Prospective Purchaser Proposed Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended; in Re: Olin Chemical Superfund Site, Located in Wilmington, Massachusetts, 54820-54821 [2024-14490]

Download as PDF 54820 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 2, 2024 / Notices to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. E. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI Do not submit CBI information to EPA through email or https:// www.regulations.gov. If you wish to include CBI in your comment, please follow the applicable instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets#rules and clearly mark the information that you claim to be CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. 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[FR Doc. 2024–14493 Filed 7–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 [CERCLA 01–2024–0015; EPA–R01– SFUND–2024–0214; FRL–11942–01–R1] Prospective Purchaser Proposed Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended; in Re: Olin Chemical Superfund Site, Located in Wilmington, Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Jul 01, 2024 Jkt 262001 Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public comment. ACTION: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is hereby providing notice of a proposed prospective purchaser settlement agreement between EPA and prospective purchaser Wilmington Woburn Industrial, LLC (‘‘Settling Party’’), which has an agreement to acquire the property located at 51 Eames Street in Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, encompassing approximately 50 acres (‘‘Property’’), from Olin Corporation (‘‘Contract’’), embodied in an Administrative Agreement for Payment of Response Costs by Prospective Purchaser (‘‘Settlement Agreement’’). The proposed Settlement Agreement, EPA Region 1 CERCLA Docket No. 01–2024– 0015, pertains to the Olin Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, Massachusetts (‘‘Site’’) and the Property, which is a portion of the Site. The proposed Settlement Agreement is entered into pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA,’’ also known as the Superfund law), and the authority of the Attorney General of the United States to compromise and settle claims of the United States. On September 28, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered the Consent Decree in United States of America and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. American Biltrite Inc., et al. case (1:23– cv–11044), in which American Biltrite Inc., NOR–AM Agro LLC, Olin Corporation, and Stepan Company (‘‘Settling Defendants’’) agreed to implement the remedy selected in the Record of Decision issued by EPA for the Site on March 30, 2021 (‘‘Record of Decision’’). The proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to provide full cooperation, assistance, and access to persons authorized to conduct response actions at the Property, including Settling Defendants’ implementation, under EPA oversight, of the remedy embodied in the Record of Decision in accordance with the Consent Decree. The proposed Settlement Agreement also requires the Settling Party to perform certain remedial design and remedial action activities pursuant to the Contract in coordination with Settling Defendants and in accordance with the terms of the Consent Decree and associated Statement of Work. Under the proposed Settlement Agreement, the Settling Party will make a payment to EPA of $73,202.39 as well as pay EPA for future SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 costs in supporting, developing, implementing, overseeing, or enforcing the Agreement. The Settling Party consents to and will not contest the authority of the United States to enter into this proposed Settlement Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. The Settling Party recognizes that this proposed Settlement Agreement has been negotiated in good faith and that this Agreement is entered into without the admission or adjudication of any issue of fact or law. DATES: Comments must be submitted by August 1, 2024. ADDRESSES: The proposed Settlement Agreement and related Site documents are available at EPA’s website https:// www.epa.gov/superfund/olin or by going to https://cumulis.epa.gov/ supercpad/SiteProfiles/index. cfm?fuseaction=second.ars&id=0100438 &doc=Y&colid=67528&region =01&type=AR. The proposed Settlement Agreement and related Site documents are available for public inspection at the U.S. EPA, Region 1, SEMS Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109 by appointment only (by calling 617–918– 1440 or by emailing r1.records-sems@ epa.gov). The proposed Settlement Agreement is also available for public inspection at https:// www.regulations.gov by searching for Docket ID No. EPA–R01–SFUND–2024– 0214. Submit your comments online via https://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID No. EPA–R01–SFUND–2024–0214). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maximilian Boal, Senior Enforcement Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code: 4–02, Boston, MA 02109, (617) 918–1750, email: boal.maximilian@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (‘‘CBI’’) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For the full EPA public comment policy, E:\FR\FM\02JYN1.SGM 02JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 2, 2024 / Notices information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, see: https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. Any personally identifiable information (e.g., name, address, phone number) included in the comment form or in an attachment may be publicly disclosed in a docket or on the internet (via Regulations.gov, a federal agency website, or a third-party, nongovernment website with access to publicly-disclosed data on Regulations.gov). By submitting a comment, you agree to the terms of participation (visit: https:// www.regulations.gov/user-notice) and privacy notice (visit: https:// www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice). For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed Settlement Agreement. