Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Willow Run Powertrain Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan, 71725 [2016-25168]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 18, 2016 / Notices B. How can I get copies of this document under this contract is taking place at EPA Headquarters and Abt Associates’ and other related information? sites located in Bethesda, MD and The docket for this action, identified Cambridge, MA, in accordance with by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004, is available EPA’s TSCA CBI Protection Manual. Access to TSCA data, including CBI, at https://www.regulations.gov or at the will continue until March 30, 2021. If Office of Pollution Prevention and the contract is extended, this access will Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), also continue for the duration of the Environmental Protection Agency extended contract without further Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William notice. Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Abt Associates and Versar personnel Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, have signed nondisclosure agreements DC. The Public Reading Room is open and were briefed on appropriate from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday security procedures before they were through Friday, excluding legal permitted access to TSCA CBI. holidays. The telephone number for the Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Dated: September 29, 2016. Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review Pamela S. Myrick, the visitor instructions and additional Director, Information Management Division, information about the docket available Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. [FR Doc. 2016–25174 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am] Lhorne on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES II. What action is the Agency taking? BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Under EPA contract number EP–W– 16–009, contractor Abt Associates of 4800 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda, MD and 55 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, MA; and Versar, Inc., of 6850 Versar Center, Springfield, VA, are assisting the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) by supporting scientific and engineering assessments of chemicals. For chemicals identified by the Agency, they are assisting in preparing evaluations of the following: physical/ chemical properties, hazards, and functions; production/processing/use methods; occupational exposure, environmental release, fate, transport, and other human and environmental exposure risks; life-cycle environmental impacts; methods to prevent or control waste generation, releases or exposure; and comparison of substitute chemicals or technologies. They will also assist in developing methods for chemical ranking by hazard and other factors and for assessing exposure and release. In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that under EPA contract number EP–W–16–009, Abt Associates and Versar were given access to CBI submitted to EPA under all section(s) of TSCA to perform successfully the duties specified under the contract. Abt Associates and Versar personnel were given access to information submitted to EPA under all section(s) of TSCA. Some of the information may be claimed or determined to be CBI. EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information under all sections of TSCA that EPA has provided Abt Associates and Versar access to these CBI materials on a need-to-know basis only. All access to TSCA CBI VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:19 Oct 17, 2016 Jkt 241001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9954–28–Region 5] Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Willow Run Powertrain Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. AGENCY: In accordance with the Prospective Purchaser Agreement, notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Willow Run Powertrain Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan with the following settling parties: Willow Run Arsenal of Democracy Landholdings Limited Partnership and the American Center for Mobility. The settlement requires the Settling Parties to, if necessary, execute and record a Declaration of Restrictive Covenant; provide access to the Site and exercise due care with respect to existing contamination. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the Settling Parties pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act with respect to the Existing Contamination. Existing Contamination is defined as any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or Waste Material present or existing on or under the Property as of the Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement; any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or Waste Material that migrated from the Property SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 71725 prior to the Effective Date; and any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or Waste Material presently at the Site that migrates onto, on, under, or from the Property after the Effective Date. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all 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 Agency’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA, Region 5, Records Center, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 7th Fl., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public hearing in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at the EPA, Region 5, Records Center, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 7th Fl., Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Peter Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, Office of Regional Counsel, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Mail Code: C–14J, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Comments should reference the Willow Run Powertrain Site, Ypsilanti, Michigan and should be addressed to Peter Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, Office of Regional Counsel, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Mail Code: C–14J, Chicago, Illinois 60604. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, Office of Regional Counsel, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Mail Code: C– 14J, Chicago, Illinois 60604. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settling Parties propose to acquire ownership of the former General Motors Corporation North American operation, at 2930 Ecorse Road in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The Site is one of the 89 sites that were placed into an Environmental Response Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’) as a result of the resolution of the 2009 GM bankruptcy. The Trust is administrated by Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response. Dated: September 23, 2016. Douglas Ballotti, Acting Director, Superfund Division. [FR Doc. 2016–25168 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 18OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 71725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25168]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9954-28-Region 5]


Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Willow Run 
Powertrain Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Prospective Purchaser Agreement, notice 
is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the 
Willow Run Powertrain Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan with the following 
settling parties: Willow Run Arsenal of Democracy Landholdings Limited 
Partnership and the American Center for Mobility. The settlement 
requires the Settling Parties to, if necessary, execute and record a 
Declaration of Restrictive Covenant; provide access to the Site and 
exercise due care with respect to existing contamination. The 
settlement includes a covenant not to sue the Settling Parties pursuant 
to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act with 
respect to the Existing Contamination. Existing Contamination is 
defined as any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or 
Waste Material present or existing on or under the Property as of the 
Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement; any hazardous substances, 
pollutants, or contaminants or Waste Material that migrated from the 
Property prior to the Effective Date; and any hazardous substances, 
pollutants, or contaminants or Waste Material presently at the Site 
that migrates onto, on, under, or from the Property after the Effective 
Date.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the 
settlement. The Agency will consider all 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 Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA, 
Region 5, Records Center, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 7th Fl., Chicago, 
Illinois 60604. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public 
hearing in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of 
RCRA.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before 30 days after 
publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection 
at the EPA, Region 5, Records Center, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 7th Fl., 
Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the proposed settlement may be 
obtained from Peter Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, Office of 
Regional Counsel, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Mail Code: C-14J, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604. Comments should reference the Willow Run 
Powertrain Site, Ypsilanti, Michigan and should be addressed to Peter 
Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, Office of Regional Counsel, 
Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Mail Code: C-14J, Chicago, Illinois 
60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Felitti, Assoc. Regional 
Counsel, EPA, Office of Regional Counsel, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson 
Blvd., Mail Code: C-14J, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settling Parties propose to acquire 
ownership of the former General Motors Corporation North American 
operation, at 2930 Ecorse Road in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The Site is one 
of the 89 sites that were placed into an Environmental Response Trust 
(the ``Trust'') as a result of the resolution of the 2009 GM 
bankruptcy. The Trust is administrated by Revitalizing Auto Communities 
Environmental Response.

    Dated: September 23, 2016.
Douglas Ballotti,
Acting Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-25168 Filed 10-17-16; 8:45 am]
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