97-27847. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55178-55179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27847]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-65912-5]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National 
Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the LaGrand Sanitary Landfill Superfund 
Site from the National Priorities List (NPL).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the LaGrand Sanitary Landfill Superfund Site in Minnesota 
from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 
CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances 
Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to Section 105 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. This action is being taken 
by EPA and the State of Minnesota, because it has been determined that 
all appropriate Fund-financed response actions under CERCLA have been 
implemented and that no further response by responsible parties is 
appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the State of Minnesota have determined 
that remedial actions conducted at the site to date remain protective 
of public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gladys Beard at [phone] (SR-
6J), Associate Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA--
Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. Information on the 
site is available at the local information repository located at: The 
Alexandria Public Library, Seventh and Fillmore, Alexandria, MN 56308. 
Requests for comprehensive copies of documents should be directed 
formally to the Regional Docket Office. The contact for the Regional 
Docket Office is Jan Pfundheller (H-7J), U.S. EPA, Region V, 77 W. 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, [phone].


[[Page 55179]]


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
LaGrand Sanitary landfill Superfund Site located in Douglas County, 
Minnesota. A notice of intent to delete for this site was published 
September 5, 1997 (62 FR 46938). The closing date for comments on the 
Notice of Intent to Delete was October 4, 1997. EPA received no 
comments and therefore no Responsiveness Summary was prepared.
    The EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk 
to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL 
as the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of 
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund) financed remedial 
actions. 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 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP 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. 
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 substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: October 9, 1997.
David Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region V.

    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 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 
Site ``LaGrande Sanitary Landfill, LaGrand Township, Minnesota''.

[FR Doc. 97-27847 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P