[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50584-50587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17480]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0010, EPA-HQ-SFUND-1994-0001, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2002-
0008, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2003-0010, EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0797, EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-
0798, EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0815, EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0922, EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-
0934, EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0111; FRL-10018-01-OLEM]


Deletion From the National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of four sites and the partial deletion of six sites from the 
Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, created under 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 
states, through their designated state agencies, have determined that 
all appropriate response actions under CERCLA, other than operation and 
maintenance, monitoring, and five-year reviews, where applicable, have 
been completed. However, this deletion does

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not preclude future actions under Superfund.

DATES: The document is effective on August 17, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under 
the Docket Identification included in Table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document. All documents in the docket are 
listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. The Final Close-Out 
Report (FCOR, for a full site deletion) or the Partial Deletion 
Justification (PDJ, for a partial site deletion) is the primary 
document which summarizes site information to support the deletion. It 
is typically written for a broad, non-technical audience and this 
document is included in the deletion docket for each of the 10 sites in 
this rulemaking. 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. Docket materials 
are available through https://www.regulations.gov or at the 
corresponding Regional Records Centers. Locations, addresses, and phone 
numbers-of the Regional Records Center follows.
     Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), U.S. EPA New England, 
EMS Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, 
Boston, MA 02109-3912; 617/918-1440.
     Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV), U.S. EPA, Library, 1650 
Arch Street, Mail code 3MD13, Philadelphia, PA 19103; 215/814-3024.
     Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN), U.S. EPA, 61 
Forsyth Street SW, Mail code 9T25, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404/562-8637.
     Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI), U.S. EPA Superfund 
Division Records Manager, Mail code SRC-7J, Metcalfe Federal Building, 
7th Floor South, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; 312/886-
4465.
     Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE), U.S. EPA, 11201 Renner Blvd., 
Mail code SUPRSTAR, Lenexa, KS 66219; 913/551-7956.
     Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY), U.S. EPA, 1595 Wynkoop 
Street, Mail code Records Center, Denver, CO 80202-1129; 303/312-7273.
     EPA Headquarters Docket Center Reading Room (deletion 
dockets for all states), William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) West Building, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, (202) 
566-1744.
    EPA staff listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section may assist the public in answering inquiries about deleted 
sites and accessing deletion support documentation, determining whether 
there are additional physical deletion dockets available, or if COVID 
restrictions affect deletion docket access.
    The EPA continues to carefully and continuously monitor information 
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local area 
health departments, and our federal partners so that we can respond 
rapidly as conditions change regarding COVID.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
     Robert Lim, U.S. EPA Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), 
U.S. EPA, [email protected], 617/918-1392.
     Andrew Hass, U.S. EPA Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV), 
[email protected], 215/814-2049.
     Leigh Lattimore, U.S. EPA Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, 
NC, SC, TN), [email protected], 404/562-8768.
     Karen Cibulskis, U.S. EPA Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, 
WI), [email protected], 312/886-1843.
     David Wennerstrom, U.S. EPA Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE), 
[email protected], 913/551-7996.
     Linda Kiefer, U.S. EPA Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY), 
[email protected], 303/312-6689.
     Charles Sands, U.S. EPA Headquarters, 
[email protected], 202-566-1142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPL, created under section 105 of 
CERCLA, as amended, is an appendix of the NCP. The NCP establishes the 
criteria that EPA uses to delete sites from the NPL. In accordance with 
40 CFR 300.425(e), sites may be deleted from the NPL where no further 
response is appropriate. Partial deletion of sites is in accordance 
with 40 CFR 300.425(e) and are consistent with the Notice of Policy 
Change: Partial Deletion of Sites Listed on the National Priorities 
List, 60 FR 55466, (November 1, 1995). The sites to be deleted are 
listed in Table 1, including docket information containing reference 
documents with the rationale and data principally relied upon by the 
EPA to determine that the Superfund response is complete. The NCP 
permits activities to occur at a deleted site, or that media or parcel 
of a partially deleted site, including operation and maintenance of the 
remedy, monitoring, and five-year reviews. These activities for the 
site are entered in Table 1 in this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, 
if applicable, under Footnote such that; 1 = site has continued 
operation and maintenance of the remedy, 2 = site receives continued 
monitoring, and 3 = site five-year reviews are conducted. As described 
in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, a site or portion of a site deleted 
from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial action if 
future conditions warrant such actions.

                                                     Table 1
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                                 City/county,
          Site name                 state              Type                  Docket No.              Footnote
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McKin Co.....................  Gray, ME.......  Full..............  EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0922.......         1, 2, 3
Tybouts Corner Landfill......  New Castle       Partial...........  EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0797.......            1, 3
                                County, DE.
C&R Battery Co., Inc.........  Chesterfield     Full..............  EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0798.......            1, 3
                                County, VA.
Chem-Solv, Inc...............  Cheswold, DE...  Full..............  EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0934.......            1, 3
Koppers Co., Inc. (Charleston  Charleston, SC.  Partial...........  EPA-HQ-SFUND-1994-0001......            1, 3
 Plant).
Brantley Landfill............  Island, KY.....  Full..............  EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0111.......         1, 2, 3
Summit National..............  Deerfield        Partial...........  EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0815.......            1, 3
                                Township, OH.
Himco Dump...................  Elkhart, IN....  Partial...........  EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0010......            1, 3

