[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19192-19193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9067]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5991-7]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of partial deletion of portions of the Celanese 
Corporation Shelby Fiber Operations superfund site located in Shelby, 
Cleveland County, North Carolina from the national priorities list.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announces 
the deletion of portions of the Celanese Corporation Shelby Fiber 
Operations Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) in 
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), as amended. The only 
portions of the Site that are being deleted are: the Outer Tier 
groundwater extraction well system and the associated treatment system 
of Operable Unit #1 (OU#1), and the former source area and remediated 
creeks of Operable Unit #2 (OU#2). (This partial deletion does NOT 
include the remaining portions of OU#1 the Inner Tier extraction and 
treatment system.) EPA and the State of North Carolina Department of 
Environment, Health, and Natural Resources have determined that all 
appropriate actions have been implemented to protect public health, 
welfare and the environment under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This partial 
deletion does not preclude future action under Superfund deemed 
necessary.


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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: McKenzie Mallary, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, North Site 
Management Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-
3014, (404) 562-8802 or 1-800-435-9233.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site affected by this partial deletion 
from the NPL is: Celanese Corporation Shelby Fiber Operations, Shelby, 
Cleveland County, North Carolina.
    A Notice of Intent of Partial Deletion for this Site was published 
in the Federal Register on February 9, 1998 (63 FR 6508). The closing 
date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion was 
March 10, 1998. EPA received no comments.
    See the February 9, 1998, Federal Register publication for more 
details describing OU#1 and OU#2 areas being deleted and those 
remaining as part of the Site.
    EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to 
the public health, welfare and the environment and it maintains the NPL 
as the list of those sites. Any site or portion thereof deleted from 
the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial actions in the 
future. 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 
or portions 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 Waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, and Water supply.

    Dated: March 27, 1998.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    For 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.

    2. Table 1 of Appendix B to Part 300 is amended by revising the 
entry for ``Celanese Corp. (Shelby Fiber Operations)'' in North 
Carolina 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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NC................  Celanese Corp. (Shelby      Shelby/Cleveland.............................  P                
                     Fiber Operations).                                                                         
                                                                                                                
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P=Sites with partial deletion(s).                                                                               

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