Notice2024-28615
Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project Site in Joliet, Illinois
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Published
December 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
In accordance with the Prospective Purchaser Agreement, notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the property to be used in the Brandon Road Interbasin Project with the following Settling Party: Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The Settling Party intends to acquire title to an approximately 2.32-acre portion of the property at 1800 Channahon Road, Joliet, Illinois, which is adjacent to the Joliet 29 Generating Station and borders the Brandon Road Lock and Dam.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97609-97610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28615]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R05-SFUND-2024-0559; FRL-12429-01-R5]
Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Brandon Road
Interbasin Project Site in Joliet, Illinois
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
property to be used in the Brandon Road Interbasin Project with the
following Settling Party: Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The
Settling Party intends to acquire title to an approximately 2.32-acre
portion of the property at 1800 Channahon Road, Joliet, Illinois, which
is adjacent to the Joliet 29 Generating Station and borders the Brandon
Road Lock and Dam.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
SFUND-2024-0559, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ATTN: David
Duckett, Assistant 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, 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: David Duckett, Office of Regional
Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, telephone number: (312) 886-
0140; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ed89988e86889999c3898c9b8489ad889d8cc38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="197d6c7a727c6d6d377d786f707d597c6978377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
A. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-SFUND-
2024-0559, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method), or
the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from the 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 <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this
notice, the EPA will receive written comments relating to the proposed
settlement. The EPA will consider all comments received and may modify
or withdraw its consent to the proposed 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. The
EPA'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, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).
The settlement requires the Settling Party to enroll the property
in the Illinois Site Remediation Program (``Illinois SRP'') within
thirty days of acquiring the property and conduct a comprehensive site
investigation including geotechnical and environmental investigations
to determine the nature and extent of any soil or groundwater
contamination. Based on the results of the site investigation,
Purchaser will conduct a remedial action that generally includes
addressing the presence of any contaminants of concern requiring
remediation under the Illinois SRP, constructing a barrier to
facilitate excavation of the Waste Material, excavating all Waste
Material (as defined in the settlement) and properly disposing of it,
relocating and extending a storm sewer system, and backfilling the
excavated areas with clean fill. The Settling Party will complete all
activities required by the Illinois SRP and obtain a No Further
Remediation Letter for the Property from the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue by the
United States pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and section
7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act for Existing
Contamination and the Work. 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; 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 at 1800 Channahon
Rd. in Joliet, Illinois, that migrate onto, under, or
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from the Property after the Effective Date.
Thomas Short,
Deputy Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2024-28615 Filed 12-6-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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