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use L601. DBMC rate eligibility is

determined by Exhibit E651.5.1.

* * * * *

M610 Presorted Standard Mail (A)

* * * * *

5.0 MACHINABLE PARCELS

* * * * *

5.2 Sack Preparation

[Amend 5.2 by revising 5.2(b) and

5.2(c) to read as follows:]

Sack size, preparation sequence, and

Line 1 labeling:

* * * * *

b. Destination ASF: allowed and

required only if DBMC rate is claimed

for mail deposited at ASF (minimum of

10 pounds, smaller volume not

permitted); for Line 1, use L605. DBMC

rate eligibility is determined by Exhibit

E651.1.3.

c. Destination BMC: required

(minimum of 10 pounds, smaller

volume not permitted); for Line 1, use

L605 if DBMC rate is claimed for mail

deposited at ASF under 5.2b; otherwise,

use L601. DBMC rate eligibility is

determined by Exhibit E651.5.1.

* * * * *

M630 Standard Mail (B)

* * * * *

6.0 MACHINABLE PARCELS

* * * * *

6.2 Sack Preparation

[Amend 6.2 by revising 6.2b and 6.2c

to read as follows:]

Sack size, preparation sequence, and

Line 1 labeling:

* * * * *

b. ASF: allowed and required only if

DBMC rate is claimed for mail deposited

at ASF (minimum of 10 pieces/20

pounds/1,000 cubic inches, smaller

volume not permitted); for Line 1, use

L605. Exhibit E652.1.3d determines

DBMC rate eligibility.

c. Destination BMC: required

(minimum of 10 pieces/20 pounds/

1,000 cubic inches, smaller volume not

permitted); for Line 1, use L605 if

DBMC rate is claimed for mail deposited

at ASF under 6.2b; otherwise, use L601.

Exhibit E652.1.3d determines DBMC

rate eligibility.

* * * * *

P POSTAGE AND PAYMENT

METHODS

P000 Basic information

P010 General Standards

* * * * *

P012 Documentation

* * * * *

2.0 STANDARDIZED

DOCUMENTATION—FIRST-CLASS

MAIL, PERIODICALS, AND

STANDARD MAIL (A)

* * * * *

2.2 Format and Content

[Amend 2.2 by replacing last two

sentences of 2.2d (4) to read as follows:]

For First-Class Mail, Periodicals, and

Standard Mail (A), standardized

documentation includes:

* * * * *

d. For packages on pallets, the body

of the listing reporting these required

elements:

* * * * *

(4) * * * Document SCF or BMC

pallets created as a result of package

reallocation under M045.5.0 or 6.0 on

the USPS Qualification Report by

designating the protected pallet with an

identifier of ‘‘PSCF’’ (for a SCF pallet)

or ‘‘PBMC’’ (for a BMC pallet). These

identifiers are required to appear only

on the USPS Qualification Report; they

are not required to appear on pallet

labels or in any other mailing

documentation.

* * * * *

2.4 Sortation level

[Amend 2.4 by inserting new sortation

level and abbreviation immediately

below ‘‘SCF [pallets created from

package reallocation]’’ to read as

follows:]

The actual sortation level (or

corresponding abbreviation) is used for

the package, tray, sack, or pallet levels

required by 2.2 and shown below:

Sortation level Abbreviation

*****

BMC [pallets created from package reallocation] ........................ PBMC

*****

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 00–12444 Filed 5–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6604–8]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency

Plan; National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct Final Action to Delete

Releases at the Mid-Atlantic Wood

Preservers, Inc. Site from the National

Priorities List (NPL).

SUMMARY: The EPA announces the

deletion of releases at the Mid-Atlantic

Wood Preservers, Inc. Site (the Site)

from the NPL. The NPL is appendix B

of 40 CFR part 300, which is the

National Oil and Hazardous Substances

Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP),

which EPA promulgated pursuant to

Section 105 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

(CERCLA), as amended. The EPA has

determined that no further response

pursuant to CERCLA is appropriate.

