National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the Hormigas Ground Water Plume Superfund Site, 43793-43794 [2020-15642]

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Mary Walker, Regional Administrator, Region 4. [FR Doc. 2020–14425 Filed 7–17–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 300 [EPA–HQ–SFUND–2010–0636; FRL–10010– 94–Region 2] National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the Hormigas Ground Water Plume Superfund Site Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Hormigas Ground Water Plume Superfund Site (Site) located in Caguas, Puerto Rico, 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 of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), is an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, through the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, have determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA, have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund. DATES: Comments must be received by August 19, 2020. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 43793 Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ– SFUND–2010–0636. 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 following the detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section of the direct final rule located in the rules section of this Federal Register. 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 the 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: Dr. Adalberto Bosque, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, City View Plaza II– Suite 7000, 48 RD, 165 Km. 1.2, Guaynabo, PR 00968–8069, (787) 977– 5825, email: bosque.adalberto@epa.gov. You might also contact: Brenda Reyes, Community Involvement Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, City View Plaza II–Suite 7000, 48 RD, 165 Km. 1.2, Guaynabo, PR 00968–8069, (787) 977–5825, email: reyes.brenda@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this issue of the Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of Deletion of Hormigas Ground Water Plume Superfund Site without prior Notice of Intent to Delete because we view this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipate no adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for this deletion in the preamble to the direct final Notice of Deletion, and those reasons are incorporated herein. If we receive adverse comment(s) on this deletion action, we will withdraw the direct final Notice of Deletion, and it will not take effect. We will, as appropriate, consider and address all public comments in a subsequent final Notice of Deletion based on this Notice of Intent to Delete, if such action is determined to be appropriate. If so, we ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\20JYP1.SGM 20JYP1 43794 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 139 / Monday, July 20, 2020 / Proposed Rules will not institute a second comment period on this Notice of Intent to Delete. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. For additional information, see the direct final Notice of Deletion which is located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this issue of the Federal Register. 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. Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Peter Lopez, Regional Administrator, Region 2. 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HHS is seeking public comment on the proposed revisions to the Table. DATES: Written comments and related material to this proposed rule must be received to the online docket via www.regulations.gov on or before January 12, 2021. ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by HHS Docket No. HRSA– 2020–0002. Because of staff and resource limitations, comments must be submitted electronically to www.regulations.gov. Follow the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions. Inspection of Public Comments: All comments received before the close of the comment period are available for viewing by the public, including personally identifiable or confidential All interested parties are invited to participate in this rulemaking by submitting written views, comments and arguments on all aspects of this proposed rule, as well as additional data that should be considered. HHS also invites comments that relate to the economic, legal, environmental, or federalism effects that might result from this proposed rule. Comments that will provide the most assistance to HRSA in implementing these changes will reference a specific portion of the proposed rule, explain the reason for any recommended change, and include data, information, or authority that supports such recommended change. A public hearing on this proposed rule will be held before the end of the public comment period. A separate document will be published in the Federal Register providing details of this hearing. Subject to consideration of the comments received, the Secretary intends to publish a final regulation. Instructions: If you submit a comment, you must include the agency name and the HHS Docket No. HRSA– 2020–0002 for this rulemaking. All submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:03 Jul 17, 2020 Jkt 250001 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary public comment submission you make to HHS. HHS may withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov. II. Background and Purpose Vaccination is one of the best ways to protect against potentially harmful diseases that can be very serious, may require hospitalization, or even be deadly. Almost all individuals who are vaccinated have no serious reactions.1 Nonetheless, in the 1980s, Congress became concerned that a small number of children who received immunizations had serious reactions to them, and it was not always possible to predict which children would have reactions, or what reactions they would have.2 Claimants alleging vaccinerelated injuries in civil litigation encountered a time-consuming, expensive, and often inadequate system.3 Moreover, increased litigation against vaccine manufacturers resulted in difficulties in their ability to secure affordable product liability insurance, stabilize vaccine prices and supply, and enter the market.4 Therefore, Congress enacted the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, title III of Public Law 99–660 (42 U.S.C. 300aa–1 et seq.) (Vaccine Act), which established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). The objectives of the VICP are to ensure an adequate supply of vaccines, stabilize vaccine costs, and establish and maintain an accessible and efficient forum for individuals found to be injured by certain vaccines to be federally compensated. Petitions for compensation under the VICP are filed 1 National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Health Resources & Servs. Admin., https:// www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/ (last reviewed Jan. 2020). 2 H.R. Rep. No. 99–908, pt. 1, at 6 (1986). Even though in rare instances individuals may have adverse reactions to vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that individuals be vaccinated against a wide range of illnesses and diseases. See Recommended Vaccines by Age. Ctrs. for Disease Control & Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/ vaccines-age.html (last reviewed Nov. 22, 2016). 3 H.R. Rep. No. 99–908, at 6. 4 See id. at 4–6. E:\FR\FM\20JYP1.SGM 20JYP1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 139 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43793-43794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15642]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0636; FRL-10010-94-Region 2]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Deletion of the Hormigas Ground Water Plume 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 is issuing 
a Notice of Intent to Delete the Hormigas Ground Water Plume Superfund 
Site (Site) located in Caguas, Puerto Rico, 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 
of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), is an appendix of the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, through the Department of Natural 
Resources and Environment, have determined that all appropriate 
response actions under CERCLA, have been completed. However, this 
deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 19, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2010-0636. 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 following the 
detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section of the direct final rule 
located in the rules section of this Federal Register.
    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 the 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: Dr. Adalberto Bosque, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, City View 
Plaza II-Suite 7000, 48 RD, 165 Km. 1.2, Guaynabo, PR 00968-8069, (787) 
977-5825, email: [email protected].
    You might also contact: Brenda Reyes, Community Involvement 
Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, City View 
Plaza II-Suite 7000, 48 RD, 165 Km. 1.2, Guaynabo, PR 00968-8069, (787) 
977-5825, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this issue of the Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final 
Notice of Deletion of Hormigas Ground Water Plume Superfund Site 
without prior Notice of Intent to Delete because we view this as a 
noncontroversial revision and anticipate no adverse comment. We have 
explained our reasons for this deletion in the preamble to the direct 
final Notice of Deletion, and those reasons are incorporated herein. If 
we receive adverse comment(s) on this deletion action, we will withdraw 
the direct final Notice of Deletion, and it will not take effect. We 
will, as appropriate, consider and address all public comments in a 
subsequent final Notice of Deletion based on this Notice of Intent to 
Delete, if such action is determined to be appropriate. If so, we

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will not institute a second comment period on this Notice of Intent to 
Delete. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time.
    For additional information, see the direct final Notice of Deletion 
which is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

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.

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

Peter Lopez,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2020-15642 Filed 7-17-20; 8:45 am]
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