[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7996-7997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4526]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5431-3]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Deletion of the Arkansas City Dump Superfund Site 
from the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Arkansas City Dump Site in Arkansas City, Kansas from 
the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes 
Appendix B to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
Contingency Plan (NCP) which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980 (CERLCA), as amended. In consultation with the state of 
Kansas, EPA has determined that the necessary Fund-financed response 
actions under CERCLA have been implemented. The EPA has concluded that 
this remedial action is protective of human health, and the 
environment. The State of Kansas has concurred on the deletion of this 
site from the NPL.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David V. Crawford, Remedial Project 
Manager, Superfund Division, 

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Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue, 
Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 105(a)(8)(B) of CERCLA, EPA 
established the NPL as a priority list among known or threatened 
releases of hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants 
throughout the United States, for potential response action. Sites on 
the NPL may be the subject of Hazardous Substance Superfund (Fund) 
financed, or responsible party, remedial actions. Sites are deleted 
from the NPL when all appropriate response actions have been 
implemented or investigation of the site has shown that the site poses 
no significant threat. Any sites deleted from the NPL remain eligible 
for future response actions if conditions at the site are later found 
to warrant such action. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) provides that 
whenever there is a significant release from a site deleted from the 
NPL, the site shall 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 or impede Agency efforts to recover costs 
associated with response efforts. Specific information about this site 
follows.

Arkansas City Dump

    The Arkansas City Dump site is located in Arkansas City, Kansas. 
The EPA published a Notice of Intent to Delete the Arkansas City Dump 
site from the NPL on September 20, 1995. The EPA also published a 
notification in the principal local newspaper on September 14, 1995. 
The comment period ended on October 25, 1995. The EPA received no 
comments. Entries in the Deletion Docket may be reviewed at the EPA 
Region VII office in Kansas City, Kansas, and at the Public Library, 
125 East Fifth Avenue, Arkansas City, Kansas. It is EPA's policy to 
conduct a Five-Year Review at sites in which hazardous substances 
remain above levels which allow for unlimited use and unrestricted 
exposure. The EPA expects to complete five-year reviews of the remedial 
action at the Arkansas City Dump site even though this site has been 
deleted from the NPL.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, 
Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control.

    Dated: February 6, 1996.
Dennis Grams,
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, 191 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 ``Arkansas City Dump Site, Arkansas City, Kansas''.

[FR Doc. 96-4526 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
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