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final rule, which proposed the same rule
changes as the direct final rule. The
proposed rule invited comment on the
substance of these rule changes. The
EPA will respond to comments as part
of any final action it takes on the
parallel proposed rule. As stated in the
direct final rule and the parallel
proposed rule, we will not institute a
second comment period on this action.
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List of Subjects
NPDES Small MS4 Urbanized Area
Clarification; Withdrawal of Direct Final
Rule
40 CFR Part 122
Environmental protection,
Stormwater, Water pollution.
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
40 CFR Part 123
Environmental protection,
Stormwater, Water pollution.
Due to the receipt of an
adverse comment, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing
the direct final rule ‘‘NPDES Small MS4
Urbanized Area Clarification,’’
published on December 2, 2022.
DATES: Effective February 22, 2023, the
EPA withdraws the direct final rule
published at 87 FR 73965, on December
2, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Huddle, Water Permits Division
(MC4203), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20004; telephone
number: (202) 564–7932; email address:
huddle.heather@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 2, 2022, the EPA published a
direct final rule (87 FR 73965). We
stated in that direct final rule that if we
received adverse comment by January 3,
2023 (extended to January 18, 2023 (87
FR 80079, December 29, 2022)), the
direct final rule would not take effect
and we would publish a timely
withdrawal in the Federal Register.
Because the EPA subsequently received
adverse comment on that direct final
rule, we are withdrawing the direct final
rule.
The EPA published a parallel
proposed rule on the same day (87 FR
74066, December 2, 2022) as the direct
Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
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Accordingly, as of February 22, 2023,
the EPA withdraws the direct final rule
amending 40 CFR parts 122 and 123,
which published at 87 FR 73965, on
December 2, 2022.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2022–0319; EPA–HQ–
OLEM–2022–0527; EPA–HQ–OLEM–2022–
0579; FRL–10632–02–OLEM]
Deletion From the National Priorities
List
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of
one site and the partial deletion of two
sites from the Superfund National
Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, created
under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an
SUMMARY:
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appendix of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and
the states, through their designated state
agencies, have determined that all
appropriate response actions under
CERCLA have been completed.
However, this deletion does not
preclude future actions under
Superfund.
DATES: The document is effective
February 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Docket: EPA has established
a docket for this action under the Docket
Identification included in Table 1 in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document. All documents in the
docket are listed on the https://
www.regulations.gov website. The Final
Close-Out Report (FCOR, for a full site
deletion) or the Partial Deletion
Justification (PDJ, for a partial site
deletion) is the primary document
which summarizes site information to
support the deletion. It is typically
written for a broad, non-technical
audience and this document is included
in the deletion docket for each of the
sites in this rulemaking. Although listed
in the index, some information is not
publicly available, i.e., Confidential
Business Information or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Docket materials are available
through https://www.regulations.gov or
at the corresponding Regional Records
Centers. Locations, addresses, and
phone numbers of the Regional Records
Center follows.
• Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC,
SC, TN), U.S. EPA, 61 Forsyth Street
SW, Mail code 9T25, Atlanta, GA 30303.
• Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI),
U.S. EPA Superfund Division Records
Manager, Mail code SRC–7J, Metcalfe
Federal Building, 7th Floor South, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL
60604; 312/886–4465.
• Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX), US
EPA Region 6 Records Center 1201 Elm
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St., Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75270; 214/
665–7544.
• EPA Headquarters Docket Center
Reading Room (deletion dockets for all
states), William Jefferson Clinton (WJC)
West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20004, (202) 566–1744.
EPA staff listed below in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
may assist the public in answering
inquiries about deleted sites and
accessing deletion support
documentation, determining whether
there are additional physical deletion
dockets available, or if COVID
restrictions affect deletion docket
access.
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:
• Leigh Lattimore, U.S. EPA Region 4
(AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN),
lattimore.leigh@epa.gov, 404/562–8768.
• Karen Cibulskis, U.S. EPA Region 5
(IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI),
cibulskis.karen@epa.gov, 312/886–1843.
• Brian Mueller, U.S. EPA Region 6
(AR, LA, NM, OK, TX), mueller.brian@
epa.gov, 214/665–7167.
• Charles Sands, U.S. EPA
Headquarters, sands.charles@epa.gov,
202–566–1142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPL,
created under section 105 of CERCLA,
as amended, is an appendix of the NCP.
