[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24840]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5894-9]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Silver Mountain Mine from the 
National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces 
the deletion of the Silver Mountain Mine site (``the site'') from the 
National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes 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 (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA and the State of 
Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) have determined that no 
further cleanup under CERCLA is appropriate and that the selected 
remedy has been protective of human health and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne D. Dailey, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Mailstop ECL-111, Seattle, WA 
98101, (206) 553-2110 or 1-800-424-4372.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is:
    Silver Mountain Mine, Tonasket, Okanogan County, Washington.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published July 30, 
1997 (62 FR 40784). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was August 29, 1997. EPA received no comments.
    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-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 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: September 8, 1997.
Charles E. Findley,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region 10.

    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 for ``Silver Mountain Mine, Loomis, Washington.''

[FR Doc. 97-24840 Filed 9-19-97; 8:45 am]
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