[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2963-2964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-827]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5138-4]


Proposed CERCLA Section 122(h)(1) Administrative Cost Recovery 
Settlement for the Carrico Drum Site

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

ACTION: Proposal of CERCLA Section 122(h)(1) Administrative Cost 
Recovery Settlement for the Carrico Drum Site.

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SUMMARY: U.S. EPA proposes to address the potential liability of Hoover 
Precision Products, Inc., Hoover Group, Inc., Hoover Universal, Inc., 
Johnson Controls, Inc., and Lydall, Inc. (collectively referred to as 
``the Settling Parties'') under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), 42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended by the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``SARA''), Pub. L. 99-499, for past costs 
incurred in connection with a federal fund lead removal action 
conducted at the Carrico Drum Site (``the Site''). The U.S. EPA 
proposes to address the potential liability of the Settling Parties by 
execution of a CERCLA Section 122(h)(1) Administrative Cost Recovery 
Settlement (``AOC'') prepared pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1). The key 
terms and conditions of the AOC may be briefly summarized as follows: 
(1) The Settling Parties agree to pay U.S. EPA $73,333.33 in 
satisfaction of claims for past costs incurred at the Site; (2) the 
Settling Parties agree to waive all claims against the United States 
that arise out of response activities conducted at the Site; and (3) 
U.S. EPA affords the Settling Parties a covenant not to sue for past 
costs incurred during the removal action upon satisfactory completion 
of obligations under the Settlement, however U.S. EPA is free to pursue 
any other necessary and appropriate judicial and administrative relief 
against the Settling Parties. The Site is not on the NPL, and no 
further response activities at the Site are anticipated at this time. 
Because the total response costs that were incurred at the Site are 
less than $500,000, approval of the settlement by the Attorney General 
is not required.

DATES: Comments on the proposed AOC must be received by U.S. EPA within 
[[Page 2964]] thirty (30) days of the publication date of this notice.

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 Mike Anastasio at (312) 886-7951, prior to visiting the 
Region 5 office.
    Comments on the proposed AOC should be addressed to Mike Anastasio, 
Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard (Mail Code CS-29A), Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Anastasio at (312) 886-7951, 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. 
9622(i), for comments on the proposed AOC. Comments should be sent to 
the addressee identified in this notice.

Valdas V. Adamkus,
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 95-827 Filed 1-11-95; 8:45 am]
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