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EPA public comment policy;
information about CBI, PBI, or
multimedia submissions; and general
guidance on making effective
comments.
II. General Information
This document presents LDNR’s
supplement to its primacy application
regarding Louisiana State Act No. 378.
This act was signed into law and went
into effect on June 14, 2023, during the
comment period for EPA’s proposed
rulemaking, ‘‘State of Louisiana
Underground Injection Control Program;
Class VI Program Revision Application’’
(88 FR 28450, May 4, 2023). LDNR
thereafter supplemented its Class VI
primacy application to incorporate the
new act, which revised portions of
Louisiana law relevant to LDNR’s Class
VI primacy application. In LDNR’s letter
supplementing its application, LDNR
stated that it found that Act 378 had no
substantive impact on its pending
application. The purpose of this
document is to provide public notice
and the opportunity for comment
specific to LDNR’s supplement to its
primacy application regarding Louisiana
State Act No. 378, which was not
available for public review and
comment at the time of the proposal.
EPA is not reopening the overall
comment period for the Agency’s
proposed approval of Louisiana’s Class
VI primacy application. EPA continues
to review the comments received on the
Agency’s proposed approval and will
address those comments and the
comments submitted in response to this
document in the final action.
Act 378 revised portions of Louisiana
law relevant to LDNR’s Class VI primacy
application. For instance, it codified a
parish notification requirement for
permit applications for Class VI wells
(and Class V wells related to geologic
sequestration of carbon dioxide). It also
codified Class VI quarterly and twentyfour-hour reporting requirements. It also
revised Louisiana’s long term liability
provision in Louisiana Revised Statute
(LA R.S.) 30:1109. As mentioned in the
May 4, 2023, proposal, EPA is aware
that stakeholders have raised concerns
about this provision. EPA has reviewed
Act 378, including its revisions to the
long-term liability provision at LA R.S.
30:1109, and continues to propose
approving Louisiana’s application for
Class VI primacy. EPA has determined
that the application as supplemented
continues to meet all applicable
requirements for approval under SDWA
section 1422.
Persons interested in the Class VI UIC
program established by the State of
Louisiana, and its proposed
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incorporation under Section 1422 of the
SDWA are encouraged to read the new
information presented and respond to
this document. Additionally, owners
and operators, States, Tribes, and State
co-regulators involved in geologic
sequestration activities in Louisiana
may also wish to comment on this
publication. EPA is not reopening the
overall comment period for the
Agency’s proposed approval of
Louisiana’s Class VI primacy
application. EPA continues to review
the comments received on the Agency’s
proposed rule approval and will address
those comments and the comments
submitted in response to this document
in the final action.
Radhika Fox,
Assistant Administrator.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0299; EPA–HQ–
OLEM–2023–0304; EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–
0382; FRL–11238–01–OLEM]
Proposed Deletion From the National
Priorities List
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is issuing a Notice of
Intent to delete one site and partially
delete two sites from the National
Priorities List (NPL) and requests public
comments on this proposed action. The
NPL, promulgated pursuant to 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
agency, have determined that all
appropriate response actions under
CERCLA have been completed.
However, this deletion does not
preclude future actions under
Superfund.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed action must be submitted on
or before September 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under the Docket
Identification numbers included in
Table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
Submit your comments, identified by
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the appropriate Docket ID number, 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: Table 2 in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document provides an email
address to submit public comments for
the proposed deletion action.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
the Docket Identification number
included in Table 1 in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document. 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://
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
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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: 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
Center. Location, address, and phone
number of the Regional Records Centers
follows.
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Regional Records Center
• Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT),
U.S. EPA New England, SEMS Records
and Information Center, 5 Post Office
Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109–
3912; 617/918–1440.
• Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI), U.S. EPA,
290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007–
1866; 212/637–4308.
• Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC,
SC, TN), U.S. EPA, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW, Mail code 9T25, Atlanta, GA 30303.
• 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, accessing
deletion support documentation, and
determining whether there are
additional physical deletion dockets
available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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• Robert Lim, U.S. EPA Region 1 (CT,
ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), lim.robert@
epa.gov, 617/918–1392.
• Mabel Garcia, U.S. EPA Region 2
(NJ, NY, PR, VI), garcia.mabel@epa.gov,
212/637–4356.
• Leigh Lattimore, U.S. EPA Region 4
(AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN),
lattimore.leigh@epa.gov, 404/562–8768.
