[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 67234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32088]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5667-1]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Cal West Metals Superfund Site (Site) 
from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 6, announces 
the deletion of the Cal West Metals Superfund site in Lemitar, New 
Mexico 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, as amended (CERCLA). EPA and the State of 
New Mexico through the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) have 
determined that all appropriate Fund-financed responses under CERCLA 
have been implemented and that no further cleanup is appropriate. 
Moreover, EPA and the State of New Mexico have determined that remedial 
actions conducted at the Site to date is Protective of public health, 
welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Donald Williams, New Mexico Team 
Leader, U.S. EPA, Region 6 (6SF-LN), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 
75202-2733, Telephone: (214) 665-2197 or 1-800-533-3508.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is Cal 
West Metals, Socorro County, Lemitar, New Mexico. A Notice of Intent to 
Delete for this site was published in the Federal Register on November 
5, 1996, (61 FR 56931). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was December 5, 1996. EPA received no comments.
    The EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk 
to the public health, welfare, or the environment, and maintains the 
NPL as the list of those sites. 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 in the future. NCP section 
300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, provides that in the event of a significant 
release from a site deleted from the NPL, the site shall be restored to 
the NPL without application of the Hazard Ranking System. 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, Hazardous waste.

    Dated: December 10, 1996.
Lynda Carroll,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 6.

    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(d); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 11735, 
38 FR 21243; E.O. 12580; 52 FR 2923; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757.

Appendix B--[Amended]

    2. Table 2 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the 
site Cal West Metals (USSBA), Lemitar, New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 96-32088 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am]
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