[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61272-61273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24640]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-7384-3]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Standard Steel and Metals Salvage 
Yard Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10, 
announces the deletion of the Standard Steel and Metals Salvage Yard 
Site which is located in Anchorage, Alaska, 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 Alaska 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: September 30, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Gaines, EPA Point of Contact, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Mail Stop ECL-110, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553-1066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Standard Steel and Metals Salvage Yard Site, Anchorage, Alaska.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published in the 
Federal Register on August 14, 2002 (67 FR 52918). The closing date for 
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was September 15, 2002. A 
comment letter was received after the comment period closed. The 
commentor opposes EPA's remedy and proposes an alternative remedy using 
peroxidative treatment. EPA selected its remedy after holding a public 
comment period between March 18 and April 17, 1996. Pursuant to the 
National Contingency Plan, EPA selected a stabilization/solidification 
and containment remedy which is protective of human health and the 
environment. Because hazardous substances will remain at the site above 
levels that allow unlimited use and unrestricted exposure, the site 
will undergo five-year reviews.
    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 action. 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 recordkeeping

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requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: September 20, 2002.
L. John Iani,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.


    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 2 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the 
entry for ``Standard Steel & Metals Salvage Yard (USDOT), Anchorage, 
AK.''

[FR Doc. 02-24640 Filed 9-27-02; 8:45 am]
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