[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 188 (Thursday, September 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56975-56976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15942]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8224-8]
Notice of Proposed Administrative Cashout Agreement Pursuant to
Section 122(H)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act; in Re: Calumet Containers Superfund
Site, Hammond, Indiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement
under CERCLA concerning the Calumet Containers Superfund Site
(``Site'') in Hammond, Indiana. Subject to review and comment by the
public pursuant to this Notice, the settlement has been approved by the
United States Department of Justice.
The settlement resolves an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
claim under Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA and Section 7003 of RCRA,
against 51 parties who have executed binding certifications of their
consent to the settlement, as listed below in the Supplemental
Information Section.
The settlement requires the settling parties to pay a total of
$1,664,967 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund, Calumet Containers
Superfund Site, Special Account. Each settling party is required to pay
an amount specified for that party in the settlement based upon the
volume of waste that party contributed to the Site. Payments received
shall be applied, retained or used to finance the response actions
taken or to be taken at or in connection with the Site.
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 EPA,
Region 5, 7th Floor File Room, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 30, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection
at the EPA, Region 5, 7th Floor File Room, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois. In addition, a copy of the proposed settlement also
may be obtained from Richard M. Murawski, Assistant Regional Counsel
(C-14J), Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-
3590, or by calling (312) 886-6721. Comments should reference the
Calumet Containers Superfund Site, Hammond, Indiana and EPA Docket No.
V-W-06-C-854 and should be addressed to Richard M. Murawski, Assistant
Regional Counsel (C-14J), Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The parties listed below have executed
binding certifications of their consent to participate in the
settlement.
Settling Parties: Alden & Ott Printing Ink Co.; American Can
Company; American Steel Foundries; Ashland Chemical; Bee Chemical
Company (aka Universal Color Dispersions), a Rohm and Haas Company;
Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.; Caterpillar Inc.; Central Ink
Corporation; Davies Imperial Coatings, Inc.; MediaNews Group, Inc., for
its subsidiary, The Denver Post Corporation; Dober Chemical Corp.; R.R.
Donnelley & Sons Company, including Moore Wallace Hillside Printing,
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Wallace Press; Wyeth, on behalf of Dupli-Color Products Company; E.I.
DuPont de Nemours and Company; Edwards & Deutsch Lithographing Co.,
Inc.; Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company; Flint Ink Corporation;
Ford Motor Company; Georgia-Pacific Corporation/Will County Press; The
Glidden Company (formerly Glidden Coatings & Resins, division of SCM
Corporation) and including successor to the liability, MHC Inc., a
subsidiary of Millennium Chemicals, Inc.; City of Hammond, Indiana; Lee
Enterprises, Inc. f/d/b/a The Hammond Times; Harris-Hub Company, a
division of Dresher, Inc.; Illinois Bronze Paint Company; Indiana
Harbor Belt Railroad Company; International Truck and Engine Corp. (f/
k/a International Harvester); BASF Corporation (International Print Ink
Corp); Keil Chemical, Division of Ferro Corporation; Kohl & Madden
Division of Sun Chemical Corporation; The Lehigh Press, Inc. (Lehigh
Cadillac); The Dow Chemical Company on behalf of Mortell; National Can
Company (Rexam Beverage); Tomkins Industries, Inc. (fka Philips
Industries, Inc.); Poole Bros./Primerica Corp./American Can Company;
Rand McNally & Company; Service Web Offset Corporation; Sheffield
Estates, LLC/Zeman Manufactured Home Communities; The Sherwin-Williams
Company; Honeywell International, Inc., on behalf of Sinclair &
Valentine; Sequa Corporation (fka Sun Chemical); Brenntag Great Lakes,
LLC, successor to Tab Chemicals; Thermark (Avery); Thrall Car Mfg.;
Union Tank Car Company; United States Steel Corporation; The Valspar
Corporation on behalf of itself and Roto Ink; W.C. Richards Company;
Quebecor World KRI Inc., f/k/a Krueger Ringier, Inc., f/k/a W. F. Hall
Printing Company, on behalf of itself and Chicago Rotoprint Company, a
wholly owned subsidiary of W.F. Hall Printing Company; Chevron
Environmental Management Company for itself and on behalf of Union Oil
Company; and Moen Incorporated (Western Cold Drawn Steel).
Settling Federal Agency: United States Defense Logistics Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard M. Murawski, Assistant
Regional Counsel (C-14J), Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604, or call (312) 886-6721.
Authority: The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901-
6992, and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, as amended, 415
ILCS Section 5/22.2a.
Dated: September 19, 2006.
Thomas Short,
Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. E6-15942 Filed 9-27-06; 8:45 am]
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