[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17708-17709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8131]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6961-1]
Notice of Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement Pursuant to
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed Prospective Purchaser
Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue, executed between the United States,
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), and
Pulaski Industrial Corporation (``Purchaser'') in accordance with the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, as amended (``CERCLA''). The proposed
agreement will allow reuse of an abandoned industrial facility
associated with the Metcoa Radiation Superfund Site (``Site'') in
Pulaski, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and will resolve certain
potential EPA claims under section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607,
against the Purchaser. The proposed agreement is now subject to public
comment, after which the United States may modify or withdraw its
consent if comments received disclose facts or circumstances indicating
that the proposed agreement is inappropriate, improper or inadequate.
The proposed agreement concerns a 21.74 acre property (``the
Property'') located within the approximately 22.5
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acre Site. The Property is located on Route 551 and Metallurgical Way,
approximately one-half mile north of the center of the village of
Pulaski, and Route 208 in Pulaski, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. The
Property formerly was occupied by the Metallurgical Corporation of
America, which conducted a metal reclamation business there between
1976 and 1983. Response actions and long term remedial actions have
been conducted or overseen by EPA, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(``NRC'') and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the Site since 1985.
In 1997, EPA entered a Consent Decree with 187 parties, requiring them
to conduct certain response actions to cleanup the Site. In March 2000,
EPA issued a notice of completion to the parties stating that the
required response actions had been performed satisfactorily. Under the
terms of the proposed agreement, the Purchaser is required to cooperate
with and provide access to EPA for any response activities on the
Property, and is subject to certain property use restrictions.
For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the
proposed agreement. Comments should be submitted to Suzanne Canning,
Regional Docket Clerk (3RC00), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or by e-mail to
[email protected], and should refer to the ``Metcoa Radiation
Superfund Site--Pulaski Industrial Corp. Prospective Purchaser
Agreement'' and ``EPA Docket No. CERC-PPA-2001-0001.'' The proposed
agreement and additional background information relating to it may be
examined and/or copied at the above EPA office. A copy of the proposed
agreement may be obtained by mail from Suzanne Canning at the above
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Humane L. Zia (3RC41), Assistant
Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III,
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; phone: (215) 814-3454.
Dated: March 26, 2001.
Thomas C. Voltaggio,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 01-8131 Filed 4-2-01; 8:45 am]
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