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Industry Residual Risk and
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beginning on page 35122 in the issue of
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion
Component to the Hazard Ranking
System; Corrections
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
AGENCY:
On January 9, 2017, the
Environmental Protection Agency
SUMMARY:
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August 3, 2018.
Terry Jeng, phone: (703) 603–8852,
email: jeng.terry@epa.gov, Site
Assessment and Remedy Decisions
Branch, Assessment and Remediation
Division, Office of Superfund
Remediation and Technology
Innovation (Mailcode 5204P), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
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published a final rule which added
subsurface intrusion component to the
Superfund Hazard Ranking System.
That document inadvertently failed to
update the Table of Contents and
contained a few other typographical
errors. This document corrects the final
regulation.
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This is
EPA’s erratum to the final rule titled
Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion
Component to the Hazard Ranking
System, published January 9, 2017 (82
FR 2760). This is the second set of
corrections. The first set of corrections
was published in the Federal Register
on January 31, 2018 (83 FR 4430). This
document augments those corrections.
Section 553 of the Administrative
Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B), provides that, when an
agency for good cause finds that notice
and public procedure are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest, the agency may issue a rule
without providing notice and an
opportunity for public comment. See
Utility Solid Waste Activities Group v.
EPA, 236 F.3d 749, 752 (D.C. Cir. 2001).
We have determined that there is good
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cause for making these correcting
amendments final without prior
proposal and opportunity for public
comment. Notice and comment is
unnecessary because these
administrative or clerical corrections
govern the methodology of how EPA,
rather than the public or industry,
evaluates contaminated sites under the
Hazard Ranking System. Similarly,
notice and comment is impracticable
and contrary to the public interest
because the correcting amendments will
more quickly ensure that EPA is
following the proper procedures to
evaluate potential threats to public
health from releases of hazardous
substances, pollutants, or contaminants.
Thus, good cause exists to proceed
without notice and public comment.
These correcting amendments are
effective immediately upon publication.
Section 553(d) of the APA, 5 U.S.C.
553(d), provides that final rules shall
not become effective until 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register,
‘‘except . . . as otherwise provided by
the agency for good cause,’’ among other
exceptions. The purpose of this
provision is to ‘‘give affected parties a
reasonable time to adjust their behavior
before the final rule takes effect.’’
Omnipoint Corp. v. FCC, 78 F.3d 620,
630 (D.C. Cir. 1996); see also United
States v. Gavrilovic, 551 F.2d 1099,
1104 (8th Cir. 1977) (quoting legislative
history). Thus, in determining whether
good cause exists to waive the 30-day
delay, an agency should ‘‘balance the
necessity for immediate implementation
against principles of fundamental
fairness which require that all affected
persons be afforded a reasonable
amount of time to prepare for the
effective date of its ruling.’’ Gavrilovic,
551 F.2d at 1105. EPA has determined
that there is good cause for making these
correcting amendments effective
immediately because, as stated above,
the corrections govern how EPA, rather
than the public or industry, applies the
Hazard Ranking System to evaluate
potential threats to public health from
releases of hazardous substances,
pollutants, or contaminants.
Accordingly, EPA finds that good cause
exists under section 553(d)(3) to make
this rule effective immediately upon
publication.
5.1.1.3.5 Terrestrial sensitive
environments.
5.1.1.3.6 Calculation of resident
population targets factor category value.
5.1.1.4 Calculation of resident population
threat score.
5.1.2 Nearby population threat.
5.1.2.1 Likelihood of exposure.
5.1.2.1.1 Attractiveness/accessibility.
5.1.2.1.2 Area of contamination.
5.1.2.1.3 Likelihood of exposure factor
category value.
5.1.2.2 Waste characteristics.
5.1.2.2.1 Toxicity.
5.1.2.2.2 Hazardous waste quantity.
5.1.2.2.3 Calculation of waste
characteristics factor category value.
5.1.2.3 Targets.
5.1.2.3.1 Nearby individual.
5.1.2.3.2 Population within 1 mile.
5.1.2.3.3 Calculation of nearby
population targets factor category value.
5.1.2.4 Calculation of nearby population
threat score.
5.1.3 Calculation of soil exposure
component score.
