[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 71597-71598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34301]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6209-3]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion for the Hill Property portion of the 
American Cyanamid Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
announces the deletion of the Hill Property (HP) portion of the 
American Cyanamid Superfund Site from the National Priorities List 
(NPL). The American Cyanamid Site is located in Bound Brook, New Jersey 
in the southeastern section of Bridgewater Township, Somerset County. 
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 State of New Jersey have determined that all appropriate 
response actions under CERCLA have been implemented at the HP portion 
of the American Cyanamid site to protect human health, welfare and the 
environment. This partial deletion pertains only to the HP portion of 
the American Cyanamid Site and does not include the other portions of 
the American Cyanamid Site.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Catanzarita, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290, 
Broadway--19th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866, (212) 637-4409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be partially deleted from the 
NPL is: the Hill Property (HP) portion of the American Cyanamid Site 
located in Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for the HP portion was published on 
October 20, 1998 (63 FR 55986). The closing date for comments on the 
Notice of Intent to Delete was November 19, 1998. EPA received no 
comments. The Deletion Docket may be reviewed at the EPA Region II 
office in New York, New York, the Bridgewater Town Hall and Somerset 
County/Bridgewater Library in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and New Jersey 
Department of Environmental Protection office in Trenton, New Jersey.
    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 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the 
NCP, any site or portion thereof deleted from the NPL remains eligible 
for remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions warrant such 
action in the future. Deletion of a portion 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, Water supply.

    Dated: December 12, 1998.
William Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region I.
    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.

    2. Table 1 of Appendix B to Part 300 is amended by revising the 
entry for ``American Cyanamid Co., Bound Brook, New Jersey'' 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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NJ............  American Cyanamid Co..  Bound Brook......  P
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                  *                  *                  *
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(a) * * *
P=Sites with partial deletion(s).


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