[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36997-36998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17955]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5854-9]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Middletown Air Field site from the 
National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Middletown Air Field Superfund site in Middletown, 
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 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have determined that all appropriate Fund-
financed responses under CERCLA have been implemented

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and that no further cleanup by responsible parties is appropriate. 
Moreover, EPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have determined that 
remedial actions conducted at the site to date have been protective of 
public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas J. DiNardo, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regional III, (215) 566-
3365.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is:

Middletown Air Field, Middletown, Pennsylvania

    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published May 23, 
1997 (62 FR 28407). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was June 23, 1997. 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 300.425(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.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hazardous 
substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, Superfund, 
Water supply.

    Dated: June 30, 1997.
Timothy Fields, Jr.,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
    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. Appendix B of part 300 is amended by removing the site 
``Middletown Air Field, Middletown, Pennsylvania''.
[FR Doc. 97-17955 Filed 7-9-97; 8:45 am]
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