[Federal Register: September 22, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 183)]
[Notices]               
[Page 50570-50571]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Proposed De Minimus Administrative Order on Consent 
Pursuant to Section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Osage Metals Superfund Site, 
Kansas City, Kansas, Docket No. VII-98-F-0012

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed De Minimus Administrative Order on Consent, 
Osage Metals Superfund Site, Kansas City, Kansas.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed de minimus 
administrative order on consent regarding the Osage Metals Superfund 
Site, was signed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) on September 10, 1998, and approved by the United States 
Department of Justice (DOJ) on September 11, 1998.

DATES: EPA will receive comments relating to the proposed agreement and 
covenant not to sue on or before October 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Audrey Asher, Senior 
Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 and 
should refer to the Osage Metals Superfund Site Administrative Order on 
Consent, EPA Docket No. VII-98-F-0012.
    The proposed agreement may be examined or obtained in person or by 
mail at the office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, 
(913) 551-7255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed agreement concerns the 1.7-acre 
Osage Metals Superfund Site (``Site''), located at 120 Osage Avenue in 
Kansas City, Kansas. The Site was the location of metals salvage and 
reclamation facilities between 1948 and 1993. Samples taken at the Site 
in 1994 found polychlorinated biphenyls (``PCBs'') in surface soils at 
levels as high as 334 mg/kg, and lead contamination in levels as high 
as 56,600 mg/kg. The EPA approved a removal action at the Site on 
February 13, 1995, and began cleanup in March of 1995. EPA completed 
its work in October 1995. No further response action is anticipated.

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    As of May 31, 1998, EPA and DOJ had incurred costs in excess of 
$1.3 million exclusive of interest. Each of the proposed settlors 
arranged for disposal of capacitors contaminated with PCBs by PCB 
Treatment, Inc. who in turn arranged for disposal at the Site of Scrap 
metal from capacitors.
    EPA has determined that any party who arranged for disposal of 
between 206 and 89,387 pounds of capacitors contributed a de minimus 
volume of waste to the Site and that such wastes are not more toxic 
than any other hazardous substance at the Site.
    Each settlor will pay a share of costs based on its volumetric 
share of capacitor weight compared to all capacitor weight with an 
additional premium of 15%.
    Through this settlement, EPA will recover $182,000. EPA has 
recovered $80,000 through a consent decree with the former owner/
operator and will seek the remaining costs from other potentially 
responsible parties at the Site.

    Dated: September 14, 1998.
William Rice,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 98-25327 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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