[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 52238-52239] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-25134] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 300 [FRL-6445-2] National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Lackawanna Refuse Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Lackawanna Refuse Superfund Site in Old Forge, Pennsylvania from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes 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. EPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed responses under CERCLA have been implemented and that the Site poses no significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore, further remedial measures pursuant to CERCLA are not appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have determined that the remedial actions conducted at the Site to date remain protective of public health, welfare, and the environment. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 1999. ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this release is available for viewing at the Site information repositories at the following locations: U.S. EPA, Region 3, Regional Center for Environmental Information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 814-5364. Old Forge Borough Hall, 312 South Main Street, Old Forge, PA 18518. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea M. Lord (3HS21), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, (215) 814-5053. [[Page 52239]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The release to be deleted from the NPL is: Lackawanna Refuse Site, Old Forge, Pennsylvania. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published on August 19, 1999 (64 FR 45222). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was September 20, 1999. EPA received one comment, which is addressed in the Responsiveness Summary in the Deletion Docket. The EPA identifies releases which appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL as the list of those releases. Releases on the NPL may be the subject of remedial actions financed by the Hazardous Substance Superfund Response Trust Fund (Fund). Pursuant to Sec. 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, any release deleted from the NPL remains eligible for further Fund-financed remedial actions should further conditions at the Site warrant such action. Deletion of a release 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: September 21, 1999. W. Michael McCabe, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region III. 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, 191 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: Lackawanna Refuse Site, Old Forge, Pennsylvania. [FR Doc. 99-25134 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P