[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18837]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5541-7]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan National 
Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion of Howe Valley Landfill Superfund Site, 
Hardin County, Kentucky, from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Howe Valley Landfill Superfund Site in Hardin County, 
Kentucky, from the National Priorities List (NPL), which is appendix B 
of 40 CFR part 300 of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances 
Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA and the Commonwealth of Kentucky have 
determined that all appropriate Fund-financed responses under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), as amended, have been implemented and that no further cleanup 
is appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the Commonwealth of Kentucky 
determined that response actions conducted at the site to date have 
been protective of public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nestor Young, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. EPA, Region 4, North Superfund Remedial Branch, 345 
Courtland Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30365, (404) 347-7791, ext. 2023.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Howe 
Valley Landfill Superfund Site, Hardin County, Kentucky.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published on March 
28, 1996 at (61 FR 13794). The closing date for comments on the Notice 
of Intent to Delete was April 30, 1996. EPA received one comment letter 
from the Hardin County Water District No. 2 expressing concern about 
possible contamination of Boutwell Spring. EPA responded by providing 
groundwater sampling data that showed that no contaminants are present. 
This letter and response are available through the EPA Region 4 public 
docket located at EPA's Region 4 Office, 345 Courtland Street, N.E., 
Atlanta, Ga., 30365.
    EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to 
public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL as 
the list of those sites. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible 
for Fund-financed remedial actions in the unlikely event that 
conditions at the site warrant such action in the future. Section 
300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may be taken 
at sites deleted from the NPL. 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 waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: July 11, 1996.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Deputy Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 4.

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

PART 300--[AMENDED]

    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 the 
site for Howe Valley Landfill, Howe County, Kentucky.

[FR Doc. 96-18837 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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