• Charles Sands, U.S. EPA
Headquarters, sands.charles@epa.gov,
202/566–1142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Intended Full Site or Partial Site
Deletion
I. Introduction
EPA is issuing a proposed rule to
delete one site and partially delete two
sites from the National Priorities List
(NPL) and requests public comments on
this proposed action. The NPL
constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR part
300 which is the NCP, which EPA
created under section 105 of the
CERCLA statute of 1980, as amended.
EPA maintains the NPL as those 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). These partial deletions are
proposed in accordance with 40 CFR
300.425(e) and is consistent with the
Notice of Policy Change: Partial
Deletion of Sites Listed on the National
Priorities List. 60 FR 55466, (November
1, 1995). 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.
EPA will accept comments on the
proposal to delete or partially delete
these sites for thirty (30) days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register.
Section II of this document explains
the criteria for deleting sites from the
NPL. Section III of this document
discusses procedures that EPA is using
for this action. Section IV of this
document discusses the site or portion
of the site proposed for deletion and
demonstrates how it meets the deletion
criteria, including reference documents
with the rationale and data principally
relied upon by the EPA to determine
that the Superfund response is
complete.
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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 the
deletion or partial deletion of the sites
in this proposed rule:
(1) EPA consulted with the respective
state before developing this Notice of
Intent for deletion.
(2) EPA has provided the state 30
working days for review of site deletion
documents 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, through their designated
state agency, has concurred with the
proposed deletion action.
(5) Concurrently, with the publication
of this Notice of Intent for deletion in
the Federal Register, a notice is being
published in a major local newspaper of
general circulation near the site. The
newspaper announces the 30-day public
comment period concerning the
proposed action for deletion.
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(6) The EPA placed copies of
documents supporting the proposed
deletion in the deletion docket, made
these items available for public
inspection, and copying at the Regional
Records Center identified above.
If comments are received within the
30-day comment period on this
document, EPA will evaluate and
respond accordingly to the comments
before making a final decision to delete
or partially delete the site. 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 or partially delete the site, the
EPA will publish a final Notice of
Deletion or Partial 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 included in the site
information repositories listed above.
Deletion of a site or a portion of a site
from the NPL does not itself create,
alter, or revoke any individual’s rights
or obligations. Deletion of a site or a
portion 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)
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 Full Site or Partial Site
Deletion
The site to be deleted or partially
deleted from the NPL, the location of
the site, and docket number with
information including reference
documents with the rationale and data
principally relied upon by the EPA to
determine that the Superfund response
is complete are specified in Table 1. 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, 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.
TABLE 1
Site name
City/County, State
Type
Docket No.
Tyndall Air Force Base .............
Universal Oil Products (Chemical Division).
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ......
Panama City, FL ......................
East Rutherford, NJ .................
Partial .......................................
Partial .......................................
EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0299 ..
EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0304 ..
1, 3
Kittery, ME ...............................
Full ...........................................
EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0382 ..
1, 2, 3
Table 2 includes information
concerning whether the full site is
proposed for deletion from the NPL or
a description of the area, media or
Operable Units (OUs) of the NPL site
proposed for partial deletion from the
NPL, and an email address to which
public comments may be submitted if
Footnote
the commenter does not comment using
https://www.regulations.gov.
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TABLE 2
Site name
Full site deletion (full) or media/parcels/
description for partial deletion
Tyndall Air Force Base ......................................
Universal Oil Products (Chemical Division) ......
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ...............................
OUs 10, 11 and parts of 15 and 25 .................
17 acres of soil from OU1 ................................
Full ....................................................................
jackson.brad@epa.gov.
lapoma.jennifer@epa.gov.
lim.robert@epa.gov.
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
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.
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, Water supply.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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.
Larry Douchand,
Office Director, Office of Superfund
Remediation and Technology Innovation.
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Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) is issuing a
Notice of Proposed Rule Making
(NPRM) to establish standards and
procedures by which it may require
acceptance and priority performance of
certain contracts or orders to promote
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0299; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0304; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0382;
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Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a Notice
of Intent to delete one site and partially delete two sites from the
National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this
proposed action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to 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 agency, have determined that all
appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed. However,
this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed action must be submitted on or
before September 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under the
Docket Identification numbers included in Table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. Submit your comments, identified
by the appropriate Docket ID number, 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: Table 2 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document provides an email address to submit public comments for
the proposed deletion action.
