[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35689-35690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17032]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5850-1]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Cheshire Ground Water Contamination 
Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region I announces 
the deletion of the Cheshire Ground Water Contamination site 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 Connecticut have 
determined that the Site poses no significant threat to public health 
or the environment and, therefore, no further remedial measures 
pursuant to CERCLA are appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Dolan, Remedial Project Manager, 
U.S. EPA Region I (HBT), JFK Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 
573-9698.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Cheshire Ground Water Contamination Site, Cheshire, Connecticut.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published on March 
21, 1997 (62 FR 13568). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was April 21, 1997. EPA received no comments.
    EPA identifies sites that 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 the 
Hazardous 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 warrants such 
action. Section 300.425(e)(3) 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.

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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: June 12, 1997.
Linda M. Murphy,
Director, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration.

    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 ``Cheshire Ground Water Contamination, Cheshire, Connecticut''.

[FR Doc. 97-17032 Filed 7-1-97; 8:45 am]
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