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Federal Register Notice
25169 - 25170 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 88 / Thursday, May 7, 1998 / Rules and Regulations
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-6009-2]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Pomona Oaks Residential Wells site
and the Vineland State School site from the National Priorities List.
SUMMARY:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II announces the deletion of the Pomona Oaks Well Contamination Site in Pomona, New Jersey and the Vineland State School Site in Vineland, New Jersey from the National Priorities List (NPL).
The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as amended. EPA and the State of New Jersey have determined that the sites pose no significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore, no remedial measures pursuant to CERCLA are appropriate.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
May 7, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Westgate, Remedial Project Manager
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II
290 Broadway, 19th floor
New York, N.Y. 10007-1866
(212) 637-4422
ADDRESSES:
Comprehensive information about the Pomona Oaks Site is available for viewing at the Administrative Record Repository located at
Galloway Township Municipal Building
300 East Jimmie Leeds Road
Absecon, New Jersey 08201
Attn: Mr. Andrew Katz, Township Manager
Comprehensive information about the Vineland State School (Developmental Center) Site is available for viewing at the Administrative Record Repository located at
Vineland City Library
1058 East Landis Ave.
Vineland, New Jersey 08360
Attn: Mr. Anthony Agnesino, Reference Director
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The sites to be deleted from the NPL are: Pomona Oaks Well Contamination, Pomona, New Jersey and the Vineland State School (Developmental Center), Vineland, New Jersey.
A Notice of Intent to Delete was published on July 15, 1996 (61 FR 36858). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was August 14, 1996. There were no comments received for the Vineland State School Site; therefore, no responsiveness summary was prepared. EPA received two letters from residents of the Pomona Oaks subdivision. Both of the residents asked that EPA reconsider the deletion of the Pomona Oaks Site based on their belief that the source of the groundwater contamination has not been cleaned up and the once suspected underground gas tanks are still in the ground. They also inquired about additional testing of groundwater. EPA never positively identified the source of the groundwater contamination when the problems were discovered in 1982. Comprehensive sampling conducted as part of the Remedial Investigation in 1988 and afterwards demonstrated that the contamination was due to a singular event and had dispersed over time through natural attenuation and/or biodegradation. EPA concluded there was no ongoing source of contamination in the subdivision based on sampling conducted in 1990 and 1992.
The commentors expressed concerns about the health effects from the exposure to chemicals in their drinking water. EPA, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) as well as the state and local health departments were involved in assessing the health effects due to exposure to benzene in 1982. No acute effects were noted during the 1982 to 1985 period and no long-term health effects have been reported.
Finally, the residents asked that the site remain under investigation. Long-term groundwater monitoring was included as part of the No Action Record of Decision.
EPA provided detailed responses to these comments in a Responsiveness Summary, which is contained in the Deletion Docket. The Responsiveness Summary and entries in the Deletion Docket may be reviewed at the EPA Region II office at 290 Broadway, New York, N.Y. or at the information repositories listed above.
The EPA identifies sites that 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. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites 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 agency efforts to recover costs associated with response efforts.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, and Water supply.
Dated: April 20, 1998.
Jeanne Fox,
Regional Administrator, Region II.
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 02923; 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p 193.
Table 1 to Appendix B [Amended]
2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the sites Pomona Oaks Residential Wells, Galloway Township, New Jersey and Vineland State School, Vineland, New Jersey.
[FR Doc. 98-11879 Filed 5-6-98; 8:45 am]
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