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Appendix B to Part 4022—Lump Sum Interest Rates for PBGC Payments

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Rate set

For plans with a valuation

date Immediate

annuity rate

(percent)

Deferred annuities

(percent)

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

* * * ** * *

81 ...................................... 7–1–00 8–1–00 5.50 4.75 4.00 4.00 7 8

3. In appendix C to part 4022, Rate Set 81, as set forth below, is added to the table. (The introductory text

of the table is omitted.)

Appendix C to Part 4022—Lump Sum Interest Rates for Private-Sector Payments

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Rate set

For plans with a valuation

date Immediate

annuity rate

(percent)

Deferred annuities

(percent)

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

* * * ** * *

81 ...................................... 7–1–00 8–1–00 5.50 4.75 4.00 4.00 7 8

PART 4044—ALLOCATION OF

ASSETS IN SINGLE-EMPLOYER

PLANS

4. The authority citation for part 4044

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1301(a), 1302(b)(3),

1341, 1344, 1362.

5. In appendix B to part 4044, a new

entry, as set forth below, is added to the

table. (The introductory text of the table

is omitted.)

Appendix B to Part 4044—Interest Rates Used to Value Benefits

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For valuation dates occurring in the month—

The values of i are:

it for t= it for t = it for t =

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July 2000 .............................................................................. .0740 1–25 0625 >25 N/A N/A

Issued in Washington, DC, on this 8th day

of June 2000.

David M. Strauss,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6711–8]

National Oil and Hazardous Substance

Pollution Contingency Plan; National

Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Partial Deletion of

Moton Elementary School, including

Mugrauer Playground (Operable Unit 4)

and Groundwater (Operable Unit 5) of

the Agriculture Street Landfill

Superfund Site from the National

Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Region 6 announces the

deletion of Moton Elementary School,

including Mugrauer Playground

(Operable Unit 4) and Groundwater

(Operable Unit 5) of the Agriculture

Street Landfill Superfund Site 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,

constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR Part

300 which is the National Oil and

Hazardous Substances Pollution

Contingency Plan (NCP). This partial

deletion is consistent with the EPA’s

Notice of Policy Change: Policy

Regarding Partial Deletion of Sites

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Listed on the National Priorities List, 60

FR 55466 (November 1, 1995). The EPA,

in consultation with the State of

Louisiana, through the Louisiana

Department of Environmental Quality

(LDEQ), has determined that the

Operable Units pose no significant

threat to public health, welfare, or the

environment and, therefore, further

remedial measures pursuant to CERCLA

are not appropriate. Consequently,

pursuant to CERCLA Section 105, and

40 CFR 300.425(e), Moton Elementary

School, including Mugrauer Playground

(Operable Unit 4) and Groundwater

(Operable Unit 5) of the Agriculture

Street Landfill Superfund Site are

hereby deleted from the NPL.

Even if a site is deleted from the NPL,

where hazardous substances, pollutants,

or contaminants remain at the site above

levels that allow for unlimited use and

unrestricted exposure, CERCLA Section

121(c), 42 U.S.C. 9621(c) requires that a

subsequent review of the site be

conducted at least every five years after

the initiation of the remedial action at

the site to ensure that the action remains

protective of public health and the

environment. If new information

becomes available which indicates a

need for further action, EPA may initiate

remedial actions. Whenever there is a

significant release from a site deleted

from the NPL, the site may be restored

to the NPL without application of the

Hazard Ranking System.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Ursula R. Lennox, Remedial Project

Manager, EPA (6SF–LP), 1445 Ross

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733,

(214) 665–6743 or 1–800–533–3508

(Toll Free), or Ms. Janetta Coats,

Community Relations Coordinator, EPA

(6SF–PO), 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas

75202–2733, (214) 665–7308 or 1–800–

533–3508 (Toll Free).

The Responsiveness Summary

responds to comments received during

the public comment period on the

Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion of

Moton Elementary School, including

Mugrauer Playground (Operable Unit 4)

and Groundwater (Operable Unit 5) of

the Agriculture Street Landfill

Superfund Site from the National

Priorities List. Comprehensive

information on the site, including the

Responsiveness Summary, is available

at the Agriculture Street Landfill

Superfund Site information repositories

located at:

EPA Region 6, 7th Floor Reception

Area, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200,

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, (214) 665–

6548, Mon.–Fri. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Louisiana Department of

Environmental Quality, Inactive and

Abandoned Sites Division, 7290

Bluebonnet Road, Baton Rouge,

Louisiana 70809, (504) 765–0487, Mon.–

Fri. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Agriculture Street Landfill Site,

Community Outreach Office, 3221 Press

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70126,

(504) 944–6445, Mon. 12 noon to 6 p.m.,

Tues., Thurs., and Fri. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.,

Wed. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Requests for copies of documents

should be directed in writing to EPA’s

Freedom of Information Officer, Ms.

Jerva Durham, EPA (6MD–II), 1445 Ross

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Intent for Partial Deletion was

published in the Federal Register on

February 7, 2000 (65 FR 5844–5847).

The closing date for comment on the

Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion was

March 17, 2000. The EPA received one

comment opposing the partial deletion

and two comments in favor of the

partial deletion.

The EPA identifies sites which appear

to present a significant risk to public

health, welfare, or the environment and

it maintains the NPL as the list of those

sites. Sites on the NPL may be the

subject of Fund-financed remedial

actions. Section 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. Deletion of a site

from the NPL does not affect responsible

party liability or impede EPA 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, Penalties,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Superfund, Water

pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: May 24, 2000.

Lynda F. Carroll,

Acting Regional Administrator,

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6.

For the reasons set out in this

document, 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.

Appendix B—[Amended]

2. Table 1 of Appendix B to Part 300

is amended by revising the entry for

‘‘Agriculture Street Landfill’’, New

Orleans, Louisiana to read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300—National

Priorities List

TABLE 1.—GENERAL SUPERFUND SECTION

State Site name City/county Notes(a)

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LA .............................................................. Agriculture Street Landfill .......................... New Orleans .............................................. P

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(a) * * *

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P = Sites with partial deletion(s).

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