[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17593-17598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8781]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6321-6]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent for partial deletion of the French Limited 
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 
(EPA) announces its intent to delete a portion of the French Limited 
Superfund Site (Site) from the National Priorities List (NPL) and 
requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes 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 (CERCLA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9605. This partial 
deletion is proposed in accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e) and the 
Notice of Policy Change: Partial Deletion of Sites Listed on the 
National Priorities List.
    This proposal for partial deletion pertains to all portions of the 
Site, excluding shallow groundwater, where appropriate response actions 
under CERCLA have been completed (Site Deletion Area). The Site 
Deletion Area consists of all properties located within the Site 
boundaries but does not include the shallow groundwater beneath the 
Site (Excluded Area). The Excluded Area will remain on the NPL and is 
not the subject of this partial deletion. CERCLA response activities 
will continue in the Excluded Area through 2006, and this partial 
deletion will not alter or abate those activities.
    This proposal for partial deletion is based on the determination by 
EPA and the State of Texas, through the Texas Natural Resource 
Conservation Commission (TNRCC), that all appropriate actions under 
CERCLA have been implemented to protect human health and the 
environment and that no further response action is appropriate in the 
Site Deletion Area. In the Site Deletion Area, extensive sampling and 
cleanups have been completed at all surface and shallow subsurface 
areas that had contaminant levels above the Record of Decision (ROD) 
criteria.


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DATES: The EPA will accept comments concerning its proposal for partial 
deletion until May 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to: Mr. Donn Walters, Community 
Relations Coordinator, U.S. EPA, Region 6 (6SF-PO), 1445 Ross Avenue, 
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, 1-800-533-3508 or (214) 665-6483.
    Information Repositories: Comprehensive information on the Site as 
well as information specific to this proposed partial deletion is 
available for review at EPA's Region 6 office in Dallas, Texas. The 
Administrative Record and the Deletion Docket for this Site are 
maintained in EPA's Region 6 Library and are available for viewing and 
copying. The address for Region 6 Library office is: U.S. EPA, Region 
6, Library, 12th Floor (6MD-II), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-
2733, (214) 665-6424 or 665-6427, (214) 665-2146 (FAX).
    Hours of operation, excluding holidays: Monday--Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 
p.m.
    The administrative record and information specific to this proposal 
also are available for viewing at the French Limited Superfund Site 
information repositories located at: Crosby Branch Library, 135 Hare 
Road, Crosby, Texas 77532, (713) 328-3535.
    Hours of operation, excluding holidays:

Monday 12 p.m.-8 p.m.
Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

    Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission: 12118 North IH 35, 
Technical Park Center, Room 190, Building D, Austin, Texas 78753, (512) 
239-2920.
    Hours of operation, excluding holidays: Monday--Friday 8 a.m.-5 
p.m., Rice University, Fondren Library, Government Publications, 6100 
South Main, Houston, Texas 77005, (713) 527-4800
    Hours of operation, excluding holidays: Monday-Thursday 7 a.m.-2 
a.m.

Friday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest R. Franke, Project Manager, 
U.S. EPA, Region 6 (6SF-AP), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-
2733, (214) 665-8521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents:

I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Intended Partial Site Deletion

Appendix A--National Priorities List Deletion Docket--French Limited 
Superfund Site

Appendix B--Site Coordinate Boundaries--French Limited Superfund Site, 
Crosby, Texas

I. Introduction

    The EPA Region 6 announces its intent to delete a portion of the 
French Limited Superfund Site, Crosby, Harris County, Texas, from the 
NPL, which constitutes Appendix B of the NCP, 40 CFR part 300, and 
requests comments on this proposal for partial deletion.
    This proposal for partial deletion pertains only to the Site 
Deletion Area defined herein to consist of all portions of the Site, 
excluding shallow groundwater, where CERCLA response activities have 
been completed. The Site Deletion Area is the triangular 22.481-acre 
tract, including the former eight-acre waste lagoon, located 
immediately east of the intersection of, and bounded on two sides by, 
old U.S. Highway 90 and Gulf Pump Road near Crosby, Texas.
    The Excluded Areas of the Site that will remain on the NPL and are 
not the subject of this partial deletion are defined herein to consist 
of the shallow aquifer (S1 and INT units) that is undergoing natural 
attenuation beneath the Site. CERCLA response activities will continue 
in the Excluded Area. The NPL is a list maintained by EPA of sites that 
EPA has determined present a significant risk to public health or the 
environment. Pursuant to 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3), ``All releases deleted 
from the NPL are eligible for further Fund-financed remedial actions 
should future conditions warrant such action.''
    The EPA will accept comments concerning its intent for partial 
deletion for 30 days after publication of this document in the Federal 
Register and a newspaper of record.
    Section II of this document explains the criteria for deleting 
sites from the NPL. Section III discusses procedures that EPA is using 
for this action. Section IV discusses the history of the Site and 
explains how the Site meets the deletion criteria.

