[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20813-20817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08971]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9977-17-OLEM]


Thirty-Third Update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste 
Compliance Docket

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Since 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has 
maintained a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket

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(``Docket'') under Section 120(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Section 120(c) 
requires EPA to establish a Docket that contains certain information 
reported to EPA by Federal facilities that manage hazardous waste or 
from which a reportable quantity of hazardous substances has been 
released. As explained further below, the Docket is used to identify 
Federal facilities that should be evaluated to determine if they pose a 
threat to public health or welfare and the environment and to provide a 
mechanism to make this information available to the public.
    This notice identifies the Federal facilities not previously listed 
on the Docket and also identifies Federal facilities reported to EPA 
since the last update on December 8, 2017. In addition to the list of 
additions to the Docket, this notice includes a section with revisions 
of the previous Docket list and a section of Federal facilities that 
are to be deleted from the Docket. Thus, the revisions in this update 
include 5 additions, 2 deletions, and 1 correction to the Docket since 
the previous update. At the time of publication of this notice, the new 
total number of Federal facilities listed on the Docket is 2,352.

DATES: This list is current as of April 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronic versions of the Docket and 
more information on its implementation can be obtained at http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/previous-federal-agency-hazardous-waste-compliance-docket-updates by clicking on the link for Cleanups at Federal 
Facilities or by contacting Benjamin Simes ([email protected]), 
Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Coordinator, Federal 
Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (Mail Code 5106R), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20460. Additional information on the Docket and a 
complete list of Docket sites can be obtained at: https://www.epa.gov/fedfac/fedfacts.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction
2.0 Regional Docket Coordinators
3.0 Revisions of the Previous Docket
4.0 Process for Compiling the Updated Docket
5.0 Facilities Not Included
6.0 Facility NPL Status Reporting, Including NFRAP Status
7.0 Information Contained on Docket Listing

