[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52032-52033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26186]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5902-7]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Partial Deletion of Releases from the Saegertown 
Industrial Area Site from the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of releases on certain properties at the Saegertown Industrial 
Area Superfund Site (Site) in Saegertown, Pennsylvania from the 
National Priorities List (NPL). Pursuant to Section 105 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), EPA promulgated the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NCP) at 40 CFR part 300. The NPL 
is published at appendix B of 40 CFR part 300. EPA and the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed and 
responsible party-financed responses under CERCLA have been implemented 
on the former GATX property at the Site, and that no further cleanup is 
appropriate for the former GATX property, the former SCI property or 
the SMC property at the Site. Moreover, EPA and the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania have determined that the remedial action conducted on the 
former GATX property to date remains

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protective of public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information about this Site is available 
through the public docket, which is available for viewing at the Site 
information repositories at the following locations: Hazardous Waste 
Technical Information Center, 9th Floor, U.S. EPA, Region III, 841 
Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, (215) 566-5364. Saegertown 
Area Library, 320 Broad Street, Saegertown, PA 16433, (814) 763-5203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven J. Donohue, Remedial Project 
Manager, EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107. 
215-566-3215.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be partially deleted from the 
NPL is: Saegertown Industrial Area Site, Saegertown, Pennsylvania.
    Based primarily on the information collected during the Remedial 
Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS), EPA issued a Record of 
Decision (ROD) for the Saegertown Industrial Area Site on January 29, 
1993. The ROD called for remedial action on two areas of the industrial 
park: the property formerly owned by the General American 
Transportation Corporation (GATX) and property owned and operated by 
the Lord Corporation (Lord). The RI/FS conducted for the Site indicated 
that the releases from the Spectrum Control, Inc. (SCI) property and 
the Saegertown Manufacturing Company (SMC) property posed no 
significant threat to public health or the environment. The ROD, 
therefore, selected no action for the SMC and SCI properties at the 
Site. On September 17, 1993 SCI sold its property at the Site to SMC.
    GATX has implemented all appropriate response actions required 
under CERCLA on its former property at the Site. In July 1997, EPA 
approved the remedial action certification report documenting the 
completion of the cleanup of the former GATX property in accordance 
with the ROD. With the exception of the continued monitoring of the 
ground water, no further action is required at the former GATX 
property. The former GATX property is available for unrestricted use 
and unlimited access. Due to the continued ground water monitoring on 
the former GATX property, EPA will include this portion of the Site in 
the next Five-Year Review of the Site.
    Because the selected remedy for the ground water below the Lord 
property at the Site has not yet been fully implemented and completed, 
this portion of the Site is not yet protective of human health and the 
environment, and is not being proposed for deletion.
    A Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion for this Site was published 
on August 22, 1997 in the Federal Register (62 FR 44619-44621). The 
closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion 
was September 22, 1997. EPA did not receive any written comments during 
the comment period.
    EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to 
public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the 
National Priorities List containing those sites. Remedial Actions at 
sites on the NPL may be funded by the Hazardous Substance Response 
Trust Fund (Fund). 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 the liability of 
responsible parties 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, 
Superfund, Water supply.

    Dated: September 26, 1997.
W. Michael McCabe,
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
III.

    For the reason 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.

    2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by revising the 
entry for ``Saegertown Industrial Area'', Saegertown, Pennsylvania to 
read as follows:

APPENDIX B TO PART 300--NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST

                                       Table 1.--General Superfund Section                                      
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                State                        Site name               City/County                Notes(a)        
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PA..................................  Saegertown Industrial    Saegertown.............  P                       
                                       Area.                                                                    
                                                                                                                
*                  *                  *                    *                    *                  *            
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    (a) A=Based on issuance of a health advisory by Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (if scored, HRS score need not be 
 28.50).
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    P=Sites with partial deletion(s).
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