Superfund program: National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan— National priorities list update,

[Federal Register: August 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 156)]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Davis Glocester-Smithfield Regional (GSR) Landfill site from the National Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region I announces the deletion of the Davis GSR Landfill site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes 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 (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA and the State of Rhode Island have determined that the Site poses no significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore, no further remedial measures pursuant to CERCLA are appropriate.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Krasko, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. EPA Region I, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 (HBO), Boston, MA 02114-2023, (617) 918-1232 or Matthew DeStefano, Project Manager, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, 235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908-5767, (401) 222-2797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Davis Glocester-Smithfield Regional (GSR) Landfill site, Glocester/ Smithfield, Rhode Island.

A Notice of Intent to delete for this site was published on June 17, 1999 (64 FR 32466). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was July 19, 1999. EPA received comments from Town of Glocester Town Council, response to which is provided in a Responsiveness Summary included in a public docket which is located at EPA's Region 1 Records Center in Boston, MA (phone 617-918-1440) and at E. Smithfield Public Library, 50 Esmond Street, N. Smithfield, RI (phone 401-231-5150).

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 sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of the Hazardous 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. 40 CFR 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, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, Water supply.

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: 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 ``Davis (GSR) Landfill, Glocester, Rhode Island.''

   Dated: July 23, 1999. John P. DeVillars, Regional Administrator, Region I.

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