[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22650]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5604-9]

40 CFR Part 300


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of Whiteford Sales & Service, Inc., site 
from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 
announces the deletion of the Whiteford Sales & Service, Inc., (WSS) 
site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 
40 CFR Part 300 which is 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 (CERCLA), as amended. This action is being 
taken by EPA and the State of Indiana because it has been determined 
that all appropriate Fund-financed responses at the WSS site under 
CERCLA have been implemented, that the WSS site poses no significant 
threat to public health or the environment, and that no further clean-
up action at the site is appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Tierney, U.S. EPA Region 5 (SR-
6J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604; (312) 886-4785. 
Information on the site is available at the local information 
repository located at: The St. Joseph County Public Library, Main 
Branch, 122 W. Wayne St., South Bend, Indiana. Requests for copies of 
documents should be directed in writing to the Regional Docket Office. 
The contact for the Regional Docket Office is E. Levy, U.S. EPA Region 
5 (MRI-13J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the 
Whiteford Sales & Service, Inc. (WSS) site located within the city 
limits of South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN, approximately 1 and \1/2\ 
miles southwest of downtown. A Notice of Intent to Delete for the site 
was published on May 3, 1996 in the Federal Register (61 FR 19889). The 
closing date for public comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was 
June 3, 1996. EPA received no comments and, therefore, no 
Responsiveness Summary was prepared.
    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 
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund) financed remedial 
actions. As described in Sec. 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, sites deleted 
from the NPL remain eligible for additional Fund-financed remedial 
actions in the unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such 
actions. 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 potection, Air pollution control, chemicals, 
Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: August 13, 1996.
David A. Ullrich,
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 the 
site ``Whiteford Sales & Service/Nationalease, South Bend, Indiana''.

[FR Doc. 96-22650 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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