[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53847-53848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26631]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6172-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion for the Naval Security Group Activity 
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the United States Navy, Naval Security Group Activity 
Superfund Site (Site) located in Sabana Seca, in the Municipality of 
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, from the National Priorities List (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), as amended. 
EPA and the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board have determined 
that the Site poses no significant threat to public health or the 
environment and, therefore, no further response actions pursuant to 
CERCLA are appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul G. Ingrisano, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 
Broadway--18th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866, (212) 637-4337.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site to be deleted from the NPL is: the 
United States Navy, Naval Security Group Activity Superfund Site, 
Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published on July 
30, 1998 (63 FR 40687). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was August 31, 1998. EPA received no comments.
    EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to 
public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL as 
the list of those sites. As described in Sec. 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, 
any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible for remedial actions in 
the unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action in 
the future. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect responsible 
party liability or impede agency efforts to recover costs associated 
with response efforts.

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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, Water supply.

    Dated: September 17, 1998.
William J. Muszynski,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region II.

    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: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 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 2 of Appendix B to Part 300 is amended by removing the 
site, ``Naval Security Group Activity, Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico.''
[FR Doc. 98-26631 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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