[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 190 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51019-51020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24853]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL 5616-3]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the ALCOA (Vancouver Smelter) site from 
the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces 
the deletion of the ALCOA (Vancouver Smelter) NPL Site, located in 
Vancouver (Clark County), 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 Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which 
EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 
1980, as amended. EPA and the State of Washington Department of Ecology 
(Ecology) have determined that the Site poses no significant threat to 
public health or the environment and, therefore, further

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remedial measures pursuant to CERCLA is not appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynda Priddy, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Mail Stop ECL-113, Seattle, Washington 
98101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
ALCOA (Vancouver Smelter) Site, located in Vancouver (Clark County), 
Washington.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published August 15, 
1996 (61 FR 42404). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was September 16, 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 these 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, and Water supply.

    Dated: September 20, 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 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the 
site ALCOA (Vancouver Smelter), Vancouver, Washington.
[FR Doc. 96-24853 Filed 9-27-96; 8:45 am]
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