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

    The NCP establishes the criteria that EPA uses to delete sites from 
the NPL. In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e), sites may be deleted 
from the NPL where no further response is appropriate to protect public 
health or the environment. In making such a determination pursuant to 
Sec. 300.425(e), EPA will consider, in consultation with the State, 
whether any of the following criteria have been met:
    (a) Section 300.425(e)(1)(i): ``Responsible parties or other 
persons have implemented all appropriate response actions required;''
    (b) Section 300.425(e)(1)(ii): ``All appropriate Fund-financed 
response under CERCLA has been implemented, and no further response 
action by responsible parties is appropriate; or''
    (c) Section 300.425(e)(1)(iii): ``The remedial investigation has 
shown that the release poses no significant threat to public health or 
the environment and, therefore, taking of remedial measures is not 
appropriate.''
    A partial deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect or impede 
the EPA's ability to conduct CERCLA response activities at areas not 
deleted and remaining on the NPL. In addition, deletion of a portion of 
a site from the NPL does not affect the liability of responsible 
parties or impede agency efforts to recover costs associated with 
response efforts.

III. Deletion Procedures

    Deletion of a portion of a site from the NPL does not itself 
create, alter, or revoke any person's rights or obligations. The NPL is 
designed primarily for informational purposes and to assist EPA 
management.
    Upon determination that at least one of the criteria described in 
Sec. 300.425(e) of the NCP has been met, EPA may formally begin 
deletion procedures. The following procedures were used for the 
intended deletion of the Site Deletion Area from the NPL:
    (1) The EPA consulted with the State of Texas on this proposed 
partial deletion from the NPL prior to developing this notice of intent 
for partial deletion.
    (2) The EPA provided the State of Texas at least 30 working days 
for review of this notice of intent for partial deletion prior to its 
publication in the Federal Register, and the State of Texas, through 
the TNRCC, concurred with this proposed partial deletion decision.
    (3) Concurrently with publication of this notice of intent for 
partial deletion, a document is being published in a newspaper of 
record and is being distributed to appropriate federal, state, and 
local officials, and other interested parties. Both notices announce a 
30 day public comment period concerning this proposed partial deletion, 
which commences on the date of publication of this document in the 
Federal Register and a newspaper of record.
    (4) The EPA has placed copies of information supporting the 
proposed partial deletion in the information

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repositories listed above, which information is available for public 
inspection and copying. The notice in a newspaper of record also 
announces the availability of this notice of intent for partial 
deletion. The public is asked to comment on the EPA's proposal to 
delete the Site Deletion Area from the NPL. All critical documents 
needed to evaluate EPA's decision are listed on the Deletion Docket and 
are available for review and copying at the information repositories.
    (5) Upon completion of the 30 day public comment period, the EPA 
will evaluate the comments and all new data submitted before issuing a 
final decision on the proposed partial deletion. The EPA will prepare a 
Responsiveness Summary that will address concerns presented by comments 
and new data and respond to each significant comment and all 
significant new data submitted during the comment period. Such 
Responsiveness Summary will be included in the final partial deletion 
package. Members of the public are encouraged to contact the EPA to 
obtain a copy of the Responsiveness Summary.
    (6) If, after review of all public comments, the EPA determines 
that the partial deletion from the NPL is appropriate, the EPA will 
publish a final notice of final partial deletion in the Federal 
Register. The deletion of the Site Deletion Area does not actually 
occur until a final notice of partial deletion is published in the 
Federal Register. The EPA will place the final partial deletion package 
in the information repositories listed above once the final notice of 
partial deletion has been published in the Federal Register.

IV. Basis for Intended Partial Site Deletion

    The following provides the EPA's rationale for deletion of the Site 
Deletion Area from the NPL and EPA's finding that the criterion in 40 
CFR 300.425(e)(1)(i) has been satisfied.

