[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24547]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5893-2]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National
Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Hranica Landfill Site from the
National Priorities List.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the
deletion of the Hranica Landfill Superfund Site (Site) in Buffalo
Township, Pennsylvania 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. EPA and
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have determined that all appropriate
Fund-financed responses under CERCLA have been implemented and that no
further cleanup by responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have determined that remedial
actions conducted at the Site to date remain protective of public
health, welfare, and the environment.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this Site is available through
the public docket which is available for viewing at the Site
information repositories at the following locations: Hazardous Waste
Technical Information Center, 9th Floor, EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut
Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, (215) 566-5364. Buffalo Township
Municipal Building, 109 Bear Creek Road, Buffalo Township, PA 16055,
(412)-259-2648.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Connor, Remedial Project
Manager, EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107,
215-566-3209.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is:
Hranica Landfill, Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania.
A Notice of intent to delete for this site was published June 19,
1997 (62 FR 33381). The closing date for comments on the notice of
intent to delete was July 21, 1997. EPA received no comments.
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.
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,
Superfund, Water supply.
Dated: September 9, 1997.
W. Michael McCabe,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
For the reason 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, 191 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 ``Hranica Landfill, Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania.''
[FR Doc. 97-24547 Filed 9-17-97; 8:45 am]
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