DATES: This ‘‘direct final’’ action will be

effective July 18, 2000 unless EPA

receives dissenting comments by June

19, 2000. If adverse comments are

received, EPA will publish a timely

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the

Federal Register informing the public

that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Matthew T. Mellon, Remedial Project

Manager, U.S. EPA, Region III, 1650

Arch Street (3HS23), Philadelphia, PA

19103–2029.

Comprehensive information on the

Site is available at EPA’s Region III

office and at the local information

repository located at the Provinces

Branch Library, Severn Square

Shopping Center, 2624 Annapolis Road,

Severn, MD 21144.

Requests for copies of documents

associated with this action should be

directed to the Region III Docket Office.

The address and phone number for the

Regional Docket Office is U.S. EPA

Region III Public Reading Room, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103–

2029; (215) 814–3157.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew T. Mellon, Remedial Project

Manager, U.S. EPA, Region III, 1650

Arch Street (3HS23), Philadelphia, PA

19103–2029, (215) 814–3168, or

Richard Kuhn, Community Involvement

Coordinator, U.S. EPA, Region III,

1650 Arch Street (3HS43),

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029, (215)

814–3063.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

III. Deletion Procedures

IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion

V. Action

I. Introduction

EPA Region III announces the

deletion of releases at the Site from the

NPL, which constitutes Appendix B of

the NCP. The EPA identifies sites that

appear to present a significant risk to

public health, welfare or the

environment, and maintains the NPL as

the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL

may be the subject of remedial actions

financed by the Hazardous Substance

Superfund (Fund). Pursuant to

§ 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, any site

deleted from the NPL remains eligible

for Fund-financed remedial actions if

the conditions at the Site warrant such

action.

The EPA will accept comments on

this notice for 30 days after publication

of this notice in the Federal Register.

Section II of this notice explains the

criteria for deleting sites from the NPL.

Section III discusses procedures that

EPA is using for this action. Section IV

discusses the history of the Mid-Atlantic

Wood Preservers, Inc. Site and explains

how the Site meets the deletion criteria.

Section V announces EPA’s intention to

delete the Site from the NPL unless

dissenting comments are received

during the comment period.

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

The NCP establishes the criteria that

EPA uses to delete Sites from the NPL.

In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e),

sites may be deleted from the NPL

where no further response is

appropriate. In making this

determination, EPA will consider, in

consultation with the State, whether any

of the following criteria have been met:

(i) Responsible parties or other

persons have implemented all

appropriate response actions required;

or

(ii) All appropriate Fund-financed

response under CERCLA has been

implemented, and no further response

action by responsible parties is

appropriate; or

(iii) The remedial investigation has

shown that the release poses no

significant threat to public health or the

environment and, therefore, taking of

remedial measures is not appropriate.

Sites may not be deleted from the NPL

until the State in which the site is

located has concurred on the proposed

deletion.

III. Deletion Procedures

Section 300.425(e)(4) of the NCP sets

forth requirements for site deletions to

ensure public involvement in the

decision. The EPA is required to

conduct the following activities:

(i) Publish a notice of intent to delete

in the Federal Register and solicit

comment through a public comment

period of a minimum of 30 calendar

days;

(ii) Publish a notice of availability of

the notice of intent to delete in a major

local newspaper of general circulation at

or near the Site;

(iii) Place copies of information

supporting the proposed deletion in the

information repository at or near the site

proposed for deletion; and,

(iv) Respond to each significant

comment and any significant new data

submitted during the comment period

and include this response document in

the final deletion package.

Upon completion of the public

comment period, the EPA Regional

Office will, if necessary, prepare a

Responsiveness Summary to evaluate

and address comments that were

received. The public is welcome to

contact the EPA Region III Office to

obtain a copy of this Responsiveness

Summary, if one is prepared.

If none of the comments received

during the comment period are

dissenting, the Site will be deleted from

the NPL, effective July 18, 2000.

Deletion of sites from the NPL does

not itself create, alter, or revoke any

individual’s rights or obligations.

Furthermore, deletion from the NPL

does not in any way alter EPA’s right to

take enforcement actions, as

appropriate. The NPL is designed

primarily for informational purposes

and to assist Agency management.

