23924 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 91 / Thursday, May 10, 2001 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–00315; FRL–6780–5]

Forum on State and Tribal Toxics

Action (FOSTTA); Notice of Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: One component (The

Pollution Prevention Project) of the

Forum on State and Tribal Toxics

Action (FOSTTA) will meet May 17–18,

2001. This notice announces the

location, times, and the focus of the

meeting. The National Conference of

State Legislatures (NCSL) and the

Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics (OPPT) are co-sponsoring

the meeting. As part of a cooperative

agreement, NCSL facilitates ongoing

efforts of the States and Tribes to

identify, discuss, and address toxicsrelated issues, and to continue the

dialogue on how Federal environmental

programs can best be implemented.

DATES: The Pollution Prevention Project

will meet May 17, 2001, from 8 a.m. to

5 p.m. and May 18, 2001, from 8 a.m.

to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900

Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA, 22314.

The hotel is across from the King Street

Metro Station.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Barbara

Cunningham, Acting Director,

Environmental Assistance Division,

Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics (7408), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (202) 260–1761.

For technical information contact:

George Hagevik, National Conference of

State Legislatures, 1560 Broadway, Suite

700, Denver, CO 80202; telephone

number: (303) 839–0273 and Fax: (303)

863–8003; e-mail:

george.hagevik@ncsl.org or

Darlene Harrod, Environmental

Assistance Division (7408), OPPT,

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20460; telephone number: (202)

260–6904 and Fax: (202) 260–2219; email: harrod.darlene@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to all parties interested in

FOSTTA and hearing more about the

perspectives of the States on EPA

programs and the information exchange

regarding important issues related to

human health and environmental

exposure to toxics. Since other entities

may also be interested, the Agency has

not attempted to describe all the specific

entities that may be affected by this

action. However, in the interest of time

and efficiency, the meetings are

structured to provide maximum

opportunity for State and EPA

participants to discuss items on the

predetermined agenda. At the discretion

of the chair, an effort will be made to

accommodate participation by observers

attending the proceedings. If you have

any questions regarding the

applicability of this action to a

particular entity, consult the technical

people listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document or Other Related Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the NCSL Web site at http://

www.ncsl.org/programs/esnr/fostta/

fostta.htm. To access this document on

the EPA Internet Home Page go to http:/

/www.epa.gov and select ‘‘Laws and

Regulations’’ and then look up the entry

for this document under the ‘‘Federal

Register—Environmental Documents’’.

You can also go directly to the Federal

Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/

fedrgstr/FOSTTA.

2. Facsimile. Notify the contacts listed

above if you would like any of the

documents sent to you via fax.

III. Purpose of Meeting

The focus of the meeting is to discuss

strategic directions for pollution

prevention for the Federal EPA program

and the State P2 programs.

IV. How Can I Request To Participate

in this Meeting?

You may submit a request to

participate in this meeting by mail or

electronically to the names under the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Do not submit any information

in your request that is considered

Confidential Business Information. Your

request must be received by EPA on or

before May 15, 2001.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: April 18, 2001.

Barbara Cunningham,

Acting Director, Environmental Assistance

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6976–3]

Proposed Agreement Pursuant to

Sections 122(g) and (h) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act for the Marina Cliffs/Northwestern

Barrel Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘EPA’’).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment on proposed de minimis

settlement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and liability Act of 1984, as amended

(‘‘CERCLA’’), notification is hereby

given of a proposed administrative

agreement concerning the Marina Cliffs/

Northwestern Barrel hazardous waste

site located between 5th Avenue and

Lake Michigan in South Milwaukee,

Wisconsin (the ‘‘Site’’). EPA proposes to

enter into this agreement under the

authority of sections 122(g) and (h) and

107 of CERCLA. The proposed

agreement has been executed by the

following de minimis parties: AF Gallun

& Sons, LLC; Albert Trostel & Sons

Company; Aldrich Chemical Co. Inc.;

Allen-Bradley Co. LLC; Ampco Metals,

Inc.; A.O. Smith Corporation; Appleton

Papers Inc., a.k.a. Appleton Papers, Inc.,

NCR Corporation, Appleton Papers, Inc.

division of National Cash Register

Company, Appleton Coated Paper Co.;

Appleton Coated Paper Company;

Appleton Papers Division of NCR

Corporation, The National Cash Register

Company, NCR Delaware, Inc.,

Combined Paper Company, Combined

Locks Paper Company, Combined Paper

Mills, Inc.; AR Accessories Liquidating

Trust as successor to Amity Leather, Ato

Findley, Inc.; Atofina Chemicals Inc.

(Elf Atochem North America, Inc.) on

behalf of Beazer East, Inc., on behalf of

its former subsidiary Thiem

Corporation; Blackhawk Leather, Ltd.

and its successor, Blackhawk Leather

LLC; Briggs & Stratton Corporation;

Bucyrus International, Inc. (f/k/a

Bucyrus-Erie Company); Carbolineum

Wood Preserving Co.; Case Corporation;

Caterpillar Inc.; City of Green Bay,

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Wisconsin; City of Manitowoc,

Wisconsin; City of Milwaukee,

Wisconsin; City of Sheboygan,

Wisconsin; City of West Allis,

Wisconsin; City of West Bend,

Wisconsin; CMC Heartland Partners;

Colonial Heights Packaging Inc. f/k/a

Milprint, Inc.; Cooper Industries, Inc.;

Crucible Materials Corporation by and

through its Trent Tube Division; Cudahy

Tanning Co.; Deere & Company; Dresser

Industries, Inc. (Waukesha Engine); E.I.

du Pont de Nemours and Company;

Eaton Corporation f/k/a Cutler-Hammer,

Inc.); Eggers Industries; Essential

Industries Inc.; FMC Corporation on

behalf of Bolens Corporation and Bolens

Products Divisions; Hamilton

Sundstrand Corporation and The Falk

Corporation; Fort James Corporation,

successor to Fort Howard Corporation;

Georgia Gulf Corporation, on behalf of

itself, Cook Composites & Polymers, and

the former Freemen Chemical Co.;

Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.