1.0 Introduction

    Section 120(c) of CERCLA, 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 9620(c), 
as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA), requires EPA to establish the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste 
Compliance Docket. The Docket contains information on Federal 
facilities that manage hazardous waste and such information is 
submitted by Federal agencies to EPA under Sections 3005, 3010, and 
3016 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 
6925, 6930, and 6937. Additionally, the Docket contains information on 
Federal facilities with a reportable quantity of hazardous substances 
that has been released and such information is submitted by Federal 
agencies to EPA under Section 103 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9603. 
Specifically, RCRA Section 3005 establishes a permitting system for 
certain hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) 
facilities; RCRA Section 3010 requires waste generators, transporters 
and TSD facilities to notify EPA of their hazardous waste activities; 
and RCRA Section 3016 requires Federal agencies to submit biennially to 
EPA an inventory of their Federal hazardous waste facilities. CERCLA 
Section 103(a) requires the owner or operator of a vessel or onshore or 
offshore facility to notify the National Response Center (NRC) of any 
spill or other release of a hazardous substance that equals or exceeds 
a reportable quantity (RQ), as defined by CERCLA Section 101. 
Additionally, CERCLA Section 103(c) requires facilities that have 
``stored, treated, or disposed of'' hazardous wastes and where there is 
``known, suspected, or likely releases'' of hazardous substances to 
report their activities to EPA.
    CERCLA Section 120(d) requires EPA to take steps to assure that a 
Preliminary Assessment (PA) be completed for those sites identified in 
the Docket and that the evaluation and listing of sites with a PA be 
completed within a reasonable time frame. The PA is designed to provide 
information for EPA to consider when evaluating the site for potential 
response action or inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL).
    The Docket serves three major purposes: (1) To identify all Federal 
facilities that must be evaluated to determine whether they pose a 
threat to human health and the environment sufficient to warrant 
inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL); (2) to compile and 
maintain the information submitted to EPA on such facilities under the 
provisions listed in Section 120(c) of CERCLA; and (3) to provide a 
mechanism to make the information available to the public.
    The initial list of Federal facilities to be included on the Docket 
was published in the Federal Register on February 12, 1988 (53 FR 
4280). Since then, updates to the Docket have been published on 
November 16, 1988 (53 FR 46364); December 15, 1989 (54 FR 51472); 
August 22, 1990 (55 FR 34492); September 27, 1991 (56 FR 49328); 
December 12, 1991 (56 FR 64898); July 17, 1992 (57 FR 31758); February 
5, 1993 (58 FR 7298); November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59790); April 11, 1995 
(60 FR 18474); June 27, 1997 (62 FR 34779); November 23, 1998 (63 FR 
64806); June 12, 2000 (65 FR 36994); December 29, 2000 (65 FR 83222); 
October 2, 2001 (66 FR 50185); July 1, 2002 (67 FR 44200); January 2, 
2003 (68 FR 107); July 11, 2003 (68 FR 41353); December 15, 2003 (68 FR 
69685); July 19, 2004 (69 FR 42989); December 20, 2004 (69 FR 75951); 
October 25, 2005 (70 FR 61616); August 17, 2007 (72 FR 46218); November 
25, 2008 (73 FR 71644); October 13, 2010 (75 FR 62810); November 6, 
2012 (77 FR 66609); March 18, 2013 (78 FR 16668); January 6, 2014 (79 
FR 654), December 31, 2014 (79 FR 78850); August 17, 2015 (80 FR 
49223), March 3, 2016 (81 FR 11212), October 24, 2016 (81 FR 73096), 
June 6, 2017 (82 FR 26092), and December 8, 2017 (82 FR 57976). This 
notice constitutes the thirty-third update of the Docket.
    This notice provides some background information on the Docket. 
Additional information on the Docket requirements and implementation 
are found in the Docket Reference Manual, Federal Agency Hazardous 
Waste Compliance Docket found at http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/docket-reference-manual-federal-agency-hazardous-waste-compliance-docket-interim-final or obtained by calling the Regional Docket Coordinators 
listed below. This notice also provides changes to the list of sites 
included on the Docket in three areas: (1) Additions, (2) Deletions, 
and (3) Corrections. Specifically, additions are newly identified 
Federal facilities that have been reported to EPA since the last update 
and now are included on the Docket; the deletions section lists Federal 
facilities that EPA is deleting from the Docket.\1\ The information 
submitted to EPA on each Federal facility is maintained in the Docket 
repository located in the EPA Regional office of the Region in which 
the Federal facility is located; for a

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description of the information required under those provisions, see 53 
FR 4280 (February 12, 1988). Each repository contains the documents 
submitted to EPA under the reporting provisions and correspondence 
relevant to the reporting provisions for each Federal facility.
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    \1\ See Section 3.2 for the criteria for being deleted from the 
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    In prior updates, information was also provided regarding No 
Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP) status changes. However, 
information on NFRAP and NPL status is no longer being provided 
separately in the Docket update as it is now available at: http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/fedfacts or by contacting the EPA HQ Docket 
Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this notice.

2.0 Regional Docket Coordinators

    Contact the following Docket Coordinators for information on 
Regional Docket repositories:

    Martha Bosworth (HBS), US EPA Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, 
Suite 100, Mail Code: OSRR07-2, Boston, MA 02109-3912, (617) 918-
1407.
    Cathy Moyik (ERRD), US EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 
10007-1866, (212) 637-4339.
    Joseph Vitello (3HS12), US EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 814-3354.
    Leigh Lattimore (4SF-SRSEB), US EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth St. SW, 
Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-562-8768.
    David Brauner (SR-6J), US EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-1526.
    Philip Ofosu (6SF-RA), US EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, 
Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (214) 665-3178.
    Todd H. Davis (SUPRERSP), US EPA Region 7, 11201 Renner Blvd., 
Lenexa, KS 66219, (913) 551-7749.
    Ryan Dunham (EPR-F), US EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 
Denver, CO 80202, (303) 312-6627.
    Leslie Ramirez (SFD-6-1), US EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 972-3978.
    Ken Marcy (ECL, ABU), US EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 
900, ECL-112, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 890-0591.

