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

[Federal Register: December 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 233)]

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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 Baxter/Union Pacific Railroad Tie Treating Site, Laramie, Wyoming from the National Priorities List (NPL).

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Baxter/Union Pacific Railroad Tie Treating Site (Site) in Laramie, Wyoming, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substance Contingency Plan (NCP), promulgated by EPA pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. EPA, in consultation with the State of Wyoming, has determined that the Site meets the criteria of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Deferral Policy, making it eligible for delisting pursuant to Sec. 300.425 of the NCP. The Site is currently being addressed under RCRA, with permits and orders in place to ensure Site contamination is cleaned up.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Jaramillo, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Mail code: 8ENF-T, Denver, CO 80202, telephone (303) 312-6203.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site to be deleted from the NPL is: The Baxter/Union Pacific Railroad Tie Treating Plant Site, in Laramie, Wyoming.

A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published on September 23, 1999 (64 FR 51496). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was October 26, 1999. Five comments were received during the comment period, all in support of the proposed deletion. In response, EPA would like to thank all those who commented. EPA now publishes this Notice of Deletion as the final step in removing the site from the NPL.

EPA identifies sites that present a significant risk to public health and the environment and maintains the NPL as

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a list of those sites. 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 in the future, NCP Sec. 300.425(e)(3). Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect the responsible party of 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 waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: November 19, 1999. Jack W. McGraw, Acting Regional Administrator, Region VII.

For 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 ``Baxter/Union Pacific Tie Treating, Laramie, WY.''

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