80 FR 63995 - Administrative Agreement and Order on Consent for Post Removal Site Control Activities by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser: Rocky Flats Industrial Park Superfund Site, Jefferson County, Colorado

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 204 (October 22, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-26938

In accordance with the requirements of sections 104, 106(a), 107, and 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9604, 9606(a), 9607 and 9622, notice is hereby given of the proposed administrative settlement under section 107 and 122 of CERCLA, between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and bona fide prospective purchaser Columbine Strategies LLC (``Settling Party''). The proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to conduct work under EPA oversight in exchange for a covenant not to sue pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a) for existing contamination at the Site. The Settling Party consents to and will not contest the authority of the United States to enter into this Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. The Settling Parties recognize that this Agreement has been negotiated in good faith and that this Agreement is entered into without the admission or adjudication of any issue of fact or law.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9935-71-Region 8]


Administrative Agreement and Order on Consent for Post Removal 
Site Control Activities by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser: Rocky Flats 
Industrial Park Superfund Site, Jefferson County, Colorado

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of sections 104, 106(a), 
107, and 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9604, 
9606(a), 9607 and 9622, notice is hereby given of the proposed 
administrative settlement under section 107 and 122 of CERCLA, between 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and bona fide 
prospective purchaser Columbine Strategies LLC (``Settling Party''). 
The proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Party to 
conduct work under EPA oversight in exchange for a covenant not to sue 
pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 
9607(a) for existing contamination at the Site. The Settling Party 
consents to and will not contest the authority of the United States to 
enter into this Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms.
    The Settling Parties recognize that this Agreement has been 
negotiated in good faith and that this Agreement is entered into 
without the admission or adjudication of any issue of fact or law.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 23, 2015. For 
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, 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.

ADDRESSES: The Agency's response to any comments, the proposed 
agreement and additional background information relating to the 
agreement are available

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for public inspection at the EPA Superfund Record Center, 1595 Wynkoop 
Denver, Colorado, by appointment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Moores, Enforcement Attorney, 
Legal Enforcement Program, Environmental Protection Agency-Region 8, 
Mail Code 8ENF-L, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, (303) 
312-6857. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed agreement 
should be addressed to Sharon Abendschan, Enforcement Specialist, 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF-RC, 1595 
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202 and should reference the Rocky 
Flats Industrial Park Superfund Site, Jefferson County, Colorado.