Background

    The French Limited Site is a 22.5-Sacre tract of land located 
adjacent to Highway US-90 in eastern Harris County, Texas, about 20 
miles northeast of Houston. The Site is approximately triangular in 
shape. The Site is in the floodplain of the San Jacinto River, an area 
that was extensively used for sand mining in the 1950s and 1960s.
    During the period of 1966 through 1971, the Site was permitted by 
the State of Texas to accept industrial waste material. About 80 
million gallons of waste material, generated by Houston area 
responsible parties, were disposed in the main waste lagoon creating 
300,000 cubic yards of contaminated sludges and soils. Some 
neutralization was done in 1971 and 1972, and the Site was closed to 
receiving wastes in 1973.
    The main waste lagoon at the French Site was an abandoned sand pit, 
consisting of about eight acres with an average water depth of about 20 
to 25 feet. The Site also included a drainage ``slough'' adjacent to 
the main pit that periodically received contaminants that were washed 
out of the lagoon during flooding events. A shallow aquifer was 
contaminated beneath the Site to a depth of approximately 50 feet and 
extended laterally offsite approximately 600 feet.

Overview of Regulatory Activities

    After Site closure in 1973, a series of regulatory activities 
occurred which defined the remedial action objectives and 
implementation schedule for the French Limited Site. In 1981 the Site 
was listed on the NPL and triggered emergency actions, engineering 
studies, and regulatory enforcement actions (including a ROD and a 
consent decree (CD)), remedial action construction, and operations. A 
chronological summary of these activities is presented in Table 1.

               Table 1.--Summary of Regulatory Activities
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             Date                    Activity             Comments
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1973..........................  Site closed to
                                 receiving wastes
1981..........................  Site placed on
                                 NPL
1982-1984.....................  a. EPA and State   Removal Action was
                                 conduct Remedial   necessary to
                                 Investigation/     stabilize lagoon
                                 Feasibility        dikes and
                                 Study (RI/FS)      replacement of
                                 through a          sludges released
                                 Cooperative        during flood event.
                                 Agreement.
                                b. Emergency
                                 Removal Action
                                 performed by EPA.
1984-1987.....................  Potentially        Pilot studies
                                 responsible        demonstrate
                                 parties (PRPs)     bioremediation will
                                 conduct            be effective.
                                 Supplemental RI/
                                 FS and Pilot
                                 Studies.
1988..........................  ROD issued.        In situ
                                 Equipment          bioremediation
                                 development        selected as remedy
                                 testing.           for lagoon: Clean-up
                                                    levels established
                                                    for lagoon and
                                                    groundwater.
1989..........................  a. Flood Wall      Sheet-pile wall
                                 constructed        constructed around
                                 around             lagoon earlier than
                                 lagoon.(June-      planned in response
                                 Nov.).             to flood. Work done
                                                    under AOC.
                                b. EPA Inspection
                                 of Construction
                                 of floodwall.
                                c. Responsible
                                 parties conduct
                                 shallow
                                 subsurface soil
                                 excavation and
                                 slough
                                 remediation
                                 under AOC.
1990..........................  a. Consent Decree
                                 between EPA and
                                 PRP signed.
1990-1991.....................  a. Lagoon          Both lagoon and
                                 Facilities         aquifer system
                                 designed and       designed and
                                 constructed.       constructed under
                                                    one construction
                                                    package.
                                b. Aquifer         Construction
                                 Facilities         Completed: December
                                 designed and       1991.
                                 constructed.
                                c. EPA Inspection
                                 of Construction
                                 of lagoon.
1992-1993.....................  a. Lagoon          Lagoon remediation is
                                 Bioremediation     now complete. EPA
                                 Operation.         issued the
                                                    Certification of
                                                    Completion for
                                                    Lagoon Remediation
                                                    in May 1995.