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Omaha Lead...................  Omaha, NE......  Partial...........  EPA-HQ-SFUND-2003-0010......            1, 3
Libby Asbestos...............  Libby, MT......  Partial...........  EPA-HQ-SFUND-2002-0008......            1, 3
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    Information concerning the sites to be deleted and partially 
deleted from the NPL, the proposed rule for the deletion and partial 
deletion of the sites, and information on receipt of public comment(s) 
and preparation of a Responsiveness Summary (if applicable) are 
included in Table 2 as follows:

                                                                         Table 2
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                                                                                                                                     Full site deletion
                                      Date,                                                                                           (full) or media/
            Site name                proposed            FR citation                Public comment         Responsiveness summary    parcels/description
                                       rule                                                                                              for partial
                                                                                                                                          deletion
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McKin Co.........................    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  Full.
Tybouts Corner Landfill..........    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  2 parcels soil and
                                                                                                                                     groundwater approx.
                                                                                                                                     78 acres.
C&R Battery Co., Inc.............    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  Full.
Chem-Solv, Inc...................    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  Full.
Koppers Co., Inc. (Charleston        3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  98 acres of soils,
 Plant).                                                                                                                             sediments and tidal
                                                                                                                                     marsh.
Brantley Landfill................    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  Full.
Summit National..................    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  Land/soil portion of
                                                                                                                                     landfill, adjacent
                                                                                                                                     removal areas, and
                                                                                                                                     45 down gradient
                                                                                                                                     parcels.
Himco Dump.......................    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  11.5-acre land/soil
                                                                                                                                     portion of the site
                                                                                                                                     plus adjacent
                                                                                                                                     soils.
Omaha Lead.......................    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  19 residential
                                                                                                                                     parcels.
Libby Asbestos...................    3/31/2022  87 FR 18761.................  Yes......................  Yes......................  OU 6 including 42
                                                                                                                                     miles of railroad
                                                                                                                                     right of way
                                                                                                                                     between and in the
                                                                                                                                     towns of Libby and
                                                                                                                                     Troy, MT.
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    For the sites proposed for deletion, the closing date for comments 
in the proposed rule was May 2, 2022. The EPA received two public 
comments which addressed all ten sites included for deletion or partial 
deletion-and two additional public comments on the McKin Co. site in 
this final rule. EPA placed the comments in the dockets specified in 
Table 1, on https://www.regulations.gov, and in the appropriate 
Regional Records Center listed in the ADDRESSES section. One public 
comment-addressing all ten sites was supportive of the proposed 
deletion and of EPA actions. One public comment addressing all ten 
sites was an adverse comment. The commentor requested additional 
information present in the deletion docket be specified in the deletion 
rules; EPA provide a schedule to return contaminated groundwater to 
beneficial reuse; expressed concerns about institutional controls on 
land and groundwater use; and expressed concerns whether EPA met 
requirements of the Information Quality Act. EPA determined that it is 
appropriate to proceed with the deletion because all response actions 
at the sites are appropriate and complete, EPA complied with program 
and Agency requirements, guidance and the NCP. The criteria for 
deletion have been met. A Responsiveness Summary was prepared and 
placed in each site deletion docket on https://www.regulations.gov, and 
in the appropriate Regional Records Centers listed in the ADDRESSES 
section.
    The McKin Co. site also received two adverse comments. One 
commentor did not agree with EPA's decision to delete the site from the 
NPL, concerned that possible remedial work still needs to be done. The 
second commentor raised concerns about future or planned development of 
the former McKin Co. property and if contaminants could be disturbed. 
EPA has completed all remedial work at the McKin Co. site and land use 
controls on the site will prevent development or disturbance of any 
contaminants. EPA has determined that it is appropriate to proceed with 
the deletion because all response actions at the site are complete and 
the criteria for deletion have been met. A Responsiveness Summary was 
prepared and placed in the docket, EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0922, on https://www.regulations.gov, and in the Regional Records Center listed in the 
ADDRESSES section.
    For all other sites not specified above, no adverse 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 substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Natural resources, Oil pollution, Penalties, Reporting and 
recordkeeping

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requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, Water supply.

Larry Douchand,
Office Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology 
Innovation.

    For reasons set out in the preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 300 
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. 1251 et seq.; 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. In appendix B to part 300 amend table 1 by:
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a. Removing the entry for ``DE, Chem-Solv, Inc., Cheswold'';
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b. Revising the entry for ``DE, Tybouts Corner Landfill, New Castle 
County'';
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c. Revising the entry for ``IN, Himco Dump, Elkhart'';
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d. Removing the entry for ``KY, Brantley Landfill, Island'';
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e. Removing the entry for ``ME, McKin Co., and Gray'';
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f. Revising the entries for ``OH, Summit National, Deerfield Township'' 
and ``SC, Koppers Co., Inc (Charleston Plant), Charleston''; and
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g. Removing the entry for ``VA, C&R Battery Co., Inc, Chesterfield 
County''.
    The revisions 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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DE................  Tybouts Corner     New Castle                     P
                     Landfill.          County.
 
                              * * * * * * *
IN................  Himco Dump.......  Elkhart.........               P
 
                              * * * * * * *
OH................  Summit National..  Deerfield                      P
                                        Township.
 
                              * * * * * * *
SC................  Koppers Co., Inc   Charleston......               P
                     (Charleston
                     Plant).
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* P = Sites with partial deletion(s).

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