[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61526-61527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29305]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6472-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of partial deletion of the Tipton Army Airfield portion 
of the Fort George G. Meade Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
partial deletion of the Tipton Army Airfield portion of the Fort George 
G. Meade Site in Fort Meade, Maryland 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 State of Maryland have determined that all appropriate 
responses under CERCLA have been implemented and that no further 
cleanup by responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the 
State of Maryland have determined that response actions conducted at 
the site to date remain protective of public health, welfare, and the 
environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this release is available for 
viewing at the Site information repositories at the following 
locations:
    (1) Provinces Public Library, 2624 Annapolis Road, Severn, MD 
21144, Phone: (410) 222-6280.
    (2) U.S. Army, Directorate of Public Works, Attn: ANME-PWE, Bldg. 
239, 2\1/2\ Street and Ross Road, Fort Meade, MD 20755, Phone: (301) 
677-9648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas J. DiNardo, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, telepone (215) 814-3365.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of the site to be deleted from 
the NPL is: Tipton Army Airfield, Fort Meade, Maryland
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published September 
17, 1999 (64 FR 50477). The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was October 19, 1999. EPA received no comments.
    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. Any release 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(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, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, 
Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Superfund.

    Dated: October 28, 1999.
W. Michael McCabe,
Regional Administrator, Region III.

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.

    2. The Table 2 of Appendix B of part 300 is amended by revising the 
entry for Fort George G. Meade, Odenton, MD to read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

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                                      Tabel 2.--Federal Facilities Section
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           St                        Site name                     City/County                   Notes(a)
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                  MD            Fort George G. Meade                         Odenton                        P
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(a) * * *
P = Sites with partial deletion(s).


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