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. Partial deletion of sites is
in accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e)
and are consistent with the Notice of
Policy Change: Partial Deletion of Sites
Listed on the National Priorities List, 60
FR 55466, (November 1, 1995). The sites
to be deleted are listed in Table 1,
including docket information containing
reference documents with the rationale
and data principally relied upon by the
EPA to determine that the Superfund
response is complete. The NCP permits
activities to occur at a deleted site, or
that media or parcel of a partially
deleted site, including operation and
maintenance of the remedy, monitoring,
and five-year reviews. These activities
for the site are entered in Table 1 in this
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, if
applicable, under Footnote such that; 1=
site has continued operation and
maintenance of the remedy, 2= site
receives continued monitoring, and 3=
site five-year reviews are conducted. As
described in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the
NCP, a site or portion of a site deleted
from the NPL remains eligible for Fundfinanced remedial action if future
conditions warrant such actions.
TABLE 1
Site name
City/county, state
Type
Docket No.
U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills ..................
Wauconda Sand & Gravel .................
River City Metal Finishing .................
Greenville, SC ..................................
Wauconda, IL ...................................
San Antonio, TX ...............................
Partial .............
Partial .............
Full .................
EPA–HQ–OLEM–2022–0579.
EPA–HQ–OLEM–2022–0319 ...........
EPA–HQ–OLEM–2022–0527.
Information concerning the sites to be
deleted and partially deleted from the
NPL, the proposed rule for the deletion
and partial deletion of the sites, and
information on receipt of public
comment(s) and preparation of a
Footnote
1,2,3
Responsiveness Summary (if applicable)
are included in Table 2.
TABLE 2
Date,
proposed
rule
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Site name
FR citation
Public comment
Responsiveness
summary
Full site deletion (full) or media/
parcels/description for partial
deletion
70-acres of Operable Unit 1 Main
Facility which includes soil, surface water, and sediment.
Approximately 76-acres of soil.
Full.
U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills .............
8/17/2022
87 FR 50596 .........
No .....................
No .....................
Wauconda Sand & Gravel ...........
River City Metal Finishing ............
8/17/2022
8/17/2022
87 FR 50596 .........
87 FR 50596 .........
No .....................
Yes ...................
No .....................
Yes ...................
For the sites proposed for deletion,
the closing date for comments in the
proposed rule was September 16, 2022.
The EPA received two public comments
on the River City Metal Finishing site in
this final rule. EPA placed the
comments in the docket specified in
Table 1, on https://www.regulations.gov,
and in the appropriate Regional Records
Center listed in the ADDRESSES section.
One public comment was not germane
to the proposed rulemaking. The second
commentor believes CERCLA gives no
guarantee that harm will not be done to
public health again in the future at the
site. The commenter believes if a site is
no longer considered to be a hazard, it
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should be noted that it was once
classified as a priority and ranked lower
overall on the NPL rather than deleted
from the NPL. In response, no
hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants remain at the Site above
levels that preclude unlimited use and
unrestricted exposure. This means that
under the current and future residential,
commercial, and industrial land use
scenarios, the site poses no
unacceptable risks to human health and
the environment. Thus, EPA concluded
that no action is warranted under
CERCLA, and the site can be deleted
from the NPL.
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The deletion criteria for the Site have
been met. A Responsiveness Summary
was prepared and placed in the site
deletion docket, EPA–HQ–OLEM–2022–
0527 on https://www.regulations.gov,
and in the appropriate Regional Records
Centers listed in the ADDRESSES section.
For all other sites not specified above,
no adverse comments were received.
EPA maintains the NPL as the list of
sites that appear to present a significant
risk to public health, welfare, or the
environment. Deletion from the NPL
does not preclude further remedial
action. Whenever there is a significant
release from a site deleted from the NPL,
the deleted site may be restored to the
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NPL without application of the hazard
ranking system. Deletion of a site from
the NPL does not affect responsible
party liability in the unlikely event that
future conditions warrant further
actions.
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
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 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.
requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, Water supply.
Larry Douchand,
Office Director, Office of Superfund
Remediation and Technology Innovation.
2. In Appendix B to part 300 amend
Table 1 by:
■ a. Revising the entry for ‘‘IL’’,
‘‘Wauconda Sand & Gravel’’,
‘‘Wauconda’’;
■ b. Removing the entry for ‘‘TX’’,
‘‘River City Metal Finishing’’, ‘‘San
Antonio’’.
The revision reads as follows:
■
For reasons set out in the preamble,
the EPA amends 40 CFR part 300 as
follows:
PART 300—NATIONAL OIL AND
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN
1. The authority citation for part 300
continues to read as follows:
Appendix B to Part 300—National
Priorities List
■
TABLE 1—GENERAL SUPERFUND SECTION
State
Site name
City/county
IL .......
*
*
*
*
*
Wauconda Sand & Gravel ...............................................................................................
