[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55403-55404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7965]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-8221-7]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Delete the Army Materials Technology 
Laboratory Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 1 announces 
its intent to delete the Army Materials Technology Laboratory Superfund 
Site (Site) located in Watertown, Massachusetts, from the National 
Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this proposed 
action. 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 
of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan 
(NCP). The EPA and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through the 
Department of Environmental Protection, 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, EPA is publishing a direct final notice of deletion of the 
Army Materials

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Technology Laboratory Superfund Site without prior notice of intent to 
delete because we view this as a non-controversial revision and 
anticipate no adverse comment(s). EPA has explained our reasons for 
this deletion in the preamble to the direct final deletion. If EPA 
receives no adverse comment(s) on this notice of intent to delete or 
the direct final notice of deletion, EPA will not take further action 
on this notice of intent to delete. If EPA receives adverse comment(s), 
EPA will withdraw the direct final notice of deletion and it will not 
take effect. EPA will address all public comments in a subsequent final 
deletion notice based on this notice of intent to delete as 
appropriate. EPA 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 located in the Rules section of this Federal 
Register.

DATES: Comments concerning this Site must be received by October 23, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1994-0009, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instruction for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (617) 918-0385.
     Mail: Kymberlee Keckler, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, 1 Congress Street, Suite 
1100 (HBT), Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023.
     Hand delivery: 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 (HBT), 
Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023. Such deliveries are only accepted 
during normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be 
made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA ``HQ-SFUND-
1994-0009. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
The 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 or your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through 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 that you submit. If EPA cannot 
read your comment because of technical difficulties and cannot contact 
you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. 
Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form 
of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kymberlee Keckler, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. EPA, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 (HBT), Boston, 
Massachusetts 02114-2023, (617) 918-1385 or toll-free at 1-800-252-3402 
extension 81385.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, see the Direct 
Final Notice of Deletion located in the Rules section of this Federal 
Register.

INFORMATION REPOSITORY: All documents in the docket are listed in 
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 
at www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 1, Superfund Records Center, 1 Congress 
Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023 and at the 
Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472. 
The EPA Superfund Records Center is open Monday through Friday from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Watertown Free Library is open Monday through 
Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The EPA Superfund Records 
Center's telephone number is (617) 918-1440 and the Watertown Free 
Library's telephone number is (617) 972-6431.

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: September 12, 2006.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA New England.
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