[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 45634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21702]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-7045-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Western Pacific Railroad Superfund 
site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 announces 
the deletion of the Western Pacific Railroad Site in Oroville, Butte 
County, California, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is 
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), as amended. EPA and 
the State of California, through the Department of Toxic Substances 
Control, have determined that the site poses no significant threat to 
public health or the environment and, therefore, no further remedial 
measures pursuant to CERCLA are appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Hadlock, Project Manager, U.S. 
EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, SFD-7-1, San Francisco, CA 94105, 
(415) 744-2244.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the 
Western Pacific Railroad Site, Oroville, Butte County, California.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published in the 
Federal Register on July 18, 2001 (66 FR 37439). The closing date for 
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was August 17, 2001. No 
comments were received, therefore, EPA has not prepared a 
Responsiveness Summary. 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. Any site deleted from the 
NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial actions in the unlikely 
event that conditions at the site warrant such actions. 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, Air pollution control, Chemicals, 
Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and record keeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, and Water supply.

    Dated: August 17, 2001.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.

    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: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 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 the 
entry for the ``Western Pacific Railroad Co.'' in Oroville, California.
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