*
Wauconda ..............................
*
*
*
*
*
*
Notes (a)
*
P
*
* P = Sites with partial deletion(s).
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47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket Nos. 03–123, 13–24, 22–408;
FCC 22–97; FR ID 127353]
Order Denying Petition for
Reconsideration of 2020 IP CTS
Compensation Order
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Denial of petitions for
reconsideration.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) denies petitions for
reconsideration of several aspects of the
Commission’s final rule setting
compensation from the
Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS) Fund for the provision of Internet
Protocol Captioned Telephone Service
(IP CTS). The document also denies a
related request filed jointly by six IP
CTS providers. In denying these
petitions and requests, the Commission
finds that they do not raise any new
arguments or provide sufficient
evidence that the Commission’s initial
treatment of the issues in question was
incorrect or incomplete. Additionally,
the Commission finds that it fully
considered the issues, based its decision
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on the evidence in the record, and fully
explained the rationale behind its
decision.
DATES: This ruling is effective March 24,
2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Scott, Disability Rights Office,
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau, at (202) 418–1264, or
Michael.Scott@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Order on
Reconsideration, document FCC 22–97,
adopted on December 21, 2022, released
on December 22, 2022, in CG Docket
Nos. 03–123, 13–24, and 22–408. The
full text of document FCC 22–97 is
available for public inspection and
copying via the Commission’s
Electronic Comment Filing System. To
request materials in accessible formats
for people with disabilities (Braille,
large print, electronic files, audio
format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov
or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530.
Synopsis
Background
1. Section 225 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), 47
U.S.C. 225, requires the Commission to
ensure that TRS are available to persons
who are deaf, hard of hearing, or
DeafBlind or have speech disabilities,
‘‘to the extent possible and in the most
efficient manner.’’ TRS are defined as
‘‘telephone transmission services’’
enabling such persons to communicate
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by wire or radio ‘‘in a manner that is
functionally equivalent to the ability of
a hearing individual who does not have
a speech disability to communicate
using voice communication services.’’
2. IP CTS, a form of TRS, permits an
individual who can speak but who has
difficulty hearing over the telephone to
use a telephone and an IP-enabled
device via the Internet to
simultaneously listen to the other party
and read captions of what the other
party is saying. IP CTS is supported
entirely by the TRS Fund, which is
composed of mandatory contributions
collected from telecommunications
carriers and voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) service providers based on a
percentage of each company’s annual
revenue. IP CTS providers receive
monthly payments from the TRS Fund
to compensate them for the reasonable
cost of providing the service, in
accordance with a per-minute
compensation formula approved by the
Commission.
3. Before 2018, compensation for IP
CTS providers was determined by
proxy, by averaging the payments made
by state TRS programs to providers of an
analogous service, Captioned Telephone
Service (CTS). In 2018, the Commission
determined that this approach had
resulted in providers receiving
compensation greatly in excess of the
average cost actually incurred to
provide IP CTS. Instead, the
Commission proposed that
compensation be determined as a
weighted average of the actual allowable
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0319; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0527; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0579;
FRL-10632-02-OLEM]
Deletion From the National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the
deletion of one site and the partial deletion of two sites from the
Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, created under 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
states, through their designated state agencies, have determined that
all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed.
However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under
Superfund.
DATES: The document is effective February 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under
the Docket Identification included in Table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. All documents in the docket are
listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. The Final Close-Out
Report (FCOR, for a full site deletion) or the Partial Deletion
Justification (PDJ, for a partial site deletion) is the primary
document which summarizes site information to support the deletion. It
is typically written for a broad, non-technical audience and this
document is included in the deletion docket for each of the sites in
this rulemaking. Although listed in the index, some information is not
publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business Information or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Docket materials
are available through https://www.regulations.gov or at the
corresponding Regional Records Centers. Locations, addresses, and phone
numbers of the Regional Records Center follows.
Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN), U.S. EPA, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Mail code 9T25, Atlanta, GA 30303.
Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI), U.S. EPA Superfund
Division Records Manager, Mail code SRC-7J, Metcalfe Federal Building,
7th Floor South, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; 312/886-
4465.
Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX), US EPA Region 6 Records
Center 1201 Elm
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St., Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75270; 214/665-7544.
EPA Headquarters Docket Center Reading Room (deletion
dockets for all states), William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) West Building,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, (202)
566-1744.
EPA staff listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section may assist the public in answering inquiries about deleted
sites and accessing deletion support documentation, determining whether
there are additional physical deletion dockets available, or if COVID
restrictions affect deletion docket access.
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:
Leigh Lattimore, U.S. EPA Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS,
NC, SC, TN), [email protected], 404/562-8768.
