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EPA ICR No. 0586.08; Preliminary

Assessment Information Rule (PAIR)—

TSCA Section 8(a); was approved 12/09/

97; OMB No. 2070–0054; expires 12/31/

2000.

EPA ICR No. 1611.03; National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants (NESHAP) for Chromium

Emissions from Hard and Decorative

Chromium Electroplating and

Chromium Anodizing Tanks; was

approved 12/09/97; OMB No. 2060–

0327; expires 12/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1287.05; Questionnaires

for Reviewing Operations and

Maintenance (O&M), Biosolids Use

(Biosolids), Combined Sewer Overflow

(CSO), and Storm Water (SW) Awards

Nominees under the NWMEAP; was

approved 12/17/97; OMB No. 2040–

0101; expires 12/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1805.01; National

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants for Chemical Recovery

Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda,

Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical

Pulp Mills (Proposed Rule); was

approved 12/22/97; OMB No. 2060–

0377; expires 12/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1767.02; Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements for

Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants;

was approved 12/19/97; OMB No. 2060–

0374; expires 12/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1591.08; Regulation of

Fuels and Fuel Additives: Baseline

Requirements for Gasoline Produced by

Foreign Refiners; was approved 12/23/

97; OMB No. 2060–0277; expires 12/31/

2000.

Change in Expiration Date

EPA ICR No. 1778.01; Authorization

of Indian Tribe Hazardous Waste

Program; OMB No. 2050–0155;

expiration date was changed from 08/

31/99 to 11/30/97.

OMB Disapproval

EPA ICR 1811.01; National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant

for Polyester Polyols Production; was

disapproved by OMB 12/10/97.

Dated: January 12, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Division Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 98–1135 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5950–8]

Notice of Proposed Purchaser

Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as Amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; Request for Public

Comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

122 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended

by the Superfund amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9622,

notification is hereby given that a

proposed purchaser agreement

associated with the Grant Chemical

Superfund Site in Philadelphia, PA, was

executed by the Agency on September

30, 1997, and is subject to final approval

by the Department of Justice. The

Purchaser Agreement would resolve

certain potential EPA claims under

section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607,

against National Street Associates, Inc.,

a Pennsylvania Corporation (‘‘the

Purchasers’’). The settlement would

require the purchaser to pay a principal

payment of $15,500 to the Hazardous

Substance Superfund.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the proposed settlement. The

Agency’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 841

Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

19107.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 17, 1998.

AVAILABILITY: The proposed agreement

and additional background information

relating to the settlement are available

for public inspection at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 841 Chestnut Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19107. A copy of the

proposed agreement may be obtained

from Suzanne Canning, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Regional Docket Clerk (3RC00), 841

Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

19107. Comments should be forwarded

to Suzanne Canning at the address

above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rodney T. Carter (3RC21), Senior

Assistant Regional counsel, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 841

Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

19107; (215) 566–2478.

Thomas Voltaggio,

Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 98–1132 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5949–3]

Lorentz Barrel and Drum Superfund

Site; Notice of Proposed

Administrative Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA,’’

commonly referred to as Superfund), 42

U.S.C., 9622(i) and section 7003(d) of

the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act, as amended (‘‘RCRA’’), 42

U.S.C. 6973, notification is hereby given

of a proposed cost recovery

administrative settlement concerning

the Lorentz Barrel and Drum Superfund

Site in San Jose, CA (the ‘‘Site’’). The

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is proposing to enter

into a de minimis settlement pursuant to

section 122(g)(4) of CERCLA. This

proposed settlement is intended to

resolve the liabilities under CERCLA

and RCRA of 42 de minimis parties for

all past and future response costs

associated with the Lorentz Barrel and

Drum Site. The names of the settling

parties are listed below in the

Supplementary Information section.

These 42 parties collectively have

agreed to pay $1,042,296.53 to EPA and

$490,492.51 to the California

Department of Toxic Substances Control

(‘‘DTSC’’).

EPA is entering into this agreement

under the authority of section 122(g)(4)

of CERCLA. Section 122(g) authorizes

early settlements with de minimis

parties to allow them to resolve their

liabilities at Superfund sites without

incurring substantial transaction costs.

A de minimis party is one that

contributed a minimal amount of

hazardous substances at a site, and

contributed hazardous substances that

are not significantly more toxic or of

significantly greater hazardous effect
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than other hazardous substances at a

site. Under the authority granted by

Section 122(g), EPA proposes to settle

with 42 potentially responsible parties

at the Lorentz Barrel and Drum

Superfund Site, each of whom is

responsible for no more than one

percent of the total hazardous

substances sent to the Site, as that total

is reflected on the July 29 waste-in list

developed by EPA.

De minimis settling parties will be

required to pay their allocated share of

all past response costs and the estimated

future response costs at the Lorentz

Barrel and Drum Site, including all

federal and state response costs, and a

premium to cover the risks of remedy

failure and cost overruns.