5.2 Subsurface intrusion component.
5.2.0 General considerations.
5.2.1 Subsurface intrusion component.
5.2.1.1 Likelihood of exposure.
5.2.1.1.1 Observed exposure.
5.2.1.1.2 Potential for exposure.
5.2.1.1.2.1 Structure containment.
5.2.1.1.2.2 Depth to contamination.
5.2.1.1.2.3 Vertical migration.
5.2.1.1.2.4 Vapor migration potential.
5.2.1.1.2.5 Calculation of potential for
exposure factor value.
5.2.1.1.3 Calculation of likelihood of
exposure factor category value.
5.2.1.2 Waste characteristics.
5.2.1.2.1 Toxicity/degradation.
5.2.1.2.1.1 Toxicity.
5.2.1.2.1.2 Degradation.
5.2.1.2.1.3 Calculation of toxicity/
degradation factor value.
5.2.1.2.2 Hazardous waste quantity.
5.2.1.2.3 Calculation of waste
characteristics factor category value.
5.2.1.3 Targets.
5.2.1.3.1 Exposed individual.
5.2.1.3.2 Population.
5.2.1.3.2.1 Level I concentrations.
5.2.1.3.2.2 Level II concentrations.
5.2.1.3.2.3 Population within area(s) of
subsurface contamination.
5.2.1.3.2.4 Calculation of population
factor value.
5.2.1.3.3 Resources.
5.2.1.3.4 Calculation of targets factor
category value.
5.2.2 Calculation of subsurface intrusion
component score.
5.3 Calculation of the soil exposure and
subsurface intrusion pathway score.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous
substances, Hazardous waste,
Intergovernmental relations, Natural
resources, Oil pollution, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, Water supply.
Dated: June 29, 2018.
Barry N. Breen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
Land and Emergency Management.
40 CFR part 300 is corrected as
follows:
PART 300—NATIONAL OIL AND
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN
1. The authority citation for part 300
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C.
9601–9657; E.O. 13626, 77 FR 56749, 3 CFR,
2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757,
3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR
2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.
2. Amend Appendix A to Part 300 by:
a. In the Table of Contents revising the
entries for ‘‘5.0’’ through ‘‘5.3’’; and
■ b. Revising Table 2–5, Table 5–16, and
Table 7–1.
The revisions read as follows:
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Appendix A to Part 300—The Hazard
Ranking System
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
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5.0 Soil Exposure and Subsurface
Intrusion Pathway.
5.0.1 Exposure components.
5.1 Soil exposure component.
5.1.0 General considerations.
5.1.1 Resident population threat.
5.1.1.1 Likelihood of exposure.
5.1.1.2 Waste characteristics.
5.1.1.2.1 Toxicity.
5.1.1.2.2 Hazardous waste quantity.
5.1.1.2.3 Calculation of waste
characteristics factor category value.
5.1.1.3 Targets.
5.1.1.3.1 Resident individual.
5.1.1.3.2 Resident population.
5.1.1.3.2.1 Level I concentrations.
5.1.1.3.2.2 Level II concentrations.
5.1.1.3.2.3 Calculation of resident
population factor value.
5.1.1.3.3 Workers.
5.1.1.3.4 Resources.
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TABLE 2–5—HAZARDOUS WASTE QUANTITY EVALUATION EQUATIONS
Tier
Measure
Units
A .......................
B b .....................
Hazardous constituent quantity (C) ....................................................................................
Hazardous wastestream quantity (W) ................................................................................
lb .......................
lb .......................
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C.
W/5,000.
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TABLE 2–5—HAZARDOUS WASTE QUANTITY EVALUATION EQUATIONS—Continued
Tier
Measure
C b .....................
Volume (V).
Landfill ................................................................................................................................
Surface impoundment ........................................................................................................
Surface impoundment (buried/backfilled) ...........................................................................
Drums c ...............................................................................................................................
Tanks and containers other than drums ............................................................................
Contaminated soil ...............................................................................................................
Pile ......................................................................................................................................
Other ...................................................................................................................................
Area (A).
Landfill ................................................................................................................................
Surface impoundment ........................................................................................................
Surface impoundment (buried/backfilled) ...........................................................................
