Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Manual Transmission of Muncie Site in Muncie, Indiana

Topics:  General Motors

Douglas E. Ballotti
Environmental Protection Agency
17 April 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 16853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08023]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[9976-94--Region 5]


Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Manual 
Transmission of Muncie Site in Muncie, Indiana

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 
Manual Transmission of Muncie Site in Muncie, Indiana with the 
following Settling Party: Fourteen91 Loft, LLC. The settlement requires 
the Settling Party 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 Manual 
Transmission of Muncie Site, Muncie, Indiana 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 1220 West 8th Street in Muncie, Indiana. 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: April 3, 2018.
Douglas E. Ballotti,
Deputy Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-08023 Filed 4-16-18; 8:45 am]
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