[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50430-50431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24269]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5306-3]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Witco Chemical Corporation Superfund 
Site from the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II announces 
the deletion of the Witco Chemical Corporation Superfund site in 
Oakland, New Jersey from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is 
Appendix B of 40 CFR Part 300, the National Oil and Hazardous 
Substances Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to 
Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. EPA and the State of 
New Jersey have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed responses 
under CERCLA have been implemented and that no further cleanup by 
responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the State of New 
Jersey have determined that remedial actions conducted at the site to 
date remain protective of public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Osolin, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, 
19th Floor, New York, New York 10007, (212) 637-4412.

ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this site is available at the 
following addresses:

Oakland Public Library, Municipal Plaza, Oakland, New Jersey 07436, 
(201) 337-3742, Hrs. M-TH 10:00 AM-9:00 PM, F & SA 10:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Superfund Records Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
II, 290 Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10007, (212) 637-4308, 
Hrs. M-F 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, (Call for an appointment, reasonable fees may 
be charged for copying.).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Witco Chemical Corporation Site, Oakland, New Jersey.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published November 
18, 1993 (58 FR 60825). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was December 17, 1993. EPA received no comments and 
therefore has not prepared a Responsiveness Summary.
    The EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk 
to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL 
as the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of 
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund-) financed remedial 
actions. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that Fund-financed 
actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL in the unlikely 
event that conditions at the site warrant such action. Deletion of a 
site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede 
agency efforts to recover costs associated with response efforts.

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.

    Dated: September 15, 1995.
William J. Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator.
    40 CFR part 300 is amended as follows:

PART 300--[AMENDED]

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

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; 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 Witco 

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    Chemical Corporation Site, Oakland, New Jersey.

[FR Doc. 95-24269 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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