EPA administrative orders, 1991-1997

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EPA Docket No. CERCLA-VDI-93-10 Respondent submits a Notice of Intent to negotiate an AOC, this with respect to that Respondent, be superceded by executed AOC, which results from these negotiations. any fully Twenty-one (2l.) days, calculated from the Date of Issuance of· The this Order, shall be allowed for the negotiation of·an AOC. schedule for performance of Work shall be calculated from the effective date of this Order or from the effective date of the Order shall, . superceding Aoe once it is fully executed. 60. Respondents may request a conference with EPA, no later than seven () days after the Date of'Issuance, discuss this Order, including its applicability, the to·occur to undertaken, and of this Order. issuance other issues and contentions relevant to Karen S. ·Kellen, to be made Any request for a conference shall 18th 999 Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region VIII, Street, At any Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2405, [phone].. or in such conference, Respondents may appear; t·hrough an· person SUch conference i attorney or other designated representative. or adversarial an hearing not, and shall not be deemed to.be, part of a proceeding to challenge this Order, and no official stenographic record of such proceeding shall be kept. appropriateness of activities required to be If Respondent (s) does not submit a letter of Intent to· each Respondent.shall, no later than seven (7) day after the Date of Issuance, -_inform EPA in writing as to whether' If Respondent(s) submita: it intends to comply with the Order,. letter of Intent to Negotiate but does not reach agreement w EPA within twenty-one (21) days of the Date of Issuance of thi Order, then, within twenty-four (24) hours o·f the Effective Date· of this Order, each Respondent shall inform EPA Ln writing as co. A failure to whether· it intends to. comply with· this Order. respond or to indicate an intention to comply with this·Order·br­ such date shall be deemed to mean that Respondent(s) does noe intend to comply with this Order. 61. Negotiate, 'XV 62. In • the event RESERVATIONS, DISCLAIMERS that EPA determines that the activities, perfor.med pursuant to this Order·or any emergency circumstances-. may pose a hreat. to public health or welfare or the environment, EPA may direct Respondents to scop further implementation of Work this Order or may take or order further actions to This provision is not to be construed to lindt any powers EPA' may have under CERCLA, the NCP, or any law or pursuant abate the to threat. regulation. . 63. Nothing herein shall preclude EPA from taking action to enforce this Order, nor frm taking any action pursuant to Sections 104, 106, 107, or 122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9604, 9606, 9607, or 9622, nor any and all. actions pursuant to CERCLA or any other available legal authority, including without