(formerly known as Western Publishing

Company, Inc.); Grede Foundries, Inc.;

Harley-Daivdson Motor Company;

Harnischfeger Corporation; The Heil

Co.; Hein-Werner; Henkel Corporation,

as successor to Kepec Chemical;

Hentzen/Wisconsin Paint; Hercules

Incorporated; Heresite Protective

Coatings, Inc.; Honeywell International

Inc.; Hydrite Chemical Co.; Hydrite

Chemical Co. for Benlo Chemical/

Hydrite share; Ingersoll-Rand Co. for

Clark Equipment Co.; International

Paper Co. (and Champion International,

a wholly owned subsidiary of

International Paper); Invincible Metal

Furniture Co.; Johnson Controls Battery

Group, Inc. as successor to and on

behalf of Johnson Controls, Inc.;

Kearney & Trecker; Kickhaefer

Manufacturing Company; KimberlyClark Corporation and Scott Paper

Company; Ladish Co., Inc.; Law

Tanning Co. LLC; Litton Industries, Inc.,

on behalf of itself and the Louis Allis

company and MagneTek, Inc.; Maysteel

Corporation (and its successor, Maysteel

LLC); Midwest Tanning Co.; Miller

Brewing Company; Milport Chemical

Company; Milwaukee County; MRC

Holding, Inc. (Northern Paper, Marathon

Corp.); Navistar International

Transportation Corporation; Nekoosa

Papers Inc. and Georgia-Pacific

Corporation; The Nelson Paint Co. of

MI, Inc.; Niles Chemical Paint

Company, Inc.; Nordberg Inc.; Pabst

Brewing Co.; Pharmacia & Upjohn

Company (formerly The Upjohn

Company); The Procter & Gamble Paper

Products Company; Rapco Leather, Inc.;

Reichhold Chemicals, Inc./J.G. Milligan

& Company; Research Products

Corporation; RHS Holdings, Inc. as

successor to Rexnord, Inc./Chainbelt;

RHL Inc. fka Lindsay Finishes, Inc.

(Lindsay Paint); Roper Corp.; SBC

Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a the Stroh Brewery

Company); Seidel Tanning Corp.; The

Sherwin-Williams Company; Square D

Company; Soo Line Railroad Company;

Stolper Industries (Stolper Steel); Stora

Enso North America Corp., successor by

merger to Consolidated Papers, Inc.;

Textron Inc.; Thiele Tanning Company;

Union Pacific Railroad Company as

successor to Chicago & North Western;

Viad Corp (for Armour and Co.); The

Vollrath Co., L.L.C.; Wenthe-Davidson

Engineering Co.; West Bend Company;

W.H. Brady Corporation; Wisconsin

Electric Power Company; and the U.S.

Department of the Army.

Under the proposed agreement,

certain of the de minimis Settling

Parties will pay a total of approximately

$468,227.30 which will be placed into

an escrow account to be used for

response costs incurred and to be

incurred at the Site. Other de minimis

Settling Parties have already paid

approximately $5.2 million toward

cleanup costs at the Site and will be

provided with de minimis protections

without making further payments. A

group of six non-de minimis settlors

under this agreement will perform the

remaining removal actions to be

conducted at the Site, and pay EPA’s

costs of overseeing these removal

actions. EPA incurred response costs

overseeing response activities

conducted to mitigate an imminent and

substantial endangerment to human

health or the environment present or

threatened by hazardous substances

present at the Site. The Settling Parties

have spent more than $9.7 million to

perform cleanup activities at the Site to

date. The non-de minimis settlors under

this proposed agreement are: BASF

Corporation, on behalf of itself and its

predecessors in interest, International

Printing Ink, Inmont Corp., and Cook

Paint & Varnish; DaimlerChrysler Corp.;

General Motors Corporation; S.C.

Johnson & Son, Inc.; Minnesota Mining

and Manufacturing Company; and PPG

Industries, Inc.

For thirty days following the date of

publication of this notice, the EPA will

receive written comments relating to

this proposed agreement. 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 on the proposed

agreement must be received by EPA on

or before June 11, 2001.

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 the Matter of Marina

Cliffs/Northwestsern Barrel, South

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. EPA

Docket No. V–W–01C–630.

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.

William E. Muno,

Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6975–8]

Petroleum Products Superfund Site

Notice of Proposed De Minimis

Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed de minimis

settlement.

SUMMARY: Under Section 122(g)(4) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA), the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has offered a

de minimis settlement at the Petroleum

Products Superfund Site (Site) under an

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)

to settle claims for past and future

response costs at the Site.

Approximately 77 parties have returned

signature pages accepting EPA’s

settlement offer. EPA will consider

public comments on the proposed

settlement for thirty days. EPA may

withdraw from or modify the proposed

settlement should such comments