Federal Register Notice

This page contains the following two Federal Register Notices both published on Monday, September 22, 1997:

49444 - 49445 Federal Register: Notice of deletion of the Union Pacific Railroad Sludge Pit Site from the National Priorities List.

49445 Federal Register: Notice of deletion of the Silver Mountain Mine from the National Priorities List.

49444 - 49445 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 183 / Monday, September 22, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5893-8]

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Union Pacific Railroad Sludge Pit Site from the National Priorities List.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10, announces the deletion of the Union Pacific Railroad Sludge Pit site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA and the State of Idaho Division of Environmental Quality have determined that no further cleanup under CERLCA is appropriate and that the selected remedy has been protective of human health and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

September 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah J. Yamamoto
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Sixth Avenue, Mailstop ECL-113
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 553-7216 or 1-800-424-4372

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Union Pacific Railroad Sludge Pit, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho.

A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published July 25, 1997 (61 FR 40034). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was August 24, 1997. EPA received no comments.

EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL as the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of Hazardous Substances Response Trust Fund-financed remedial actions. 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. Section 300.425 of the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect responsible party 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 substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, and Water supply.

Dated: September 8, 1997.

Charles E. Findley,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.

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: U.S.C. 9601-9657; 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 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 "Union Pacific Railroad Co., Pocatello, Idaho."

[FR Doc. 97-24839 Filed 9-19-97; 8:45 am]

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49445 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 183 / Monday, September 22, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5894-9]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Silver Mountain Mine from the National Priorities List.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces the deletion of the Silver Mountain Mine site ("the site") from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA and the State of Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) have determined that no further cleanup under CERCLA is appropriate and that the selected remedy has been protective of human health and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

September 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne D. Dailey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Sixth Avenue, Mailstop ECL-111
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 553-2110 or 1-800-424-4372

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Silver Mountain Mine, Tonasket, Okanogan County, Washington.

A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published July 30, 1997 (62 FR 40784). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was August 29, 1997. EPA received no comments.

EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL as the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund-financed remedial actions. 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. Section 300.425 of the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede Agency efforts to recover costs associated with response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Dated: September 8, 1997.

Charles E. Findley,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region 10.

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 for "Silver Mountain Mine, Loomis, Washington."

[FR Doc. 97-24840 Filed 9-19-97; 8:45 am]

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