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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–1986–005; FRL–10010–
01–Region 10]
National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion
of the Northside Landfill Superfund
Site
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 10 is issuing a
Notice of Intent to Delete Northside
Landfill Superfund Site (Site), located
in Spokane, Spokane County,
Washington, from the National Priorities
List (NPL) and requests public
comments on this proposed action. The
NPL, promulgated pursuant to section
105 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an
appendix of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and
the State of Washington, through the
Department of Ecology, have
determined that all appropriate
response actions under CERCLA, other
than operation and maintenance and
five-year reviews, have been completed.
However, this deletion does not
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preclude future actions under
Superfund.
DATES: Comments must be received by
August 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–1986–0005, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow on-line instructions for
submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed
from Regulations.gov. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. The EPA will
generally not consider comments or
comment contents located outside of the
primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
• Email: Jeremy Jennings, Remedial
Project Manager, at jennings.jeremy@
epa.gov.
• Written comments submitted by
mail are temporarily suspended and no
hand deliveries will be accepted. We
encourage the public to submit
comments via https://
www.regulations.gov.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–SFUND–1986–
0005. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or email. The
https://www.regulations.gov website is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
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www.regulations.gov, your email
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in the
hard copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available electronically in
https://www.regulations.gov.
The EPA is temporarily suspending
its Docket Center and Regional Records
Centers for public visitors to reduce the
risk of transmitting COVID–19. In
addition, many site information
repositories are closed and information
in these repositories, including the
deletion docket, has not been updated
with hardcopy or electronic media. For
further information and updates on EPA
Docket Center services, please visit us
online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
The EPA continues to carefully and
continuously monitor information from
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), local area health
departments, and our Federal partners
so that we can respond rapidly as
conditions change regarding COVID.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeremy Jennings, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Suite 155, 12–D12–1, Seattle, WA
98101, (206)553–2724, email:
jennings.jeremy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Site Deletion
I. Introduction
EPA Region 10 announces its intent to
delete the Northside Landfill Superfund
Site from the National Priorities List
(NPL) and requests public comment on
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this proposed action. The NPL
constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR part
300 which is the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA
promulgated pursuant to section 105 of
the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended.
EPA maintains the NPL as the list of
sites that appear to present a significant
risk to public health, welfare, or the
environment. Sites on the NPL may be
the subject of remedial actions financed
by the Hazardous Substance Superfund
(Fund). As described in 40 CFR
300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, sites deleted
from the NPL remain eligible for Fundfinanced remedial actions if future
conditions warrant such actions.
EPA will accept comments on the
proposal to delete this site for thirty (30)
days after publication of this document
in the Federal Register.
Section II of this preamble explains
the criteria for deleting sites from the
NPL. Section III of this preamble
discusses procedures that EPA is using
for this action. Section IV of this
preamble discusses where to access and
review information that demonstrates
how the deletion criteria have been met
at the Northside Landfill Superfund
Site.
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
The NCP establishes the criteria that
EPA uses to delete sites from the NPL.
In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e),
sites may be deleted from the NPL
where no further response is
appropriate. In making such a
determination pursuant to 40 CFR
300.425(e), EPA will consider, in
consultation with the State, whether any
of the following criteria have been met:
i. Responsible parties or other persons
have implemented all appropriate
response actions required;
ii. all appropriate Fund-financed
response under CERCLA has been
implemented, and no further response
action by responsible parties is
appropriate; or
iii. the remedial investigation has
shown that the release poses no
significant threat to public health or the
environment and, therefore, the taking
of remedial measures is not appropriate.
Pursuant to CERCLA section 121(c)
and the NCP, EPA conducts five-year
reviews to ensure the continued
protectiveness of remedial actions
where hazardous substances, pollutants,
or contaminants remain at a site above
levels that allow for unlimited use and
unrestricted exposure. EPA conducts
such five-year reviews even if a site is
deleted from the NPL. EPA may initiate
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further action to ensure continued
protectiveness at a deleted site if new
information becomes available that
indicates it is appropriate. Whenever
there is a significant release from a site
deleted from the NPL, the deleted site
may be restored to the NPL without
application of the hazard ranking
system.
III. Deletion Procedures
The following procedures apply to
deletion of the Site:
(1) EPA consulted with the State
before developing this Notice of Intent
to Delete.
(2) EPA has provided the state 30
working days for review of this action
prior to publication of it today
(3) In accordance with the criteria
discussed above, EPA has determined
that no further response is appropriate;
(4) The State of Washington, through
the Department of Ecology, has
concurred with deletion of the Site from
the NPL.
