Department of Justice. Land Trust No.

40966, Chicago Title and Trust

Company, as trustee; Northern Trust

Company, as trustee for the John F.

Stack Residuary Trust; Mary Stack;

Dorothy Stack Spaulding; John Stack,

Jr.; Robert Stack and Eugene Stack have

executed binding certifications of their

consent to participate in the settlement.

EPA is entering into this agreement

under the authority of section 122(g)

and 107 of CERCLA. Section 122(g)

authorizes settlements with de minimis

parties to allow them to resolve their

liabilities at Superfund sites without

incurring substantial transaction costs.

Under the proposed settlement, Site

property will be transferred to BREMS

Realty, L.L.C. (which has entered into a

proposed prospective purchaser

agreement with EPA). The sale proceeds

of $35,000 would be paid directly to

EPA and applied to its outstanding

response costs of approximately 3.1

million at the Site. These settling parties

would agree not to sue the United States

for any claims arising out of the

response actions taken at the Vacant Lot

site. In exchange for that covenant and

in consideration of the payment to be

received, EPA would provide a

covenant not to sue the settling parties

and the contribution protection

provided by Sections 113(f)(2) and

122(g)(5) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9613(f)(2) and 9622(g)(5). EPA has

determined that these parties are owners

or have potential owernship interests at

the Site and that they did not conduct

or permit the generation, transportation,

storage, treatment, or disposal of any

hazardous substances at the site, and

did not contribute to the release or

threat of release of a hazardous

substance at the site through any act or

omission.

The Environmental Protection Agency

will receive written comments relating

to this agreement for 30 days from the

date of publication of this notice. EPA

will consider all comments received and

may decide not to enter this proposed

agreement if comments disclose facts or

considerations which indicate that the

proposed agreement is inappropriate,

improper or inadequate.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before July 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590, and

should refer to: In Re Vacant Lot Site,

North Chicago, Illinois, U.S. EPA Docket

No. V–W–00C–94.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Krueger, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Regional

Counsel, C–14J, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604–

3590, (312) 886–0562.

A copy of the proposed administrative

settlement agreement may be obtained

in person or by mail from the EPA’s

Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago

Illinois 60604–3590. Additional

background information relating to the

settlement is available for review at the

EPA’s Region 5 Office of Regional

Counsel.

Authority: The Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601–

9675.

Bruce Sypniewski,

Acting Director, Superfund Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6718–7]

Proposed CERCLA Administrative

Cost Recovery Settlement; West Site/

Hows Corner Superfund Site,

Plymouth, Maine

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

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 settlement for

recovery of past response costs

concerning the West Site/Hows Corner

Superfund Site, Plymouth, Maine with

the Hows Corner/West Site RI/FS PRP

Group. The settlement provides a

$300,000 credit towards settlement of

past costs for the RI/FS PRP Group, in

exchange for the PRP Group’s

performance of a Remedial

Investigation/Feasibility Study at the

Site. For thirty (30) days following the

date of publication of this document,

the United States Environmental

Protection Agency will receive written

comments relating to the settlement.

The United States Environmental

Protection 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 United States

Environmental Protection Agency’s

response to any comments received will

be available for public inspection at U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, EPANew England, One Congress Street,

Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is

available for public inspection at U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, EPANew England, One Congress Street,

Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114. A copy

of the proposed settlement may be

obtained from Barbara O’Toole,

Responsible Party Coordinator, U.S.

EPA, Region 1, One Congress Street,

Suite 1100 (HBS), Boston, MA 02114,

(617) 918–1408. Comments should

reference the West Site/Hows Corner

Superfund Site, Plymouth, Maine and

EPA Docket No. CERCLA 1–2000–005

and should be addressed to Barbara

O’Toole, Responsible Party Coordinator,