3.0 Revisions of the Previous Docket

    This section includes a discussion of the additions, deletions, and 
corrections, to the list of Docket facilities since the previous Docket 
update.

3.1 Additions

    In this notice, 5 Federal facilities are being added to the Docket. 
Seven of the twenty-one Federal facilities are being added primarily 
because of new information obtained by EPA (for example, recent 
reporting of a facility pursuant to RCRA Sections 3005, 3010, or 3016 
or CERCLA Section 103). CERCLA Section 120, as amended by the Defense 
Authorization Act of 1997, specifies that EPA take steps to assure that 
a Preliminary Assessment (PA) be completed within a reasonable time 
frame for those Federal facilities that are included on the Docket. 
Among other things, the PA is designed to provide information for EPA 
to consider when evaluating the site for potential response action or 
listing on the NPL.

3.2 Deletions

    In this notice, 2 Federal facilities are being deleted from the 
Docket. There are no statutory or regulatory provisions that address 
deletion of a facility from the Docket. However, if a facility is 
incorrectly included on the Docket, it may be deleted from the Docket. 
The criteria EPA uses in deleting sites from the Docket include: A 
facility for which there was an incorrect report submitted for 
hazardous waste activity under RCRA (e.g., 40 CFR 262.44); a facility 
that was not Federally-owned or operated at the time of the listing; a 
facility included more than once (i.e., redundant listings); or when 
multiple facilities are combined under one listing. (See Docket Codes 
(Categories for Deletion of Facilities) for a more refined list of the 
criteria EPA uses for deleting sites from the Docket. Facilities being 
deleted no longer will be subject to the requirements of CERCLA Section 
120(d).

3.3 Corrections

    Changes necessary to correct the previous Docket are identified by 
both EPA and Federal agencies. The corrections section may include 
changes in addresses or spelling, and corrections of the recorded name 
and ownership of a Federal facility. In addition, changes in the names 
of Federal facilities may be made to establish consistency in the 
Docket or between the Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS) and 
the Docket. For the Federal facility for which a correction is entered, 
the original entry is as it appeared in previous Docket updates. The 
corrected update is shown directly below, for easy comparison. This 
notice includes one correction.

4.0 Process for Compiling the Updated Docket

    In compiling the newly reported Federal facilities for the update 
being published in this notice, EPA extracted the names, addresses, and 
identification numbers of facilities from four EPA databases--the 
WebEOC, the Biennial Inventory of Federal Agency Hazardous Waste 
Activities, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information 
System (RCRAInfo), and SEMS--that contain information about Federal 
facilities submitted under the four provisions listed in CERCLA Section 
120(c).
    EPA assures the quality of the information on the Docket by 
conducting extensive evaluation of the current Docket list and contacts 
the other Federal Agency (OFA) with the information obtained from the 
databases identified above to determine which Federal facilities were, 
in fact, newly reported and qualified for inclusion on the update. EPA 
is also striving to correct errors for Federal facilities that were 
previously reported. For example, state-owned or privately-owned 
facilities that are not operated by the Federal government may have 
been included. Such problems are sometimes caused by procedures 
historically used to report and track Federal facilities data. 
Representatives of Federal agencies are asked to contact the EPA HQ 
Docket Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice if revisions of this update 
information are necessary.

