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Federal Register Notice
6814 Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 28 / Thursday, February 11, 1999 / Rules and Regulations
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-6232-1]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Whittaker Corporation Superfund Site
from the National Priorities List (NPL).
SUMMARY:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Whittaker Corporation Superfund Site in Minnesota 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. This action is being taken by EPA and the State of Minnesota, because it has been determined that Responsible Parties have implemented all appropriate response actions required. Moreover, EPA and the State of Minnesota have determined that remedial actions conducted at the site to date remain protective of public health, welfare, and the environment.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
February 11, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gladys Beard, Associate Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Division
U.S. EPA Region V
77 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 886-7253
Information on the site is available at the local information repository located at:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Rd. North
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4194
Requests for comprehensive copies of documents should be directed formally to the Regional Docket Office. The contact for the Regional Docket Office is
Jan Pfundheller (H-7J)
U.S. EPA, Region V
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 353-5821
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Whittaker Corporation located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published December 14, 1998 (63 FR 68714). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was January 12, 1999. 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 Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (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(e)(3) of the NCP 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 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, Water supply.
Dated: January 27, 1999.
William E. Muno,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.
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 "Whittaker Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota."
[FR Doc. 99-3142 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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