[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47670-47673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22909]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7054-6]


Proposed Administrative Cashout Settlement Under Section 122(g) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act; in Re: Beede Waste Oil Superfund Site, Plaistow, NH

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative settlement and request for 
public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative 
settlement for recovery of past and projected future response costs 
concerning the Beede Waste Oil Superfund Site in Plaistow, New 
Hampshire with the settling parties listed in the Supplementary 
Information portion of this notice. The U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency--Region I (EPA) is proposing to enter into an early de minimis 
settlement agreement to address claims under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. Notice is being published 
to inform the public of the proposed settlement and of the opportunity 
to comment. This settlement, embodied in a CERCLA section 122(g) 
Administrative Order on Consent (``AOC''), is designed to resolve each 
settling party's liability at the Site for past work, past response 
costs and specified future work and response costs through covenants 
under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607. The 
proposed AOC requires the settling parties listed in the Supplementary 
Information section below to pay an aggregate total of approximately 
$1,651,082.40. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication 
of this notice, the EPA will receive written comments relating to the 
settlement. The EPA will consider all

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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 EPA's response to any comments received will be available for 
public inspection at the EPA Records Center, 1 Congress Street, Boston, 
MA 02114-2023 (Telephone Number: 617-918-1440).

DATE: Comments must be submitted on or before October 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at the EPA Records Center, 1 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114-2023. 
Please call 617-918-1440 to schedule an appointment. A copy of the 
proposed settlement may be obtained from Kristin Balzano, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 1 Congress Street, Suite 
1100 (SES), Boston, MA 02114-2023 (Telephone Number: 617-918-1772). 
Comments should reference the Beede Waste Oil Superfund Site in 
Plaistow, New Hampshire and EPA Docket No. CERCLA-1-2001-0041 and 
should be addressed to Kristin Balzano, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region I, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 (SES), Boston, MA 
02114-2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Lewis, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region I, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 (SES), 
Boston, MA 02114-2023 (Telephone Number: 617-918-1889).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a list of the approximately 
493 settling parties, including settling federal agencies, to the 
proposed settlement: 3A Auto Service Inc., A.F. German Company Inc., A 
J's Inc., A.R. Belli Inc., A&M Service, Inc., ABC Bus Company, ABC 
Relocation Services, Acorn Motors Inc., AGFA Corporation, AL LI Service 
Center, Alden Buick Pontiac, Alden Research Laboratory, Allen Harbor 
Marine Service Inc., Allen Mello Dodge Inc., Allied Auto Parts Company 
Inc., AL-N Auto Repair, Alpha Oil Company Inc., Amesbury Machine, 
Anderson-Chrysler Plymouth, Andrews Gunite Company Inc., Arc Source 
Inc., Archers Mobil, Art's Texaco, Atlantic Equipment & Leasing, August 
A. Busch & Company of MA, Autolab, Inc., Automotive Service Plus, Inc., 
Automotive Supply Associates Inc. d/b/a Sanel Auto Parts, Avenue Motor 
Mart Garage, Inc., B & T Construction Corporation, B.L. Oglivie's & 
Sons, Inc.,
Babb Motors, Bailey's Service Station Inc., Baker Cadillac Oldsmobile, 
Inc., Baldarelli Bros., Ball Square Auto Repair, Barry Transport, Inc., 
Bartlett's Garage Inc., Bateson Enterprises Inc., Bay View Realty 
Trust, Beal Companies LLP, Bellingham Lumber, Bentons Inc. d/b/a 
Northgate Mobil, Bernardi's Inc., Bezema Buick, Biondis Service Center, 
Bixby International Company, Black Swamp Garage Inc., Blue Circle Inc., 
Blue Line Garage, Bob Bonsaint & Sons, Bob Graham Auto Sales and 
Service Inc., Bob Lucey's Service Station Inc., Bob's Auto Repair, Bob 
Mariano Pontiac Jeep Eagle, Inc., Bob's Truck & Auto Repair, G. 
