Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Company Vehicle Operations Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan

Topics:  General Motors

Richard Karl
Environmental Protection Agency
July 3, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 38026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15690]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9913-07-OA]


Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Company Vehicle 
Operations 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 
Company Vehicle Operations Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan with the 
following settling parties: ARM Holdings and International Turbine 
Industries. The settlement requires the settling parties to execute and 
record a Declaration of Restrictive Covenant; provide access to the 
property and exercise due care with respect to existing contamination. 
The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling parties 
pursuant to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act or Resource Conservation and Recovery Act with respect to 
the existing contamination. Existing Contamination is defined as any 
waste material present or existing on or under the property as of the 
effective date of the settlement agreement; any waste material that 
migrated from the property prior to the effective date; and any 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.

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 Company Vehicle 
Operations 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 or call at (312) 886-
5114.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settling Parties propose to acquire 
ownership of a former General Motors Corporation North American 
operation, at 2901 Tyler Road, Ypsilanti, Michigan. The EPA 
identification number for the Site is MID005356795. 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: June 27, 2014.
Richard Karl,
Director, Superfund Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-15690 Filed 7-2-14; 8:45 am]
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