[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 88 (Monday, May 9, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 24314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9084]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-7908-5]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final Notice of Partial Deletion at the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. 
Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 announces 
the partial deletion of a portion of the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. 
Superfund Site (the Site), owned by Macklands Realty, Inc. and Berkeley 
Realty, Co. (herein Macklands and Berkeley properties), from the 
National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes Appendix B to the 
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 
40 CFR part 300, which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA). EPA, with concurrence from the State of Rhode Island, has 
determined that the release impacting the Site poses no significant 
threat to human health or the environment at the Macklands and Berkeley 
properties and therefore warrants no current response action at the 
properties. Further, this action does not preclude the State of Rhode 
Island from taking any response actions under State authority, should 
future conditions warrant such actions. This notice of partial deletion 
does not alter the status of the remainder of the Peterson/Puritan, 
Inc. Superfund Site, which has not been proposed for deletion and thus 
remains on the NPL.

DATES: Effective Date: May 9, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Newton, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. EPA Region I, 1 Congress St., Suite 1100 (HBO), Boston, 
MA 02114-2023, (617) 918-1243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be partially deleted from the 
NPL is: A portion of two properties designated on the town of 
Cumberland Tax Assessor's Map Plat 14, Lot 2 and Plat 15, Lot 1, known 
locally as the proposed Berkeley Commons and River Run developments, 
and owned by Macklands Realty, Inc. and Berkeley Realty, Co. 
respectively. This partial deletion involves 19.8 acres designated 
within the OU 2 boundary of the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund site.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for these parcels at this site was 
published on February 24, 2005 (70 FR 9023-9028). The closing date for 
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was March 28, 2005. EPA 
received no comments.
    EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to 
public health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as the 
list of these sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of remedial 
actions financed by the Hazardous Substance Superfund Response Trust 
Fund (Fund). Pursuant to Sec.  300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, any site (or 
portion thereof) deleted from the NPL are eligible for further remedial 
actions should future conditions warrant such action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

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

    Dated: April 28, 2005.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1.

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For the reasons set out in this document, 40 CFR part 300 is amended as 
follows:

PART 300--[AMENDED]

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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 to Part 300--[Amended]

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2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by adding ``P'' in the 
Notes column in the entry for Peterson/Puritan, Inc., Lincoln/
Cumberland, RI.

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