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

[Federal Register: June 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 115)]

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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 Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Southern Shipbuilding Corporation Superfund site from the National Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 announces the deletion of the Southern Shipbuilding Corporation Superfund Site (the ``Site'') from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is codified at Appendix B to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR Part 300. EPA in consultation with the State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), has determined that no further response is appropriate since all federally funded actions specified in the Record of Decision for Operable Units One (1) and Two (2) have been implemented. Consequently, the Site is hereby deleted from the NPL.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on the Site has been compiled in a public deletion docket which may be reviewed and copied during normal business hours at the following Southern Shipbuilding Corporation Superfund Site information repositories:

U.S. EPA Region 6 Library (12th Floor), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, 1-800-533-3508. St. Tammany Parish Public Library, Slidell Branch, 555 Robert Blvd., Slidell, Louisiana 70450, (504) 643-4120.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark A. Hansen, Remedial Project Manager (6SF-LT), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, (214) 665-7548 or Mr. Duane Wilson, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 7290 Bluebonnet Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809, (504) 765-0487.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the Southern Shipbuilding Corporation Superfund Site, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (EPA Site Spill No. 066Z; CERCLIS No. LAD008149015). A Notice of Intent to Delete (NOID) was published on March 31, 1998 (63 FR 15346). The closing date for public comment on the NOID was April 30, 1998. EPA received no public comments and therefore, no Responsiveness Summary was prepared.

The EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment and

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it maintains the NPL as the list of those sites. As described in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, sites deleted from the NPL remain eligible for remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action. Deletion of the site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede EPA efforts to recover costs associated with response efforts.

The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not apply because this action is not a rule, as that term is defined in 5 U.S.C. 804(3).

Lists 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 4, 1998. Myron O. Knudson, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.

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 to Part 300 [Amended]

2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the site ``Southern Shipbuilding, Slidell, Louisiana.''

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