[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25302]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7389-7]


Proposed Amendment to Settlement Under Sections 122(g) and 122(h) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act for the Marina Cliffs/Northwestern Barrel Superfund Site, 
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'').

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment on proposed amendment to de 
minimis settlement.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1984, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), notification is hereby given of a proposed 
amendment to an administrative agreement concerning the Marina Cliffs/
Northwestern Barrel hazardous waste site located between 5th Avenue and 
Lake Michigan in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin (the ``Site''). The 
settlement agreement, issued by EPA on September 21, 2001, would be 
amended to add Mautz Paint Company as a non-de minimis settling party. 
EPA entered the settlement in EPA Docket No V-W-01C-630 after 
publishing a notice and request for comments in the Federal Register on 
May 10, 2001, and reviewing and responding to the comments it received.
    Under the existing agreement, the de minimis settling parties paid 
a total of approximately $5.6 million toward cleanup costs at the Site 
to resolve fully their liability at the Site. A group of six non-de 
minimis settlors agreed to perform the remaining removal actions to be 
conducted at the Site, and pay EPA's costs of overseeing these removal 
actions. After the settlement was completed, EPA and the remaining non-
de minimis settling parties reached agreement with Mautz Paint Company 
to add that company as an additional non-de minimis settlor. Adding 
this party to the settlement will not alter the obligations of, or 
protections received by, the de minimis parties.
    For thirty days following the date of publication of this notice, 
the EPA will receive written comments relating to this proposed 
agreement. EPA will consider all comments received and may decide not 
to enter or to require modifications to this proposed amendment if 
comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the 
proposed agreement is inappropriate, improper or inadequate.

DATES: Comments on the proposed agreement must be received by EPA on or 
before November 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3590, and should refer to: In the Matter of 
Marina Cliffs/Northwestern Barrel, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. EPA 
Docket No. V-W-01C-630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Krueger, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, C-14J, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3590, (312) 886-0562.
    A copy of the proposed amendment to the administrative settlement 
agreement may be obtained in person or by mail from the EPA's Region 5 
Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois, 60604-3590. Additional background information relating to the 
settlement is available for review at the EPA's Region 5 Office of 
Regional Counsel.

    Authority: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675.

Wendy L. Carney,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 02-25302 Filed 10-3-02; 8:45 am]
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