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

Topics:  General Motors

Douglas Ballotti
Environmental Protection Agency
18 October 2016

[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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