Document ID: EPA-R07-SFUND-2019-0069-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser
Posted Date: 2019-03-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8858-8859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04500]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R07-SFUND-2019-0069; FRL-9990-63-Region 7]

Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and 
Covenant Not To Sue by Bona Fide 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 bona fide prospective purchaser 
settlement agreement, embodied in an Administrative Settlement 
Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue, with Soulard Second Street, L.L.C. 
This agreement pertains to a portion of the former John F. Queeny-
Monsanto Chemical Works property located at 200 Russell Boulevard in 
St. Louis, Missouri.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 11, 2019.

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 Mr. Bruce Morrison, EPA Region 7, 11201 
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219, telephone number (913) 551-
7755. You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-SFUND-
2019-0069 to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. You may also send comments, 
identified by John F. Queeny-Monsanto Chemical Works facility, 200 
Russell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63106 to Mr. Morrison at the 
above address or electronically to morrison.bruce@epa.gov.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this rulemaking. 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 rulemaking process, see the ``Written 
Comments'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Chen, Senior Counsel, Office of 
Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, 11201 
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219; telephone number (913) 551-
7962; email address chen.alex@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Written Comments

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-SFUND-
2019-0069 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 Mr. Bruce Morrison. 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 bona fide prospective purchaser settlement 
agreement, embodied in an Administrative Settlement Agreement and 
Covenant Not to Sue, with Soulard Second Street, L.L.C. This agreement 
pertains to a portion of the former John F. Queeny-Monsanto Chemical 
Works property located at 200 Russell Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. 
Soulard Second Street, L.L.C. agrees to purchase the property to build 
a new commercial or industrial building and perform a response action. 
This project will result in a formerly contaminated property being 
restored to beneficial use.
    The settlement includes a covenant by EPA not to sue or take 
administrative action against Soulard Second Street, L.L.C. pursuant to 
Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA for Existing Contamination, as that 
term is defined in the settlement agreement. For thirty (30) days 
following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will receive 
written comments relating to the settlement. 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

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received will be available for public inspection at EPA Region 7, 11201 
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219.

    Dated: March 5, 2019.
Mary P. Peterson,
Director, Superfund Division, EPA Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2019-04500 Filed 3-11-19; 8:45 am]
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