[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 57980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24787]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6877-9]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan 
National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion of Newsom Brothers Superfund Site from the 
National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: EPA Region 4 (EPA) announces the deletion of the Newsom 
Brothers Superfund Site from the 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 of 1980 (CERCLA). EPA and the State of Mississippi 
(State) have determined that all appropriate CERCLA actions have been 
implemented and that no further cleanup by responsible parties is 
appropriate under CERCLA. Moreover, EPA and the State have determined 
that remedial activities conducted at the site to date have been 
protective of public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this Site is available through 
the EPA Region 4 public docket, which is located at the Region 4 office 
and is available for viewing by appointment only from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Requests for appointments or 
copies of the background information from the regional public docket 
should be directed to the EPA Region 4 Docket Office.
    The address for the Regional Docket Office is: Ms. Debbie Jourdan, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telephone No.: (404) 562-8862.
    Background information from the regional public docket is also 
available for viewing at the Site information repository located at the 
following address: South Mississippi Regional Library, 900 Broad 
Street, Columbia, Mississippi 39429.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn B. Thompson, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 562-8913; Michael T. Slack, 
P.E., CERCLA Division, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, 
Office of Pollution Control, 101 West Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 
39201, (601) 961-5217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA announces the deletion of the Newsom 
Brothers Superfund Site, Columbia, Mississippi, from the National 
Priorities List (NPL), which is appendix B of the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). 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 remedial actions 
financed by the Hazardous Substances Superfund Response Trust Fund 
(Fund). Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9605 (40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP), 
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 in the future.
    EPA published a Notice of Intent to Delete the Newsom Brothers Site 
from the NPL on August 2, 2000 in the Federal Register (65 FR 47364-
47366). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete 
was September 1, 2000. EPA received one comment and the responsiveness 
summary is attached to this Notice of Deletion. Deletion of a site from 
the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede agency 
efforts to recover costs associated with response efforts.
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not 
apply because this action is not a rule, as that term is defined in 5 
U.S.C. 804(3).

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 20, 2000.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
    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. 9601-9657; 42 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 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 ``Newsom Brothers/Old Reichhold Chemicals,'' Columbia, 
Mississippi.
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