[Federal Register: November 4, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 213)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7582-7]

 
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; 
Pellestar Site, Negaunee, MI

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement which includes compromise of past response 
costs incurred in connection with the Pellestar site in Negaunee, 
Michigan with the following settling parties: Carpenter Technology 
Corporation; Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company; General Motors Corporation; 
Howmet Corporation; Ispat Inland Inc.; Technology Development 
Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Pellet Technology 
Corporation; and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc. The settlement 
requires the settling parties to perform a removal action at the site 
and reimburse U.S. EPA for its costs incurred after April 1, 2003 to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Past costs (U.S. EPA costs incurred 
prior to April 1, 2003) in the amount of $118,328 are being compromised 
in consideration of the settling parties' commitment to perform the 
removal and pay all costs after April 1, 2003. The settlement includes 
a covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant to section 107(a) 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date 
of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments 
relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments 
received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if 
comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that 
the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at the site record repository in the Negaunee Public 
Library, 319 W. Case in Negaunee, Michigan, and at the U.S. EPA Record 
Center, Room 714, U.S. EPA, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois.

DATES: Comments must be submitted to U.S. EPA on or before December 4, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at the U.S. EPA Record Center, Room 714, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained 
from U.S. EPA Record Center, Room 714, U.S. EPA, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois or by calling tel.  (312)-353-
5821. Comments should reference the Pellestar site in Negaunee, 
Michigan and EPA Docket No. V-W-04-C-761 and should be addressed to Mr. 
Jerome Kujawa, U.S. EPA Office of Regional Counsel (C-14J), 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jerome Kujawa, U.S. EPA Office of 
Regional Counsel (C-14J) at 77 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604 
or at tel.  (312) -886-6731.

    Dated: October 22, 2003.
William E. Muno,
Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 03-27676 Filed 11-3-03; 8:45 am]

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