Proposed Rule2026-04321
Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List
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Published
March 4, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a Notice of Intent to delete six sites and partially delete two sites from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this proposed action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to 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 applicable states, through their designated state agency, 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 91, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10577-10580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04321]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-0182; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-1146; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-3819;
EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-0001; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-0002; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-0003;
EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-0004; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-0166; FRL-13154-01-OLEM]
Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a Notice
of Intent to delete six sites and partially delete two sites from the
National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this
proposed action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to 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 applicable
states, through their
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designated state agency, have determined that all appropriate response
actions under CERCLA have been completed. However, this deletion does
not preclude future actions under Superfund.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed action must be submitted on or
before April 3, 2026.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under the
Docket ID Nos. included in table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document. Submit your comments, identified by the
appropriate Docket ID No., by one of the following methods:
<bullet> <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow on-line instructions
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or
removed from <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. The EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective comments, please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
<bullet> Email: Table 2 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document provides an email address to submit public comments for
the proposed deletion action.
Instructions: Direct your comments to the Docket ID No. included in
table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change and may be made available online at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be CBI or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not
submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected
through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or email. The <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website is an ``anonymous access'' system, which
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment
directly to EPA without going through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, your
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on
the internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters or any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: EPA has established a docket for each site included in this
action under the Docket ID Nos. 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., CBI 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 Center. Location, address, and phone number of the
Regional Records Centers follows.
Regional Records Center:
<bullet> Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI), U.S. EPA, 290 Broadway, New
York, NY 10007-1866; telephone number: (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; telephone number:
(404) 562-8637.
<bullet> Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI), U.S. EPA Superfund
Division Records Manager, Mail code SRC-7J, Metcalfe Federal Building,
7th Floor South, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604;
telephone number: (312) 886-4465.
<bullet> Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE), U.S. EPA, 11201 Renner Blvd.,
Lenexa, KS 66219; telephone number: (913) 551-7079.
<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; telephone
number: (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> Grace Stern and Robert Keating, U.S. EPA Region 2 (NJ, NY,
PR, VI), email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d4e49584f53135a4f5c5e587d584d5c135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="30434455425e1e5742515355705540511e575f46">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone number: (212)
637-4341; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96fdf3f7e2fff8f1b8e4f9f4f3e4e2d6f3e6f7b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e252b2f3a272029603c212c2b3c3a0e2b3e2f60292138">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone number:
(212) 637-4325.
<bullet> Alayna Famble, U.S. EPA Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC,
SC, TN), email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5335323e313f367d323f322a3d32133623327d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7a1a6aaa5aba2e9a6aba6bea9a687a2b7a6e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone number: (404)
562-8768.
<bullet> Karen Cibulskis, U.S. EPA Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH,
WI), email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#76151f14031a051d1f05581d170413183613061758111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ceada7acbba2bda5a7bde0a5afbcaba08eabbeafe0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone number: (312)
886-1843.
<bullet> Laura Price and Peyton Witham, U.S. EPA Region 7 (IA, KS,
MO, NE), email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3c3c1dad0d69ddfd2c6c1d2f3d6c3d29dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4030322923256e2c21353221002530216e272f36">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone number: (913)
551-7130; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0176687569606c2f716478756e6f416471602f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3d4cad7cbc2ce8dd3c6dad7cccde3c6d3c28dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone number: (816)
947-0470.
<bullet> Ashley Miller, Matt Spencer, and Jennifer Edwards, U.S.