Land treatment ...................................................................................................................
Pile d ...................................................................................................................................
Contaminated soil ...............................................................................................................
D b .....................
Equation
for assigning
value a
Units
yd3 ....................
yd3 ....................
yd3 ....................
gallon ................
yd3 ....................
yd3 ....................
yd3 ....................
yd3 ....................
V/2,500.
V/2.5.
V/2.5.
V/500.
V/2.5.
V/2,500.
V/2.5.
V/2.5.
ft2
ft2
ft2
ft2
ft2
ft2
A/3,400.
A/13.
A/13.
A/270.
A/13.
A/34,000.
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a Do
not round to nearest integer.
volume to mass when necessary: 1 ton = 2,000 pounds = 1 cubic yard = 4 drums = 200 gallons.
actual volume of drums is unavailable, assume 1 drum=50 gallons.
d Use land surface area under pile, not surface area of pile.
b Convert
c If
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TABLE 5–16—VALUES FOR VAPOR PRESSURE AND HENRY’S CONSTANT
Assigned
value
Vapor Pressure (Torr):
Greater than 10 ......................................................................................................................................................................
1 to 10 ....................................................................................................................................................................................
Less than 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................
Henry’s Constant (atm-m3/mol):
Greater than 10 ¥3 .................................................................................................................................................................
Greater than 10 ¥4 to 10 ¥3 ...................................................................................................................................................
10 ¥5 to 10 ¥4 ........................................................................................................................................................................
Less than 10 ¥5 ......................................................................................................................................................................
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2
1
0
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TABLE 7–1—HRS FACTORS EVALUATED DIFFERENTLY FOR RADIONUCLIDES
Ground water
pathway
Surface water
pathway
Status a
Likelihood of
Release
Likelihood of
Release
Yes ........
Potential to Release
No .........
Containment ...........
No .........
Net Precipitation .....
No .........
Depth to Aquifer .....
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Observed Release ..
No .........
Travel Time ............
No .........
Yes ........
Overland Flow
Containment.
Runoff ..................
No .........
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Status a
Yes ........
No .........
Observed Contamination.
Attractiveness/Accessibility to
Nearby Residents.
Area of Contamination.
...............................
No .........
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No .........
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...............................
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No .........
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Subsurface
intrusion
component of
SESSI pathway
Status a
Likelihood of
Exposure
No .........
Distance to Surface water.
Flood Frequency
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Soil exposure
component of
SESSI pathway
Likelihood of
Exposure
Observed Release.
Potential to Release.
Flood Containment.
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No .........
No .........
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Yes ........
Structure Containment.
Depth to Contamination.
Vertical migration ..
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Status a
Likelihood of
Release
Observed Exposure.
Potential for Exposure.
Vapor Migration
Potential.
Area of Observed
Exposure.
Area of Subsurface
Contamination.
Air pathway
Observed Release.
Gas Potential to
Release.
Yes.
No .........
Gas Containment
No.
Yes ........
Gas Source Type
No.
No .........
Gas Migration
Potential.
Particulate Potential to Release.
Particulate Containment.
Particulate
Source Type.
Particulate Migration Potential.
No.
Yes ........
No .........
No .........
No .........
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No.
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TABLE 7–1—HRS FACTORS EVALUATED DIFFERENTLY FOR RADIONUCLIDES—Continued
Ground water
pathway
Surface water
pathway
Status a
Soil exposure
component of
SESSI pathway
Status a
Status a
Subsurface
intrusion
component of
SESSI pathway
Status a
Air pathway
Likelihood of
Release
Likelihood of
Release
Likelihood of
Exposure
Likelihood of
Exposure
Likelihood of
Release
Waste
Characteristics
Waste
Characteristics
Waste
Characteristics
Waste
Characteristics
Waste
Characteristics
Status a
Toxicity ...................
Yes ........
Mobility ...................
No .........
Hazardous Waste
Quantity.
Yes ........
Toxicity/
Ecotoxicity.
Persistence/Mobility.
Bioaccumulation
Potential.
Hazardous Waste
Quantity.
Targets
Yes/Yes
Toxicity ..................
Yes ........
Yes/No ..
Hazardous Waste
Quantity.
