[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 52032-52033] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-26186] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 300 [FRL-5902-7] National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of Partial Deletion of Releases from the Saegertown Industrial Area Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of releases on certain properties at the Saegertown Industrial Area Superfund Site (Site) in Saegertown, Pennsylvania from the National Priorities List (NPL). Pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), EPA promulgated the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NCP) at 40 CFR part 300. The NPL is published at appendix B of 40 CFR part 300. EPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed and responsible party-financed responses under CERCLA have been implemented on the former GATX property at the Site, and that no further cleanup is appropriate for the former GATX property, the former SCI property or the SMC property at the Site. Moreover, EPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have determined that the remedial action conducted on the former GATX property to date remains [[Page 52033]] protective of public health, welfare, and the environment. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 1997. ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information about this Site is available through the public docket, which is available for viewing at the Site information repositories at the following locations: Hazardous Waste Technical Information Center, 9th Floor, U.S. EPA, Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, (215) 566-5364. Saegertown Area Library, 320 Broad Street, Saegertown, PA 16433, (814) 763-5203. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven J. Donohue, Remedial Project Manager, EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107. 215-566-3215. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be partially deleted from the NPL is: Saegertown Industrial Area Site, Saegertown, Pennsylvania. Based primarily on the information collected during the Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS), EPA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Saegertown Industrial Area Site on January 29, 1993. The ROD called for remedial action on two areas of the industrial park: the property formerly owned by the General American Transportation Corporation (GATX) and property owned and operated by the Lord Corporation (Lord). The RI/FS conducted for the Site indicated that the releases from the Spectrum Control, Inc. (SCI) property and the Saegertown Manufacturing Company (SMC) property posed no significant threat to public health or the environment. The ROD, therefore, selected no action for the SMC and SCI properties at the Site. On September 17, 1993 SCI sold its property at the Site to SMC. GATX has implemented all appropriate response actions required under CERCLA on its former property at the Site. In July 1997, EPA approved the remedial action certification report documenting the completion of the cleanup of the former GATX property in accordance with the ROD. With the exception of the continued monitoring of the ground water, no further action is required at the former GATX property. The former GATX property is available for unrestricted use and unlimited access. Due to the continued ground water monitoring on the former GATX property, EPA will include this portion of the Site in the next Five-Year Review of the Site. Because the selected remedy for the ground water below the Lord property at the Site has not yet been fully implemented and completed, this portion of the Site is not yet protective of human health and the environment, and is not being proposed for deletion. A Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion for this Site was published on August 22, 1997 in the Federal Register (62 FR 44619-44621). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion was September 22, 1997. EPA did not receive any written comments during the comment period. EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the National Priorities List containing those sites. Remedial Actions at sites on the NPL may be funded by the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund). 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 be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect the liability of responsible parties 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 substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, Superfund, Water supply. Dated: September 26, 1997. W. Michael McCabe, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III. For the reason set out in the preamble, 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. 2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by revising the entry for ``Saegertown Industrial Area'', Saegertown, Pennsylvania to read as follows: APPENDIX B TO PART 300--NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST Table 1.--General Superfund Section ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State Site name City/County Notes(a) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * PA.................................. Saegertown Industrial Saegertown............. P Area. * * * * * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) A=Based on issuance of a health advisory by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (if scored, HRS score need not be28.50). * * * * * P=Sites with partial deletion(s). * * * * * [FR Doc. 97-26186 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P