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                                b. EPA Oversight
                                 and Split
                                 Sampling for
                                 Remediation
                                 Verification.
                                c. EPA approval
                                 of Site
                                 Remediation
                                 Report: Part A
                                 (Lagoon).
1994..........................  Preliminary Site   Preliminary Site
                                 Close Out Report.  Close Out Report
                                                    documents that
                                                    construction
                                                    activities for the
                                                    site have been
                                                    completed in
                                                    accordance with
                                                    OSWER Directive
                                                    9320.2-06.
1992-1995.....................  a. Aquifer In      Operation of active
                                 situ               aquifer remediation
                                 Bioremediation,    system was completed
                                 Extraction, and    December 1995.
                                 Treatment          Natural Attenuation
                                 Operations and     Modeling Report
                                 Maintenance.       finalized December
                                                    1995.
                                b. EPA Oversight
                                 for Remediation
                                 Verification.
1996..........................  a. EPA approval    Active aquifer
                                 of Site            remediation
                                 Remediation        complete. EPA issued
                                 Report: Part B     the Certificate of
                                 (Aquifer).         Completion for the
                                                    Active Aquifer
                                                    Remediation. EPA
                                                    will prepare final
                                                    deletion document
                                                    upon successful
                                                    attainment of
                                                    groundwater cleanup
                                                    criteria.
                                b. Site Closure
                                 Plan approved
                                 March 1996.
                                c. EPA prepares
                                 Final Close Out
                                 Report and
                                 Notice of Intent
                                 for Deletion
                                 from the NPL.
1996-2005.....................  Natural            Groundwater
                                 attenuation of     monitoring will
                                 groundwater        track natural
                                 remediation and    attenuation
                                 post closure       progress. FLTG will
                                 monitoring. Five-  prepare periodic
                                 Year reviews       groundwater
                                 will be            summaries and
                                 performed in       evaluations (See
                                 1999 and 2004.     Site Closure Plan
                                                    for specific
                                                    deliverables).
2006-2025.....................  Begin compliance   Groundwater
                                 monitoring for     monitoring ensures
                                 the remaining 20   continued protection
                                 years of post      of human health and
                                 closure            the environment. The
                                 monitoring. Five-  groundwater
                                 Year reviews       monitoring results
                                 will be            will be summarized
                                 performed in       in reports to be
                                 2009, 2014,        submitted to EPA and
                                 2019, and 2024.    TNRCC (See Site
                                                    Closure Plan for
                                                    specific
                                                    deliverables).
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Record of Decision

    The components of the selected remedy defined in the Record of 
Decision are as follows:
    (a) The primary component of the selected remedy for French Limited 
is in situ biological treatment of the sludges and contaminated soils 
in the lagoon onsite.
    (b) The contaminated groundwater will be recovered and treated 
during implementation of the in situ biological treatment process. 
Groundwater recovery and treatment will continue until modeling shows 
that a reduction in the concentration of volatile organics to a level 
which attains the 10 -\6\ Human Health Criteria can be 
achieved through natural attenuation in 10 years or less.
    (c) Surface water from the lagoon will be treated to at least the 
Texas surface water quality standards for San Jacinto River Segment 
1001.
    (d) Residues generated from the treatment process will be 
stabilized to prevent leachate generation and used as backfill in the 
lagoon. The remaining lagoon volume will be backfilled with clean soil. 
The surface will then be graded to promote drainage away from the Site.
    (e) The final component of the remedy involves post-closure 
monitoring of the upper and lower aquifers for a period of 30 years. 
Post-closure monitoring is required under the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA).

Consent Decree

    In autumn 1988 and spring 1989, EPA negotiated a consent decree 
(CD) with FLTG, Inc. (FLTG) to conduct the remedy established in the 
1988 ROD. The CD was effective in March 1990.
    The first deliverable by FLTG pursuant to the CD was a remedial 
action plan (RAP) that established the design, construction and 
operations planning, and schedule requirements to meet the obligations 
of the CD. FLTG contracted ENSR Corporation to prepare the RAP and the 
subsequent design packages for the remedial action. The final approved 
RAP was submitted to EPA in October 1990.
    A summary of the implementation of the selected remedy and criteria 
for the lagoon, aquifer, and surface water is presented in the 
following subsections.

Lagoon

    The primary component of the selected remedy for the French Site 
was in situ biological treatment of the sludges and contaminated soils 
in the lagoon. The concentrations of contaminants in the sludges and 
soils were reduced to a 1x10 \5\ excess cancer risk that was tracked by 
the compounds and remediation standards shown in Table 2:

             Table 2.--Lagoon Sludge/Soil Clean-Up Standards
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                                                            Remediation
                        Compound                          standard, ppm*
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Benzene.................................................              14
Benzo(a)Pyrene..........................................               9
Vinyl Chloride..........................................              43
PCB(Total)..............................................              23
Arsenic.................................................               7
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* parts per million.

    The biomass generated during the biological treatment process was 
stabilized in place and the remaining lagoon volume was backfilled with 
approximately 15 to 20 feet of clean soil. The surface was graded to 
promote drainage away from the Site.
    The completion of the lagoon remediation is documented in the Site 
Remediation Summary Report: Part A, Lagoon Remediation Verification, 
May 1995.

