[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 65957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31709]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5665-4]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Deletion of the Twin Cities Air Force Reserve Base, 
Small Arms Range Landfill, Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport 
Superfund Site, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from the National Priorities 
List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Twin Cities Air Force Reserve Base, Small Arms Range 
Landfill, Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport Superfund Site, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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. This 
action is being taken by EPA and the State of Minnesota, because it has 
been determined that the Responsible Parties have implemented all 
appropriate response actions required. Moreover, EPA and the State of 
Minnesota have determined that remedial actions conducted at the site 
to date remain protective of public health, welfare, and the 
environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 16, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Bloom at (312) 886-1967 (SR-
6J), Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA--Region V, 
77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. Information on the site is 
available at the local information repository located at: the Southdale 
Public Library, 7001 York Avenue South, Edina, MN 55435 and the 934th 
Air Wing/Public Affairs Office, 760 Military Highway, Minneapolis-
St.Paul IAP Reserve Station, MN 55450-2000 . Requests for comprehensive 
copies of documents should be directed formally to the Regional Docket 
Office. The contact for the Regional Docket Office is Jan Pfundheller 
(H-7J), U.S. EPA, Region V, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, 
(312) 353-5821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Twin 
Cities Air Force Reserve Base, Small Arms Range Landfill, Minneapolis-
St.Paul International Airport Superfund Site located at the 
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Minnesota. A Notice of 
Intent to Delete for this site was published September 16, 1996 (16 FR 
48657). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete 
was October 16, 1996. EPA received no comments and therefore no 
Responsiveness Summary was prepared.
    The 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 (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(e)(3) of the NCP states that 
Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL in the 
unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action. 
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.

    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 
``Twin Cities Air Force Base, (SAR) Landfill, Superfund Site, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota.''


    Dated: November 7, 1996.
Valdas V. Adamkus,
Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region V.
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