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Federal Register Notice
This page contains the following two Federal Register Notices both published on Monday, April 29, 1996:18683 - 18684 Federal Register: Notice of deletion Gallaway Pits Superfund Site, in Fayette County, Tennessee from the National Priorities List.
18684 Federal Register: Notice of deletion of the 29th and Mead Ground Water Contamination Site from the National Priorities List.
18683 - 18684 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 1996 / Rules and Regulations
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5461-4]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of deletion Gallaway Pits Superfund Site, in Fayette County, Tennessee from the National Priorities List.
SUMMARY:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announces the deletion of the Gallaway Pits Site from the National Priorities List (NPL), (Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP)). EPA and the State have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed responses under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended, have been implemented and that no further cleanup is appropriate. Moveover, EPA and the State have determined that remedial actions conducted at the site to date have been protective of public health, welfare and the environment. This deletion does not preclude future action under Superfund.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
May 15, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert West, Remedial Project Manager
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
North Superfund Remedial Branch
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
(404) 347-7791, ext. 2033
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Site to be deleted from the NPL is: Gallaway Pits Superfund Site, in Fayette County, Tennessee.
A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published on February 22, 1996, (FR-5428-2). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was March 22, 1996. EPA received no comments.
EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to the public health, welfare and the environment and it maintains the NPL as the list of those sites. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial actions in the future. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede agency efforts to recover costs associated with response efforts.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, and Water supply.
Dated: April 4, 1996.
Phyllis P. Harris,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 4.
For reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR Part 300 is amended as follows:
PART 300--[AMENDED]
The authority citation for Part 300 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923; 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.
Appendix B--[Amended]
2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the Gallaway Pits Superfund Site, in Fayette County, Tennessee.
[FR Doc. 96-10105 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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18684 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 1996 / Rules and Regulations
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5463-9]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of a site from the National Priorities List.
SUMMARY:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the 29th and Mead Ground Water Contamination Site located in Wichita, Kansas, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300. Part 300 is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended. In light of the planned State action in this case, EPA finds that no further response under CERCLA is appropriate. The Site is instead, in a pilot project, deferred to the State of Kansas and will be addressed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). Deletion under this approach does not indicate that the cleanup has been completed, but rather that no further Superfund involvement is necessary, and that the Agency expects the response at the Site will be completed under an Agreement between the City of Wichita and KDHE. EPA will consider the effectiveness and efficiency of the Site cleanup as well as the likelihood that a similarly favorable outcome could be reproduced elsewhere in deciding whether such a policy will be considered for other sites.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
April 29, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Bunn, Remedial Project Manager
Superfund Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
(913) 551-7792
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The site to be deleted from the NPL is the 29th and Mead Ground Water Contamination Site in Wichita, Kansas. A Notice of Intent to Delete was published January 31, 1996 (61 FR 3365). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was March 1, 1996.
EPA received comment favoring this proposed action from Mr. Robert Knight, Mayor of Wichita, on behalf of the Wichita City Council.
Sites on the NPL may be the subject of Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund-) financed remedial action. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action. Section 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede agency efforts to recover costs associated with response efforts.
An explanation of the criteria for deleting this site from the NPL was presented in Section II of the January 31, 1996, Notice of Intent to Delete (FR 61 3365). A description of the site and how it meets the criteria for deletion was presented in Section IV of that Notice. The reasoning in the Notice of Intent is adapted as EPA's reasoning for this final deletion.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Hazardous waste.
Dated: April 23, 1996.
Elliott P. Laws,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
40 CFR part 300 is amended as follows:
PART 300--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 1277, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR 1987 Comp., p. 193.
Appendix B--[Amended]
2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the 29th and Mead Ground Water Contamination Site, Wichita, Kansas.
[FR Doc. 96-10537 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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