...............................
Yes ........
No .........
Nearest Well ...........
Population ...............
Yes
Yes
Resources ..............
Wellhead Protection
Area.
No .........
No .........
b
.....
.....
Targets
Nearest Intake .....
Drinking Water
Population.
Resources ...........
Sensitive Environments.
Human Food
Chain Individual.
Yes
Yes
b
.....
.....
b
No .........
Yes b ......
Yes b ......
Yes b ......
Human Food
Chain Population.
Yes/Yes
Toxicity ...............
Yes.
Yes ........
Mobility ...............
No.
...............
Hazardous Waste
Quantity.
Yes.
Yes.
Targets
b
...............
Toxicity/Degradation.
Hazardous Waste
Quantity.
...............................
...............
Targets
Targets
.....
.....
Exposed Individual
Population .............
Yes
Yes
.....
.....
Nearest Individual
Population ...........
Yes.b
Yes.b
No .........
No .........
Resources .............
...............................
No .........
...............
Resources ..........
Sensitive Environments.
No.
No.
Resident Individual
Resident Population.
Workers .................
Resources .............
Yes
Yes
Terrestrial Sensitive Environments.
Nearby Individual ..
Population Within 1
Mile.
b
b
No.
b
b
No .........
No..
a—Factors evaluated differently are denoted by ‘‘yes’’; factors not evaluated differently are denoted by ‘‘no’’.
b—Difference is in the determination of Level I and Level II concentrations.
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[GEN Docket No. 86–285; FCC 18–90]
Schedule of Application Fees
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) revises the FY 2018
application fee rates based on increases
in the Consumer Price Index.
DATES: Effective September 4, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing
Director at (202) 418–0444.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Order,
FCC 18–90, GEN Docket No. 86–285,
adopted on July 6, 2018 and released on
July 10, 2018. The full text of this
document is available for inspection
and copying during normal business
hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445
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I. Introduction
1. By this Order, the Commission
makes rule changes to part 1 of the
Commission’s rules, and amends its
Schedule of Application Fees, 47 CFR
1.1102 through 1.1109, as listed in the
Rule Changes section, to adjust its fees
for processing applications and other
filings. Section 8(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’), requires the
Commission to ‘‘assess and collect
application fees at such rates as the
Commission shall establish or at such
modified rates as it shall establish
pursuant to’’ Section 8(b).1 Section 8(g)
contains the Schedule of Charges for a
broad range of application categories as
well as procedures for modifying and
collecting these charges.2 Section 8(b)(1)
1 47
U.S.C. 158(a).
RAY BAUM’s Act of 2018 amended Section
8 of the Communications Act and provided an
effective date of October 1, 2018 for such changes.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Division
P—RAY BAUM’s Act of 2018, Title I, FCC
Reauthorization, Public Law 115–141 (March 23,
2 The
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requires that the Schedule of
Application Fees ‘‘be reviewed by the
Commission every two years after
October 1, 1991, and adjusted by the
Commission to reflect changes in the
Consumer Price Index.’’ As required by
Section 8(b)(1), this Order increases
application fees to reflect the net change
in the Consumer Price Index for all
Urban Consumers (‘‘CPI–U’’) of 3.7
percent, an increase of 8.825 index
points calculated from October 2015
(237.838) to October 2017 (246.663).3
2018). Congress envisioned a transition between
fees adopted before and after the effective date of
the amendments to Section 8. In particular,
Congress provided that application fees in effect on
the day before the effective date of the RAY
BAUM’s Act shall remain in effect until such time
as the Commission adjusts or amends such fee. Id.
Section 8 fees are revised every even year and the
Commission expects that this Order will become
effective before October 1, 2018. We also note that
in a separate proceeding, the Commission proposed
to assess a small satellite application fee of
$30,000.00 under the RAY BAUM’s Act. See
Streamlining Licensing Procedures for Small
Satellites, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, IB
Docket No. 18–86, FCC 18–44, para. 76 (2018). In
this Order, the Commission does not address this
proposal.
3 Application fees are calculated based upon the
process set forth in 47 U.S.C. 158(b)(1). The
increase in the CPI–U between October 2015 (the
month used to calculate the last CPI–U adjustment
of the Schedule of Application Fees) and October
2017 is 8.825 index points, a 3.7 percent increase.
