[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16351-16352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8086]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6317-5]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of partial deletion of the Treasure Island Naval 
Station--Hunters Point Annex Site from the National Priorities List 
(NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9, announces 
the deletion of operable unit (OU) No. 1, also known as Parcel A, of 
Treasure Island Naval Station--Hunters Point Annex, also known as 
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPS), Superfund Site (EPA ID # 
CA1170090087) from the NPL. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR 
part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution 
Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (CERCLA). EPA and the State of California have determined 
that all appropriate responses under CERCLA have been implemented on 
Parcel A of HPS, and that no further cleanup is appropriate for Parcel 
A of HPS. Moreover, EPA and the State of California have determined 
that the remedial actions conducted on Parcel A to date remain 
protective of public health, welfare, and the environment. This partial 
deletion is in accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e) and the Notice of 
Policy Change: Partial Deletion of Sites Listed on the National 
Priorities List, 60 FR 55466 (November 1, 1995). The other parcels of 
HPS, Parcels B, C, D, E, and F, are still undergoing remedial actions, 
and are not to be removed from the NPL.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 5, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Information Repositories: Information on this Site is 
available for viewing at the following locations:

U.S. EPA, Region 9, Superfund Records Center, 4th floor, 95 Hawthorne 
St., San Francisco, CA 94105, 415-536-2000. Anna E. Waden Branch 
Library, 5075 Third St., San Francisco, CA 94124, 415-715-4100.
San Francisco Main Public Library, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 
94102, 415-557-4400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Trombadore (SFD-8-2), RPM, U.S. 
EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105, 415-744-2409, 
Fax 415-744-1916, e-mail TROMBADORE.CLAIRE@ EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be partially deleted from the 
NPL is: Parcel A, of Treasure Island Naval Station--Hunters Point 
Annex, San Francisco, California. After performing a Preliminary 
Assessment and Site Inspection (PA/SI) and a Remedial Investigation 
(RI) of Parcel A the Navy determined that Parcel A posed no significant 
threat to public health or the environment. Therefore, the Navy, which 
owns HPS, issued a ``no action'' Record of Decision (ROD) for Parcel A 
of HPS in November of 1995. The U.S. EPA concurred with this ROD.
    The Navy has implemented all appropriate response actions required 
under CERCLA on Parcel A. Since the ROD for Parcel A specified ``no 
action,'' a five year review is not necessary for this parcel. The 
other parcels of HPS, Parcels B, C, D, E, and F, are still undergoing 
remedial actions, and are not to be removed from the NPL.
    A Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion for this Site was published 
on December 15, 1998 in the Federal Register (63 FR 69032-69034). The 
closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion 
was January 14, 1999. EPA received only one comment letter. This 
letter, from the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, expressed support 
for the partial deletion of Parcel A. This letter is available for 
review in the HPS site file at the U.S. EPA, Region 9, Superfund 
Records Center, 4th floor, 95 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105, 
415-536-2000 and also in the repositories listed above.
    EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to 
public health, welfare, or the environment, and it maintains the 
National Priorities List containing those sites. Remedial Actions at 
sites on the NPL may be funded by the Hazardous Substance Response 
Trust Fund (Fund). Any site or portion of a site deleted from the NPL 
remains eligible for 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.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, 
Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: March 16, 1999.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region 9.

    For the reason 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 2 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by revising the 
entry for ``Treasure Island Naval Station--Hun Pt An,'' San Francisco, 
California, to read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

                                      Table 2.--Federal Facilities Section
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                State                            Site name                  City/county             Notes a
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CA...................................  Treasure Island Naval Station- San Francisco..........  P
                                        Hun Pt An.
 

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(a) A=Based on issuance of health advisory by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (if scored, HRS
  score need not be > 28.50).
 
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P=Sites with partial deletion(s).


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