[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57685-57686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28630]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-7103-9]
National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Aladdin Plating Superfund Site from
the National Priorities List.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III announces
the deletion of the Aladdin Plating Superfund Site (Site), located in
Scott and S. Abington Townships, Lackawanna County, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, from the National Priorities List (NPL).
The NPL, promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended (CERCLA), is appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which is the
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP).
EPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, have determined that the site
no longer poses a significant threat to public health or the
environment and that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have
been completed. Semi-annual monitoring of nearby residential, annual
monitoring of on-site wells, and five-year reviews to ensure that the
site remains protective of public health and the environment will
continue to be conducted.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 16, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this site is available for
viewing at the Site Information Repositories at the following
locations: U.S. EPA, Region III, Regional Center for Environmental
Information, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, (215)
814-5254 or (800) 553-2509, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.;
Scott Township Municipal Building, Route 437, Olyphant, PA 18447, (570)
254-6969; South Abington Township Building, 104 Shady Lane, Montdale,
PA 18410, (570) 586-2111.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick McManus (3HS21) , Remedial
Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029; (215) 814-3198 or 1-800-553-
2509; e-mail address: mcmanus.pat@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is:
Aladdin Plating Site, Scott Township, Lackawanna County,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published in the
Federal Register on September 17, 2001 (66 FR 48018). The closing date
for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was October 17, 2001.
EPA received one comment from three residents that live adjacent to the
site. This comment is addressed in the Responsiveness Summary which has
been placed in the Deletion Docket. In response to this comment, EPA
has agreed to increase the frequency of sampling of residential wells
adjacent to the Site from annual to semi-annual.
EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to
public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL as
the list of those sites. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible
for Fund-financed remedial actions in the unlikely event that
conditions at the site warrant such action. Section 300.425(e)(3) of
the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may
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be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. Deletion of a site from the NPL
does not affect responsible party liability or impede agency efforts to
recover costs associated with response efforts.
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, Water pollution
control, Water supply.
Dated: November 7, 2001.
James W. Newsom,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region III.
For the reasons set out in this document, 40 CFR part 300 is
amended as follows:
PART 300--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O.
12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR
2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.193.
Appendix B--[Amended]2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is
amended under Pennsylvania (``PA'') by removing the entry for ``Aladdin
Plating, Scott Township''.
[FR Doc. 01-28630 Filed 11-15-01; 8:45 am]
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