Instructions: Direct your comments to the Docket Identification
number included in Table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document. 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://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
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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: 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 Center. Location, address, and phone
number of the Regional Records Centers follows.
Regional Records Center
Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), U.S. EPA New England,
SEMS Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100,
Boston, MA 02109-3912; 617/918-1440.
Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI), U.S. EPA, 290 Broadway, New
York, NY 10007- 1866; 212/637-4308.
Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN), U.S. EPA, 61
Forsyth Street, SW, Mail code 9T25, Atlanta, GA 30303.
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, accessing deletion support documentation, and determining
whether there are additional physical deletion dockets available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Lim, U.S. EPA Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT),
[email protected], 617/918-1392.
Mabel Garcia, U.S. EPA Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI),
[email protected], 212/637-4356.
Leigh Lattimore, U.S. EPA Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS,
NC, SC, TN), [email protected], 404/562-8768.
Charles Sands, U.S. EPA Headquarters,
[email protected], 202/566-1142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Intended Full Site or Partial Site Deletion
I. Introduction
EPA is issuing a proposed rule to delete one site and partially
delete two sites from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests
public comments on this proposed action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B
of 40 CFR part 300 which is the NCP, which EPA created under section
105 of the CERCLA statute of 1980, as amended. EPA maintains the NPL as
those 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).
These partial deletions are proposed in accordance with 40 CFR
300.425(e) and is consistent with the Notice of Policy Change: Partial
Deletion of Sites Listed on the National Priorities List. 60 FR 55466,
(November 1, 1995). 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.
EPA will accept comments on the proposal to delete or partially
delete these sites for thirty (30) days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Section II of this document explains the criteria for deleting
sites from the NPL. Section III of this document discusses procedures
that EPA is using for this action. Section IV of this document
discusses the site or portion of the site proposed for deletion and
demonstrates how it meets the deletion criteria, including reference
documents with the rationale and data principally relied upon by the
EPA to determine that the Superfund response is complete.
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 the deletion or partial deletion
of the sites in this proposed rule:
(1) EPA consulted with the respective state before developing this
Notice of Intent for deletion.
(2) EPA has provided the state 30 working days for review of site
deletion documents 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, through their designated state agency, has concurred
with the proposed deletion action.
(5) Concurrently, with the publication of this Notice of Intent for
deletion in the Federal Register, a notice is being published in a
major local newspaper of general circulation near the site. The
newspaper announces the 30-day public comment period concerning the
proposed action for deletion.
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(6) The EPA placed copies of documents supporting the proposed
deletion in the deletion docket, made these items available for public
inspection, and copying at the Regional Records Center identified
above.
If comments are received within the 30-day comment period on this
document, EPA will evaluate and respond accordingly to the comments
before making a final decision to delete or partially delete the site.
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 or partially delete
the site, the EPA will publish a final Notice of Deletion or Partial
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 included in the site information
repositories listed above.
Deletion of a site or a portion of a site from the NPL does not
itself create, alter, or revoke any individual's rights or obligations.
Deletion of a site or a portion 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) 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 Full Site or Partial Site Deletion
The site to be deleted or partially deleted from the NPL, the
location of the site, and docket number with information including
reference documents with the rationale and data principally relied upon
by the EPA to determine that the Superfund response is complete are
specified in Table 1. 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, 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.
Table 1
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Site name City/County, State Type Docket No. Footnote
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Tyndall Air Force Base.......... Panama City, FL.... Partial............ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-02 1, 3
99.
Universal Oil Products (Chemical East Rutherford, NJ Partial............ EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-03 ...............
Division). 04.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard....... Kittery, ME........ Full............... EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-03 1, 2, 3
82.
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Table 2 includes information concerning whether the full site is
proposed for deletion from the NPL or a description of the area, media
or Operable Units (OUs) of the NPL site proposed for partial deletion
from the NPL, and an email address to which public comments may be
submitted if the commenter does not comment using https://www.regulations.gov.
Table 2
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Full site deletion
(full) or media/
Site name parcels/ E-mail address for
description for public comments
partial deletion
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Tyndall Air Force Base.......... OUs 10, 11 and [email protected]
parts of 15 and ov.
25.
Universal Oil Products (Chemical 17 acres of soil lapoma.jennifer@ep
Division). from OU1. a.gov.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard....... Full.............. [email protected]
.
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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 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.
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.
Larry Douchand,
Office Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology
Innovation.
[FR Doc. 2023-17433 Filed 8-15-23; 8:45 am]
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