[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 69360-69361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27723]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0010; FRL-9902-80-Region 9]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the El Toro Marine Corp 
Air Station Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX is issuing 
a Notice of Intent to Delete portions of the El Toro Marine Corp Air 
Station Superfund Site (Site) located in Irvine, California, from the 
National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments 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 an appendix of the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the 
State of California, through the California Department of Toxic 
Substances Control, have determined that all appropriate response 
actions at these identified parcels under CERCLA have been completed. 
However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under 
Superfund.
    This partial deletion pertains to all Site media, including soil 
and groundwater, of parcels I-A, II-A, III-A, II-J, II-Q, II-S, II-T, 
III-C, I-C, II-U, I-B, I-E, I-G, I-H, I-I, I-J, I-L, I-M, I-P, II-G, 
II-I, II-P, III-D, I-K, I-N, I-O, I-S, II-E, II-L, II-M, II-R, I-Q, I-
R, II-B, II-K, and II-O. The remaining areas of the Site will remain on 
the NPL and are not being considered for deletion as part of this 
action. Maps identifying the area to be deleted and the area of the 
Site to remain on the NPL are available for review in the partial 
deletion docket.

DATES: Comments must be received by December 19, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1990-0010, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov. Follow on-line instructions 
for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: (415) 947-3528.
     Mail: Mary Aycock, U.S. EPA Remedial Project Manager, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, Mail Code SFD-8-1, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
     Hand delivery: Mary Aycock, U.S. EPA Remedial project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, Mail Code 
SFD81, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Such deliveries 
are only accepted during the Docket's 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-
1990-0010. 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 http://www.regulations.gov or email. 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 email comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email 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 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 statue. 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:
    Superfund Records Center, Mail Stop SFD-7C, 95 Hawthorne Street, 
Room 403, San Francisco, CA 94105. Phone: (415) 820-4700. Hours: Mon. 
thru Fri.--8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Heritage Park Regional Library, Reference Section, 14361 Yale 
Street, Irvine, CA 92714. Phone: (949) 936-4040. Hours: Mon. thru 
Thu.--10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sat.--10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun.--12 p.m. to 5 
p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Aycock, Remedial Project Manager, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, Mail Code SFD81, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

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94105, (415) 972-2389, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' Section of 
today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of 
Partial Deletion for portions of the El Toro Marine Corp Air Station 
Superfund Site without prior Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion 
because EPA views this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates 
no adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for this partial 
deletion in the preamble to the direct final Notice of Partial 
Deletion, and those reasons are incorporated herein. If we receive no 
adverse comment(s) on this partial deletion action, we will not take 
further action on this Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion. If we 
receive adverse comment(s), we will withdraw the direct final Notice of 
Partial Deletion and it will not take effect. We will, as appropriate, 
address all public comments in a subsequent final Notice of Partial 
Deletion based on this Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion. We will 
not institute a second comment period on this Notice of Intent for 
Partial Deletion. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at 
this time.
    For additional information, see the direct final Notice of Partial 
Deletion which is located in the Rules section of this Federal 
Register.

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: October 22, 2013.
 Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX .
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