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Federal Register Notice

65225 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 238 / Thursday, December 11, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5933-2]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION:  Notice of partial deletion of the Para-Chem Southern, Inc. Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the partial deletion of the Para-Chem Superfund site in Simpsonville, South Carolina from the National Priorities List (NPL). The portion to be deleted (Source Control Portion of the Site) is described below. 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 South Carolina have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed responses under CERCLA have been implemented on the portions of the property targeted for this partial deletion and that no further cleanup by responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the State of South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control have determined that remedial actions conducted on these portions of the property at the site to date remain protective of public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

January 12, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terry L. Tanner
Remedial Project Manager
U.S. EPA, Region 4
61 Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
404/562-8797

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The site portion to be deleted from the NPL is a portion (Source Control Portion) of the Para-Chem Southern, Inc. Superfund Site, Simpsonville, South Carolina. The Source Control Portion of soils within one waste disposal area of the Site consisted of the excavation of 686 tons of drums, waste, and contaminated soils. These materials were classified as a hazardous waste by characteristic, and shipped to the GSX landfill. This partial deletion does not include all site soil actions nor the groundwater remedial action which will remain on the NPL. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published in the Federal Register on June 30, 1997 (62 FR 35115). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was July 30, 1997. EPA received no comments during this period.

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 300.66(c)(8) 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 cost associated with response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, Superfund.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Phyllis P. Hall,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

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. 193.

Appendix B--[Amended]

2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by revising the entry for "Para-Chem Southern, Inc., Simpsonville, South Carolina" to read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

Table 1.--GENERAL SUPERFUND SECTION
State Site name City/county Notes
SC Para-Chem Southern, Inc Simpsonville P
a* * *
P=Sites with partial deletion(s).

[FR Doc. 97-32186 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]

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