Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for a Portion of the Delco Chassis Industrial Land I & II Site in Livonia, Michigan

Topics:  Delco

Douglas Ballotti
Environmental Protection Agency
17 July 2020

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 138 (Friday, July 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 43580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15015]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[10011-54-Region 5]


Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for a Portion of the 
Delco Chassis Industrial Land I & II Site in Livonia, 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 a 
portion of the Delco Chassis Industrial Land I & II Site (Property) in 
Livonia, Michigan with the following Settling Party: Livonia West 
Commerce Center 2, LLC. The settlement requires the Settling Party to, 
if necessary, execute and record a Declaration of Restrictive Covenant; 
provide EPA access to the Property, exercise due care with respect to 
existing contamination on the Property, and not interfere with the on-
going environmental work at the Property that is being conducted by the 
Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response (RACER) Trust.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 17, 2020.

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 Delco Chassis 
Industrial Land I & II Site in Livonia, 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., 
C-14J, Chicago, Illinois 60604 or (312) 886-5114.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The settlement includes a covenant not to 
sue the Settling Party pursuant to the Sections 106 and 107(a) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, with respect to the 
Existing Contamination at the Property. Existing Contamination is 
defined as any hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants or Waste 
material: (1) Present or existing on or under the Property as of the 
Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement; (2) that migrated from the 
Property prior to the Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement; and 
(3) presently at the Property that migrates onto, on, under, or from 
the Property after the Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement. 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 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, 
pursuant to Section 7003(d) of RCRA.
    The Settling Party proposes to acquire ownership of a portion of 
the Delco Chassis Industrial Land I & II Site in Livonia, Michigan. The 
Site is one of the 89 sites that were placed into an Environmental 
Response Trust (the ``Trust'') administrated by RACER as a result of 
the resolution of the 2009 GM bankruptcy.

Douglas Ballotti,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-15015 Filed 7-16-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P