[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 185 (Monday, September 23, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24199]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5612-8]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of Bonneville Power Administration Ross 
Complex (USDOE) from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the United States Department of Energy (USDOE) Bonneville 
Power Administration Ross Complex, located in Clark County, Vancouver, 
Washington, 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 (CERCLA), as amended. EPA and the State of 
Washington's Department of Ecology have determined that the Site poses 
no significant threat to public health or the environment and 
therefore, no further remedial measures pursuant to CERCLA are 
appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Harney, Site Manager, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 6th Avenue (ECL-111), 
Seattle, Washington 98101, (206)-553-6635.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Bonneville Power Administration Ross Complex (USDOE), Clark County, 
Vancouver, Washington.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published July 18, 
1996 (FRL-5537-8). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was August 19, 1996. EPA received no comments.
    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. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible 
for remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions at the site 
warrant such action in the future. NCP Sec. 300.425(e)(3). 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 10, 1996.
Chuck Clarke,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 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 2 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the 
site for Bonneville Power Administration Ross (USDOE), Vancouver, 
Washington.

[FR Doc. 96-24199 Filed 9-20-96; 8:45 am]
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