[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 71596-71597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34303]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6209-8]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion from the Frontera Creek Superfund Site from 
the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Frontera Creek Superfund Site (Site) located in Rio 
Abajo within the Municipality of Humacao, 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: December 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Luis E. Santos, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 2, Caribbean Environmental Protection Division (CEPD), 
Centro Europa Building, Suite 417, 1492 Ponce de Leon Ave., Stop 22, 
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907-4127, (787) 729-6951 Ext. 223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site to be deleted from the NPL is: the 
Frontera Creek Superfund Site, Rio Abajo, Puerto Rico.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published on July 
30, 1998 (63 FR 40685-40687). The closing date for comments on the 
Notice of Intent to Delete was August 31, 1998. EPA held a public 
availability session on the proposal to delete the Site from the NPL on 
August 20, 1998 at the Humacao Town Hall. EPA received two letters 
offering comments. EPA responded to the letters and no further action 
is required. Copies of the letters and the responses are available in 
the Administrative Record File.
    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

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sites. As described in 40 CFR 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.

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 14, 1998.
William Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA 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 1 of Appendix B to Part 300 is amended by removing the 
site, ``Frontera Creek, Rio Abajo, Puerto Rico.''
[FR Doc. 98-34303 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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