[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 235 (Friday, December 7, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63067-63068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26480]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011; FRL-9987-05-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 (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 announces 
the partial deletion of all media at the 20-acre Former Research Center 
Property of the Beloit Corporation Superfund Site (Site), in Rockton, 
Illinois from the National Priorities List (NPL). 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 remainder of the Site will remain on the 
NPL and is not being considered for deletion as part of this action. 
EPA and the State of Illinois through the Illinois Environmental 
Protection Agency (IEPA), have determined that all appropriate response 
actions under CERCLA, other than operation and maintenance, monitoring 
and five-year reviews, have been completed. However, the deletion of 
this parcel does not preclude future actions under Superfund.

DATES: This action is effective December 7, 2018.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
Identification No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011. All documents in the docket 
are listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed 
in the index, some information may not be publicly available, i.e., 
Confidential Business Information or other information whose disclosure 
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available 
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are 
available either electronically through https://www.regulations.gov or 
in hard copy at the site information repositories. Locations, contacts, 
phone numbers and viewing hours are:
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Superfund Records 
Center, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 7th Floor South, Chicago, IL 60604, 
Phone: (312) 886-0900, Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
excluding Federal holidays.
    Talcott Free Library, 101 East Main Street, Rockton, IL 61072, 
Phone: (815) 624-7511, Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. 
to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday 9 
a.m. to 3 p.m.

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, or via email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of the Beloit Corporation 
(Beloit Corp.) Site to be deleted from the NPL is the Former Beloit 
Corp. Research Center Property, PIN 03-12-452-003, located at 1155 
Prairie Hill Road, in Rockton, Illinois. A Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion for the Beloit Corp. Site was published in the Federal 
Register on July 16, 2018 (83 FR 32825). A Direct final rule approving 
the deletion was concurrently published in the Federal Register (83 FR 
32798). The partial deletion was to automatically take effect on 
September 14, 2018, if no adverse public comments were received.
    EPA was required to withdraw the Direct final rule of July 16, 2018 
(83 FR 32826), effective September 14, 2018, to prevent the Direct 
final rule from taking effect, because EPA did not provide timely 
notice of the publication of the Direct final rule through publication 
of an advertisement in a local newspaper as required by EPA policy.
    The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion as published in the Notice was August 15, 2018. EPA informally 
extended the public comment period until October 15, 2018, through 
advertisements published in two local newspapers, The Rockton Hearld 
and The Rockford Register Star on September 13, 2018.
    EPA received one public comment on the partial deletion. Upon 
review of the comment, EPA finds that the comment is not related to the 
rule-making, is not site-specific and, as such, is not adverse. 
Therefore, EPA Region 5 is proceeding with the partial deletion of the 
Beloit Corp. Site. EPA prepared a memorandum responding to the public 
comment and placed the memorandum in the docket, EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-
0011, on www.regulations.gov, and in the local information repositories 
listed above.
    EPA maintains the NPL as the list of sites that appear to present a 
significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment. 
Deletion of a site from the NPL does not preclude further remedial 
action. Whenever there is a significant release from a site deleted 
from the NPL, the deleted site may be restored to the NPL without 
application of the hazard ranking system. Deletion of portions of a 
site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability, in the 
unlikely event that future conditions warrant further actions.

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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.

    Dated: October 29, 2018.
Cathy Stepp,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 300 is amended 
as follows:

PART 300--NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION 
CONTINGENCY PLAN

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

    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.


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2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by revising the entry 
``IL'', ``Beloit Corp.'', ``Rockton'' to read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--[Amended]

                                       Table 1--General Superfund Section
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                State                        Site name               City/county              Notes (\a\)
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IL..................................  Beloit Corp............  Rockton...............  * P
 
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* P = Sites with partial deletion(s).


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