[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53506-53507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20741]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-7259-4]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Deletion for a portion of the Joslyn Manufacturing 
and Supply

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Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of a portion of the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Superfund 
Site in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota from the National Priorities List 
(NPL). The NPL is 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. 
This action is being taken by EPA because it has been determined that 
Responsible Parties have implemented all appropriate response actions 
required for this portion of the Site. Moreover, EPA has determined 
that remedial actions conducted at this portion of the site to date 
remain protective of public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 19, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gladys Beard at (312) 886-7253, State 
NPL Deletion Process Manager, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA--Region V, 
77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. Information on the site is 
available at the local information repository located at: the Minnesota 
Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Rd. North, St. Paul, Minnesota 
55155-4194, (651) 296-6300, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30. 
Requests for comprehensive copies of documents should be directed 
formally to the Regional Docket Office. The contact for the Regional 
Docket Office is Jan Pfundheller (H-7J), U.S. EPA, Region V, 77 W. 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-5821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be partially deleted from the 
NPL is: Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Superfund Site located in 
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site 
was published February 19, 2002 (67 FR 7326). The closing date for 
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was March 21, 2002. EPA 
received comments and therefore a Responsiveness Summary was prepared. 
The Responsiveness Summary was placed in the repository and with the 
Regional Docket Office.
    A direct final notice of deletion was published on February 19, 
2002 (67 FR 7279) which included the details of the partial deletion. 
While the direct final notice amendment is being removed in today's 
Federal Register, the details contained in the February 19, 2002 direct 
final deletion amendment describe the portion of the site being deleted 
by this notice.
    The 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 (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(e)(3) of the NCP states that 
Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL in the 
unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action. 
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: August 6, 2002.
Bharat Mathur,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region V.
    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 revising the 
entry for ``Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co, Brooklyn Center, 
Minnesota'' to read as follows:

                   Table 1.--General Superfund Section
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    State            Site name              City/County        Notes \1\
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       *                  *                   *                  *
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MN            Joslyn Manufacturing    Brooklyn Center.......          P
               and Supply Co.
       *                  *                   *                  *
                            *                  *
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\1\ P=Sites with partial deletion(s).

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[FR Doc. 02-20741 Filed 8-15-02; 8:45 am]
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