98-28868. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 57608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28868]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6181-1]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; notice of deletion of the Operable Unit 2 of the 
South Andover Salvage Yards Superfund site from the National Priorities 
List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Operable Unit 2 of the South Andover Salvage Yards 
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 Responsible Parties have implemented all 
appropriate response actions required for this particular operable 
unit. 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 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John O'Grady at [phone] (SR-
6J), Remedial Project Manager or Gladys Beard at [phone], 
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: 
Andover City Hall, 1685 N. W. Crosstown Blvd., Andover, MN 55303. 
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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of the site to be deleted from 
the NPL is: Operable Unit 2 of the South Andover Salvage Yards located 
in Andover, Minnesota. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this portion of 
the site was published September 15, 1998 (63 FR 178). The closing date 
for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was October 14, 1998. 
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 or portion of a 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 19, 1998.
David Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator,
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 ``South Andover Site, Andover, Minnesota.''

[FR Doc. 98-28868 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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