[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56307-56308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27948]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7099-8]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement: Former 
Diller Battery Site

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 for recovery of past response costs 
concerning the Former Diller Battery site in Des Moines, Iowa with the 
following settling parties: City of Des Moines, Iowa, Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, Polk County, Iowa, Richard A. Bartolomei and Dennis 
L. Eppard. The settlement requires the settling parties to pay $75,000 
to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. 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 Des Moines North Side Public Library, 3516 5th 
Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50313, and at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 7, Regional Records Center, 901 North 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the documents relevant to this proposed settlement 
may be obtained from Mike Gieryic, Office of Regional Counsel, 901 
North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7822. Comments 
should reference the Former Diller Battery site, Des Moines, Iowa, and 
should be addressed to Kathy Robinson, Regional Hearing Clerk, 901 
North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Gieryic, Office of Regional

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Counsel, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-
7822.

    Dated: October 18, 2001.
James B. Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 01-27948 Filed 11-6-01; 8:45 am]
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