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Federal Register Notice
67736 - 67737 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Rules and Regulations
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5941-3]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Cleve Reber Superfund Site from the
National Priorities List (NPL).
SUMMARY:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 announces the deletion of the Cleve Reber Superfund Site (the "site") located in Ascension Parish, Louisiana 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, is codified at Appendix B to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR Part 300. With the concurrence of the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), EPA has determined that responsible parties have implemented all appropriate response actions required at the Site (neither the CERCLA-required five-year reviews, nor operation and maintenance of the constructed remedy is considered further response action for these purposes), that all appropriate Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund ("Fund") financed response actions under CERCLA have been implemented, and that no further response action by responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA, with State of Louisiana concurrence through the LDEQ, has determined that Site investigations show that the Site now poses no significant threat to public health or the environment; consequently, pursuant to CERCLA Section 105, and 40 CFR 300.425(e), the Site is hereby deleted from the NPL.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
December 30, 1997.
ADDRESSES:
Information on the Site is available at the local information repository located at:
Ascension Parish Public Library
500 Mississippi Street
Donaldsonville, Louisiana 70346
Requests for comprehensive copies of documents should be directed formally to the
Regional Superfund Management Branch
c/o Steve Wyman
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
Mail Code: 6SF-PO
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75202
(214) 665-2792
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caroline A. Ziegler, Remedial Project Manager
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
Mail Code: 6SF-LP
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75202
(214) 665-2178
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Cleve Reber Superfund Site located near Sorrento in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. A Notice of Intent to Delete for the Site was published October 9, 1997 (62 FR 52674). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was November 10, 1997. EPA received no 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 it maintains the NPL as the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of Fund-financed remedial actions. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3), states that Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL in the unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede EPA 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, Water supply.
Dated: December 8, 1997.
Lynda F. Carroll,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator (6RA-D), U.S. EPA 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--[Amended]
2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the site for Cleve Reber, Sorrento, Louisiana.
[FR Doc. 97-33742 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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