IV. Basis for Site Deletion

The Mid-Atlantic Wood Preservers,

Inc. Site occupies approximately 3.17

acres straddling Shipley Avenue in

Harmans, Anne Arundel County,

Maryland in a mixed industrial and

residential area. Between 1974 and

February 1993, the Site was occupied by

a wood treatment facility operated

under the name of Fort McHenry

Lumber Company, d/b/a Mid-Atlantic

Wood Preservers, Inc. (collectively

MAWP). Until MAWP ceased

operations, this facility utilized a

chromated copper arsenate (CCA) waterborne wood treating process. This twopart process began by pressure treating

dimensional lumber in a housed

processing plant. The wood was then

moved to a concrete drip pad and left

to dry. The facility consisted of two

parcels: a Treatment Yard to the east of

Shipley Avenue and a Storage Yard to

the west.

Stoney Run Creek flows north through

a wetland area approximately six

hundred feet west of the Site, extending

approximately four miles before

discharging to the Patapsco River near

Elkridge, Maryland. Drainage from the

Treatment Yard enters the storm water

drain in Shipley Avenue, which

ultimately discharges to Stoney Run

Creek, approximately 1200 feet from the

Site. Drainage from the Storage Yard

flows west to Stoney Run Creek.

In 1978, water in a shallow residential

well hydraulically downgradient of the

MAWP facility was found to contain up

to 19,500 μg/l chromium, far exceeding

the Federal and State drinking water

standard of 50 μg/l for chromium (this

standard has since been increased to

100 μg/l). Subsequently, the Maryland

Water Resources Administration (WRA)

identified MAWP as a user of chromium

and a potential source of ground water

contamination.

In February 1979, the Maryland WRA

determined that MAWP had discharged

CCA into the soil and that the ground

water beneath the facility had become

contaminated with chromium and

arsenic. The Maryland WRA issued an

Administrative Order requiring MAWP

to develop and implement a plan to

remove contaminated soil and to

remediate contaminated ground water

in the vicinity of the facility. Mandated

actions included removal of twenty-six

cubic yards of contaminated soil at the

facility, modification of the product

storage system to prevent overflows, and

installation of a concrete drainage pad

to collect CCA drippings. On December

26, 1980, Maryland WRA issued a

‘‘Notice of Compliance.’’

A Site Investigation was performed at

the Site by EPA in January 1983.

Analyses of ground water indicated that

arsenic and chromium levels in the

ground water still exceeded drinking

water standards. The public water

supply was extended to properties in

the area by the local government. The

Site was promulgated to the National

Priorities List (NPL) in June 1986. In

July 1986, MAWP entered into a

Consent Order with EPA to perform a

Remedial Investigation and Feasibility

Study (RI/FS) at the Site.

The RI reaffirmed the presence of

elevated levels of arsenic in the on-Site

soil and slightly elevated levels of

chromium in the ground water. The risk

assessment concluded that arsenic and

chromium were contaminants of

concern and that the potential

carcinogenic risk at the Site was

dominated by incidental ingestion of

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on-Site surface soil by workers. On

December 31, 1990, the EPA Regional

Administrator signed the Record of

Decision (ROD) identifying the remedial

action to be taken to address the

unacceptable risks to human health

identified in the RI/FS process.

In December 1991, following

unsuccessful efforts to negotiate a

Consent Decree with MAWP, EPA

issued a Unilateral Administrative

Order (UAO) requiring MAWP to

implement the selected remedy. The

selected remedy, as described in the

ROD and the UAO, consisted of the

following:

• Excavation, stabilization and off-site

disposal of ‘‘hot spots’’ of contaminated soils

with arsenic concentrations greater than

1,000 mg/kg;

• Construction of an enlarged roofed drip

pad that complies with the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Subpart W wood treating regulations;

• Capping of those portions of the

Treatment Yard that were not covered by the

treatment plant, enlarged drip pad or paved

parking area with an asphalt/concrete cap;

• Capping of soils in the Storage Yard

contaminated with arsenic exceeding 10 mg/

kg with an asphalt/concrete cap;

• Excavation of any off-Site soils

containing arsenic at concentrations greater

than 10 mg/kg (i.e., background

concentration of arsenic in area soils) and

consolidation of those soils on-Site prior to

paving with the asphalt/concrete cap;

• Environmental monitoring to ensure the

effectiveness of the remedy;

• Implementation of a deed restriction to

preclude future land use which might

compromise the effectiveness of the remedy.

