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Benfield Industries Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed Settlement
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[Federal Register: January 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 13)]
[Notices]
[Page 2657]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18ja02-63]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7130-2]
Benfield Industries Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed Settlement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') proposes to enter into a
Prospective Purchaser Agreement (``PPA'') regarding the Benfield
Industries Superfund Site in Waynesville, Haywood County, North
Carolina. EPA proposes to enter into the PPA with the party who
purchases the property pursuant to a judgment sale conducted by the
Haywood County Sheriff (the ``Purchaser''). The PPA obligates the
Purchaser to cooperate with any response actions EPA may take on the
property, to grant EPA access for any such response actions, and to
comply with specified institutional controls. Further, the PPA provides
the Purchaser with a covenant not to sue from the United States for
Existing Contamination on the property. The covenant is conditioned
upon the Purchaser's fulfilling its obligations under the PPA. EPA will
consider comments on the proposed PPA for thirty (30) days.
EPA may withdraw from or modify the proposed PPA should such
comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate the proposed
PPA is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Copies of the proposed
settlement are available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Waste Management Division,
61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, 404/562-8887.
Written comments may be submitted to Ms. Batchelor at the above
address within 30 days of the date of publication.
Dated: December 21, 2001.
Anita L. Davis,
Acting Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch, Waste Management
Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1349 Filed 1-17-02; 8:45 am]
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