[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19-20]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33952]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-6517-1]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
List Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of deletion of the PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc.
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 announces
the deletion of the PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc. Superfund Site
(the ``Site'') located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana 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, 42 U.S.C. 9605, is codified at
Appendix B to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR Part 300. With the concurrence of the
State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ), EPA has determined that responsible parties have
implemented all appropriate response actions required at the Site.
Moreover, EPA with the concurrence of the State of Louisiana through
the LDEQ, has determined that Site investigations show that the Site
now poses no significant threat to public health or the environment.
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Consequently, pursuant to CERCLA Section 105, and 40 CFR 300.425(e),
the Site is hereby deleted from the NPL.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline A. Ziegler, Remedial Project
Manager, (214) 665-2178, United States Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 6, Mail Code: 6SF-LP, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-
2733. Information on the Site is available at the local information
repository located at: Vermilion Parish Public Library, 200 N. Magdalen
Square, Abbeville, Louisiana 70511, (318) 893-2674. Requests for
comprehensive copies of documents should be directed formally to the
Regional Superfund Management Branch, c/o Steve Wyman, (214) 665-2792,
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Mail Code:
6SF-PO, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the
PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc. Superfund Site located near
Abbeville in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. A Notice of Intent to Delete
for the Site was published August 31, 1999. The closing date for
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was September 30, 1999. EPA
received no comments and therefore no Responsiveness Summary was
prepared.
The EPA identifies sites which present a significant risk to public
health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as the list
of those sites. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect
responsible party liability or impede EPA efforts to recover costs
associated with response efforts. Furthermore, Sec. 300.425(e)(3) of
the NCP, 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3), states that Fund-financed actions may be
taken at sites deleted from the NPL in the unlikely event that
conditions at the site warrant such action.
Lists of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals,
Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations,
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, Water supply.
Dated: December 21, 1999.
Lynda F. Carroll,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 6.
For reasons 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 R 2923,
3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.193.
Appendix B--[Amended]
2. Table 1 of Appendix B to Part 300 is amended by removing the
site for PAB Oil & Chemical Service, Inc., Abbeville, Louisiana.
[FR Doc. 99-33952 Filed 12-30-99; 8:45 am]
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