[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18192]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7016-2]


Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Budd 
Brothers, d/b/a/ Century 21 Paint, Inc.

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 for recovery of past response costs 
concerning the Century 21 Paint, Inc. site in Mahoning County, 
Austintown, Ohio with the following settling party: Budd Brothers, d/b/
a Century 21 Paint, Inc. The settlement requires the settling party to 
pay $120,000 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The conditions of 
the Agreement may be summarized as follows: Within 30 days of the 
effective date of this Agreement, the settling party will make an 
initial down payment of $50,000. The settling party agrees to pay the 
outstanding balance of $70,000 in three (3) equal installments, plus 
accrued interest on the unpaid balance, over a period of eighteen (18) 
months. The interest rate on the outstanding balance shall be the 
interest rate established under Subchapter A of Chapter 98 of Title 26 
of the U.S. Code, compounded on October 1 of each year, in accordance 
with 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). The settlement includes a covenant not to sue 
the settling party 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 U.S. 
EPA Records Center Room 714, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 20, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at the U.S. EPA Records Center Room 714, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the proposed settlement may be 
obtained from the Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Comments should reference the 
Century 21 Paint, Inc. site in Mahoning County, Austintown, Ohio and 
EPA Docket No. V-W-01-C-650 and should be addressed to Ms. Joanna 
Glowacki, Associate Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Office of Regional 
Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard (C-14J), Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joanna Glowacki, Associate 
Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard (C-14J), Chicago, Illinois 60604, at (312) 353-3757.

    Dated: July 3, 2001.
William E. Muno,
Director, Superfund Division, Region 5, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 01-18192 Filed 7-19-01; 8:45 am]
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