[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 136 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32825-32826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15145]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011; FRL-9980-63--Region 5]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the Beloit Corporation 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notification of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 is issuing 
a Notice of Intent to Delete the Former Beloit Corporation Research 
Center Property (RCP) of the Beloit Corporation Superfund Site (Site), 
in Rockton, Illinois, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and 
requests public comments on this proposed action. This partial deletion 
includes all media at the 20-acre RCP. The rest of the Site remains on 
the NPL and is not affected by this 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). EPA and the State of Illinois, through the 
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, have

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determined that all appropriate response actions at the RCP identified 
under CERCLA have been completed, other than maintenance, monitoring 
and five-year reviews. However, this partial deletion does not preclude 
future actions under CERCLA.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 15, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1990-0011, by mail to Randolph Cano, NPL Deletion Coordinator, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 (SR-6J), 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604. 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 section of this Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randolph Cano, NPL Deletion 
Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 (SR-6J), 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-6036, 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 the Former Beloit Corp. Research Center Property 
of the Beloit Corp. Superfund Site without prior Notification 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 Notification of Intent for Partial 
Deletion. If we receive adverse comment(s), we will publish a timely 
withdrawal of the direct final partial deletion in the Federal Register 
informing the public that the partial deletion will not take effect. We 
will then, as appropriate, address all public comments in a subsequent 
final Notice of Partial Deletion based on this Notification of Intent 
for Partial Deletion. We will not institute a second comment period on 
this Notification 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 substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 13626, 
77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 306; 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: June 25, 2018.
Cathy Stepp,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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