[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39080-39081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18839]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5541-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Deletion of the Alaskan Battery Enterprises Site from 
the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Alaskan Battery Enterprises Site, located in Fairbanks, 
Alaska from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B 
of 40 CFR part 300 which is 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, as amended (CERCLA). EPA and the State of Alaska 
Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) have determined that no 
further cleanup under CERCLA is appropriate and that the selected 
remedy has been protective of public health, welfare, and the 
environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 26, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Rose, Site Manager, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 6th Avenue, ECL-111, 
Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553-7721.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is:

Alaskan Battery Enterprises, Fairbanks, Alaska

    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published May 13, 
1996, (61 FR 22004). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was June 12, 1996. EPA received one letter which 
supported the proposed delisting of the site.
    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-financed remedial actions. 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. Section 300.425 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 substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and record keeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: July 10, 1996.
Chuck Clarke,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.

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

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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 the 
site for ``Alaskan Battery Enterprises, Fairbanks N Star Borough, 
Alaska''.

[FR Doc. 96-18839 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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