Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; West Vermont Drinking Water Contamination Site, Indianapolis, Indiana; EPA Agreement V-W-21-C-007
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In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Region 5, of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the West Vermont Drinking Water Contamination Site (Site) in Indianapolis, Indiana with the following parties: AIMCO Michigan Meadows Holdings, LLC and AIMCO Properties, L.P. nka Apartment Income REIT, L.P. and Genuine Parts Company, as the Settling Parties and Respondents, and also AIMCO-GP, Inc. nka AIR-GP, Inc. and Apartment Investment and Management Company as Other Covered Parties. The settlement requires the Respondents to pay $2,825,000 in past response costs to a Special Account. Respondents will also prepare an Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis as well as pay specified interim and future response costs. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, relating to the Site, subject to limited reservations, and protection from contribution actions or claims as provided by Section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the cost recovery component of this settlement. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement 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 www.epa.gov/ superfund/west-vermont-water.
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<html> <head> <title>Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)</title> </head> <body><pre> [Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)] [Notices] [Pages 53652-53653] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>] [FR Doc No: 2021-20795] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8983-01-R5; FDMS Docket No.: EPA-05-SFUND-2021-0581] Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; West Vermont Drinking Water Contamination Site, Indianapolis, Indiana; EPA Agreement V-W-21-C-007 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [[Page 53653]] ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 5, of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the West Vermont Drinking Water Contamination Site (Site) in Indianapolis, Indiana with the following parties: AIMCO Michigan Meadows Holdings, LLC and AIMCO Properties, L.P. nka Apartment Income REIT, L.P. and Genuine Parts Company, as the Settling Parties and Respondents, and also AIMCO-GP, Inc. nka AIR-GP, Inc. and Apartment Investment and Management Company as Other Covered Parties. The settlement requires the Respondents to pay $2,825,000 in past response costs to a Special Account. Respondents will also prepare an Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis as well as pay specified interim and future response costs. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, relating to the Site, subject to limited reservations, and protection from contribution actions or claims as provided by Section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the cost recovery component of this settlement. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/superfund/west-vermont-water">www.epa.gov/superfund/west-vermont-water</a>. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 28, 2021. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at <a href="http://www.epa.gov/superfund/west-vermont-water">www.epa.gov/superfund/west-vermont-water</a>. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-05-SFUND-2021-0581, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. 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 <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Tierney, Remedial Project Manager, EPA, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd. (SR-6J), Chicago, IL 60604; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a6e737f68747f6334777b68635a7f6a7b347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d0914180f13180453101c0f043d180d1c531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (312) 886-4785. Douglas Ballotti, Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5. [FR Doc. 2021-20795 Filed 9-27-21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P </pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body> </html>
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