EPA Headquarters, email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#28454144444d5a06495b40444d51684d5849064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2bfbbbebeb7a0fcb3a1babeb7ab92b7a2b3fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone
number: (202) 566-1084; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0d3d0c5cec3c5d28ecdc1d4d4c8c5d7e0c5d0c18ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc8f8c99929f998ed2919d888894998bbc998c9dd29b938a">[email protected]</span></a>,
telephone number: (202) 566-1851; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a3f3e2d3b283e2974303f3434333c3f281a3f2a3b743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0a5a4b7a1b2a4b3eeaaa5aeaea9a6a5b280a5b0a1eea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone number: (202) 566-1051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Full Site or Partial Site Deletion
I. Introduction
EPA is issuing a proposed rule to delete six sites and partially
delete two sites from the NPL and requests public comments on these
proposed actions. The NPL constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR part 300
which is the NCP, which EPA created under section 105 of the CERCLA
statute of 1980, as amended. EPA maintains the NPL as those sites that
appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the
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environment. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of remedial actions
financed by the Hazardous Substance Superfund (Fund). These partial
deletions are proposed 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).
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.
EPA will accept comments on the proposal to delete or partially
delete these sites for thirty (30) days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Section II. of this document explains the criteria for deleting
sites from the NPL. Section III. of this document discusses procedures
that EPA is using for this action. Section IV. of this document
discusses the site or portion of the site proposed for deletion and
demonstrates how it meets the deletion criteria, including reference
documents with the rationale and data principally relied upon by the
EPA to determine that the Superfund response is complete.
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
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. In making such a
determination pursuant to 40 CFR 300.425(e), EPA will consider, in
consultation with the State, whether any of the following criteria have
been met:
i. Responsible parties or other persons have implemented all
appropriate response actions required;
ii. All appropriate Fund-financed response under CERCLA has been
implemented, and no further response action by responsible parties is
appropriate; or
iii. The remedial investigation has shown that the release poses no
significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore,
the taking of remedial measures is not appropriate.
Pursuant to CERCLA section 121(c) and the NCP, EPA conducts five-
year reviews to ensure the continued protectiveness of remedial actions
where hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants remain at a
site above levels that allow for unlimited use and unrestricted
exposure. EPA conducts such five-year reviews even if a site is deleted
from the NPL. EPA may initiate further action to ensure continued
protectiveness at a deleted site if new information becomes available
that indicates it is appropriate. 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.
III. Deletion Procedures
In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e), the following procedures
apply to the deletion or partial deletion of the sites in this proposed
rule:
(1) EPA consulted with the respective State before developing this
Notice of Intent for deletion.
(2) EPA has provided the State 30 working days for review of site
deletion documents prior to publication of it today.
(3) In accordance with the criteria discussed above, EPA has
determined that no further response is appropriate.
(4) The State, through their designated State agency, has concurred
with the proposed deletion action.
(5) Concurrently, with the publication of this Notice of Intent for
deletion in the Federal Register, a notice is being distributed to the
surrounding community via one or more of the following methods:
publication in a major local newspaper of general circulation near the
site, a news release, listservs, social media, or the site's web page.
The notice announces the 30-day public comment period concerning the
proposed action for deletion.
(6) EPA placed copies of documents supporting the proposed deletion
in the deletion docket and made these items available for public
inspection and copying at the Regional Records Center identified above.
If comments are received within the 30-day comment period on this
document, EPA will consider the comments and respond accordingly before
making a final decision to delete or partially delete the site. If
necessary, EPA will prepare a Responsiveness Summary to address any
significant public comments received. After the public comment period,
if EPA determines it is still appropriate to delete or partially delete
the site, the EPA will publish a final Notice of Deletion or Partial
Deletion in the Federal Register. Public notices, public submissions
and copies of the Responsiveness Summary, if prepared, will be made
available to interested parties and included in the site information
repositories listed above.
Deletion of a site or a portion of a site from the NPL does not
itself create, alter, or revoke any individual's rights or obligations.
Deletion of a site or a portion of a site from the NPL does not in any
way alter EPA's right to take enforcement actions, as appropriate. The
NPL is designed primarily for informational purposes and to assist EPA
management. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that the deletion
of a site from the NPL does not preclude eligibility for future
response actions, should future conditions warrant such actions.
