[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 6814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3142]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6232-1]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Whittaker Corporation Superfund Site 
from the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Whittaker Corporation Superfund Site in Minnesota from 
the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR 
part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency 
Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. This action is being taken by EPA and the 
State of Minnesota, because it has been determined that Responsible 
Parties have implemented all appropriate response actions required. 
Moreover, EPA and the State of Minnesota have determined that remedial 
actions conducted at the site to date remain protective of public 
health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 11, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gladys Beard at (312) 886-7253, 
Associate Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA--
Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. Information on the 
site is available at the local information repository located at: 
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Rd. North, St. Paul, 
Minnesota 55155-4194. Requests for comprehensive copies of documents 
should be directed formally to the Regional Docket Office. The contact 
for the Regional Docket Office is Jan Pfundheller (H-7J), U.S. EPA, 
Region V, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-5821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Whittaker Corporation located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A Notice of 
Intent to Delete for this site was published December 14, 1998 (63 FR 
68714). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete 
was January 12, 1999. EPA received no comments and therefore no 
Responsiveness Summary was prepared.
    The EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk 
to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL 
as the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of 
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund-) financed remedial 
actions. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-
financed remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions at the 
site warrant such action. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that 
Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL in the 
unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action. 
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 substances, Hazardous Waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: January 27, 1999.
William E. Muno,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.

    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.

Appendix B [Amended]

    2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the 
Site ``Whittaker Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota.''

[FR Doc. 99-3142 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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