Environmental Protection Agency March 13, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On October 3, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to approve a revision to the State of Oklahoma hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and provided for a thirty-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on November 2, 2018 and EPA received five comments. Two of the comments were irrelevant to the proposed rulemaking. EPA received written adverse comments from three sources not to grant the State of Oklahoma the authorized program. The EPA has reviewed and analyzed the concerns raised by the commenters, and now issues this final rule. After consideration of these concerns, EPA is confirming that the program revisions to the State of Oklahoma hazardous waste program satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization. No further opportunity for comment will be provided.

The Robintech, Inc./National Pipe Co. Superfund site (Site), located in the Town of Vestal, New York, includes an approximately 12.7-acre parcel of property (hereinafter, ``Property'') and areas affected by the release or threat of release of hazardous substances to the west of the Property (hereinafter, ``Off-Property''). This direct final partial deletion is being published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with the concurrence of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). Because no further response actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), other than groundwater monitoring, periodic IC verification, and five-year reviews, as well as O&M activities, as necessary, are needed for the Property's overburden soil, overburden groundwater, and an approximately 9.7-acre portion of the bedrock aquifer underlying the Property (hereinafter, collectively referred to as ``Proposed Deleted Portion of the Property''), EPA is issuing this Notice of Partial Deletion (NOPD) of this Site area from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this proposed action. However, this partial deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund. The overburden and bedrock aquifers in the Off-Property area, and the remaining portion of the bedrock aquifer underlying the Property, will remain on the NPL and are not part of this deletion action.