Bonazzoli & Sons Inc., Bonfiglioli's Auto Service Inc., Bonnell Motors, 
Inc., Charles Booth, Boston Properties, Boston Thermo King, Boucher's 
Automotive Machine Shop Inc., Brewer Petroleum Service, Inc., Brick 
Ends Farm Inc., Brickstone Properties, Inc., Brigham Gill Motorcars 
Inc. d/b/a Brigham-Gill Jeep, British Petroleum Exploration & Gas, 
Brooks Machine & Equipment Company Inc., John Brown d/b/a J&K Auto,
Brown's Garage & Service Station Inc., Brox Industries, Bruce's Auto 
Service, Buddenhagaen Inc. d/b/a Wilson & Rand Service Station, Burt's 
Cycle Shop Inc., C&L Auto Repair and Parts Inc., C&R Tire Company Inc., 
C.C. Fillmore Truck Repair Inc., C.K. Smith & Company, Inc., Cambridge 
Landscape Company, Cambridge Street Auto Body, Cape Pond Ice Company, 
Inc., Carlos Auto Body, Catalano Bros Inc., Caterair International 
Corporation, Central Dodge Motors of Norwood,
Central Welding Company, Inc., Century Tire, Certified Foreign Repair, 
Chadwick-BaRoss, Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Charlie's Auto Body, 
Checkoway Oil Company d/b/a Holmes Tire, Chick Packaging, Inc., 
Christmas Motors, Inc., City of Chelsea, MA, City of Gardner, MA, City 
of Laconia, NH, City of Malden, MA, City of Medford, MA, City of 
Melrose, MA, City of Nashua, NH, City of Revere, MA, City of Worcester, 
MA, Clampa-All Corp., Clark & White Inc., Donald J. Clark, Coca-Cola 
Bottling of Lowell, Coca-Cola Bottling of Northern New England, Inc. 
(for Seacoast Coca-Cola Bottling Company), Collins Crane and Rigging 
Service Inc.,
Colonial Auto Body & Sales Company, Inc., Colvin's Inc., Compressed Air 
Systems, Concord-Carlisle Regional School District, Concordia, Inc., 
Congregational Retirement Homes, Inc., Coots Bros. Inc., Courier 
Westford Inc., Crystal Springs Golf, Inc., John P. Curley d/b/a 
Curley's Auto Repair, Custom Auto Repair, Inc., Custom Service Inc., 
Cypress Equipment Corp., D&R Auto Repairs d/b/a Helco Automotive, D&R 
General Contracting Inc., D&S Service Station, Inc., D.F. Clark Inc., 
Dalzell Motor Sales, Inc., Danversport Yacht Club, Davis Auto Electric, 
Deck House, Inc., Dedham Country Day School, Dedham Shell Inc. d/b/a 
Marshfield Auto Center/Pembroke Shell,
DeLoury Construction Company, Inc., Dennisport Mobil, DeVincent 
Associates Limited Partnership, Dick's Foreign Car Service, Distrigas 
of Massachusetts LLC, Don & Dave's Automotive Inc., Don Allen Auto 
Service Inc., Don Wheeler Construction, Inc., Donald F. Knowles, Inc., 
Don's Auto Repair, Don's Automotive, Doyle's Exxon Station, Draper 
Energy Co., Dror Village Inc. (for Village Shell), Duarte Motors Inc., 
Durand Chevrolet, Inc., E R Pickett Company Inc., East Coast Auto 
Sales, Eastern Propane Gas, Inc., Eastland Motor Service Corporation, 
Eddie Bailey's Garage, Inc., Ed's Service Center, Inc., Ed's Service 
Inc., Elie Investment Management Company d/b/a Groveland Getty, Emerson 
Auto Service Inc., Energy Retailers, Inc., Ernest T. Pappas d/b/a 
Central Ave. Auto Repair, European Car Doctors Inc.,
Excavating Enterprises, Inc., F B Rich & Sons, Inc., Falmouth Motor Car 
Co., Far East Automotive Services, Inc., Federal Furnace Cranberry, 
Fenway Texaco Inc., Ferry's Automotive Inc., Fidelity Sportwear Inc., 
James Filandrianos, Inc. d/b/a Oak Square Sunoco, First C.G.L.P., 
Fitchburg Colonial Aviation, Flatley Company, Foilmark Manufacturing 
Corp., Foreign Autopart, Inc. (n/k/a Autopart International, Inc.), 
Framingham Chrysler Plymouth, Inc., Framingham State College, Frazee 
