[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 58731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23742]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-7379-1]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion for the Del Norte County Pesticide Storage 
Area Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX is issuing 
a Notice of Deletion for the Del Norte County Pesticide Storage Area 
Superfund Site (Site) located in Crescent City, 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. The EPA and the State of 
California, through the California Department of Toxic Substances 
Control, have determined that all appropriate response actions under 
CERCLA, other than Operation and Maintenance and Five-Year reviews, 
have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future 
actions under Superfund.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beatriz Bofill, Project Manager, U.S. 
EPA, Region IX, SFD-7-2, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-
3901, (415) 972-3260 or (800) 231-3075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site to be deleted form the NPL is the 
Del Norte County Pesticide Storage Area Superfund Site, in Crescent 
City, California.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published in the 
Federal Register August 8, 2002 (67 FR 51528). The closing date for 
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was September 9, 2002. 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. 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 these sites 
warrant such actions. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect 
responsible party liability or impede EPA's 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: September 10, 2002.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.

    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: 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 removing the 
entry for ``Del Norte Pesticide Storage, Crescent City, CA,''.

[FR Doc. 02-23742 Filed 9-17-02; 8:45 am]
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