[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7284]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6957-4]


Notice of Proposed Administrative Order on Consent Under Section 
122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act (CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622, Lehigh Portland 
Cement Company Superfund Site, Mason City, Iowa, Docket No. CERCLA-07-
2001-0006

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative order on consent, Lehigh 
Portland Cement Company superfund site, Mason City, Iowa.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative order on 
consent regarding Lehigh Portland Cement Company was signed by the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on February 6, 
2001, and approved by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on 
February 19, 2001.

DATES: EPA will receive, for a period until on or before April 23, 
2001, written comments relating to the proposed administrative order on 
consent.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Barbara L. Peterson, Senior 
Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and 
should refer to the Lehigh Portland Cement Company Superfund Site 
Administrative Order on Consent.
    The proposed consent order may be examined or obtained in person or 
by mail at the office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, (913) 
551-7277.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed consent order concerns the 
Lehigh Portland Cement Company Superfund Site located in Mason City, 
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. The consent order resolves the liability of 
Lehigh under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for both EPA 
response costs and natural resource damages relating to the site. Under 
the Administrative Order, Lehigh will pay the United States $640,000 in 
settlement of EPA's past response costs and $35,000 in settlement of 
natural resource damages claims.

    Dated: March 7, 2001.
William W. Rice,
Acting Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 01-7284 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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