Karen Cibulskis, U.S. EPA Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH,
WI), [email protected], 312/886-1843.
Brian Mueller, U.S. EPA Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX),
[email protected], 214/665-7167.
Charles Sands, U.S. EPA Headquarters,
[email protected], 202-566-1142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPL, created under section 105 of
CERCLA, as amended, is an appendix of the NCP. 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. Partial deletion of sites is in accordance
with 40 CFR 300.425(e) and are consistent with the Notice of Policy
Change: Partial Deletion of Sites Listed on the National Priorities
List, 60 FR 55466, (November 1, 1995). The sites to be deleted are
listed in Table 1, including docket information containing reference
documents with the rationale and data principally relied upon by the
EPA to determine that the Superfund response is complete. The NCP
permits activities to occur at a deleted site, or that media or parcel
of a partially deleted site, including operation and maintenance of the
remedy, monitoring, and five-year reviews. These activities for the
site are entered in Table 1 in this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section,
if applicable, under Footnote such that; 1= site has continued
operation and maintenance of the remedy, 2= site receives continued
monitoring, and 3= site five-year reviews are conducted. As described
in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, a site or portion of a site deleted
from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial action if
future conditions warrant such actions.
Table 1
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Site name City/county, state Type Docket No. Footnote
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U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills....... Greenville, SC..... Partial.............. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0
579.
Wauconda Sand & Gravel.......... Wauconda, IL....... Partial.............. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0 1,2,3
319.
River City Metal Finishing...... San Antonio, TX.... Full................. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0
527.
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Information concerning the sites to be deleted and partially
deleted from the NPL, the proposed rule for the deletion and partial
deletion of the sites, and information on receipt of public comment(s)
and preparation of a Responsiveness Summary (if applicable) are
included in Table 2.
Table 2
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Full site deletion
Date, (full) or media/
Site name proposed FR citation Public comment Responsiveness summary parcels/description
rule for partial deletion
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U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills........ 8/17/2022 87 FR 50596................. No....................... No....................... 70-acres of Operable
Unit 1 Main
Facility which
includes soil,
surface water, and
sediment.
Wauconda Sand & Gravel........... 8/17/2022 87 FR 50596................. No....................... No....................... Approximately 76-
acres of soil.
River City Metal Finishing....... 8/17/2022 87 FR 50596................. Yes...................... Yes...................... Full.
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For the sites proposed for deletion, the closing date for comments
in the proposed rule was September 16, 2022. The EPA received two
public comments on the River City Metal Finishing site in this final
rule. EPA placed the comments in the docket specified in Table 1, on
https://www.regulations.gov, and in the appropriate Regional Records
Center listed in the ADDRESSES section. One public comment was not
germane to the proposed rulemaking. The second commentor believes
CERCLA gives no guarantee that harm will not be done to public health
again in the future at the site. The commenter believes if a site is no
longer considered to be a hazard, it should be noted that it was once
classified as a priority and ranked lower overall on the NPL rather
than deleted from the NPL. In response, no hazardous substances,
pollutants, or contaminants remain at the Site above levels that
preclude unlimited use and unrestricted exposure. This means that under
the current and future residential, commercial, and industrial land use
scenarios, the site poses no unacceptable risks to human health and the
environment. Thus, EPA concluded that no action is warranted under
CERCLA, and the site can be deleted from the NPL.
The deletion criteria for the Site have been met. A Responsiveness
Summary was prepared and placed in the site deletion docket, EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2022-0527 on https://www.regulations.gov, and in the appropriate
Regional Records Centers listed in the ADDRESSES section.
For all other sites not specified above, no adverse comments were
received.
EPA maintains the NPL as the list of sites that appear to present a
significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment.
Deletion from the NPL does not preclude further remedial action.
Whenever there is a significant release from a site deleted from the
NPL, the deleted site may be restored to the
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NPL without application of the hazard ranking system. Deletion of a
site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability in the
unlikely event that future conditions warrant further actions.
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.
Larry Douchand,
Office Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology
Innovation.
For reasons set out in the preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 300
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. 1251 et seq.; 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. In Appendix B to part 300 amend Table 1 by:
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a. Revising the entry for ``IL'', ``Wauconda Sand & Gravel'',
``Wauconda'';
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b. Removing the entry for ``TX'', ``River City Metal Finishing'', ``San
Antonio''.
The revision reads as follows:
Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List
Table 1--General Superfund Section
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State Site name City/county Notes (a)
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IL......... Wauconda Sand & Gravel. Wauconda......... P
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* P = Sites with partial deletion(s).
[FR Doc. 2023-03147 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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