[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 71596-71597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34303]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-6209-8]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of deletion from the Frontera Creek Superfund Site from
the National Priorities List.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the
deletion of the Frontera Creek Superfund Site (Site) located in Rio
Abajo within the Municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico, from the
National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR Part
300 which 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 of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. EPA and the Puerto Rico
Environmental Quality Board have determined that the Site poses no
significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore,
no further response actions pursuant to CERCLA are appropriate.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Luis E. Santos, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 2, Caribbean Environmental Protection Division (CEPD),
Centro Europa Building, Suite 417, 1492 Ponce de Leon Ave., Stop 22,
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907-4127, (787) 729-6951 Ext. 223.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site to be deleted from the NPL is: the
Frontera Creek Superfund Site, Rio Abajo, Puerto Rico.
A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published on July
30, 1998 (63 FR 40685-40687). The closing date for comments on the
Notice of Intent to Delete was August 31, 1998. EPA held a public
availability session on the proposal to delete the Site from the NPL on
August 20, 1998 at the Humacao Town Hall. EPA received two letters
offering comments. EPA responded to the letters and no further action
is required. Copies of the letters and the responses are available in
the Administrative Record File.
EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to
public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL as
the list of those
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sites. As described in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, any site
deleted from the NPL remains eligible for remedial actions in the
unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action in the
future. 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, Water supply.
Dated: December 14, 1998.
William Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region II.
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: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 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, ``Frontera Creek, Rio Abajo, Puerto Rico.''
[FR Doc. 98-34303 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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