# 2026-01276: EPA Strikes Deal to Detox Santa Fe Springs Properties

2026-01276, Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for Response Action and Payment of Response Costs by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser at 9648 Santa Fe Springs Road and 9951 and 9848 Greenleaf Avenue in Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles County, California, is a Federal Register notice from Environmental Protection Agency published 2026-01-23, effective Comments must be received on or before February 23, 2026. (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-01276
- Title: Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for Response Action and Payment of Response Costs by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser at 9648 Santa Fe Springs Road and 9951 and 9848 Greenleaf Avenue in Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles County, California
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
- Citation: 91 FR 2931
- Published: 2026-01-23
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before February 23, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-02-23
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

EPA Strikes Deal to Detox Santa Fe Springs Properties

## Summary

The EPA and Greenleaf Business Center LLC have teamed up to clean up pollution at three properties in Santa Fe Springs, California. Greenleaf will handle the cleanup work and cover the costs, helping protect the community and environment. If you want to share your thoughts, make sure to comment by February 23, 2026!

## Abstract

In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), has entered into a proposed settlement, embodied in an Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs for Response Action and Payment of Response Costs by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser ("Settlement Agreement"), with Greenleaf Business Center LLC ("Greenleaf"). Under the Settlement Agreement, Greenleaf agrees to perform a response action and pay response costs incurred by the United States at or in connection with the properties located at 9648 Santa Fe Springs Road and 9951 and 9848 Greenleaf Avenue in Santa Fe Springs, California (collectively, the "Property"). All three of these properties are part of the Waste Disposal, Inc. Superfund Site.

## Effects PRIA read

- Cleanup of Three Santa Fe Springs Properties: benefit, medium. Greenleaf Business Center LLC will perform a cleanup (response action) at 9648 Santa Fe Springs Road and 9951 and 9848 Greenleaf Avenue in Santa Fe Springs, California, which are part of the Waste Disposal, Inc. Superfund Site. This work is intended to protect the local community and the environmen…
- Purchaser Must Secure $22.97M Assurance: cost, high. Under the proposed settlement, the purchaser (Greenleaf) must secure financial assurance in the amount of $22,969,655.00 and pay EPA costs for oversight of the cleanup activities at the identified properties.
- Covenant Not To Sue for Purchaser: benefit, medium. In exchange for performing the cleanup and securing financial assurance, the United States will provide the purchaser with a covenant not to sue or to take administrative action under Sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a)) and Section 7003 of RCRA (42 U.S.C. 6973(d)).

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## Sources
- [2026-01276 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/23/2026-01276/notice-of-proposed-administrative-settlement-agreement-for-response-action-and-payment-of-response)
- [2026-01276 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-23/pdf/2026-01276.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01276 (as of 2026-06-08).