Section 8(b)(1) prescribes that increases or
decreases in application fees are to be ‘‘determined
by the net change in the Consumer Price Index
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-1086; FRL-9979-68-OLEM]
RIN 2050-AG67
Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion Component to the Hazard
Ranking System; Corrections
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: On January 9, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency
published a final rule which added subsurface intrusion component to
the Superfund Hazard Ranking System. That document inadvertently failed
to update the Table of Contents and contained a few other typographical
errors. This document corrects the final regulation.
DATES: This correction is effective August 3, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Jeng, phone: (703) 603-8852,
email: [email protected], Site Assessment and Remedy Decisions Branch,
Assessment and Remediation Division, Office of Superfund Remediation
and Technology Innovation (Mailcode 5204P), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is EPA's erratum to the final rule
titled Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion Component to the Hazard
Ranking System, published January 9, 2017 (82 FR 2760). This is the
second set of corrections. The first set of corrections was published
in the Federal Register on January 31, 2018 (83 FR 4430). This document
augments those corrections.
Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest, the agency may issue a rule without providing
notice and an opportunity for public comment. See Utility Solid Waste
Activities Group v. EPA, 236 F.3d 749, 752 (D.C. Cir. 2001). We have
determined that there is good
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cause for making these correcting amendments final without prior
proposal and opportunity for public comment. Notice and comment is
unnecessary because these administrative or clerical corrections govern
the methodology of how EPA, rather than the public or industry,
evaluates contaminated sites under the Hazard Ranking System.
Similarly, notice and comment is impracticable and contrary to the
public interest because the correcting amendments will more quickly
ensure that EPA is following the proper procedures to evaluate
potential threats to public health from releases of hazardous
substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Thus, good cause exists to
proceed without notice and public comment.
These correcting amendments are effective immediately upon
publication. Section 553(d) of the APA, 5 U.S.C. 553(d), provides that
final rules shall not become effective until 30 days after publication
in the Federal Register, ``except . . . as otherwise provided by the
agency for good cause,'' among other exceptions. The purpose of this
provision is to ``give affected parties a reasonable time to adjust
their behavior before the final rule takes effect.'' Omnipoint Corp. v.
FCC, 78 F.3d 620, 630 (D.C. Cir. 1996); see also United States v.
Gavrilovic, 551 F.2d 1099, 1104 (8th Cir. 1977) (quoting legislative
history). Thus, in determining whether good cause exists to waive the
30-day delay, an agency should ``balance the necessity for immediate
implementation against principles of fundamental fairness which require
that all affected persons be afforded a reasonable amount of time to
prepare for the effective date of its ruling.'' Gavrilovic, 551 F.2d at
1105. EPA has determined that there is good cause for making these
correcting amendments effective immediately because, as stated above,
the corrections govern how EPA, rather than the public or industry,
applies the Hazard Ranking System to evaluate potential threats to
public health from releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants. Accordingly, EPA finds that good cause exists under
section 553(d)(3) to make this rule effective immediately upon
publication.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals,
Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations,
Natural resources, Oil pollution, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, Water
supply.
Dated: June 29, 2018.
Barry N. Breen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency
Management.
40 CFR part 300 is corrected as follows:
PART 300--NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION
CONTINGENCY PLAN
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1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 13626,
77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3
CFR, 1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp.,
p. 193.
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2. Amend Appendix A to Part 300 by:
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a. In the Table of Contents revising the entries for ``5.0'' through
``5.3''; and
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b. Revising Table 2-5, Table 5-16, and Table 7-1.
The revisions read as follows:
Appendix A to Part 300--The Hazard Ranking System
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
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5.0 Soil Exposure and Subsurface Intrusion Pathway.
5.0.1 Exposure components.
5.1 Soil exposure component.
5.1.0 General considerations.
5.1.1 Resident population threat.
5.1.1.1 Likelihood of exposure.
5.1.1.2 Waste characteristics.
5.1.1.2.1 Toxicity.
5.1.1.2.2 Hazardous waste quantity.
5.1.1.2.3 Calculation of waste characteristics factor category
value.
