[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26685]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7088-4]
Notice of Proposed Administrative Order on Consent Pursuant to
Section 122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Economy Products Superfund
Site, Shenandoah, IA, Docket No. CERCLA 07-2001-0007
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative order on consent, Economy
Products Superfund Site, Shenandoah, Iowa.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative order on
consent for recovery of past and projected future response costs
concerning the Economy Products Superfund Site in Shenandoah, Iowa with
the following party: Factory Place, L.C. This proposed settlement was
approved by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on August 22,
2001.
DATES: EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed
administrative order on consent by November 23, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Gerhardt Braeckel, Assistant
Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region
VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and should refer to
Economy Products Superfund Site Administrative Order on Consent, Docket
No. CERCLA-07-2001-0007.
The proposed settlement may be examined or obtained in person or by
mail from Kathy Robinson, Regional Hearing Clerk, at the office of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 N. 5th
Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, (913) 551-7567.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Economy Products Site consists of three
parts: (1) The Factory Place Facility which includes property
previously owned by Economy Products, Inc. and the May Seed & Nursery
Company; (2) the immediately adjacent residential property located to
the south along Southwest Road; and (3) part of the railroad right-of-
way across the street from the Facility. The proposed Administrative
Order on Consent addresses only the Factory Place Facility.
Economy Products operated an agricultural pesticides formulation
plant at Southwest Road and Eighth Avenue in the City of Shenandoah,
Iowa from 1961 to 1973. Business activities ceased in 1973 when the
operation was destroyed by fire, which resulted in the dispersion of
pesticide residues across the Economy Products property and onto other
parts of the Economy Products Superfund Site. Contaminated debris and
soil were removed and disposed of off-site and approximately one foot
of clay was spread over the site. May Seed & Nursery Co. purchased the
property in 1976 and used it for storage. The property was sold to
Factory Place, L.C. in 1999.
Site investigations of the Factory Place Facility found that
several pesticides (toxaphene; aldrin; diedrin; DDT; chlordane; endrin;
and heptachlor) were detected at concentrations which exceeded Removal
Action Levels including toxaphene at 498.0 mg/kg in a surface soil
sample.
EPA conducted an Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis and
selected thermal desorption as the removal action in an Action
Memorandum dated February 8, 2001. EPA has started the removal action
at the Facility.
The partial cashout settlement requires the settling party to pay
$950,000.00, including interest, into a special account to fund EPA's
removal action at the Facility. The settling party also agrees to pay
for 50% of any cost overruns that exceed $4,005,479. This proposed
settlement includes institutional controls and a covenant not to sue
the settling party pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
9607(a).
Dated: September 21, 2001.
William W. Rice,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 01-26685 Filed 10-22-01; 8:45 am]
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