[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 146 (Friday, July 29, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45484-45485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19280]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2000-0003; FRL-9445-6]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List: Notice of Intent for Deletion of the Palmer
Barge Line Superfund Site
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is issuing
a Notice of Intent to Delete the Palmer Barge Line (PBL) Superfund Site
located in Port Arthur, Texas, from the National Priorities List (NPL)
and requests public comments on this proposed action. 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 State of Texas, through the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, have determined that all
appropriate response actions at these identified parcels under CERCLA,
other than Five-Year Reviews, have been completed. However, this
deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.
DATES: Comments must be received by August 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2000-0003, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow Internet on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: Rafael Casanova, [email protected].
Fax: 214-665-6660.
Mail: Rafael A. Casanova; U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 6; Superfund Division (6SF-RA); 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite
1200; Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
Hand delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 6; 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700; Dallas, Texas 75202-2733;
Contact: Rafael A. Casanova (214) 665-7437. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
2000-0003. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
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technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at:
1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6; 1445 Ross
Avenue, Suite 700; Dallas, Texas 75202-2733; Hours of operation: Monday
thru Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: Rafael A.
Casanova (214) 665-7437.
2. Port Arthur Public Library; 4615 9th Avenue; Port Arthur, Texas
77642-5799; Hours of operation: Monday thru Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.;
Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 2
p.m. to 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rafael A. Casanova, Remedial Project
Manager; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6; Superfund
Division (6SF-RA); 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200; Dallas, Texas 75202-
2733; telephone number: (214) 665-7437; e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of
today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of
Deletion for the PBL Superfund Site without prior Notice of Intent for
Deletion because EPA views this as a noncontroversial revision and
anticipates no adverse comments. We have explained our reason for this
deletion in the preamble to the direct final Notice of Deletion, and
those reasons are incorporated herein. If we receive no adverse
comment(s) on this deletion action, we will not take further action on
this Notice of Intent for Deletion. If we receive adverse comment(s),
we will withdraw the direct final Notice of Deletion and it will not
take effect. We will, as appropriate, address all public comments in a
subsequent final Notice of Deletion based on this Notice of Intent for
Deletion. We will not institute a second comment period on this Notice
of Intent for Deletion. Any parties interested in commenting must do so
at this time.
For additional information, see the direct final Notice of Deletion
which is located in the Rules section of this Federal Register.
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.
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.
Dated: July 22, 2011.
Al Armendariz,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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