[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11375-11376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5980]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5972-8]

40 CFR Part 300


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan 
National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Deletion of Monsanto Superfund Site from the National 
Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: EPA, Region 4, announces the deletion of the Monsanto 
Superfund Site from the NPL. The NPL is 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 of 1980 (CERCLA). EPA and the State of Georgia (State) 
have determined that all appropriate CERCLA actions have been 
implemented and that no further cleanup by responsible parties is 
appropriate under CERCLA. Moreover, EPA and the State have determined 
that remedial activities conducted at the Site to date have been 
protective of public health, welfare, and the environment and that the 
remaining groundwater monitoring and treatment are adequately being 
addressed by the State under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA).

DATES: Effective March 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this Site is available through 
the EPA Region 4 public docket, which is located at the Region 4 office 
and is available for viewing by appointment only from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Requests for 
appointments or copies of the background information from the regional 
public docket should be directed to the EPA Region 4 Docket Office.
    The address for the Regional Docket Office is: Ms. Debbie Jourdan, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, 
S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Telephone No.: (404) 562-8862.
    Background information from the regional public docket is also 
available for viewing at the Site information repository located at the 
following address: Augusta Richmond County Public Library, 902 Green 
Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, Telephone No.: (706) 821-2600.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John A. McKeown, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA announces the deletion of the Monsanto 
Superfund Site in Richmond County, Georgia from the National Priorities 
List (NPL), which is Appendix B of the National Oil and Hazardous 
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA identifies sites that 
appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the 
environment and maintains the NPL as the list of those sites. Sites on 
the NPL may be the subject of remedial actions financed by the 
Hazardous Substances Superfund Response Trust Fund (Fund). Pursuant to 
42 U.S.C. 9605 (40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP), any site deleted from 
the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed Remedial Actions in the 
event that conditions at the site warrant such action.
    EPA published a Notice of Intent to Delete the Monsanto Superfund 
Site from the NPL on October 6, 1997 in the Federal Register, (62 FR 
52072-52074). EPA received no comments on the proposed deletion; 
therefore, no responsiveness summary is necessary for attachment to 
this Notice of Deletion. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not 
affect the responsible party liability or impede agency efforts to 
recover costs associated with response efforts.
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not 
apply because this action is not a rule, as that term is defined in 5 
U.S.C. 804(3).

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: January 29, 1998.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 4.

    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. 9601-9657; 42 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); E.O. 
12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 191 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 ``Monsanto Corp. (Augusta Plant), GA''.

[FR Doc. 98-5980 Filed 3-6-98; 8:45 am]
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