Suzanne Bohan,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and 
Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
VIII.
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Washington, DC, 20004, Attention either electronically in Dated October 15, 2015.
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015– www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at Fred S. Hauchman,
0635. the Board of Scientific Counselors Director, Office of Science Policy.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver (BOSC) Chemical Safety for [FR Doc. 2015–26937 Filed 10–21–15; 8:45 am]
comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ Sustainability Subcommittee Docket, BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
DC), Room 3334, William Jefferson EPA/DC, William Jefferson Clinton West
Clinton West Building, 1301 Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to AGENCY
ORD–2015–0635. Note: This is not a 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
mailing address. Deliveries are only [FRL–9935–71–Region 8]
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
accepted during the docket’s normal
number for the Public Reading Room is Administrative Agreement and Order
hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for (202) 566–1744, and the telephone on Consent for Post Removal Site
deliveries of boxed information. number for the ORD Docket is (202) Control Activities by Bona Fide
Instructions: Direct your comments to 566–1752. Prospective Purchaser: Rocky Flats
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015– Industrial Park Superfund Site,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Jefferson County, Colorado
0635. The EPA’s policy is that all Designated Federal Officer via mail at:
comments received will be included in Megan Fleming, Mail Code 8104R, AGENCY: Environmental Protection
the public docket without change and Office of Science Policy, Office of Agency (EPA).
may be made available online at Research and Development, U.S. ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement;
www.regulations.gov, including any Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 request for public comment.
personal information provided, unless
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
the comment includes information SUMMARY: In accordance with the
DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at:
claimed to be Confidential Business requirements of sections 104, 106(a),
Information (CBI) or other information (202) 564–6604; or via email at:
fleming.megan@epa.gov. 107, and 122 of the Comprehensive
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Environmental Response Compensation,
Do not submit information that you SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
consider to be CBI or otherwise (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9604, 9606(a),
General Information: The
protected through www.regulations.gov 9607 and 9622, notice is hereby given of
teleconference is open to the public.
or email. The www.regulations.gov Web the proposed administrative settlement
site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, Any member of the public interested in
receiving a draft agenda, attending the under section 107 and 122 of CERCLA,
which means the EPA will not know between the U.S. Environmental
your identity or contact information teleconference, or making a presentation
during the teleconference may contact Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) and bona
unless you provide it in the body of fide prospective purchaser Columbine
your comment. If you send an email Megan Fleming, the Designated Federal
Officer, via any of the contact methods Strategies LLC (‘‘Settling Party’’). The
comment directly to the EPA without proposed Settlement Agreement
going through www.regulations.gov, listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
requires the Settling Party to conduct
your email address will be CONTACT section above. In general, each
work under EPA oversight in exchange
automatically captured and included as individual making an oral presentation
for a covenant not to sue pursuant to
part of the comment that is placed in the will be limited to a total of three
sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42
public docket and made available on the minutes. Teleconference deliberations
U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a) for existing
Internet. If you submit an electronic will focus on draft report findings and contamination at the Site. The Settling
comment, the EPA recommends that recommendations from an October 2015 Party consents to and will not contest
you include your name and other meeting. Documents from the October the authority of the United States to
contact information in the body of your meeting are available for viewing and enter into this Agreement or to
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM downloading at: http://www2.epa.gov/ implement or enforce its terms.
you submit. If the EPA cannot read your bosc/chemical-safety-sustainability- The Settling Parties recognize that
comment due to technical difficulties bosc-subcommittee-meeting-documents. this Agreement has been negotiated in
and cannot contact you for clarification, Proposed agenda items for the good faith and that this Agreement is
the EPA may not be able to consider teleconference include, but are not entered into without the admission or
your comment. Electronic files should limited to, the following: Presentation adjudication of any issue of fact or law.
avoid the use of special characters, any and discussion of the subcommittee’s
form of encryption, and be free of any DATES: Comments must be submitted on
draft responses to the charge questions or before November 23, 2015. For thirty
defects or viruses. For additional and approval of the final draft letter
information about the EPA’s public (30) days following the date of
report prior to its submission to the publication of this notice, the Agency
docket visit the EPA Docket Center BOSC Executive Committee.
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/ will receive written comments relating
dockets/. Information on Services for to the agreement. The Agency will
Docket: All documents in the docket Individuals with Disabilities: For consider all comments received and
are listed in the www.regulations.gov information on access or services for may modify or withdraw its consent to
index. Although listed in the index, individuals with disabilities, please the agreement if comments received
disclose facts or considerations that
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some information is not publicly contact Megan Fleming at (202) 564–
available, e.g., CBI or other information 6604 or fleming.megan@epa.gov. To indicate that the agreement is
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. request accommodation of a disability, inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
Certain other material, such as please contact Megan Fleming, ADDRESSES: The Agency’s response to
copyrighted material, will be publicly preferably at least ten days prior to the any comments, the proposed agreement
available only in hard copy. Publicly teleconference, to give the EPA as much and additional background information
available docket materials are available time as possible to process your request. relating to the agreement are available

