[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 18, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53151-53152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18363]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-8469-6]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion for the Grand Street Mercury Superfund Site 
from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II 
Office announces the deletion of the Grand Street Mercury Superfund 
Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The Grand Street Mercury 
Site is located in the city of Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. 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 of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. 
EPA and the State of New Jersey, through the Department of 
Environmental Protection (NJDEP) have determined that all appropriate 
response actions have been implemented and no further response actions 
are required. In addition, EPA and the NJDEP have determined that the 
remedial action taken at the Grand Street Mercury Site is protective of 
public health, welfare, and the environment.

DATES: Effective Date: September 18, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Farnaz Saghafi, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, 290 Broadway, 
19th Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866, (212) 637-4408.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To be deleted from the NPL is: The Grand 
Street Mercury Superfund site, City of Hoboken, Hudson County, New 
Jersey.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for the Grand Street Mercury Site was 
published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2007. The closing date 
for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was July 28, 2007. No 
comments were received by EPA on the proposed deletion during the 
public comment period. EPA's decision to propose the site for deletion 
is based on the successful implementation of the remedy which included 
demolition of the former industrial building and excavation and 
restoration of contaminated soils, thereby mitigating risks to human 
health and the environment. The monitoring data collected, since the 
construction of the remedy was completed in December 2004, confirmed 
that the remedy is protective of human health and the environment. 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. As described in Sec.  300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, 
any site or portion thereof deleted from the NPL remains eligible for 
remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions at the site 
warrant such action in the future. 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 controls, Chemicals, 
Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: August 17, 2007.
Alan J. Steinberg,
Regional Administrator--Region II.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, part 300, Chapter I of Title 
40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:

PART 300--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675; 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.

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Appendix B--[Amended]

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2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing ``Grand 
Street Mercury, Hoboken, NJ.''

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