[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 58730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28816]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5915-9]


Proposed Administrative Order on Consent Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act--Butterfield Canyon Site, Salt Lake County, UT

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement under Section 
106 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, as amended, (CERCLA) concerning the Butterfield Canyon 
Site, Salt Lake County, Utah. The Administrative Order on Consent 
(Order) requires Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation to perform a removal 
action at the site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The Order is available for public inspection at the EPA 
Superfund Records Center, 999 18th Street, 5th Floor, North Tower, 
Denver, Colorado. Comments should be addressed to Paul J. Rogers, 
Enforcement Specialist, (8ENF-T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202-2405, and should 
reference the Butterfield Canyon Site Order, EPA Docket No. CERCLA-
VIII-97-09.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paul J. Rogers, Enforcement Specialist, at 303/312-6356.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 106 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 
(CERCLA), EPA and Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (Kennecott) have 
entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (Order) concerning a 
removal action at the Butterfield Canyon Site in Salt Lake County. 
Under the Order, Kennecott will conduct response actions to address 
lead contaminated soils in Butterfield Canyon to minimize potential 
human and ecological exposure and prevent mine waste from being 
transported down Butterfield Creek. Upon completion of the action, EPA 
will covenant not to sue Kennecott for any failure to perform the work 
agreed to in the Order. EPA also proposes to provide Kennecott will 
contribution protection for matters addressed in this Order to the 
extent provided by section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2). 
Matters addressed are defined in the Order as the work as defined in 
the Order and all response costs incurred and to be incurred by the EPA 
in connection with the work to be performed under the Order.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the public may submit comments to EPA relating to the contribution 
protection proposed to be conferred in the Order. Copies of the Order 
may be obtained from Paul J. Rogers, Enforcement Specialist, (8ENF-T), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, 
Denver, Colorado, 80202-2405. Additional background information 
relating to the Order and the Site is available for review at the 
Superfund Records Center at the address listed above.

    Dated: October 2, 1997.
Carol Rushin,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and 
Environmental Justice, Region VIII.
[FR Doc. 97-28816 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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