Notice2022-04223
CERCLA Administrative Settlement Agreement for Removal Action and Payment of Response Costs by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser, Vasquez Boulevard & Interstate I-70 Superfund Site, Denver, Colorado
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Published
March 1, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, of a proposed bona fide prospective purchaser settlement agreement embodied in an Order on Consent, with Vita Fox North L.P. This agreement provides for the performance of a removal action by Purchaser and the payment of certain response costs incurred by the United States at or in connection with the property located at 4400 North Fox Street, 4300 North Fox Street and 700 West 4th Avenue in Denver, Colorado, which is part of the Vasquez Boulevard & Interstate 70 Superfund Site. The project will enhance the protectiveness of the remedy during development and future use of the property.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 11423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04223]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R08-SFUND-2022-0229; FRL-9559-01-R8]
CERCLA Administrative Settlement Agreement for Removal Action and
Payment of Response Costs by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser, Vasquez
Boulevard & Interstate I-70 Superfund Site, Denver, Colorado
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Region 8, of a proposed bona fide prospective purchaser
settlement agreement embodied in an Order on Consent, with Vita Fox
North L.P. This agreement provides for the performance of a removal
action by Purchaser and the payment of certain response costs incurred
by the United States at or in connection with the property located at
4400 North Fox Street, 4300 North Fox Street and 700 West 4th Avenue in
Denver, Colorado, which is part of the Vasquez Boulevard & Interstate
70 Superfund Site. The project will enhance the protectiveness of the
remedy during development and future use of the property.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 31, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement and additional background information
relating to the agreement will be available upon request. To reduce the
risk of COVID-19 transmission, for this action we do not plan to offer
hard copy review of the docket. Comments and requests for a copy of the
proposed agreement should be addressed to Julie Nicholson, Enforcement
Specialist, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Environmental
Protection Agency-Region 8, Mail Code 8SEM-PAC, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202, (303) 312-6343, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#442a2d272c2b28372b2a6a2e31282d21042134256a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="610f0802090e0d120e0f4f0b140d0804210411004f060e17">[email protected]</span></a> and
should reference the Vasquez Boulevard & Interstate I-70 Superfund
Site.
You may also send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
SFUND-2022-0229 to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Chalfant, Senior Assistant
Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 8, Mail Code 8ORC-LEC, 1595 Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado
80202, telephone number: (303) 312-6177, email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1d2d9d0ddd7d0dfc59fdcd0c3daf1d4c1d09fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2a1aaa3aea4a3acb6ecafa3b0a982a7b2a3eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended (``CERLCA'') notice is hereby given by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, of a proposed bona
fide prospective purchaser Administrative Settlement Agreement,
embodied in an Administrative Settlement Agreement for Removal Action
and Payment of Response Costs (``Settlement Agreement'') with the
prospective purchaser, Vita Fox North L.P. (``Purchaser''). This
proposed Settlement Agreement provides for the performance of a removal
action by Purchaser and the payment of certain response costs incurred
by the United States at or in connection with the property located at
4400 North Fox Street, 4300 North Fox Street and 700 West 4th Avenue in
Denver, Colorado (the ``Property''), which is part of the Vasquez
Boulevard & Interstate 70 Superfund Site (``Site''). The proposed
Settlement Agreement also provides a covenant not to sue or to take
administrative action from the United States to Purchaser pursuant to
sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), for
Existing Contamination, the Work, and the payment of response costs.
For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this
document, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the
agreement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may
modify or withdraw its consent to the agreement if comments received
disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the agreement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
Betsy Smidinger,
Division Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Region
8.
[FR Doc. 2022-04223 Filed 2-28-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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