[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 60121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28543]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6468-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Joseph Forest Products site from the 
National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10, 
announces the deletion of the Joseph Forest Products 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 
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality have determined that no 
further cleanup under CERCLA is appropriate and that the selected 
remedy has been protective of human health and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 4, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chip Humphrey, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 10, 811 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 
97204, (503) 326-2678.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Joseph Forest Products, Joseph, Oregon.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published on August 
31, 1999, (64 FR 47478). The closing date for comments was September 
30, 1999. The only comment EPA received was a comment letter from the 
Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife (the Department) requesting 
information about the impact of contamination on the Department's trust 
resources, e.g., migratory birds. EPA is providing the information 
requested by the Department. EPA believes that the remedial actions 
performed at the site are protective of trust resources. Further 
remedial activities are not necessary.
    EPA identifies sites which 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 
Hazardous Substance Response Trust 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. Section 300.425 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.

    Dated: October 21, 1999.
Chuck Clarke,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.

    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--Joseph 
Forest Products, Joseph, Oregon.

[FR Doc. 99-28543 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]
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