[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80429-80430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32559]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6920-3]


Velsicol/Hardeman County Landfill Superfund Site; Mathis 
Brothers/South Marble Top Road Landfill Superfund Site; Shaver's Farm 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 pursuant to section 122(h) of CERCLA with 
Velsicol Chemical Corporation for recovery of past and future response 
costs concerning three Superfund sites: the Velsicol/Hardeman County 
Landfill Superfund Site, Toone, Hardeman County, Tennessee; the Mathis 
Brothers/South Marble Top Road Landfill Superfund Site, Kensington, 
Walker County, Georgia; and the Shaver's Farm Superfund Site, 
Lafayette, Walker County, Georgia. The Agreement requires Velsicol 
Chemical Corporation to pay approximately $4 million dollars, plus 
interest, to resolve its outstanding and potential liabilities at the 
three

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Sites. The Agreement provides Velsicol Chemical Corporation with a 
monthly payment schedule which will allow it to pay all of the 
outstanding amounts over three years. 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. 
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 on or before January 22, 2001.

    Dated: December 4, 2000.
Franklin E. Hill,
Chief, CERCLA Program Services Branch, Waste Management Division.
[FR Doc. 00-32559 Filed 12-20-00; 8:45 am]
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