Automotive Inc., Fred Hubbard's Gulf, Fredrickson Bros. Inc., Freeman 
Cycles, Inc., Furlong's Auto Repair, Galloway's Grocerette, Gaskell's 
Service Station & Muffler Shop, General Electric Company, George 
DeCoste & Sons Inc., Gerber Radio Supply d/b/a Gerber Electronics, 
Getov Machine Inc., Getty Properties Corporation, Ghasadafa, Inc. d/b/a 
Main Street Shell, Goldberg Energy Management, Gordon Conwell Thedoycs/
Seminary
(Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary), Granite State Tire & Battery 
Co., Inc., Granz Inc., John Grappone Inc. d/b/a Grappone Ford, Grattan 
Line Construction Corporation, Gray Excavation, Inc., Great Road Dodge, 
Inc., Greenwood Fire Apparatus, Inc., Grossman Companies, Grota's 
Motors, Inc., R.S. Guerette Corporation, H.H. Snow & Sons, Inc., 
Hallamore Corporation, Hancock Village LLC, Hansen Marine Engineering, 
Inc., Harold Lunnin d/b/a Hap's Auto Service, Harborside Marine 
Service, Hargreaves Garage, Havencraft of New England, Haverhill Golf 
and Country Club, Henry J. Pleiss, Jr. d/b/a Hank's Garage, Hewlett 
Packard Company, High Street Service Inc., Highland Service

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Center of Newton Inc., Hodgden-Noyes Buick-Pontiac GMC Truck Inc., 
Richard Willis Wheeler d/b/a Hudson Cycle Center, Inc., Hudson's 
Outboard Inc., Hy Test Oil Co., Inc., Ideal Tape Company (a division of 
American Biltrite Inc.), Imperia Corporation, Imports Limited Inc., 
Ingersoll Rand Company, Ipswich Outboard Motor & Boat Inc., Ira Korean 
Cars LLC d/b/a Ira Hyundai, J&M Santoian Realty Trust, J.A. Polito & 
Sons, Inc., J.R.A. Auto Repair, Inc., J.R. Service (n/k/a Dave's 
Automotive), J. Schwartz Motor Transportation Inc., J.J. Donovan & 
Sons, Inc., Jackson Lumber & Millwork Co., Inc., James R. Lee d/b/a Lee 
Auto Repair, James Russell Engineering Works, Inc., Jamieson Services 
Inc. d/b/a Concord Avenue
Mobil, Jefferson Rubber Works, Jefferson Service Station, Inc., Jiffy 
Lube International Inc. (for Pennzoil-Quaker State Company), Jiffy Lube 
International Inc., John T. Clark & Son of Boston, Inc., John's Auto 
Repair Service, Inc., Kagan's Service Station, Inc., KAO Infosystems 
Company, Kayem Foods Inc., Kingsley Orchard Realty Corp., Kinney's 
Garage, Inc., Kyle Equipment Company Inc., L. Knife & Son, Inc., LAB 
Motors Ltd., Lance Buick Pontiac-Cadillac, Landry Hire-A-Tool & Supply 
Co., Larry Palmer's Mobil, Lawless Chrysler Plymouth Inc., Lawrence 
Pumps, Inc., Lawrence Tank Inc., Lee Imported Cars, Inc., Leo J. Fiori 
&
Sons, Inc., Levis Realty, Liberty Chevrolet, Inc., Limbach Company, 
Litecontrol Corp., Londonderry Car Wash Inc. d/b/a Londonderry Car 
Care, Loomis Fargo & Co., Louie's Service Center, Magnolia Service 
Station, Mahoney Oil Company, Inc., Majestic Cars, Malio Auto Service, 
Malone Fence Co. Inc., Manley-Berenson Associates, Inc., Marblehead 
Municipal Light Department, Marine Services and Electronics Inc., 
Martel Welding & Sons, Inc., Martin Welding Northeast, Inc., Masconomet 
Regional School District, Mason Tanning Co., Mass Ave. Firestone, Inc., 
Mastria Buick Pontiac GMC Truck Company Inc., McGovern Auto, McKinney 
Artesian Well & Pump Supply, Inc., Mears Trust, Mecca Motors Inc., 
Mello's Service
Station, Merrimack Auto Center, Merrimack Street Garage, Inc., Ronald 
C. Meservey, Methuen Getty, Inc., Mibrock, Inc. d/b/a Brockton Midas 
Muffler & Brake Shop, Middlesex Auto Repair, Mihold Inc. d/b/a Fall 
River Midas Muffler & Brake Shop, Mike Mobil, Mike's Auto Repair, 