Aquifer/Groundwater

    The contaminated groundwater was recovered and treated in an above-

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ground biological treatment facility. FLTG enhanced aquifer and 
groundwater remediation with the injection of oxygen and nutrients to 
stimulate subsurface in situ biological treatment processes. Active 
groundwater recovery and treatment operations continued until computer 
modeling showed that aquifer remediation goals could be met through 
natural attenuation within 10 years of system shut-off. Aquifer 
remediation goals are Maximum Concentration Levels (MCLs) or the 1x10-
6 Human Health Criteria at the Site boundary. The active 
aquifer remediation system was shut off in December 1995. The 
completion of the active aquifer remediation is documented in the Site 
Remediation Summary Report: Part B Active Aquifer Verification, March 
1996.

Surface Water

    Surface water from the lagoon was treated to at least the Texas 
surface water quality standards for San Jacinto River Segment 1001 as 
specified in the remedial action plan.

Post-Closure Monitoring

    The final component of the remedy involves post-closure monitoring 
of the upper and lower aquifers for a period of 30 years. Post-closure 
monitoring is required under RCRA. The French Limited Site closure plan 
was completed and approved by EPA in March 1996. The post-closure 
monitoring, as described in the plan, consists of 10 years of progress 
monitoring and 20 years of compliance monitoring. During the progress 
monitoring, 13 wells in the S1 unit and 18 wells in the INT unit will 
be sampled and analyzed for indicator compounds to evaluate natural 
attenuation progress.
    During the 20-year compliance monitoring program, six wells in the 
S1 unit and eight wells in the INT unit will be sampled and analyzed 
for indicator compounds. In addition, several wells will monitor the 
gradient inside and outside the lagoon sheet-pile wall.

Community Involvement

    The EPA has the lead responsibility for community involvement 
activities with TNRCC assistance. Meetings with the surrounding 
communities (Riverdale, Crosby, and Barrett Station) were held by both 
EPA and FLTG on a periodic basis to explain the ongoing response 
actions. The community relations plan was finalized in August 1989.
    A community meeting was held at the Crosby High School on February 
11, 1988, to present the preferred remedial alternatives as described 
in the proposed plan. The public comment period ran from January 25, 
1988, through February 23, 1988. Several fact sheets were prepared by 
EPA before and after the ROD, administrative order, and CD were signed. 
There was a public comment period associated with the lodging of the CD 
with the federal court. EPA also issued press releases to local 
newspapers and has issued notices that the contents of the 
administrative record are available in four designated repositories for 
public review and copying. EPA and TNRCC conducted an open house in May 
1995, to inform the residents and local officials of the progress 
regarding the completion of the remedial actions at the Site. During 
the public comment period for this proposed partial deletion, EPA and 
TNRCC will conduct an open house meeting in Crosby, Texas, to answer 
questions and receive public comments.
    In addition to these public meetings and fact sheets, EPA, TNRCC, 
and FLTG prepared routine publications of progress, maintained a 24-
hour telephone hot line, participated in community response projects, 
conducted group tours and technical seminars, and provided other 
community outreach programs.

Site Inspections

    Beginning in 1987, EPA and TNRCC conducted monthly inspections of 
the Site, which was being cleaned up by the responsible parties. On 
February 14, 1996, EPA conducted an inspection of the Site including 
the former waste lagoon and aquifer remediation system. EPA determined 
that the remedial action performed in the Site Deletion Area was 
successful in protecting public health and the environment. Therefore, 
except for the Excluded Area, all appropriate response actions have 
been completed in the surface and subsurface soils.

Conclusions

    In the Excluded Area, a 10-year period of natural attenuation, 
following four years of extraction, treatment, and in situ 
bioremediation of the shallow aquifer, is part of the 30-year post 
closure monitoring as described in the ROD. The active groundwater 
remediation operations continued until computer modeling showed that 
aquifer remediation goals (as specified in the ROD) could be met 
through natural attenuation within 10 years of system shut-off. System 
shut-off occurred December 15, 1995. The analysis supporting system 
shut down is documented in the Natural Attenuation Modeling Report 
dated December 1995.
    During the 10-year (or less) natural attenuation phase of 
remediation, progress monitoring will be performed at selected 
groundwater wells to confirm the computer modeling predictions. FLTG 
will continue to collect and analyze groundwater from groundwater 
monitoring wells at selected locations at the Site. Upon successful 
achievement of aquifer cleanup criteria, EPA will initiate full 
deletion of the Site from the NPL and the FLTG will conduct post-
closure monitoring activities for an additional 20 years to ensure 
protectiveness of the remedy. Pursuant to the NCP, five-year reviews 
will be required for the Site Deletion Area and the Excluded Area. The 
first five-year review was performed by EPA in December 1994. Five-year 
reviews will be required in years 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, and 
2024.
    All EPA completion requirements for the Site Deletion Area have 
been met. Specifically, confirmatory sampling has verified that the 
surface and shallow subsurface soils cleanup criteria specified in the 
ROD have been achieved at remediated locations within the Site Deletion 
Area.
    The Site Deletion Area will remain eligible for future Fund-
financed response actions if future conditions warrant such action. 
Furthermore, this proposed partial deletion does not alter the status 
of the Excluded Area which are is not being deleted and which will 
remain on the NPL.
    The EPA, with concurrence of the State of Texas, has determined 
that all appropriate CERCLA response actions have been completed at the 
Site Deletion Area. Therefore, EPA makes this proposal to delete that 
portion of the Site from the NPL.

