[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45343-45344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21407]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5288-1]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency.

Action: Notice of deletion of the Northwestern States Portland Cement 
Company Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region VII announces 
the deletion of the Northwestern States Portland Cement Company 
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL 
constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) which the EPA 
promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended. The 
reason this action is being taken is that Superfund Remedial Activities 
have been completed. EPA and the State of Iowa have determined that no 
further cleanup by the Responsible Party is appropriate under CERCLA. 
Moreover, EPA and the State have determined that CERCLA activities 
conducted at the Site to date have been protective of public health, 
welfare and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paul W. Roemerman, Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Branch, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Ave. Kansas 
City, KS 66101, (913) 551-7694.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the 
Northwestern States Portland Cement Company Superfund Site, Mason City, 
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
    A notice of intent to delete for this site was published October 
19, 1995 (59 FR 52747). The closing date for comments was thirty (30) 
days after the notice was published. EPA did not receive any comments 
on the proposed deletion.
    Based upon a review of monitoring data from the site, EPA in 
consultation with the State of Iowa has determined that the site does 
not pose a significant risk to human health or the environment. The 
site shall be monitored by the Responsible Party in accordance with the 
Operation and Monitoring Plan approved by EPA. 

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    Future reviews of monitoring data will be conducted, in conjunction 
with the State of Iowa, at a minimum of every five years, or until such 
time when no hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants remain at 
the site above levels that allow for unrestricted use and unlimited 
exposure.

    The EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk 
to public health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as 
the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of 
remedial actions financed by the Hazardous Substance Response Fund 
(Fund). Pursuant to section 105(e) of CERCLA, any site deleted from the 
NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed Remedial Actions if conditions 
at the site warrant such action. Deletion from the NPL does not affect 
responsible party liability or impede EPA efforts to recover costs 
associated with response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, 
Hazardous wastes, Superfund.

Dennis Grams,

Regional Administrator.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble 40 CFR part 300 is amended 
as follows:

PART 300--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); E.O. 
12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 
2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.

Appendix B--[Amended]

    2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the 
Site ``Northwestern States Portland Cement Company Superfund Site, 
Cerro Gordo, Iowa''.

[FR Doc. 95-21407 Filed 8-30-95; 8:45 am]

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