99-30155. National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 63720-63721]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-30155]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Part 300
    
    [FRL-6476-8]
    
    
    National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; 
    National Priorities List
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
    
    ACTION: Notice of partial deletion of the Materials Technology 
    Laboratory (MTL)--Watertown Arsenal Development Corporation Parcel and 
    Commander's Quarters parcel (also known as Zones 1-4) from the National 
    Priorities List (NPL).
    
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    SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region I announces 
    the partial deletion of the Materials Technology Laboratory--Watertown 
    Arsenal Development Corporation Parcel and Commander's Quarters parcel 
    (jointly known as Zones 1-4) from the National Priorities List (NPL). 
    Zones 1 through 4 of MTL include a portion of Operable Unit (OU) No. 1 
    and OU No. 3. The NPL constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which 
    is the National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan 
    (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the 
    Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
    (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
    Act. After consultation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, EPA has 
    determined that all appropriate actions under CERCLA have been 
    implemented. Moreover, EPA and the Commonwealth have determined that 
    remedial activities conducted to date at OU No. 1 (Zones 1 through 4) 
    and OU No. 3 have been protective of human health, welfare and the 
    environment. Institutional controls, which have been established as 
    part of the remedy, will ensure continued protectiveness in the future. 
    Institutional controls are provided for in a Grant of Environmental 
    Restriction and Easement. The Charles River Park parcel and the Charles 
    River Operable Unit, are still undergoing investigation/remedial 
    actions and are not to be removed from the NPL at this time.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: November 22, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghan Cassidy, Remedial Project 
    Manager, U.S. EPA Region I , 1 Congress St., Suite 1100 (HBT), Boston, 
    MA 02114-2023, (617) 918-1387.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be partially deleted from the 
    NPL is: Watertown Arsenal Development Corporation Parcel and 
    Commander's Quarters parcel (also known as Zones 1-4) of the Materials 
    Technology Laboratory (MTL) in Watertown, Massachusetts.
        A Notice of Intent to Delete for these parcels at this site was 
    published on August 16, 1999, 64 FR 44454. The closing date for 
    comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was September 15, 1999. EPA 
    received no comments.
        EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to 
    public health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as the 
    list of these sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of remedial 
    actions financed by the Hazardous Substance Superfund Response Trust 
    Fund (Fund). Pursuant to Sec. 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, any site (or 
    portion thereof) deleted from the NPL are eligible for further remedial 
    actions should future conditions warrant such action.
    
    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, Water supply.
    
        Dated: October 8, 1999.
    John P. DeVillars,
    Regional Administrator, Region 1.
    
        For the 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 FR 
    2923; 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.
    
        2. Table 2 of Appendix B to Part 300 is amended by revising the 
    entry for ``Materials Technology Laboratory (USARMY)'', Watertown, 
    Massachusetts to read as follows:
    
    Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List
    
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                      Table 2.--Federal Facilities Section
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         St            Site name           City/county          Notes(a)
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    *                  *                  *                  *
                      *                  *                  *
    MA..........  Materials            Watertown..........  P
                   Technology
                   Laboratory
                   (USARMY).
     
    *                  *                  *                  *
                      *                  *                  *
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    (a) * * *
    P = Sites with partial deletion(s).
    
    
    
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Document Information

Effective Date:
11/22/1999
Published:
11/22/1999
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Notice of partial deletion of the Materials Technology Laboratory (MTL)--Watertown Arsenal Development Corporation Parcel and Commander's Quarters parcel (also known as Zones 1-4) from the National Priorities List (NPL).
Document Number:
99-30155
Dates:
November 22, 1999.
Pages:
63720-63721 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FRL-6476-8
PDF File:
99-30155.pdf
CFR: (1)
40 CFR 300