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Federal Register Notice
53246 - 53247 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 198 / Tuesday, October 14, 1997 / Rules and Regulations
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5908-2]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Frit Industries Superfund Site from
the National Priorities List (NPL).
SUMMARY:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Frit Industries Superfund site located in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is 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 of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). The EPA, in consultation with the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology, has determined that all appropiate RCRA response activities conducted at the site to date and scheduled in the future are enforceable and have been and will remain protective of the public health, welfare, and the environment. Moreover, this deferral to RCRA corrective action authorities is appropriate.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 14, 1997.
ADDRESSES:
The comprehensive information on the site is available at the local information repositories located at:
Felix Goodson Library
Williams Baptist College
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72446
The telephone number for the hours of operation at Felix Goodson Library is (501)
886-6741.
Requests for comprehensive copies of documents should be directed formally to the
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology
Attn: Mr. Clark McWilliams, RCRA State Project Manager
8001 National Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72219
Mr. McWilliams' telephone number is (501) 682-0850 for additional information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ernest R. Franke, Remedial Project Manager
US EPA, Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733
(214) 665-8521
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The site to be deleted from the NPL is the Frit Industries Site, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published in the Federal Register on July 25, 1997 (62 FR 40029). The closing date for public comment was August 25, 1997. The EPA received no comments during the comment period. The EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as a list of the most serious of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of remedial response actions financed using the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund). 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(e)(3) of the NCP, provides that in the event of a significant release from a site deleted from the NPL, the site shall 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 or impede Agency efforts to recover costs associated with response actions.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, Superfund.
Dated: September 30, 1997.
Jerry Clifford,
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., 351; E.O. 12580; 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 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 "Frit Industries, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas".
[FR Doc. 97-27022 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]
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