[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]


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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).

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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.


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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]
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