[Federal Register: March 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 54)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5980-6]

 
Proposed De Minimis Settlement Under Section 122(g) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund 
Site, St. Charles County, MO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
enter into a de minimis administrative settlement to resolve claims 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g). This 
settlement is intended to resolve the liability of the following 
parties for response costs incurred and to be incurred at the Hayford 
Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site, St. Charles County, Missouri: 
AlliedSignal, Inc.; United States Department of Energy; Borden, Inc.; 
Campbell Soup Company; Cargill, Incorporated; Cooper Industries; 
Hoechst Celanese Corporation; Chemtech Industries, Inc.; The Dow 
Chemical Company; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; Ford Motor 
Company; General Electric Company; Hager, C. & Sons Hinge Manufacturing 
Company, Inc.; Intalco Aluminum Corporation; Nilok Chemicals, 
Incorporated; PPG Industries, Inc.; Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.; Rohr 
Inc.; St. Claire Die Casting Company; Union Camp Corporation; and 
Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The proposed settlement consent 
order was signed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 
September 23, 1997, and approved by the United States Department of 
Justice on February 25, 1998.

DATES: Written comments must be provided on or before April 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Baerbel Schiller, Senior 
Counsel, Superfund Division, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and 
should refer to: In the matter of Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Site, 
EPA Docket No. VII-97-F-0017.
    The proposed administrative consent order may be examined in person 
at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726 
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. To request a copy of the 
administrative consent order, write to the address shown above and 
refer to the matter by name and docket number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed administrative settlement 
concerns the Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site which is 
located in the east central portion of Missouri just north of the City 
of St. Charles in St. Charles County, Missouri. The Findett Corporation 
has operated a recycling business at the Site since 1962. Between 1962 
and 1973, about 80% of Findett's business involved the reclamation of 
heat transfer fluids, hydraulic fluids, solvents and catalysts. Through 
these reclamation processes, wastes containing polychlorinated 
biphenyls (PCBs) and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) were disposed at 
the Site resulting in contamination of the soils and groundwater.
    EPA conducted a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study
(``RI/FS'') at the Site and the RI/FS Report was completed in 1988. The 
decision by EPA on the remedial action to be implemented at the Site 
was embodied in a Record of Decision (``ROD''), executed on December 
28, 1988. In May 1995, EPA issued an amendment to the 1988 ROD. In 
1989, EPA and the Findett Corporation signed a consent decree which 
obligated Findett to implement the ROD. Findett is currently 
implementing the groundwater remedy and is expected to commence soil 
bioremediation on its property in the near future. Between May 1997 and 
August 1997, the de minimis parties signed the administrative consent 
order, agreeing to reimburse EPA $250,535 for a portion of the Agency's 
past and future response costs in exchange for the United States' 
covenant not to sue the parties pursuant to Sections 106 or 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 or 9607, subject to certain reservations of 
rights by the United States.

    Dated: March 9, 1998.
Baerbel Schiller,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, EPA Region VII.
[FR Doc. 98-7304 Filed 3-19-98; 8:45 am]
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