(5) Concurrently with the publication
of this Notice of Intent to Delete in the
Federal Register, a notice is being
published in a major local newspaper,
The Spokesman Review. The newspaper
notice announces the 30-day public
comment period concerning the Notice
of Intent to Delete the site from the NPL.
(6) The EPA placed copies of
documents supporting the proposed
deletion in the deletion docket and
made these items available for public
inspection and copying at the Site
information repositories identified
above.
If comments are received within the
30-day public comment period on this
action, EPA will evaluate and respond
appropriately to the comments before
making a final decision to delete. If
necessary, EPA will prepare a
Responsiveness Summary to address
any significant public comments
received. After the public comment
period, if EPA determines it is still
appropriate to delete the Site, the
Regional Administrator will publish a
final Notice of Deletion in the Federal
Register. Public notices, public
submissions and copies of the
Responsiveness Summary, if prepared,
will be made available to interested
parties and in the site information
repositories listed above.
Deletion of a site from the NPL does
not itself create, alter, or revoke any
individual’s rights or obligations.
Deletion of a site from the NPL does not
in any way alter EPA’s right to take
enforcement actions, as appropriate.
The NPL is designed primarily for
informational purposes and to assist
EPA management. Section 300.425(e)(3)
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of the NCP states that the deletion of a
site from the NPL does not preclude
eligibility for future response actions,
should future conditions warrant such
actions.
IV. Basis for Site Deletion
The EPA placed copies of documents
supporting the proposed deletion in the
deletion docket. The material provides
explanation of EPA’s rationale for the
deletion and demonstrates how it meets
the deletion criteria. This information is
made available for public inspection in
the docket identified above.
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, Water supply.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Dated: June 25, 2020.
Christopher Hladick,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–0011; FRL–10010–
02–Region 10]
National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan; National Priorities List: Partial
Deletion of the Surface and Subsurface
Soils of the Queen City Farms
Superfund Site
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 10 is issuing a
Notice of Intent to Delete the surface
and subsurface soils of the Queen City
Farms Superfund Site (Site) located in
Maple Valley, King County,
Washington, from the National Priorities
List (NPL) and requests public
comments on this proposed action. The
NPL, promulgated pursuant to section
105 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an
appendix of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and
the State of Washington, through the
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Department of Ecology, have
determined that all appropriate
response actions at these identified
parcels under CERCLA, other than
operation and maintenance, monitoring
and five-year reviews, have been
completed. However, this deletion does
not preclude future actions under
Superfund.
This partial deletion pertains to
surface and subsurface soils. The
groundwater will remain on the NPL
and is not being considered for deletion
as part of this action.
DATES: Comments must be received by
August 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–2005–0011, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow on-line instructions for
submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed
from Regulations.gov. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. The EPA will
generally not consider comments or
comment contents located outside of the
primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
• Email: Jeremy Jennings, Remedial
Project Manager, jennings.jeremy@
epa.gov.
• Written comments submitted by
mail are temporarily suspended and no
hand deliveries will be accepted. We
encourage the public to submit
comments via https://
www.regulations.gov.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–
0011. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
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whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or email. The
https://www.regulations.gov website is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your email
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in the
hard copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available electronically in
https://www.regulations.gov.
The EPA is temporarily suspending
its Docket Center and Regional Records
Centers for public visitors to reduce the
risk of transmitting COVID–19. In
addition, many site information
repositories are closed and information
in these repositories, including the
deletion docket, has not been updated
with hardcopy or electronic media. For
further information and updates on EPA
Docket Center services, please visit us
online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
The EPA continues to carefully and
continuously monitor information from
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), local area health
departments, and our Federal partners
so that we can respond rapidly as
conditions change regarding COVID.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeremy Jennings, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Suite 155, Mailcode 12–D12–1, Seattle,
WA 98101, (206)553–2724, email:
jennings.jeremy@epa.gov.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-005; FRL-10010-01-Region 10]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List: Deletion of the Northside Landfill Superfund
Site
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 is issuing
a Notice of Intent to Delete Northside Landfill Superfund Site (Site),
located in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, from the National
Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this proposed
action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the
State of Washington, through the Department of Ecology, have determined
that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA, other than
operation and maintenance and five-year reviews, have been completed.
However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under
Superfund.
DATES: Comments must be received by August 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1986-0005, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow on-line instructions
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or
removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
Email: Jeremy Jennings, Remedial Project Manager, at
[email protected].
Written comments submitted by mail are temporarily
suspended and no hand deliveries will be accepted. We encourage the
public to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
1986-0005. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https://www.regulations.gov or email. The https://www.regulations.gov website
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without
going through https://
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www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in the hard
copy. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically
in https://www.regulations.gov.