IV. Basis for Full Site or Partial Site Deletion
The site to be deleted or partially deleted from the NPL, the
location of the site, and docket number with information including
reference documents with the rationale and data principally relied upon
by the EPA to determine that the Superfund response is complete are
specified in table 1. 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, or portion of the site being
deleted, are entered in table 1, if applicable, under Footnote such
that; 1 = site, or portion of the site, has continued operation and
maintenance of the remedy, 2 = site, or portion of the site, receives
continued monitoring, and 3 = site, or portion of the site, five-year
reviews are conducted.
Table 1
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Site name City/county, state Type Docket No. Footnote
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Velsicol Chemical Corp. Marshall, IL........ Partial............. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-018 1, 3
(Illinois). 2.
Rowe Industries Gnd Water Noyack/Sag Harbor, Full................ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-114 ...........
Contamination. NY. 6.
Kerr-McGee (Kress Creek/W Branch DuPage County, IL... Full................ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-381 ...........
DuPage). 9.
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Caldwell Lace Leather Co., Inc... Auburn, KY.......... Full................ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-000 ...........
1.
Pepper Steel & Alloys, Inc....... Medley, FL.......... Full................ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-000 1, 2, 3
2.
Miami Drum Services.............. Miami, FL........... Full................ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-000 ...........
3.
Diamond Shamrock Corp. Landfill.. Cedartown, GA....... Full................ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-000 ...........
4.
Hastings Ground Water Hastings, NE........ Partial............. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-016 1, 3
Contamination. 6.
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1 = Site, or portion of the site, has continued operation and maintenance of the remedy.
2 = Site, or portion of the site, receives continued monitoring.
3 = Site, or portion of the site, five-year reviews are conducted.
Table 2 includes information concerning whether the full site is
proposed for deletion from the NPL or a description of the area, media
or Operable Units (OUs) of the NPL site proposed for partial deletion
from the NPL, and an email address to which public comments may be
submitted if the commenter does not comment using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Table 2
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Full site deletion
(full) or media/parcels/
Site name description for partial Email address for public comments
deletion
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Velsicol Chemical Corp. (Illinois)... 270-acre land/soils <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#26554e4748474e47480845474f524a4f486643564708414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8dbc0c9c6c9c0c9c686cbc9c1dcc4c1c6e8cdd8c986cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
portion of the Site.
Rowe Industries Gnd Water Full................... <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2556404c414b40570b4448444b41440b49654055440b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8cffe9e5e8e2e9fea2ede1ede2e8eda2e0cce9fceda2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>.
Contamination.
Kerr-McGee (Kress Creek/W Branch Full................... <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aadac5dfc6c5d984c1cfc6c6d3eacfdacb84cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a3a253f26253964212f2626330a2f3a2b642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>.
DuPage).
Caldwell Lace Leather Co., Inc....... Full................... <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6d1c7cac2c3c888c4c3d2cee6c3d6c788c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f88f99949c9d96d69a9d8c90b89d8899d69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Pepper Steel & Alloys, Inc........... Full................... <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#46352d272a27682123293421230623362768212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6d5cdc7cac788c1c3c9d4c1c3e6c3d6c788c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>.
Miami Drum Services.................. Full................... <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#335d525f561d5e5241505a52735643521d545c45"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="553b3439307b383427363c34153025347b323a23">[email protected]</span></a>.
Diamond Shamrock Corp. Landfill...... Full................... <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8aebf8e3ebf9a4e7efedebe4caeffaeba4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89e8fbe0e8faa7e4eceee8e7c9ecf9e8a7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>.
Hastings Ground Water Contamination.. Groundwater at Operable <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2a2a0bbb1b7fcbeb3a7a0b392b7a2b3fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0171736862642f6d60747360416471602f666e77">[email protected]</span></a>.
Unit 2 and the Source
Control Landfill Cap
at Operable Unit 10,
collectively known as
the North Landfill
subsite.
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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.
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, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR,
1987 Comp., p. 193.
Mark Barolo,
Office Director, Office of Superfund and Emergency Management.
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