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to this proposed Settlement Agreement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the U.S. EPA, Region 1, SEMS Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109 by appointment only (by calling 617–918– 1440 or by emailing r1.records-sems@ epa.gov). EPA’s response to any comments will also be made available at EPA’s website https://www.epa.gov/ superfund/olin. Bryan Olson, Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, U.S. EPA, Region 1. [FR Doc. 2024–14490 Filed 7–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The public portions of the applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, if any, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Jul 01, 2024 Jkt 262001 Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at the offices of the Board of Governors. This information may also be obtained on an expedited basis, upon request, by contacting the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and from the Board’s Freedom of Information Office at https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ request.htm. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of the Act. Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general, comments received will be made available without change and will not be modified to remove personal or business information including confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments should not include any information such as confidential information that would not be appropriate for public disclosure. Comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later than July 17, 2024. A. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Joseph Cuenco, Assistant Vice President, Formations & Transactions) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105–1579. Comments can also be sent electronically to sf.fisc.comments.applications@ sf.frb.org: 1. Beech Tree Partners, LP, Newel George Daines, as manager, both of Providence, Utah; Appian Investments, LLC, Foxboro, Massachusetts; Gabrielle D. Gay, as manager, West Palm Beach, Florida; Linda S. Daines, New York, New York, individually and as manager of RFD51, LLC, and WKA19, LLC, both of Salt Lake City, Utah; Armani57, LLC, Peter C. Daines, as manager, and Ginger60, LLC, Holly Daines, as manager, all of Logan, Utah; as a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Cache Valley Banking Company, and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Cache Valley Bank, both of Logan, Utah, and Liberty Bank, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Michele Taylor Fennell, Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2024–14574 Filed 7–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54821 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Notice of Proposals To Engage In or To Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12 CFR part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or control voting securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to banking and permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States. The public portions of the applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, if any, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at the offices of the Board of Governors. This information may also be obtained on an expedited basis, upon request, by contacting the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and from the Board’s Freedom of Information Office at https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ request.htm. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general, comments received will be made available without change and will not be modified to remove personal or business information including confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments should not include any information such as confidential information that would not be appropriate for public disclosure. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later than July 17, 2024. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Jeffrey Imgarten, Assistant Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198–0001. Comments can also be sent electronically to KCApplicationComments@kc.frb.org: 1. Stockmens Financial Corporation, Rapid City, South Dakota; to acquire voting shares of AgCredit, Inc., Chadron, E:\FR\FM\02JYN1.SGM 02JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54820-54821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14490]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[CERCLA 01-2024-0015; EPA-R01-SFUND-2024-0214; FRL-11942-01-R1]


Prospective Purchaser Proposed Settlement Agreement and Covenant 
Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended; in Re: Olin 
Chemical Superfund Site, Located in Wilmington, Massachusetts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public 
comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') is hereby 
providing notice of a proposed prospective purchaser settlement 
agreement between EPA and prospective purchaser Wilmington Woburn 
Industrial, LLC (``Settling Party''), which has an agreement to acquire 
the property located at 51 Eames Street in Wilmington, Middlesex 
County, Massachusetts, encompassing approximately 50 acres 
(``Property''), from Olin Corporation (``Contract''), embodied in an 
Administrative Agreement for Payment of Response Costs by Prospective 
Purchaser (``Settlement Agreement''). The proposed Settlement 
Agreement, EPA Region 1 CERCLA Docket No. 01-2024-0015, pertains to the 
Olin Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, Massachusetts (``Site'') 
and the Property, which is a portion of the Site. The proposed 
Settlement Agreement is entered into pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(``CERCLA,'' also known as the Superfund law), and the authority of the 
Attorney General of the United States to compromise and settle claims 
of the United States.
