[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45658-45659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18600]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1994-0009; FRL-9998-94-Region 1]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the U.S. Coast Guard 
(USCG) Buoy Depot of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station Superfund 
Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 announces 
the deletion of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Buoy Depot of the South 
Weymouth Naval Air Station (NAS) Superfund Site (Site) located in 
Weymouth, MA, 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). This partial deletion pertains to the soil and 
groundwater at the USCG Buoy Depot (Operable Unit #10). The remaining 
operable units at South Weymouth NAS will remain on the NPL and are not 
considered for deletion as part of this action. The EPA and the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through the Massachusetts Department of 
Environmental Protection (MassDEP), have determined that all 
appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed. However, 
the deletion of this parcel does not preclude future actions under 
Superfund.

DATES: This action is effective August 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
Identification No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1994-0009. All documents in the docket 
are listed on the http://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed 
in the index, some information is not 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 http://www.regulations.gov or 
in hard copy at the site information repositories. Locations, contacts, 
phone numbers and viewing hours are:

a. EPA Region 1 Records Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, 1st 
Floor, Boston, MA 02109, Phone: 1-617-918-1440. Hours: Mon-Fri 8 a.m. 
to 5 p.m., excluding federal holidays
b. Navy Caretaker Site Office, 223 Shea Memorial Drive, South Weymouth, 
MA 02190 (Records may be viewed by appointment only. Contact Mr. David 
Barney at 781-626-0105 or [email protected] to schedule an 
appointment.)


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Lim, Remedial Project Manager, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, Five Post Office Square 
(Mailcode: 07-3), Boston, MA 02109, (617) 918-1392, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The portion of the site to be deleted from the NPL is:

    4.77 acres of property owned by the United States of America 
(United States Coast Guard) described in Quitclaim Deed dated 
October 30, 1941 and recorded in book 6561, Page 513, also 
identified as Lot 650-1 in Tax Map 58. Approximately 0.20 acres of 
property owned by the United States of America (United States Navy) 
described in Quitclaim Deed dated January 1, 1900, also identified 
as Plat 597-152 in Tax Map 58. Approximately 0.04 acres of property 
owned by LSTAR Southfield, LLC, described in Quitclaim Deed dated 
July 2, 2015 and recorded in book 33279, Page 51, also identified as 
Plat 597-138 in Tax Map 58. Approximately 0.11 acres of property 
owned by LSTAR Southfield, LLC, described in Quitclaim Deed dated 
July 2, 2015 and recorded in book 33279, Page 51, also identified as 
Plat 597-137 in Tax Map 58.

of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station, Weymouth, MA. A Notice of 
Intent for Partial Deletion for the USCG Buoy Depot was published in 
the Federal Register (84 FR 31281) on July 1, 2019.
    The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion was July 31, 2019. No public comments were received.
    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.

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: August 12, 2019.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.

    For 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 2 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by revising the entry 
for

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``MA, South Weymouth Naval Air Station'' to read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

                                       Table 2--Federal Facilities Section
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                State                        Site name               City/County                Notes (a)
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MA..................................  South Weymouth Naval     Weymouth...............  P
                                       Air Station.
 
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Notes:
\(a)\ A = Based on issuance of health advisory by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (if scored,
  HRS score need not be greater than or equal to 28.50).
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P = Sites with partial deletion(s).


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