Rule2024-03003
Deletion From the National Priorities List
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Published
February 16, 2024
Effective
February 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of one site and partially deletion of two sites from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, created under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the States, through their designated State agencies, have determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 12246-12248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03003]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0299; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-00304; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0382;
FRL-11238-02-OLEM]
Deletion From the National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the
deletion of one site and partially deletion of two sites from the
Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, created under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the
States, through their designated State agencies, have determined that
all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed.
However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under
Superfund.
DATES: The document is effective February 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under
the Docket Identification included in Table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. All documents in the docket are
listed on the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website. The Final Close-Out
Report (FCOR, for a full site deletion) or the Partial Deletion
Justification (PDJ, for a partial site deletion) is the primary
document which summarizes site information to support the deletion. It
is typically written for a broad, non-technical audience and this
document is included in the deletion docket for each of the sites in
this rulemaking. Although listed in the index, some information is not
publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business Information or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Docket materials
are available through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or at the
corresponding Regional Records Centers. Locations, addresses, and
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phone numbers of the Regional Records Center follows.
<bullet> Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), U.S. EPA New England,
SEMS Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100,
Boston, MA 02109-3912; 617/918-1440.
<bullet> Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI), U.S. EPA, 290 Broadway, New
York, NY 10007-1866; 212/637-4308.
<bullet> Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN), U.S. EPA, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Mail code 9T25, Atlanta, GA 30303.
<bullet> EPA Headquarters Docket Center Reading Room (deletion
dockets for all States), William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) West Building,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, (202)
566-1744.
EPA staff listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section may assist the public in answering inquiries about deleted
sites, accessing deletion support documentation, and determining
whether there are additional physical deletion dockets available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
<bullet> Robert Lim, U.S. EPA Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT),
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fa969397d48895989f888eba9f8a9bd49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761a1f1b580419141304023613061758111900">[email protected]</span></a>, 617-918-1392.
<bullet> Mabel Garcia, U.S. EPA Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI),
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2d5d3c0d1dbd39cdfd3d0d7def2d7c2d39cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b7c7a6978727a35767a797e775b7e6b7a357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>, 212-637-4356.
<bullet> Leigh Lattimore, U.S. EPA Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS,
NC, SC, TN), <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#422e2336362b2f2d30276c2e272b252a022732236c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="75191401011c181a07105b19101c121d351005145b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>, 404-562-8768.
<bullet> Charles Sands, U.S. EPA Headquarters,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91e2f0fff5e2bff2f9f0e3fdf4e2d1f4e1f0bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6d5c7c8c2d588c5cec7d4cac3d5e6c3d6c788c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-566-1142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPL, created under section 105 of
CERCLA, as amended, is an appendix of the NCP. The NCP establishes the
criteria that EPA uses to delete sites from the NPL. In accordance with
40 CFR 300.425(e), sites may be deleted from the NPL where no further
response is appropriate. Partial deletion of sites is in accordance
with 40 CFR 300.425(e) and are consistent with the Notice of Policy
Change: Partial Deletion of Sites Listed on the National Priorities
List, 60 FR 55466, (November 1, 1995). The sites to be deleted are
listed in Table 1, including docket information containing reference
documents with the rationale and data principally relied upon by the
EPA to determine that the Superfund response is complete. The NCP
permits activities to occur at a deleted site, or that media or parcel
of a partially deleted site, including operation and maintenance of the
remedy, monitoring, and five-year reviews. These activities for the
site are entered in Table 1 in this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section,
if applicable, under Footnote such that; 1 = site has continued
operation and maintenance of the remedy, 2 = site receives continued
monitoring, and 3 = site five-year reviews are conducted. As described
in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, a site or portion of a site deleted
from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial action if
future conditions warrant such actions.
Table 1
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Site name City/county, state Type Docket No. Footnote
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard...... Kittery, ME....... Full................... EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0 1, 2, 3.
382.
Universal Oil Products East Rutherford, Partial................ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0
(Chemical Division). NJ. 304.
Tyndall Air Force Base......... Panama City, FL... Partial................ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0 1, 3.
299.
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Information concerning the sites to be deleted and partially
deleted from the NPL, and the proposed rule for the deletion and
partial deletion of the sites, are included in Table 2.
Table 2
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Full site deletion
Date, proposed (full) or media/parcels/
Site name rule FR citation description for partial
deletion
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard............. 8/16/2023 88 FR 55611.................. Full.
Universal Oil Products (Chemical 8/16/2023 88 FR 55611.................. Partial, 17 acres of
Division). soil from OU1.
Tyndall Air Force Base................ 8/16/2023 88 FR 55611.................. Partial, OUs 10, 11 and
parts of 15 and 25.
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For the sites proposed for deletion, the closing date for comments
in the proposed rule was September 15, 2023. The EPA received no public
comments for any of the three sites in this final rule. The deletion
criteria for the Site have been met, and detailed information is
available on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, and in the appropriate
Regional Records Centers listed in the ADDRESSES.
EPA maintains the NPL as the list of sites that appear to present a
significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment.
Deletion from the NPL does not preclude further remedial action.
Whenever there is a significant release from a site deleted from the
NPL, the deleted site may be restored to the NPL without application of
the hazard ranking system. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not
affect responsible party liability in the unlikely event that future
conditions warrant further actions.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals,
Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations,
Natural resources, Oil pollution, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, Water
supply.
Larry Douchand,
Office Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology
Innovation.
For reasons set out in the preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 300
as follows:
PART 300--NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION
CONTINGENCY PLAN
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1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O.
13626, 77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR
54757,
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3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987
Comp., p. 193.
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2. In Appendix B to part 300, amend Table 1 by:
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a. Revising the entry for ``NJ'', ``Universal Oil Products (Chemical
Division'', ``East Rutherford''.
The revisions read as follows:
Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List
Table 1--General Superfund Section
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State Site name City/county Notes (a)
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NJ.......................... Universal Oil Products East Rutherford........ P.
(Chemical Division).
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* P = Sites with partial deletion(s).
Table 2--[Amended]
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3. In Appendix B to part 300, amend Table 2 by:
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a. Removing the entry for ``ME'', ``Portsmouth Naval Shipyard'',
``Kittery''.
[FR Doc. 2024-03003 Filed 2-15-24; 8:45 am]
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