[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54744-54745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21439]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-7266-1]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion for the Facility Area portion of the A.O. 
Polymer Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II announces 
the deletion of the Facility Area portion of the A.O. Polymer Site 
(Site) located in Sussex County, New Jersey, from the National 
Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes appendix B to 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). EPA and the State of New Jersey, through the 
Department of Environmental Protection, have determined that all 
appropriate response actions under CERCLA, as amended, have been 
implemented at the Facility Area portion of the Site and that no 
further response action by responsible parties is appropriate. This 
partial deletion pertains only to the Facility Area portion of the Site 
and does not include the other portions of the Site, which will remain 
on the NPL.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Catanzarita, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290, 
Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866, (212) 637-4409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Facility Area portion of the A.O. 
Polymer Site is located at 44 Station Road in the Township of Sparta, 
Sussex County, New Jersey. The Site has two portions: The Facility Area 
and the Disposal Area. The Disposal Area is located in the northeast 
corner of the Site and is separated from the Facility Area by a dirt 
road. The Disposal Area and groundwater contamination by the Site are 
undergoing cleanup and will remain on the NPL.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for the Facility Area portion was 
published in the Federal Register on June 20, 2002 (67 FR 41914). The 
closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was July 
20, 2002. EPA received no comments regarding this deletion. The 
Deletion Docket may be reviewed at the EPA Region II office in New 
York, New York, the Sparta Township Library, Sparta, New Jersey, and 
the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection office in 
Trenton, New Jersey.
    The NPL is a list maintained by EPA of sites that EPA has 
determined present a significant risk to human health, welfare, or the 
environment. Pursuant to 40 CFR 300.425(e) of the NCP, any site or 
portion of a site deleted from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-
financed remedial actions if conditions at the site warrant such 
action. Deletion of a portion 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 12, 2002.
Jane M. Kenny,
Regional Administrator, Region II.

    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.

    2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended under the State of 
New Jersey (NJ) by revising the entry for ``A.O. Polymer''.

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

                   Table 1.--General Superfund Section
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        State            Site name          City/County        Notes(a)
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NJ..................  A.O. Polymer...  Sparta/Sussex.......            P
 
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 (a) * * *
 P = Sites with partial deletion(s).


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