5.1.1.3 Targets.
5.1.1.3.1 Resident individual.
5.1.1.3.2 Resident population.
5.1.1.3.2.1 Level I concentrations.
5.1.1.3.2.2 Level II concentrations.
5.1.1.3.2.3 Calculation of resident population factor value.
5.1.1.3.3 Workers.
5.1.1.3.4 Resources.
5.1.1.3.5 Terrestrial sensitive environments.
5.1.1.3.6 Calculation of resident population targets factor
category value.
5.1.1.4 Calculation of resident population threat score.
5.1.2 Nearby population threat.
5.1.2.1 Likelihood of exposure.
5.1.2.1.1 Attractiveness/accessibility.
5.1.2.1.2 Area of contamination.
5.1.2.1.3 Likelihood of exposure factor category value.
5.1.2.2 Waste characteristics.
5.1.2.2.1 Toxicity.
5.1.2.2.2 Hazardous waste quantity.
5.1.2.2.3 Calculation of waste characteristics factor category
value.
5.1.2.3 Targets.
5.1.2.3.1 Nearby individual.
5.1.2.3.2 Population within 1 mile.
5.1.2.3.3 Calculation of nearby population targets factor
category value.
5.1.2.4 Calculation of nearby population threat score.
5.1.3 Calculation of soil exposure component score.
5.2 Subsurface intrusion component.
5.2.0 General considerations.
5.2.1 Subsurface intrusion component.
5.2.1.1 Likelihood of exposure.
5.2.1.1.1 Observed exposure.
5.2.1.1.2 Potential for exposure.
5.2.1.1.2.1 Structure containment.
5.2.1.1.2.2 Depth to contamination.
5.2.1.1.2.3 Vertical migration.
5.2.1.1.2.4 Vapor migration potential.
5.2.1.1.2.5 Calculation of potential for exposure factor value.
5.2.1.1.3 Calculation of likelihood of exposure factor category
value.
5.2.1.2 Waste characteristics.
5.2.1.2.1 Toxicity/degradation.
5.2.1.2.1.1 Toxicity.
5.2.1.2.1.2 Degradation.
5.2.1.2.1.3 Calculation of toxicity/degradation factor value.
5.2.1.2.2 Hazardous waste quantity.
5.2.1.2.3 Calculation of waste characteristics factor category
value.
5.2.1.3 Targets.
5.2.1.3.1 Exposed individual.
5.2.1.3.2 Population.
5.2.1.3.2.1 Level I concentrations.
5.2.1.3.2.2 Level II concentrations.
5.2.1.3.2.3 Population within area(s) of subsurface
contamination.
5.2.1.3.2.4 Calculation of population factor value.
5.2.1.3.3 Resources.
5.2.1.3.4 Calculation of targets factor category value.
5.2.2 Calculation of subsurface intrusion component score.
5.3 Calculation of the soil exposure and subsurface intrusion
pathway score.
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Table 2-5--Hazardous Waste Quantity Evaluation Equations
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Equation for assigning
Tier Measure Units value \a\
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A........................... Hazardous constituent lb.......................... C.
quantity (C).
B \b\....................... Hazardous wastestream lb.......................... W/5,000.
quantity (W).
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C \b\....................... Volume (V).............
Landfill............... yd\3\....................... V/2,500.
Surface impoundment.... yd\3\....................... V/2.5.
Surface impoundment yd\3\....................... V/2.5.
(buried/backfilled).
Drums \c\.............. gallon...................... V/500.
Tanks and containers yd\3\....................... V/2.5.
other than drums.
Contaminated soil...... yd\3\....................... V/2,500.
Pile................... yd\3\....................... V/2.5.
Other.................. yd\3\....................... V/2.5.
D \b\....................... Area (A)...............
Landfill............... ft\2\....................... A/3,400.
Surface impoundment.... ft\2\....................... A/13.
Surface impoundment ft\2\....................... A/13.
(buried/backfilled).
Land treatment......... ft\2\....................... A/270.
Pile \d\............... ft\2\....................... A/13.
Contaminated soil...... ft\2\....................... A/34,000.
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\a\ Do not round to nearest integer.
