Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Buick City Site in Flint, Michigan Publication: Federal Register Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Douglas Ballotti Date: 22 June 2023 Subjects: American Government , The Environment Topic: Buick

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40821-40822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13231]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R05-SFUND-2023-0315; FRL-11033-01-Region 5]


Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Buick City Site 
in Flint, 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 
Buick City Site in Flint, Michigan with the following Settling Party: 
Flint Commerce Center, 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 Party 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 proposed settlement is available for public inspection at https://www.regulations.gov. 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 July 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
SFUND-2023-0315, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ 
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ATTN: Mark 
Koller, Associate Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (C-14J), 
77 W Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change 
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Public Participation'' 
heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Koller, Office of Regional 
Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, telephone number: (312) 353-
2591; email address: koller.mark@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Participation

A. Written Comments

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-SFUND-
2023-0315, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or 
the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or removed from the

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docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. 
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. The 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 
additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, 
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance 
on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. Background Information

    The Settling Party proposes to acquire ownership of a portion of 
the former General Motors Corporation North American operation, at 902 
E Leith St. in Flint, 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.

Douglas Ballotti,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2023-13231 Filed 6-21-23; 8:45 am]
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