    Dated: March 31, 1999.
Jerry Clifford,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.

Appendix A--National Priorities List Deletion Docket--French 
Limited Superfund Site

     Remedial Investigation Report, April 1985
     1986 Field Investigation and Supplement Remedial 
Investigation Report, December 1986
     Feasibility Study Report, March 1987
     In Situ Bioremediation Demonstration Report, November 
1987
     EPA Superfund Record of Decision: French Limited, 
Texas, March 24, 1988.
     1988 Slough Investigation Report, October 1988
     United States of America vs. French Limited Inc. et al: 
Consent Decree Number H-89-2544, March 1989.
     Flood and Migration Control Wall Design Report, August 
1989

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     North Pit Remediation Report, November 1989
     Installation Report for Flood and Migration Control 
Wall, January 1990
     Remedial Action Plan by ENSR Consulting Inc., FLTG, 
Inc., September 1990.
     Bioremediation Facilities Design Report by ENSR 
Consulting Inc., FLTG, Inc., May 1991.
     Shallow Aquifer and Subsoil Remediation Facilities 
Design Report prepared by FLTG, Inc., July 1991.
     1992, 1993, and 1994 Annual Groundwater Sampling and 
Comparison Reports prepared by CH2M HILL, 1993, 1994, and 1995.
     1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 Annual GW Sampling and 
Analysis Reports prepared by FLTG, Inc.
     Cell E Remediation Verification Report by FLTG, Inc., 
December 1992.
     Quality Assurance Validation of Cell E Subsoil 
Remediation Verification Samples by Flory Environmental Consultants, 
FLTG, Inc., February 15, 1993.
     EPA Cell E Remediation Verification Report, May 1993.
     Quality Assurance Validation of Cell D/F Remediation 
Verification Samples and Quality Assurance Report by FLTG, Inc., 
January 20, 1994.
     Superfund Preliminary Site Close Out Report prepared by 
EPA September 1994
     Aquifer Remediation System, Refinements, and 
Enhancement Reports prepared by FLTG, Inc., October 1994.
     DNAPL Study, Remedial Alternative Selection and 
Feasibility Design Report prepared by Applied Hydrology Associates, 
Inc., November 1994.
     EPA, First Five-Year Review (Type 1a), CERCLIS TXD-
980514814, December 1994.
     EPA Split Sampling and Analysis for Cell D/F, April 
1995.
     Site Remediation Summary Report: Part A, Lagoon 
Remediation Verification, EPA, May 1995.
     INT-11 DNAPL Area Cutoff Wall Installation and 
Permeability Certification Report prepared by Applied Hydrology 
Associates, August 1995.
     Natural Attenuation Modeling Report prepared by Applied 
Hydrology Associates, Inc., December 1995.
     Remediation Summary Report: Part B, Active Aquifer 
Verification prepared by FLTG, Inc. in March 1996.
     Site Closure Plan, French Limited Project prepared by 
Southwestern Environmental Consulting, Inc., March 1996.
     Superfund Site Closeout Report prepared by EPA, April 
1996.

Appendix B--Site Coordinate Boundaries--French Limited Superfund 
Site, Crosby, Texas

    The proposed partial deletion of the French Limited Superfund 
Site is described by the latitude and longitude coordinate points as 
shown on the attached map of Appendix B. The Geographic Coordinates 
are DMS units with NAD27 Datum as follows:

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              Map point no.                           Latitude                           Longitude
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1.......................................  N 29 deg.52'46.87''............  W 95 deg.04'45.57''.
2.......................................  N 29 deg.52'54.97''............  W 95 deg.04'20.57''.
3.......................................  N 29 deg.52'46.99''............  W 95 deg.04'15.20''.
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