[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18729-18730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10535]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5463-8]


Proposed Settlement Under Section 122 (h) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), Chemical Commodities, Inc. 
Superfund Site, Kansas City, KS

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative settlement.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
proposing to enter into an administrative settlement under Section 
122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), to 
resolve the liability of Aeronca, Inc., AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant 
Techsystems Inc., Lake Road Warehouse, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Rockwell International 
Corporation, Veterinary Laboratories, the Defense Logistics Agency and 
the General Services Administration for costs incurred by the EPA in 
connection with response actions taken at the Chemical Commodities, 
Inc. Site at 43 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas (``the Site'').

DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before May 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Regional Administrator, 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726 
Minnesota Avenue,

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Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer to: In the Matter of 
Chemical Commodities, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, EPA Docket No. VII-96-
F-0010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara L. Peterson, Senior Assistant Regional Counsel, United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, 
Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7277.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A variety of incompatible hazardous 
substances in broken, deteriorating and leaking containers were 
abandoned in the basement of a three-story warehouse located at the 
Site presenting the threat of fire or explosion. Among the hazardous 
substances at the facility were used or surplus materials from Aeronca, 
Inc., AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc., Lake Road Warehouse 
Co., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Rockwell International 
Company, Veterinary Laboratories, the Defense Logistics Agency and the 
General Services Administration. The Site is located approximately five 
miles south of downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The State of Kansas 
requested that the EPA assume the role of lead agency with respect to 
cleanup of the Site. The hazardous substances at the Site were removed 
and properly disposed of by the EPA in November, 1992.
    The proposed settlement provides for partial reimbursement of 
removal action costs incurred by the EPA. The EPA has determined that 
the settling parties Aeronca, Inc., AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant 
Techsystems Inc., Lake Road Warehouse Co., Minnesota Mining and 
Manufacturing Company, Rockwell International Company, Veterinary 
Laboratories, the Defense Logistics Agency and the General Services 
Administration, are liable for response costs at the Site pursuant to 
Section 107(a)(3) of CERCLA. The settling parties have each agreed to 
pay a portion of the response costs incurred by the EPA. The proposed 
settlement agreement provides that the EPA will covenant not to sue the 
settling parties for response costs incurred by the EPA at the Site 
under Section 107 of CERCLA upon payment of the amounts specified in 
the settlement agreements.

    Dated: April 9, 1996.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-10535 Filed 4-20-96; 8:45 am]
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