[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12296-12297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6143]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005; FRL-8784-6]
National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion of the Mouat Industries
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is issuing
a Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion of the surface and subsurface
soils component of the Mouat Industries Superfund Site (Site) located
in Columbus, Montana, 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 found
at Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which is the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the
State of Montana, through the Montana Department of Environmental
Quality (MDEQ), have determined that all appropriate response actions
at these identified parcels under CERCLA, other than five-year reviews
and operation and maintenance, have been completed. However, this
deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund. This partial
deletion pertains to the surface and subsurface soils component of the
Mouat Industries Superfund Site. The groundwater component will remain
on the NPL and is not being considered for deletion as part of this
action.
DATES: Comments must be received by April 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1986-0005, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow on-line instructions
for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Fax: (406) 457-5056.
Mail: Roger Hoogerheide, Remedial Project Manager; U.S.
EPA Montana Office; Federal Building, Suite 3200; 10 West 15th Street;
Helena, MT 59626.
Hand delivery: U.S. EPA Montana Office; Federal Building,
Suite 3200; 10 West 15th Street; Helena, MT 59626. 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-
1986-0005. 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
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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 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 statue. 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 are available for viewing and copying
at the Site information repositories located at: U.S. EPA Montana
Office, Federal Building, Suite 3200, 10 West 15th Street, Helena, MT
59626, (406) 457-5000.
Viewing Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding holidays.
Stillwater County Library, 27 North 4th Street; PO Box 266, Columbus,
MT 59019-0266, 406-322-5009. Hours: (Library hours vary)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Hoogerheide, Remedial Project
Manager, 8MO, [email protected], U.S. EPA, Region 8--Montana
Office, 10 W. 15th St., Suite 3200, Helena, Montana 59626, (406) 457-
5031 or 1-866-457-2690, extension 5031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' Section of
today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of
Partial Deletion for the surface and subsurface soils component of the
Mouat Industries Superfund Site without prior Notice of Intent for
Partial Deletion because EPA views this as a noncontroversial revision
and anticipates no adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for
this partial deletion in the preamble to the direct final Notice of
Partial Deletion, and those reasons are incorporated herein. If we
receive no adverse comment(s) on this partial deletion action, we will
not take further action on this Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion.
If we receive adverse comment(s), we will withdraw the direct final
Notice of Partial Deletion and it will not take effect. We will, as
appropriate, address all public comments in a subsequent final Notice
of Partial Deletion based on this Notice of Intent for Partial
Deletion. We will not institute a second comment period on this Notice
of Intent for Partial Deletion. Any parties interested in commenting
must do so at this time.
For additional information, see the direct final Notice of Partial
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: March 10, 2009.
Carol Rushin,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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