5.0 Facilities Not Included

    Certain categories of facilities may not be included on the Docket, 
such as: (1) Federal facilities formerly owned by a Federal agency that 
at the time of consideration was not Federally-owned or operated; (2) 
Federal facilities that are small quantity generators (SQGs) that have 
not, more than once per calendar year, generated more than 1,000 kg of 
hazardous waste in any single month; (3) Federal facilities that are 
very small quantity generators (VSQGs) that have never generated more 
than 100 kg of hazardous waste in any month; (4) Federal facilities 
that are solely hazardous waste transportation facilities, as reported 
under RCRA Section 3010; and (5) Federal facilities that have mixed 
mine or mill site ownership.
    An EPA policy issued in June 2003 provided guidance for a site-by-
site evaluation as to whether ``mixed ownership'' mine or mill sites, 
typically created as a result of activities conducted pursuant to the 
General Mining Law of 1872 and never reported under Section 103(a), 
should be included on the Docket. For purposes of that policy, mixed 
ownership mine or mill sites are those located partially on private 
land and partially on public land. This policy is found at http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/policy-listing-mixed-ownership-mine-or-mill-sites-created-result-general-mining-law-1872. The policy of not including 
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facilities may change; facilities now omitted may be added at some 
point if EPA determines that they should be included.

6.0 Facility NPL Status Reporting, Including NFRAP Status

    EPA tracks the NPL status of Federal facilities listed on the 
Docket. An updated list of the NPL status of all Docket facilities, as 
well as their NFRAP status, is available at http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/fedfacts or by contacting the EPA HQ Docket Coordinator at the address 
provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. 
In prior updates, information regarding NFRAP status changes was 
provided separately.

7.0 Information Contained on Docket Listing

    The information is provided in three tables. The first table is a 
list of additional Federal facilities that are being added to the 
Docket. The second table is a list of Federal facilities that are being 
deleted from the Docket. The third table is for corrections.
    The Federal facilities listed in each table are organized by the 
date reported. Under each heading is listed the name and address of the 
facility, the Federal agency responsible for the facility, the 
statutory provision(s) under which the facility was reported to EPA, 
and a code.\2\
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a code that indicates a specific reason for the addition or 
deletion. The code precedes this list.
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    The statutory provisions under which a Federal facility is reported 
are listed in a column titled ``Reporting Mechanism.'' Applicable 
mechanisms are listed for each Federal facility: For example, Sections 
3005, 3010, 3016, 103(c), or Other. ``Other'' has been added as a 
reporting mechanism to indicate those Federal facilities that otherwise 
have been identified to have releases or threat of releases of 
hazardous substances. The National Contingency Plan 40 CFR 300.405 
addresses discovery or notification, outlines what constitutes 
discovery of a hazardous substance release, and states that a release 
may be discovered in several ways, including: (1) A report submitted in 
accordance with Section 103(a) of CERCLA, i.e., reportable quantities 
codified at 40 CFR part 302; (2) a report submitted to EPA in 
accordance with Section 103(c) of CERCLA; (3) investigation by 
government authorities conducted in accordance with Section 104(e) of 
CERCLA or other statutory authority; (4) notification of a release by a 
Federal or state permit holder when required by its permit; (5) 
inventory or survey efforts or random or incidental observation 
reported by government agencies or the public; (6) submission of a 
citizen petition to EPA or the appropriate Federal facility requesting 
a preliminary assessment, in accordance with Section 105(d) of CERCLA; 
(7) a report submitted in accordance with Section 311(b)(5) of the 
Clean Water Act; and (8) other sources. As a policy matter, EPA 
generally believes it is appropriate for Federal facilities identified 
through the CERCLA discovery and notification process to be included on 
the Docket.
    The complete list of Federal facilities that now make up the Docket 
and the NPL and NFRAP status are available to interested parties and 
can be obtained at http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/fedfacts or by contacting 
the EPA HQ Docket Coordinator at the address provided in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. As of the date of 
this notice, the total number of Federal facilities that appear on the 
Docket is 2,352.

    Dated: April 17, 2018.
Paul Leonard,
Acting Director, Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office, 
Office of Land and Emergency Management.

