[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 64458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17465]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R07-SFUND-2024-0253; FRL-12014-01-R7]


Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and 
Covenant Not To Sue by Prospective Purchaser

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), Region 7, of a proposed prospective purchaser agreement, 
embodied in an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not to 
Sue, with the city of St. Joseph, Missouri. This agreement pertains to 
a portion of the HPI Products, Inc. facility located at 424 S 8th 
Street (sometimes referred to as 408 S 8th Street), St. Joseph, 
Missouri.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 6, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement agreement is available for public 
inspection at EPA Region 7's office. A copy of the proposed agreement 
may also be obtained from Catherine Chiccine, EPA Region 7, 11201 
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219, telephone number (913) 551-
7917. You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-SFUND-
2024-0253 to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. You may also send comments, 
identified by HPI Products Inc. Facility Public Comment, to Ms. 
Chiccine at the above address or electronically to 
[email protected].
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this action. Comments received will 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 process, see the ``Written Comments'' heading of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Chiccine, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency Region 7, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219; 
telephone number (913) 551-7917; email address 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Written Comments

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-SFUND-
2024-0253 at https://www.regulations.gov. Once submitted, comments 
cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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. 
If CBI exists, please contact Ms. Chiccine. 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.
    Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 7, of a proposed prospective purchaser agreement, embodied in an 
Administrative Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue, with the 
city of St. Joseph, Missouri. This agreement pertains to a portion of 
the former HPI Products, Inc. facility located at 424 S. 8th Street 
(sometimes referred to as 408 S. 8th Street), St. Joseph, Missouri. The 
city of St. Joseph, Missouri agrees to purchase the property for reuse 
and redevelopment and perform a response action. This project will 
result in a formerly contaminated property being restored to beneficial 
use by a community stakeholder.
    The settlement includes a covenant by the EPA not to sue or take 
administrative action against the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, 
pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA and section 7003 of RCRA. 
For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, 
the EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The 
EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its 
consent to the settlement agreement if comments received disclose facts 
or considerations that indicate that the proposed settlement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA's response to any comments 
received will be available for public inspection at EPA Region 7, 11201 
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219.

Robert D. Jurgens,
Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, EPA Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2024-17465 Filed 8-6-24; 8:45 am]
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