[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48434-48435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18141]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-7799-2]


National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan 
National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Delete the San Fernando Valley Basin Area 
3, Verdugo Study Area Superfund Site from the National Priorities List 
(NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX is 
publishing this Notice of Intent to Delete the San Fernando Valley 
Basin Area 3, Verdugo Study Area Superfund Site (Site) from the 
National Priorities List (NPL), and requests public comments on this

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action. The Site is in the eastern portion of the San Fernando Valley 
Basin in Los Angeles, California.
    The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 
1980, as amended, is found at Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, the 
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). 
The NCP sets criteria that must be met to delete a site from the NPL. 
EPA, in consultation with the State of California, has determined that 
the Site meets the following criterion for site deletion: ``The 
remedial investigation has shown that the release poses no significant 
threat to public health or the environment, and, therefore, taking of 
remedial measures is not appropriate.'' However, this deletion does not 
preclude future actions under Superfund, based on new information or 
conditions.
    In the Rules and Regulations section of today's Federal Register, 
we are concurrently publishing a Direct Final Notice of Deletion for 
the Site, because we view this as a noncontroversial action and 
anticipate no adverse comments. This is a streamlined approach for site 
deletion. We have provided further information on the Site and 
explained our reasons for this deletion in Section IV. of the Direct 
Final Notice of Deletion.
    If we receive no adverse comment(s) on this Notice of Intent to 
Delete or the Direct Final Notice of Deletion, the deletion will become 
final 30 days after the end of the public comment period. If we receive 
adverse comment(s), we will publish a timely withdrawal of the Direct 
Final Notice of Deletion before it takes effect. We will, as 
appropriate, prepare a Responsiveness Summary to address public 
comments and continue with the deletion process on the basis of the 
Notice of Intent to Delete and the comments already received. There 
will not be another comment period on the Notice of Intent to Delete/
Direct Final Notice of Deletion. Any parties interested in commenting 
must do so at this time.

DATES: Comments concerning deletion of this Site must be received by 
September 9, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Jackie Lane, 
Community Involvement Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region IX (SFD-3), 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 972-3236.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charnjit Bhullar, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. EPA Region IX (SFD 7-1), 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105, (415) 972-3960.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional Site information, see the 
Direct Final Notice of Deletion which is located in the Rules and 
Regulations section of this Federal Register.
    Information Repositories: Information supporting the deletion is 
available in the Deletion Docket at the EPA Region IX Records Center 
and at the Information Repositories. The Information Repositories have 
been established to provide comprehensive Site related information, at 
the following addresses:

U.S. EPA Superfund Record Center, 95 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-3901, (415) 536-2000.
La Canada Library, 4545 Oakwood Ave., La Canada CA 91011, (818) 952-
0603.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Powers, 111 North Hope Street, Rm. 
516, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 367-1995.
Glendale Public Library, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, CA 91205, 
(818) 548-2021.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, 
Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    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.

    Dated: July 29, 2004.
Keith Takata,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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