Mike's Garage, Miles River Sand & Gravel Inc., Miller Auto Service 
Inc., Miller's Garage, Milton Garage, Inc., Miman Inc. d/b/a Laconia 
Midas Muffler & Brake Shop, Mirak Chevrolet, Miriam Hospital, Mister 
Tire Inc.,
Modern Continental Construction Co., Inc., Modern Continental Equipment 
Co., Inc., Mongony Service Station, Donald E.W. Morgan, Jr. d/b/a 
Meadow Park Motors, Morton International, Inc., Motiva Enterprises LLC, 
Motor Mart Auto Sales, Inc., Moulton Company, Murray Hills 
Construction, Nardone Sand & Gravel Co., Nardone Sand & Gravel, 
Narragansett Bay Commission, Nashoba Valley Technical High School, 
Nault's Lincoln-Mercury Inc., New England Sealcoating Co., Inc., New 
Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc., New Hampshire Peterbilt Inc., 
Newman Service Station, Newtonville Exxon, Newtonville Sunoco Service 
Station, Inc., NHE Associates Inc. d/b/a Motor Town NAPA Auto Parts, 
Nick Dee Chevrolet, Inc., Nickerson Service
Center, Norlantic Diesel Inc., North Shore Recycled Fibers, Northeast 
Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District, Northland Willette 
Inc., Northshore Mall LP, Northwest Airlines, Inc., Norwood Central Gas 
& Repair Corp., Nyman Manufacturing Company Inc. (n/k/a Huhtamaki-East 
Providence, Inc.), Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School 
District, Otis Elevator Company (a subsidiary of United Technologies 
Corporation), Palmer's Garage, Inc., Paquette Service, Park 
Transportation Corporation, Inc., Paroto Equipment Company, Inc., 
Paul's Auto Service Inc., Peabody Auto Clinic, Pembroke Automotive 
Service, Inc., Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company Inc., Persons 
Concrete, Peter D. Dickman, Peter's Auto Repair, Inc., Petroleum Heat & 
Power Company Inc.,
Phillips & Lee Gulf Station Inc., Phillips Academy (Andover), Phill's 
Service & Auto Body, Pilgrim Screw Corporation, Pioneer Garage Company 
Inc., Plumb House Corporation, Plympton Sand & Gravel Corporation, 
Policy Well & Pump Company Inc., Powder Tech Associates, Inc., Powell 
Corporation, Power Equipment Company, George E. Power, Jr., Inc. d/b/a 
Johnny's Texaco Station, Previtt Oil Company, Inc., Process Cooling 
Systems Inc., PT Marine Inc. d/b/a Ryder Cove Boat Yard, Quest
Diagnostics Incorporated, Quincy Automatic Transmission, R&A Auto 
Service, R&R American Service Station Inc., R.C. Olsen Cadillac, Inc., 
R.E. Walters Inc., R.H. Long Motor Sales Company, R.M. Towing Company, 
RAB Old Right, Inc., Radford Trans, Inc., Ralph Mahoney & Sons Inc., 
Ralph's Truck Sales Inc., Rauseo's Auto Inc., Ray Plastic Inc., Read 
Sand & Gravel, Inc., Reading Municipal Light Department, Regal Motors, 
Regan & Stapleton Inc., Ricky Smith Pontiac, Inc., Rita M. Sherman, 
River Street Automotive Center, Robbie Fuels, Inc., Robert B. Our 
Company, Rollen Ltd. d/b/a Direct Tire and Auto Service,
James R. Rosencrantz & Sons, Inc., Rosenfeld Concrete Corporation, 
Route 38 Ltd. d/b/a Midas Muffler, Rowley Ready-Mix Inc., S. Benedetto 
Sons Inc., Sacco's, Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc., 
Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board, Salvadore Auto Exchange, Inc., 
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, Saugus Heavy Equipment 
Repair, Inc., Sawin Motors Inc., Schmidt Equipment, Inc., Senter 
Brothers, Inc., Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, Shea Concrete 
Products, Inc., Shell Oil Company, Smith's Sales Inc., Sonny D. 