    On September 28, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of 
Massachusetts entered the Consent Decree in United States of America 
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. American Biltrite Inc., et al. 
case (1:23-cv-11044), in which American Biltrite Inc., NOR-AM Agro LLC, 
Olin Corporation, and Stepan Company (``Settling Defendants'') agreed 
to implement the remedy selected in the Record of Decision issued by 
EPA for the Site on March 30, 2021 (``Record of Decision''). The 
proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to provide 
full cooperation, assistance, and access to persons authorized to 
conduct response actions at the Property, including Settling 
Defendants' implementation, under EPA oversight, of the remedy embodied 
in the Record of Decision in accordance with the Consent Decree. The 
proposed Settlement Agreement also requires the Settling Party to 
perform certain remedial design and remedial action activities pursuant 
to the Contract in coordination with Settling Defendants and in 
accordance with the terms of the Consent Decree and associated 
Statement of Work. Under the proposed Settlement Agreement, the 
Settling Party will make a payment to EPA of $73,202.39 as well as pay 
EPA for future costs in supporting, developing, implementing, 
overseeing, or enforcing the Agreement. The Settling Party consents to 
and will not contest the authority of the United States to enter into 
this proposed Settlement Agreement or to implement or enforce its 
terms. The Settling Party recognizes that this proposed Settlement 
Agreement has been negotiated in good faith and that this Agreement is 
entered into without the admission or adjudication of any issue of fact 
or law.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by August 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The proposed Settlement Agreement and related Site documents 
are available at EPA's website https://www.epa.gov/superfund/olin or by 
going to https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.ars&id=0100438&doc=Y&colid=67528®ion=01&type=AR. The proposed Settlement Agreement and related Site documents 
are available for public inspection at the U.S. EPA, Region 1, SEMS 
Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, 
Boston, MA 02109 by appointment only (by calling 617-918-1440 or by 
emailing [email protected]). The proposed Settlement Agreement is 
also available for public inspection at https://www.regulations.gov by 
searching for Docket ID No. EPA-R01-SFUND-2024-0214. Submit your 
comments online via https://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
SFUND-2024-0214). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maximilian Boal, Senior Enforcement 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code: 4-02, 
Boston, MA 02109, (617) 918-1750, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or 
removed from Regulations.gov. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information 
(``CBI'') or other information whose disclosure is restricted by 
statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 
accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the 
official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish 
to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents 
located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 
other file sharing system). For the full EPA public comment policy,

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information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance 
on making effective comments, see: https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. Any personally identifiable information (e.g., 
name, address, phone number) included in the comment form or in an 
attachment may be publicly disclosed in a docket or on the internet 
(via Regulations.gov, a federal agency website, or a third-party, non-
government website with access to publicly-disclosed data on 
Regulations.gov). By submitting a comment, you agree to the terms of 
participation (visit: https://www.regulations.gov/user-notice) and 
privacy notice (visit: https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice).
    For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, EPA 
will receive written comments relating to the proposed Settlement 
Agreement. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or 
withdraw its consent to this proposed Settlement Agreement if comments 
received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA's response to 
any comments received will be available for public inspection at the 
U.S. EPA, Region 1, SEMS Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office 
Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109 by appointment only (by calling 
617-918-1440 or by emailing [email protected]). EPA's response to 
any comments will also be made available at EPA's website https://www.epa.gov/superfund/olin.

Bryan Olson,
Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, U.S. EPA, Region 
1.
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