[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 121 (Friday, June 23, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36048-36049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5569]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-8186-4]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent to delete the Brio Refining, Inc. Superfund 
Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 
6 is issuing a notice of intent to delete the Brio Refining, Inc. 
Superfund Site (Site), located in Friendswood, Texas, from the National 
Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, 
which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the State of Texas, through the 
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), 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. In the 
``Rules and Regulations'' Section of today's Federal Register, we are 
publishing a direct final notice of deletion of the Brio Refining, Inc. 
Superfund Site without prior notice of intent to delete because we view 
this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipate no adverse comment. 
We have explained our reasons for this deletion in the preamble to the 
direct final deletion. If we receive no adverse comment(s) on this 
notice of intent to delete or the direct final notice of deletion, we 
will not take further action on this notice of intent to delete. If we 
receive adverse comment(s), we will withdraw the direct final notice of 
deletion and it will not take effect. We will, as appropriate, address 
all public comments in a subsequent final deletion notice based on this 
notice of intent to delete. We will not institute a second comment 
period on this notice of intent to delete. Any parties interested in 
commenting must do so at this time. For additional information, see the 
direct final notice of deletion which is located in the Rules section 
of this Federal Register.

DATES: Comments concerning this Site must be received by July 24, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1989-0008, by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    E-mail: mail to [email protected].
    Fax: 214-665-6660.
    Mail: Donn Walters, Community Outreach Team, U.S. EPA Region 6 
(6SF-PO), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (214) 665-6483 or 1-
800-533-3508.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
1989-0008. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment 
directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your 
e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of 
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on 
the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that 
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of

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special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects 
or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the information 
repositories.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Meyer, Remedial Project 
Manager (RPM), U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF-LP), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 
75202-2733, (214) 665-6742 or 1-800-533-3508 ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, see the Direct 
Final Notice of Deletion which is located in the Rules section of this 
Federal Register.
    Information Repositories: Repositories have been established to 
provide detailed information concerning this decision at the following 
addresses: U.S. EPA Region 6 Library, 7th Floor, 1445 Ross Avenue, 
Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, (214) 665-6424, Monday through 
Friday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; San Jacinto College, 
South Campus Library, 13735 Beamer Road, Houston, Texas 77089, (281) 
992-3416, Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 3 
p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Texas Commission on Environmental 
Quality (TCEQ), Central File Room Customer Service Center, Building E, 
12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, (512) 239-2900, Monday 
through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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.

    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: May 25, 2006.
Richard E. Greene,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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