98-16569. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 34320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6113-9]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Berlin and Farro Liquid Incineration 
Superfund Site From the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Berlin and Farro Liquid Incineration Site in Michigan 
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 Michigan, because it has been determined that 
Responsible Parties have implemented all appropriate response actions 
required. Moreover, EPA and the State of Michigan have determined that 
remedial actions conducted at the site to date remain protective of 
public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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: The 
Gaines Township Hall, 9255 W. Grand Blanc Rd., Gaines, Michigan 48436. 
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: 
Berlin and Farro Site located in Gaines, Michigan. A Notice of Intent 
to Delete for this site was published January 19, 1998 (63 FR 3061). 
The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was 
February 20, 1998. EPA received comments during the public comment 
period requesting an extension to the comment period. EPA extended the 
comment period to April 20, 1998.
    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: June 11, 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 ``Berlin & Farro, Swartz Creek, Michigan.''

[FR Doc. 98-16569 Filed 6-23-98; 8:45 am]
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