[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 6814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3142]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-6232-1]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National
Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Whittaker Corporation Superfund Site
from the National Priorities List (NPL).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the
deletion of the Whittaker Corporation 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.
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: February 11, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gladys Beard at (312) 886-7253,
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:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Rd. North, St. Paul,
Minnesota 55155-4194. 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, (312) 353-5821.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is:
Whittaker Corporation located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A Notice of
Intent to Delete for this site was published December 14, 1998 (63 FR
68714). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete
was January 12, 1999. 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: January 27, 1999.
William E. Muno,
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 ``Whittaker Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota.''
[FR Doc. 99-3142 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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