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for public inspection at the EPA ACTION: Final notice. considerations FHFA found most
Superfund Record Center, 1595 compelling in choosing the index.
Wynkoop Denver, Colorado, by SUMMARY: On May 27, 2015, the Federal Identifying the seasonally adjusted,
appointment. Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) expanded-data HPI for the U.S. as the
published a Notice and Request for selected index, the Notice invited public
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Input (Notice) describing a method for
Steven Moores, Enforcement Attorney, input and provided for an input period
assessing the national average single- that extended through July 27, 2015.
Legal Enforcement Program, family house price for use in adjusting This Final Notice summarizes the input
Environmental Protection Agency- the maximum conforming loan limits of submissions received and responds to
Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF–L, 1595 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the questions and concerns that were raised
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado ‘‘Enterprises’’). The Notice responded to in the submissions.
80202, (303) 312–6857. Comments and section 1322 of the Federal Housing
requests for a copy of the proposed Enterprises Financial Safety and B. Overview of Input Submissions
agreement should be addressed to Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4501 Received
Sharon Abendschan, Enforcement et seq.) (‘‘Safety and Soundness Act’’) FHFA received a total of 20
Specialist, Environmental Protection which required FHFA to ‘‘establish and submissions in response to the Notice.
Agency—Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF– maintain a method of assessing the Submissions were received from private
RC, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, national average 1-family house price citizens, trade associations, a think tank,
Colorado 80202 and should reference for use in adjusting the conforming loan and one private company. Twelve of the
the Rocky Flats Industrial Park limitations.’’ The Notice indicated that submissions did not address the issue
Superfund Site, Jefferson County, FHFA intends to use its existing on which input had been requested: the
Colorado. ‘‘expanded-data’’ house price index appropriateness of the chosen home
Suzanne Bohan, (HPI) for such purpose and invited price measure. In most cases, these
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of public feedback. submissions opined on the desirability
Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental In line with the proposal in the of having higher conforming loan limits,
Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection original Notice, after reviewing the rather than FHFA’s choice of index.
Agency, Region VIII. public feedback, FHFA has decided to In general, the eight responsive
[FR Doc. 2015–26938 Filed 10–21–15; 8:45 am] use the expanded-data HPI for annual submissions were favorable to FHFA’s
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loan-limit adjustment. Specifically, proposed use of its expanded-data index
FHFA will use the seasonally adjusted, for loan limit adjustment. Most
expanded-data HPI for the United submissions supported the basic
States. underlying methodology used in the
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
index construction and appreciated the
DATES: Effective Date: October 22, 2015.
Sunshine Act Meeting breadth of the data sample used in
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
forming the index. More generally,
AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. Questions about the expanded-data HPI submitters agreed that reliance on an
and the implementation of the agency-produced measure (as opposed
TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, October 27,
conforming loan limit rules can be to a privately produced index) would be
2015, at 10:00 a.m. and Thursday,
addressed to Andrew Leventis, beneficial in that it would ensure
October 29, 2015, at the conclusion of
Principal Economist, 202–649–3199, continued publication of the reference
the open meeting.
Andrew.Leventis@fhfa.gov, or Jamie index. They also concurred with
PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, Schwing, Associate General Counsel,
DC. FHFA’s belief that its control over the
202–649–3085, Jamie.Schwing@ reference index would ensure that
STATUS: This meeting will be closed to fhfa.gov, (not toll-free numbers), Federal undesirable modifications to
the public. Housing Finance Agency, 400 Seventh methodology would not be made (as
MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance Street SW., Washington, DC 20024. might happen if the agency relied on an
matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: external measure of home prices).
Matters concerning participation in civil Five of the eight responsive
A. Background
actions or proceeding, or arbitration. submissions were generally supportive
* * * * * The ‘‘Notice of the Establishment of of the use of the expanded-data index
Housing Price Index’’ that FHFA issued as-is. The remaining three did not object
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
in May 1 announced that the agency to the use of the expanded-data index,
Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone:
intended to use its expanded-data HPI but suggested modifications to the
(202) 694–1220.
for the purpose of satisfying section process or augmentations. In particular,
Shelley E. Garr, 1322 (12 U.S.C. 4542) of the Safety and the proposed adjustments recommended
Deputy Secretary. Soundness Act.2 Section 1322 requires the use of multiple price indexes and,
[FR Doc. 2015–27087 Filed 10–20–15; 4:15 pm] FHFA to ‘‘establish and maintain’’ a in one case, the consideration of other
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house price index that tracks the mortgage market factors.
average U.S. home price. May’s Notice For the purpose of summarizing and
detailed FHFA’s rationale for the choice addressing the responsive submissions
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE of the expanded-data index over other received, this Final Notice divides them
AGENCY measures. The Notice discussed the into two groups: ‘‘Supportive’’ and
advantages and disadvantages of several
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‘‘Other.’’ This classification is for
[No. 2015–N–10] metrics and outlined the various convenience; as will be clear in the
Notice of Establishment of Housing discussion, responses in both categories
1 See 80 FR 30237 (May 27, 2015).
Price Index 2 Section
were not uniform. For instance, in some
1124(d) of the Housing and Economic
Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), 122 Stat. 2693,
cases, the ‘‘Supportive’’ submissions
AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance amended the Safety and Soundness Act to include included questions or expressed modest
Agency. this section. concerns. Meanwhile, the ‘‘Other’’

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of proposed agreement; request for public comment.
Dates		Comments must be submitted on or before November 23, 2015. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, 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.
Contact		Steven Moores, Enforcement Attorney, Legal Enforcement Program, Environmental Protection Agency-Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF-L, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, (303) 312-6857. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed agreement
FR Citation		80 FR 63995