[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4999]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5163-2]


Proposed CERCLA Section 122(h)(1) Administrative Cost Recovery 
Settlement for the Metamora Landfill

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (``U.S. EPA'').

ACTION: Proposal of CERCLA Section 122(h)(1) Administrative Cost 
Recovery Settlement for the Metamora Landfill.

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SUMMARY: U.S. EPA proposes to address the potential liability of U.S. 
Chemical Company (hereinafter referred to as ``the Settling Party'') 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., as 
amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(``SARA''), Pub. L. 99-499, for response costs incurred at the Metamora 
Landfill Site (``the Site''). The U.S. EPA proposes to address the 
potential liability of the Settling Party by execution of a CERCLA 
Section 122(h)(1) Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement (``AOC'') 
prepared pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 9622(h)(1). The key terms and 
conditions of the AOC may be briefly summarized as follows: (1) the 
Settling Party agrees to pay U.S. EPA $332,256.00; (2) the Settling 
Party agrees to assign to EPA all payments and rights to receive 
payments from and including March 1, 1995 pursuant to its Land Contract 
Receivable and its Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement; (3) the Settling 
Party agrees to waive all claims against the United States that arise 
out of response activities conducted at the Site; and (4) U.S. EPA 
affords the Settling Party a covenant not to sue for all response costs 
incurred and to be incurred at the Site upon satisfactory completion of 
obligations under the Settlement. The Site is on the NPL and is 
currently being remediated pursuant to the terms of a Consent Decree 
entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Michigan Southern Division--Flint on March 17, 1993.

DATES: Comments on the proposed AOC must be received by U.S. EPA on or 
before March 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the proposed AOC is available for review at U.S. 
EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 
Please contact Connie Puchalski at (312) 886-6719, prior to visiting 
the Region 5 office.
    Comments on the proposed AOC should be addressed to Connie 
Puchalski, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard (Mail Code CS-29A), Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connie Puchalski at (312) 886-6719, of 
the U.S. EPA Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel.
    A 30-day period, commencing on the date of publication of this 
notice, is open pursuant to Section 122(i) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Section 
9622(i), for comments on the proposed AOC. Comments should be sent to 
the addressee identified in this notice.
Robert Springer,
Acting Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
5.
[FR Doc. 95-4999 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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