99-33952. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan List Update

[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19-20]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33952]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6517-1]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan 
List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc. 
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 announces 
the deletion of the PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc. Superfund Site 
(the ``Site'') located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana from the National 
Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9605, is codified at 
Appendix B to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR Part 300. With the concurrence of the 
State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Environmental 
Quality (LDEQ), EPA has determined that responsible parties have 
implemented all appropriate response actions required at the Site. 
Moreover, EPA with the concurrence of the State of Louisiana through 
the LDEQ, has determined that Site investigations show that the Site 
now poses no significant threat to public health or the environment.

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Consequently, pursuant to CERCLA Section 105, and 40 CFR 300.425(e), 
the Site is hereby deleted from the NPL.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline A. Ziegler, Remedial Project 
Manager, [phone], United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 6, Mail Code: 6SF-LP, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-
2733. Information on the Site is available at the local information 
repository located at: Vermilion Parish Public Library, 200 N. Magdalen 
Square, Abbeville, Louisiana 70511, [phone]. Requests for 
comprehensive copies of documents should be directed formally to the 
Regional Superfund Management Branch, c/o Steve Wyman, [phone], 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Mail Code: 
6SF-PO, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the 
PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc. Superfund Site located near 
Abbeville in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. A Notice of Intent to Delete 
for the Site was published August 31, 1999. The closing date for 
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was September 30, 1999. EPA 
received no comments and therefore no Responsiveness Summary was 
prepared.
    The EPA identifies sites which present a significant risk to public 
health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as the list 
of those sites. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect 
responsible party liability or impede EPA efforts to recover costs 
associated with response efforts. Furthermore, Sec. 300.425(e)(3) of 
the NCP, 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3), states that Fund-financed actions may be 
taken at sites deleted from the NPL in the unlikely event that 
conditions at the site warrant such action.

Lists of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, 
Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Lynda F. Carroll,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 6.

    For reasons set out in the preamble, 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. 
12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 R 2923, 
3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.193.

Appendix B--[Amended]

    2. Table 1 of Appendix B to Part 300 is amended by removing the 
site for PAB Oil & Chemical Service, Inc., Abbeville, Louisiana.

[FR Doc. 99-33952 Filed 12-30-99; 8:45 am]
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