[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44135-44136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20706]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6417-8]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Davis Glocester-Smithfield Regional 
(GSR) Landfill site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region I announces 
the deletion of the Davis GSR Landfill site from the National 
Priorities List (NPL). 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) of 1980, as amended. EPA and the State of Rhode 
Island have determined that the Site poses no significant threat to 
public health or the environment and, therefore, no further remedial 
measures pursuant to CERCLA are appropriate.


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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Krasko, Remedial Project Manager, 
U.S. EPA Region I, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 (HBO), Boston, MA 
02114-2023, (617) 918-1232 or Matthew DeStefano, Project Manager, Rhode 
Island Department of Environmental Management, 235 Promenade Street, 
Providence, RI 02908-5767, (401) 222-2797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Davis Glocester-Smithfield Regional (GSR) Landfill site, Glocester/
Smithfield, Rhode Island.
    A Notice of Intent to delete for this site was published on June 
17, 1999 (64 FR 32466). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was July 19, 1999. EPA received comments from Town of 
Glocester Town Council, response to which is provided in a 
Responsiveness Summary included in a public docket which is located at 
EPA's Region 1 Records Center in Boston, MA (phone 617-918-1440) and at 
E. Smithfield Public Library, 50 Esmond Street, N. Smithfield, RI 
(phone 401-231-5150).
    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. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of the 
Hazardous 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. 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that Fund-Financed 
actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. 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.

    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: 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 ``Davis (GSR) Landfill, Glocester, Rhode Island.''

    Dated: July 23, 1999.
John P. DeVillars,
Regional Administrator, Region I.
[FR Doc. 99-20706 Filed 8-12-99; 8:45 am]
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