[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50307-50308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20681]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1989-0011; FRL-10000-36-Region 3]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the Novak Sanitary 
Landfill Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 announces 
the partial deletion of the Novak Sanitary Landfill Superfund Site 
(Site) located in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, 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 EPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the Pennsylvania 
Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), have determined that 
all appropriate response actions to address the groundwater portion of 
the Site, other than monitoring, operations and maintenance, and Five-
Year Reviews (FYRs), have been completed. However, this deletion does 
not preclude future actions under Superfund. This partial deletion 
pertains only to the groundwater portion of the Site. The landfill and 
landfill gas components of the Site will remain on the NPL and are not 
being considered for deletion as part of this action.

DATES: This action is effective September 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket Identification No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-

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1989-0011. 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:
    USEPA Region III Administrative Records Room, 1650 Arch Street--6th 
Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029, 215-814-3157. Business 
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; by appointment only.
    Local Repository: Parkland Community Library, 4422 Walbert Avenue, 
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104, 610-398-1361. Business Hours: Monday 
through Thursday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.-1 
p.m.; closed Sunday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rombel Arquines, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, (3SD21), 
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 215-814-3182, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The potion of the site to be deleted from 
the NPL is the groundwater of the Novak Sanitary Landfill Superfund 
Site, South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. A Notice 
of Intent for Partial Deletion for this Site was published in the 
Federal Register (84 FR 38905) on August 8, 2019.
    The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion was September 9, 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 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 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 17, 2019.
 Cosmo Servidio,
Regional Administrator, Region III.

    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 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by revising the entry 
for ``PA, Novak Sanitary Landfill'' 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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PA..................................  Novak Sanitary Landfill  South Whitehall          P
                                                                Township.
 
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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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