Categories for Deletion of Facilities

    (1) Small-Quantity Generator and Very Small Quantity Generator. 
Show citation box.
    (2) Never Federally Owned and/or Operated.
    (3) Formerly Federally Owned and/or Operated but not at time of 
listing.
    (4) No Hazardous Waste Generated.
    (5) (This code is no longer used.)
    (6) Redundant Listing/Site on Facility.
    (7) Combining Sites Into One Facility/Entries Combined.
    (8) Does Not Fit Facility Definition.

Categories for Addition of Facilities

    (15) Small-Quantity Generator with either a RCRA 3016 or CERCLA 103 
Reporting Mechanism.
    (16) One Entry Being Split Into Two (or more)/Federal Agency 
Responsibility Being Split. (16A) NPL site that is part of a Facility 
already listed on the Docket.
    (17) New Information Obtained Showing That Facility Should Be 
Included.
    (18) Facility Was a Site on a Facility That Was Disbanded; Now a 
Separate Facility.
    (19) Sites Were Combined Into One Facility.
    (19A) New Currently Federally Owned and/or Operated Facility Site.

Categories for Corrections of Information About Facilities

    (20) Reporting Provisions Change.
    (20A) Typo Correction/Name Change/Address Change.
    (21) Changing Responsible Federal Agency. (If applicable, new 
responsible Federal agency submits proof of previously performed PA, 
which is subject to approval by EPA.)
    (22) Changing Responsible Federal Agency and Facility Name. (If 
applicable, new responsible Federal Agency submits proof of previously 
performed PA, which is subject to approval by EPA.)
    (24) Reporting Mechanism Determined To Be Not Applicable After 
Review of Regional Files.

                                         Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Update #33--Additions
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                                                                                     Zip                           Reporting
         Facility name                 Address              City           State    code         Agency            mechanism       Code        Date
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SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT.........  SEQUOYAH ACCESS     SODDY DAISY.......  TN         37379  TVA..............  RCRA 3010              17  Update #33.
                                  ROAD.
HIWASSEE HYDRO PLANT...........  600 POWERHOUSE      MURPHY............  NC         28906  TVA..............  RCRA 3010              17  Update #33.
                                  ROAD.
BLM--ELDER CREEK MINE..........  50 BASTIAN RD.....  BATTLE MOUNTAIN...  NV         89820  INTERIOR.........  RCRA 3010              17  Update #33.
SPRING CREEK PARK SITE.........  ATLANTIC OCEAN--    QUEENS............  NY         11414  INTERIOR.........  CERCLA 103             17  Update #33.
                                  SHORE OF JAMAICA
                                  BAY--PART OF THE
                                  NPS GATEWAY
                                  NATIONAL
                                  RECREATION AREA.

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SAN FRANCISCO VA MEDICAL CENTER  CLEMENT STREET....  SAN FRANCISCO.....  CA         94121  VETERANS AFFAIRS.  RCRA 3010              17  Update #33.
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                                         Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Update #33--Deletions
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          Facility name                 Address              City           State     code         Agency        Reporting mechanism   Code      Date
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24 RESEARCH PARKWAY.............  24 RESEARCH         WALLINGFORD.......  CT           6492  USPS..............  CERCLA 103               2    12/8/2017
                                   PARKWAY.
#1 RAVINE UNDER LAKE MONROE.....  ..................  BLOOMINGTON.......  IN          47401  CORPS OF            CERCLA 103               8    12/8/2017
                                                                                              ENGINEERS, CIVIL.
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                                        Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Update #33--Corrections
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          Facility name                 Address              City           State     code         Agency        Reporting mechanism   Code      Date
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PRESCOTT NF: UPPER LYNX CREEK     344 SOUTH CORTEZ..  PRESCOTT..........  AZ          86303  AGRICULTURE.......  CERCLA 103             20a    9/27/2991
 MINES.
FS--BLUE JOHN MINE..............  344 SOUTH CORTEZ..  PRESCOTT..........  AZ          86303  AGRICULTURE.......  CERCLA 103             20a    9/27/2991
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