96-12348. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 24720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12348]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5505-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Deletion of the Washington County Landfill Superfund 
Site from the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) announces 
the deletion of the Washington County Landfill 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: May 16, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence Schmitt [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: 
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Public Library, 520 Lafayette Rd., 
St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 and Lake Elmo Branch of the Washington County 
Public Library, 3459 Lake Elmo Avenue, Lake Elmo, MN. 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 site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Washington County Landfill Site located in Washington County, 
Minnesota. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published 
April 1, 1996 (61 FR 14280). The closing date for comments on the 
Notice of Intent to Delete was May 1, 1996. EPA received no comments 
and therefore no Responsiveness Summary was prepared.
    The U.S. 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. 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: May 7, 1996.
Valdas V. Adamkus,
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 ``Washington County Landfill Site, Lake Elmo County, Minnesota''.

[FR Doc. 96-12348 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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