Caldwell Systems, Inc., Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed De Minimis Settlements

Under section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has offered approximately 500 de minimis parties at the Caldwell Systems, Inc. Site located in Lenoir, North Carolina, an opportunity to enter into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) to settle claims for past and future response costs at the Site. The original settlement offer contained a cost matrix with a weight assigned to each party along with a payment amount for each party. The original cost matrix is no longer accurate because of volumetric challenges. These challenges were reviewed and it was determined that the volumes attributed to some of these parties were incorrect. These parties received letters indicating their new weight and payment amounts, if any, and these letters are attached to the original cost matrix. Additionally, the State of North Carolina has a separate AOC. The following list of 359 parties have returned signature pages accepting EPA's settlement offer: