[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 190 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24854]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL 5616-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Hanford 1100-Area (USDOE) from the 
National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces 
the deletion of the Hanford 1100-Area (USDOE), located in Benton 
County, Washington, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is 
Appendix B to 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 have determined that the Site poses no 
significant threat to public health or the environment; and, therefore, 
further remedial measures pursuant to CERCLA are not appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Einan, U.S. EPA Region 10, 712 
Swift Boulevard, Suite 5, Richland, Washington 99352, (509) 376-3883.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the 
Hanford 1100-Area (USDOE), which is located near the City of Richland 
in Benton County, Washington.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published on August 
15, 1996 (61 FR 42402). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was September 16, 1996. EPA received no comments.
    EPA identifies sites on the NPL that appear to present a 
significant risk to human health or the environment. As described in 
Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, sites deleted from the NPL remain 
eligible for remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions at 
the site warrant such action. Deletion of the Site from the NPL does 
not itself create, alter, or revoke any individual rights or 
obligations.

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 19, 1996.
Charles E. Findley,
Acting 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 Hanford 1100-Area (USDOE), Benton County, Washington.

[FR Doc. 96-24854 Filed 9-27-96; 8:45 am]
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