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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.

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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, Shawnee, KS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative settlement.

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 AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant

Techsystems Inc., McWane, Inc.,

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company,

Veterinary Laboratories, and the Defense

Logistics Agency for costs incurred by

the EPA in connection with response

actions taken at the Chemical

Commodities, Inc. Site at 20201 West

55th Street, Shawnee, Kansas.

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,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should

refer to: In the Matter of Chemical

Commodities, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas,

EPA Docket No. VII–96–F–0009.

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: Chemical

Commodities, Inc., a now defunct

Kansas corporation, owned and

operated a facility for recycling and

storage of used and surplus chemicals,

including hazardous substances, at

20201 West 55th Street, Shawnee,

Kansas (the Site). An investigation of

the Site by EPA in August, 1990

revealed that a variety of incompatible

hazardous substances in deteriorating

and leaking containers were randomly

stored at the Site posing a threat of fire

or explosion. The Site is located in a

rapidly developing suburb of

metropolitan Kansas City. The area

surrounding the Site supports a mixture

of residential, recreational, commercial

and light industrial uses. 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 the removal

response costs incurred by EPA. The

EPA has determined that the settling

parties, AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant

Techsystems Inc., McWane, Inc.,

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company,

Veterinary Laboratories, and the Defense

Logistics Agency, 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

convenant 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.

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission.

‘‘FEDERAL REGISTER’’ CITATION OF

PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: 61 FR 18394,

April 25, 1996.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

MEETING: 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Tuesday, April 30, 1996.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The Meeting has

been cancelled.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Frances M. Hart, Executive Officer on

(202) 663–4070.

This Notice Issued April 25, 1996.

Frances M. Hart,

Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 96–10654 Filed 4–25–95; 1:09 pm]

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