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Federal Register: June 18, 1999
WAIS Document Retrieval[Federal Register: June 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 117)] [Notices] [Page 32869-32870] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr18jn99-59]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6363-3]
Proposed Administrative Settlement Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; Elizabethtown Landfill De Minimis Settlement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into a de minimis settlement pursuant to section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4). This proposed settlement is intended to resolve the liability under CERCLA of one de minimis party for response costs incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at the Elizabethtown Landfill Superfund Site, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
DATES: Comments must be provided on or before July 19, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Docket Clerk, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, and should refer to: In Re: Elizabethtown Landfill Superfund Site, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S. EPA Docket No. III-99-013-DC.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Cardamone, Associate Regional Counsel, (215) 814-2477, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, (3RC44), 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103. Notice of De Minimis Settlement: In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i)(1), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Elizabethtown Landfill Superfund Site in West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The administrative settlement was signed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region III's Regional Administrator on April 7, 1999, and is subject to review by the public pursuant to this document. The agreement has been approved by Attorney General, United States Department of Justice or her designee. Listed below, is the party who has executed binding certifications of its consent to participate in the settlement:
National Standard Company
This party agreed to pay $549,316.23 to the United States Environmental Protection Agency subject to the contingency that the Environmental Protection Agency may elect not to complete the settlement based on matters brought to its attention during the public comment period established by this document. EPA is entering into this agreement under the authority of sections 122(g) and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g) and 9607. Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g), authorizes early settlements with de minimis parties to allow them to resolve their liabilities under, inter alia, section 107 of
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CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, to reimburse the United States for response costs incurred in cleaning up Superfund sites without incurring substantial transaction costs. Under this authority the Environmental Protection Agency proposes to settle with potentially responsible parties at the Elizabethtown Landfill Superfund Site who are responsible for less than one percent of the volume of identified hazardous substances at the Site. The de minimis party listed above will be required to pay its volumetric share of the Government's past response costs and the estimated future response costs at the Elizabethtown Landfill Superfund Site. The Environmental Protection Agency will receive written comments to this proposed administrative settlement for thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this document. A copy of the Administrative Order on Consent can be obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Office of Regional Counsel, (3RC44), 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103 by contacting Margaret Cardamone, Associate Regional Counsel, at (215) 814-2477. Stanley L. Laskowski, Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. [FR Doc. 99-15545 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P