[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49953-49954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20347]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1994-0001; FRL-9999-91-Region 4]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the Escambia Wood--
Pensacola Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announces 
the deletion of 50 acres of the Escambia Wood--Pensacola Superfund Site 
(Site) located in Pensacola, Florida, 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 50 acres of former residential property in the 
former neighborhoods of Oak Park, Escambia Arms, Herman & Pearl and 
Clarinda Triangle, part of Operable Unit One (soils). The remaining 
areas of Operable Unit One (about 50 acres) and Operable Unit Two 
(groundwater) will remain on the NPL and are not being considered for 
deletion as part of this action. The EPA and the State of Florida, 
through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), have 
determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA, other 
than five-year reviews and operation and maintenance, have been 
completed. However, this partial deletion does not preclude future 
actions under Superfund.

DATES: This action is effective September 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
Identification No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1994-0001. 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:
    U.S. EPA Region 4, Superfund & Emergency Management Divison Records 
Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (800) 435-9234 
Hours of operation: Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    West Florida Genealogy Branch Library, 5740 N Ninth Ave., 
Pensacola, Florida, 32504. (850) 494-7373 Hours of operation--Tuesday-
Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Spalvins, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 562-8938, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of the site to be deleted from 
the NPL is: 50 Acres of former residential property (in the former 
neighborhoods of Oak Park, Escambia Arms, Herman & Pearl and Clarinda 
Triangle) of the Escambia Wood--Pensacola Superfund Site, Pensacola, 
Florida. A Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion for this Site was 
published in the Federal Register (84 FR 35059) on July 22, 2019.
    The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion was August 21, 2019. No adverse public comments were received, 
and EPA will proceed with the partial deletion.
    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: September 6, 2019.
Mary S. Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.

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

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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 
for ``FL'', ``Escambia Wood--Pensacola'', ``Pensacola'' to read as 
follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

                                       Table 1--General Superfund Section
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                State                        Site name               City/county                Notes \a\
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FL..................................  Escambia Wood--          Pensacola..............  P.
                                       Pensacola.
 
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\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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