Pre-design sampling performed in

April and June 1992 indicated that no

soil on- or off-site had concentrations of

arsenic greater than 1,000 mg/kg and

therefore, excavation, stabilization and

off-site disposal was not necessary.

Predesign sampling did, however,

indicate that surface soils on a portion

of the adjacent Number One Supply

property had been contaminated by

runoff from the MAWP property. The

sampling results indicated that the

western portion of the Number One

Supply property nearest the paved

parking lot was not contaminated (i.e.,

levels of arsenic were less than 10 mg/

kg), but the center portion and the

eastern portions of the property did

contain arsenic at concentrations greater

than 10 mg/kg.

On February 4, 1993, MAWP

informed EPA that it was ceasing

business operations and closing the

facility. Because MAWP was ceasing its

wood treating operations, there was no

longer a need to expand the drip pad to

prevent potential future releases from

wood drying operations. The remedial

objectives were satisfied by extending

the asphalt cap to all areas of the

Treatment Yard not currently paved or

covered by existing buildings, including

those areas previously planned to be

covered by the expanded drip pad.

The Remedial Action Work Plan and

Remedial Design were approved by EPA

on May 14, 1993. The scaled-back

remedy included excavation and

consolidation of contaminated soils

from the Number One Supply property,

paving of the MAWP property,

implementation of institutional

controls, long-term monitoring, and

maintenance of the asphalt cap.

Construction activities were

implemented from June to August 1993.

In September 1993, EPA negotiated a

Prospective Purchaser Agreement (PPA)

with Gunther’s Leasing Transport, Inc.

(Gunther), which became effective

January 24, 1994. In accordance with

the PPA, Gunther agreed to implement

the necessary institutional controls and

perform operation and maintenance

(O&M) activities, including

environmental monitoring, as required

by the EPA-approved O&M Plan. On

July 5, 1994, Gunther filed EPAapproved ‘‘Restrictions on Land Use’’

for the MAWP site with the Clerk of

Circuit Court, Anne Arundel County,

Maryland.

Long-term environmental monitoring

has been performed in accordance with

the Post-Remedy Sampling and Analysis

Plan contained in the RA Work Plan

(ERM, April 1993). Monitoring and

maintenance of the asphalt cap has been

conducted with reports submitted to

EPA on a biannual basis. A Five-Year

Review dated August 26, 1998,

confirmed that measures taken at the

site remain effective, as do the results

from long-term environmental

monitoring completed on February 12,

1999.

The remedial action selected for the

Site has been implemented in

accordance with the Record of Decision.

As a result, human health threats and

potential environmental impacts arising

from releases at the Site have been

eliminated. Continued protection of

human health and the environment will

be achieved by maintenance activities

and performance of the Five-Year

Reviews, as required by CERCLA.

V. Action

The EPA, with concurrence from the

State of Maryland, has determined that

all appropriate response under CERCLA

at the Site has been completed, and no

further CERCLA response action is

appropriate in order to provide

protection of human health and

environment. Therefore, EPA is deleting

the Site from the NPL.

This action will be effective July 18,

2000. However, if EPA receives

dissenting comments by June 19, 2000,

EPA will publish a document that

withdraws this action. If, after reviewing

such comments, EPA decides to proceed

with the deletion, EPA will publish a

notice of deletion in the Federal

Register and place copies of the final

deletion package, including a

Responsiveness Summary, in the Site

repositories.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous

substances, Hazardous waste,

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Water pollution control,

Water supply.

Dated: April 5, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, Region III.

Part 300, title 40 of the Code of

Federal Regulations 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 by removing the Site ‘‘MidAtlantic Wood Preservers, Inc.,

Harmans, Maryland.’’.

[FR Doc. 00–12516 Filed 5–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Chapter 301

[FTR Amendment 87]

RIN 3090–AH18

Federal Travel Regulation; Maximum

Per Diem Rates and Other Travel

Allowances; Correction

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide

Policy, GSA.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects

entries listed in the prescribed

maximum per diem rates for locations

within the continental United States