EPA may withdraw or withhold its

consent to this settlement if comments

received during the 30-day public

comment period disclose facts of

considerations which indicate the

proposed settlement is inappropriate,

improper, or inadequate.

DATES: Pursuant to section 122(i)(1) of

CERCLA and section 7003(d) of RCRA,

EPA will receive written comments

relating to this proposed settlement on

or before February 17, 1998. If EPA

receives a request for a public meeting

on or before February 17, 1998,

pursuant to section 7003(d) of RCRA,

EPA will hold a public meeting.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for

a public meeting should be addressed to

the Docket Clerk, U.S. EPA Region IX

(RC–1), 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105 and should refer

to: Lorentz Barrel and Drum Superfund

Site, San Jose, CA, U.S. EPA Docket No.

97–10. A copy of the proposed

Administrative Order on Consent may

be obtained from the Regional Hearing

Clerk at the address provided above.

EPA’s response to any comments

received will be available for inspection

from the Regional Hearing Clerk; at the

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public

Library, Reference Desk, 180W. San

Carlos Street, San Jose, CA 95113; and

at San Jose State University, Clark

Library, Government Publications Desk,

One Washington Square, San Jose, CA

95192.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vicky Lang, Assistant Regional Counsel,

(415) 744–1331, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (RC–1), Regional IX,

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed de minimis settlement

resolves EPA and DTSC’s claims under

section 107 of CERCLA and section

7003 of RCRA against the following

respondents: Almaden Vineyards Inc.,

American Home Foods, Apache

Enterprises, Apex Marble, Armour

Grocery Products Co., Beatrice Foods

Co., Borden Inc., Bruce Church Co., Cal

Stone, California Cheese Co., California

Roofing, Concrete Chemicals, FMC

Corp., Four Phase, Garratt-Callahan Co.,

Gibson Homans Co., Globe Union Inc.,

Hal Crumly Inc., Industrial Models, ITT,

L.M. Quartaroli, Libby Labs, Monsanto

Chemical Co., Olocco Agricultural Pest

Control, Pacific Coast Lacquer, Pacific

Coast Producers, Power &

Communication Systems, Precision

Technical Coatings, Protect-o-Top,

Racor Industries Inc., Safeway Stores

Inc., Savnik & Co. Inc., SCM Corp.

Glidden Div., Sears Roebuck & Co.,

Stokely Van Camp, Teledyne

McCormick Selph, Teralive Mfg., TriValley Growers Packing, U.S. Printing

Ink Corp., United Technologies Corp.,

Western Farm Service, and Witco

Chemical Co.

Dated: January 8, 1998.

Michael Hingerty,

Acting Director, Superfund Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5951–4]

Proposed CERCLA Administrative

Cost Recovery Settlement Pursuant to

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act; Stickney Avenue Landfill, Toledo,

OH

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

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),

notification is hereby given of a

proposed administrative settlement by

consent, pursuant to CERCLA sections

106(a), 107 and 122(h), 42 U.S.C.

sections 9606(a), 9607 and 9622,

concerning the Stickney Avenue

Landfill and Tyler Street Landfill Sites

in Lucas County, Toledo, Ohio. The

settling parties are listed in section B of

this document.

The settlement requires that the

settling parties construct multi-layer

landfill cover systems over the Stickney

Avenue Landfill, the Tyler Street

Landfill, and the central portion of the

XXKem facility, as defined in the

Enforcement Action Memoranda for the

Stickney Avenue and Tyler Street

Landfills. The settlement includes

EPA’s covenant not to sue the settling

parties pursuant to section 106 and 107

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. sections 9606 and

9607, for the work which is to be

completed pursuant to the settlement,

and for the recovery of past response

costs and the payment of oversight

costs. The EPA’s authority to enter into

this administrative settlement

agreement was conditioned upon the

approval of the Attorney General of the

United States (or her delegatee); this

approval has been obtained.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, 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 7th Floor Records

Center, (for address, see below).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Sherry Estes, Office of

Regional Counsel, Mail Code C–14J,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd.,

Chicago, Illinois, 60604–3590, and

should reference the Stickney Avenue

Landfill and Tyler Street Landfill Sites,

Toledo, Ohio.

The proposed AOC embodying the

settlement agreement and additional

background information relating to the

settlement are available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, Superfund

Division Record Center (address above),

or a copy of the proposed AOC may be

obtained from Sherry L. Estes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sherry L. Estes, Office of Regional

Counsel, (address above) or call (312)

886–7164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

The Stickney Avenue Landfill and

Tyler Avenue Landfill are located in

Lucas County, Toledo, Ohio. The Sites

are 50-acre and 41-acre, respectively,

inactive municipal, commercial,

industrial and institutional landfills

located along the Ottawa River,

upstream from the point where the

Ottawa River discharges into the

Maumee Bay and Lake Erie. Fifty-eight

known dump sites, including Stickney