[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20174]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5866-8]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National
Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Deletion of the Agate Lake Scrap Yard Superfund Site
from the National Priorities List (NPL).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the
deletion of the Agate Lake Scrap Yard Superfund Site in 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 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: August 1, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gladys Beard at (312) 886-7253,
Associate 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:
Brainerd Public Library, 416 South 5th South Street, Brainerd, MN
56401. 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:
Agate Lake Scrap Yard Superfund Site located in Fairview Township, Cass
County, Minnesota. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was
published June 23, 1997 (62 FR 33789). The closing date for comments on
the Notice of Intent to Delete was July 22, 1997. 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.
Dated: July 23, 1997.
Michelle D. Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region V.
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 ``Agate Lake Scrapyard, Fairview Township, Minnesota''.
[FR Doc. 97-20174 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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