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

[Federal Register: September 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 188)]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Saco Tannery Waste Pits Site From the National Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region I announces the deletion of the Saco Tannery Waste Pits Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes Appendix B (40 CFR Part 300), to the National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act. After consultation with the State of Maine, EPA has determined that all appropriate response actions have been implemented.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terrence Connelly, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. EPA Region I , 1 Congress St., Suite 1100 (HBT), Boston, MA 02114-2023, (617) 918-1373.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Saco Tannery Waste Pits Site, Saco, Maine.

A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published on August 16, 1999, 64 FR 44458, which provided a thirty-day public comment period. The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was September 15, 1999. EPA received no comments.

EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as the list of these sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of remedial actions financed by the Hazardous Substance Superfund Response Trust Fund (Fund). Pursuant to Sec. 300.425 (e)(3) of the NCP, any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial actions if 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.

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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: September 22, 1999. John P. DeVillars, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region I--New England.

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 ``Saco Tannery Waste Pits, Saco, Maine''.

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