\b\ Convert volume to mass when necessary: 1 ton = 2,000 pounds = 1 cubic yard = 4 drums = 200 gallons.
\c\ If actual volume of drums is unavailable, assume 1 drum=50 gallons.
\d\ Use land surface area under pile, not surface area of pile.
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Table 5-16--Values for Vapor Pressure and Henry's Constant
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Assigned value
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Vapor Pressure (Torr):
Greater than 10.................................. 3
1 to 10.......................................... 2
Less than 1...................................... 0
Henry's Constant (atm-m\3\/mol):
Greater than 10 -\3\............................. 3
Greater than 10 -\4\ to 10 -\3\.................. 2
10 -\5\ to 10 -\4\............................... 1
Less than 10 -\5\................................ 0
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Table 7-1--HRS Factors Evaluated Differently for Radionuclides
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Subsurface
Surface water Soil exposure intrusion
Ground water pathway Status \a\ pathway Status \a\ component of SESSI Status \a\ component of Status \a\ Air pathway Status \a\
pathway SESSI pathway
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Likelihood of Likelihood of...... Likelihood of Likelihood of Likelihood of.....
Release Release............ Exposure........... Exposure.......... Release...........
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Observed Release................ Yes........... Observed Release... Yes........... Observed Yes........... Observed Exposure. Yes.......... Observed Release.. Yes.
Contamination.
Potential to Release............ No............ Potential to No............ Attractiveness/ No............ Potential for Yes.......... Gas Potential to No.
Release. Accessibility to Exposure. Release.
Nearby Residents.
Containment..................... No............ Overland Flow No............ Area of No............ Structure No........... Gas Containment... No.
Containment. Contamination. Containment.
Net Precipitation............... No............ Runoff............. No............ ................... .............. Depth to Yes.......... Gas Source Type... No.
Contamination.
Depth to Aquifer................ No............ Distance to Surface No............ ................... .............. Vertical migration No........... Gas Migration No.
water. Potential.
Travel Time..................... No............ Flood Frequency.... No............ ................... .............. Vapor Migration No........... Particulate No.
Potential. Potential to
Release.
Flood Containment.. No............ ................... .............. Area of Observed No........... Particulate No.
Exposure. Containment.
Area of Subsurface No........... Particulate Source No.
Contamination. Type.
Particulate No.
Migration
Potential.
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Waste Waste.............. Waste.............. Waste............. Waste............. .............
Characteristics Characteristics.... Characteristics.... Characteristics... Characteristics...
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Toxicity........................ Yes........... Toxicity/ Yes/Yes....... Toxicity........... Yes........... Toxicity/ Yes/Yes...... Toxicity.......... Yes.
Ecotoxicity. Degradation.
Mobility........................ No............ Persistence/ Yes/No........ Hazardous Waste Yes........... Hazardous Waste Yes.......... Mobility.......... No.
Mobility. Quantity. Quantity.
Hazardous Waste Quantity........ Yes........... Bioaccumulation No............ ................... .............. .................. ............. Hazardous Waste Yes.
Potential. Quantity.
Hazardous Waste Yes...........
Quantity.
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Targets Targets............ Targets............ Targets........... Targets...........
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Nearest Well.................... Yes \b\....... Nearest Intake..... Yes \b\....... Resident Individual Yes \b\....... Exposed Individual Yes \b\...... Nearest Individual Yes.\b\
Population...................... Yes \b\....... Drinking Water Yes \b\....... Resident Population Yes \b\....... Population........ Yes \b\...... Population........ Yes.\b\
Population.
Resources....................... No............ Resources.......... No............ Workers............ No............ Resources......... No........... Resources......... No.
Wellhead Protection Area........ No............ Sensitive Yes \b\....... Resources.......... No............ .................. ............. Sensitive No.
Environments. Environments.
Human Food Chain Yes \b\....... Terrestrial No............
Individual. Sensitive
Environments.
Human Food Chain Yes \b\....... Nearby Individual.. No............
Population. Population Within 1 No............
Mile.
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a--Factors evaluated differently are denoted by ``yes''; factors not evaluated differently are denoted by ``no''.
b--Difference is in the determination of Level I and Level II concentrations.
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