[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 94295-94296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31016]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1989-0009; FRL-9957-30-Region 3]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the North Penn Area 6 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; Notice of intent for partial deletion of the 
North Penn Area 6 Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III is 
issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete a portion of the North Penn Area 6 
Superfund Site (Site) located in Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The proposed 
deletion affects approximately 6.5 acres at 135 East Hancock Street 
(the ``Administrative

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Parcel''), and EPA 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 found at Appendix B of the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection (PADEP), have determined that all appropriate 
response actions under CERCLA, other than five-year reviews, have been 
completed at the Administrative Parcel. However, this partial deletion 
does not preclude future actions at the Administrative Parcel under 
Superfund.
    This partial deletion pertains only to the soils and groundwater of 
the approximately 6.5 acre Administrative Parcel portion of the Site. 
The other portions of the Site will remain on the NPL, and are not 
being considered for deletion as part of this action.

DATES: Comments must be received by January 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1989-0009, by mail to Huu Ngo (3HS21), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. 
Comments may also be submitted electronically or through hand delivery/
courier by following the detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section 
of the direct final rule located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' 
section of this Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Huu Ngo, Remedial Project Manager 
(3HS21), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029; (215) 814-3187; 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 
of the Administrative Parcel of the North Penn Area 6 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: December 5, 2016.
Cecil Rodrigues,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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