Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements: Osage Metals Superfund Site, Kansas City, KS,

[Federal Register: November 25, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 227)]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Proposed De Minimis 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-0019

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative order on consent regarding the Osage Metals Superfund Site, was signed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on September 30, 1998 and approved by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on October 30, 1998.

DATES: EPA will receive comments on or before December 28, 1998 related to the proposed agreement and covenant not to sue.

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-0019.

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, KS 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.

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 with Trinity Environmental Technologies, Inc. for disposal of capacitors contaminated with PCBs. Trinity Environmental Technologies, Inc. in turn arranged for disposal of the capacitors with PCB Treatment, Inc. PCB Treatment, Inc. then arranged for disposal at the Site of scrap metal from the capacitors.

EPA has determined that any party who arranged for disposal of between 206 and 89,387 pounds of capacitors contributed a de minimis 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 over $10,000. 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. EPA will be recovering over $180,000 through Administrative Order on Consent EPA Docket No. VII-98-F0012, which became effective on October 27, 1998.

Dated: November 3, 1998. Dennis Grams, P.E., Regional Administrator, Region VII.

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