Construction, Inc., South Avenue Motors Inc., South Essex Sewerage 
District, South Shore Auto Parts Co., Inc., Speedy Lube Inc., Spir-it 
Inc., St. James Company LP, St. Joseph Hospital of Nashua, N.H., 
Standley's Garage, Inc., Star Auto Service, Star Fisheries Corporation, 
Starkey Ford, Stedt Hydraulic Crane Corp., Steve's Automotive, Stewie's 
Oil Inc., Sun
Transportation Inc., Sunoco Incorporated (R&M), Superior Auto Sales & 
Service, Swanson Pontiac Buick GMC, Truck Inc., Sylvester A. Ray Inc., 
T.E. Andresen, Inc., Tate Bros. Paving Co., Inc., Tate's Garage, Ted's 
Farm Equipment Inc., The Doctor Inc., Thomas Glaser d/b/a Automotion, 
Thorny Lea Golf Club, Inc., Timberlane Regional School District, Tire 
Specialist, Inc., Tom Chevrolet, Inc., Tommy Jenkins, Inc., Toothakers 
Service Station, Torres Service Station, Town of Arlington, MA, Town of 
Belmont, MA, Town of Essex, MA, Town of
Framingham, MA, Town of Halifax, MA, Town of Holden, MA, Town of 
Hopedale, MA, Town of Hull, MA, Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, Town 
of Merrimac, MA, Town of Middleton, MA, Town of North Reading, MA, Town 
of Pembroke, MA, Town of Rye, NH, Town of Sandwich, MA, Town of South 
Easton, MA, Town of Stoneham, MA, Town of Topsfield, MA, Town of 
Watertown, MA, Town of Weston, MA, Town of Winthrop, MA, Trailblazer 
Kawasaki Inc. and Trailsport Cycles Inc. d/b/a North Reading Honda 
Kawasaki, Triangle Transmission & Brake, Truckers Maintenance Service, 
TruGreen Limited Partnership, TruGreen LP, Tucker's Auto Supply Inc., 
Tully Buick Pontiac Company, Inc. d/b/a Tully Buick et al., Tuxbury's
Garage, Uhlman Excavating Co., Umbro and Sons Construction Company, 
Union Ave. Automotive (f/k/a Union Avenue Esso & Union Avenue Exxon), 
Union Coal & Oil Co. Inc., United Airlines Inc.,

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United States Army Reserve (Marine Corps), United States Department of 
the Interior (for Parker River NWR, Cape Cod NS, National Park 
Serv.(Lowell), Lowell NHP, Cape Cod NS), UTEC Constructors Inc., Valu-
Ent Inc. d/b/a Webnik Motors, Village Garage/Lee F. Mainhold, Volpone 
Towing Services, Inc., Walsh's Garage, Waltham Central School 
Transportation Inc., Washington Mills Transport Corporation, Waugh's 
Inc., Waverley Square Service, Inc., Wayne & Company, Inc., Wheels 
Corporation d/b/a Bud's Sunoco, Whitehall Company, LTD., John M. Wilkes 
d/b/a Wilkes Mobil, Willwerth Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington Cold 
Storage Inc., Winco Inc., William Wooding d/b/a Wooding's Garage, 
Woodside Corporation, Woodville Service, WWF Paper Corporation New 
England, and Yankee Pine Corporation.
    In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq., notice is hereby given of a proposed early de minimis 
settlement agreement under section 122(g) of CERCLA concerning the 
Beede Waste Oil Superfund Site in Plaistow, NH. The settlement was 
approved by EPA Region I, subject to review by the public pursuant to 
this Notice.
    The proposed settlement has been approved by the United States 
Department of Justice. EPA will receive written comments relating to 
this settlement for thirty (30) days from the date of publication of 
this Notice.

    Dated: September 4, 2001.
Patricia L. Meaney,
Director, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration, EPA--Region I.
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