The EPA is temporarily suspending its Docket Center and Regional
Records Centers for public visitors to reduce the risk of transmitting
COVID-19. In addition, many site information repositories are closed
and information in these repositories, including the deletion docket,
has not been updated with hardcopy or electronic media. For further
information and updates on EPA Docket Center services, please visit us
online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
The EPA continues to carefully and continuously monitor information
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local area
health departments, and our Federal partners so that we can respond
rapidly as conditions change regarding COVID.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Jennings, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth
Avenue, Suite 155, 12-D12-1, Seattle, WA 98101, (206)553-2724, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Site Deletion
I. Introduction
EPA Region 10 announces its intent to delete the Northside Landfill
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests
public comment on this proposed action. The NPL constitutes appendix B
of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances
Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to
section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA maintains the NPL
as the list of sites that appear to present a significant risk to
public health, welfare, or the environment. Sites on the NPL may be the
subject of remedial actions financed by the Hazardous Substance
Superfund (Fund). As described in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP,
sites deleted from the NPL remain eligible for Fund-financed remedial
actions if future conditions warrant such actions.
EPA will accept comments on the proposal to delete this site for
thirty (30) days after publication of this document in the Federal
Register.
Section II of this preamble explains the criteria for deleting
sites from the NPL. Section III of this preamble discusses procedures
that EPA is using for this action. Section IV of this preamble
discusses where to access and review information that demonstrates how
the deletion criteria have been met at the Northside Landfill Superfund
Site.
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
The NCP establishes the criteria that EPA uses to delete sites from
the NPL. In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e), sites may be deleted
from the NPL where no further response is appropriate. In making such a
determination pursuant to 40 CFR 300.425(e), EPA will consider, in
consultation with the State, whether any of the following criteria have
been met:
i. Responsible parties or other persons have implemented all
appropriate response actions required;
ii. all appropriate Fund-financed response under CERCLA has been
implemented, and no further response action by responsible parties is
appropriate; or
iii. the remedial investigation has shown that the release poses no
significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore,
the taking of remedial measures is not appropriate.
Pursuant to CERCLA section 121(c) and the NCP, EPA conducts five-
year reviews to ensure the continued protectiveness of remedial actions
where hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants remain at a
site above levels that allow for unlimited use and unrestricted
exposure. EPA conducts such five-year reviews even if a site is deleted
from the NPL. EPA may initiate further action to ensure continued
protectiveness at a deleted site if new information becomes available
that indicates it is appropriate. Whenever there is a significant
release from a site deleted from the NPL, the deleted site may be
restored to the NPL without application of the hazard ranking system.
III. Deletion Procedures
The following procedures apply to deletion of the Site:
(1) EPA consulted with the State before developing this Notice of
Intent to Delete.
(2) EPA has provided the state 30 working days for review of this
action prior to publication of it today
(3) In accordance with the criteria discussed above, EPA has
determined that no further response is appropriate;
(4) The State of Washington, through the Department of Ecology, has
concurred with deletion of the Site from the NPL.
(5) Concurrently with the publication of this Notice of Intent to
Delete in the Federal Register, a notice is being published in a major
local newspaper, The Spokesman Review. The newspaper notice announces
the 30-day public comment period concerning the Notice of Intent to
Delete the site from the NPL.
(6) The EPA placed copies of documents supporting the proposed
deletion in the deletion docket and made these items available for
public inspection and copying at the Site information repositories
identified above.
If comments are received within the 30-day public comment period on
this action, EPA will evaluate and respond appropriately to the
comments before making a final decision to delete. If necessary, EPA
will prepare a Responsiveness Summary to address any significant public
comments received. After the public comment period, if EPA determines
it is still appropriate to delete the Site, the Regional Administrator
will publish a final Notice of Deletion in the Federal Register. Public
notices, public submissions and copies of the Responsiveness Summary,
if prepared, will be made available to interested parties and in the
site information repositories listed above.
Deletion of a site from the NPL does not itself create, alter, or
revoke any individual's rights or obligations. Deletion of a site from
the NPL does not in any way alter EPA's right to take enforcement
actions, as appropriate. The NPL is designed primarily for
informational purposes and to assist EPA management. Section
300.425(e)(3)
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of the NCP states that the deletion of a site from the NPL does not
preclude eligibility for future response actions, should future
conditions warrant such actions.
IV. Basis for Site Deletion
The EPA placed copies of documents supporting the proposed deletion
in the deletion docket. The material provides explanation of EPA's
rationale for the deletion and demonstrates how it meets the deletion
criteria. This information is made available for public inspection in
the docket identified above.
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, Water supply.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Dated: June 25, 2020.
Christopher Hladick,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2020-14137 Filed 7-13-20; 8:45 am]
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