[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 68157-68158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32660]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5669-7]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of a site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Ambler Asbestos Superfund site in Ambler, Pennsylvania 
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 
Pennsylvania have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed 
responses under CERCLA have been implemented and that no further 
cleanup by responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the 
State of Pennsylvania have determined that remedial actions conducted 
at the site to date remain protective of public health, welfare, and 
the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1996.


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ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this site is available for 
viewing at the Site information repositories at the following 
locations:

U.S. EPA, Region 3, Hazardous Waste Technical Information Center, 841 
Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 566-5363.
Wissahickon Valley Public Library, Ambler Branch, 209 Race Street, 
Ambler, PA 19002, (610) 646-1072.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James J. Feeney, Site Project Manager 
(3HW21), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, (215) 566-3190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Ambler Asbestos Site, Ambler, Pennsylvania.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published September 
5, 1996 (61 FR 46755). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was October 7, 1996. EPA received no comments.
    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 300.66(c)(8) 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 recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: December 13, 1996.
W. Michael McCabe,
Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 3.
    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, 191 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 ``Ambler Asbestos Piles'' in Ambler, Pennsylvania.

[FR Doc. 96-32660 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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