ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005; FRL-XXXX-X] 

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 

National Priorities List: Deletion ofthe Norwood PCBs Superfund Site 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 is issuing a Notice 

of Intent to Delete the Norwood PCBs Superfund Site (Site) located in Norwood, 

Massachusetts, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on 

this proposed action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to Section 105 ofthe 

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 

of 1980, as amended, is an appendix ofthe National Oil and Hazardous Substances 

Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 

through the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), have 

determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA, other than operation, 

maintenance, and five-year reviews, have been completed. However, this deletion does 

not preclude future actions under CERCLA. 

DATES: Comments must be received by [insert date 30 days from date of publication in 

the Federal Register}. 

ADDRESSES: 

Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005, by 

one of the following methods: 

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• http://vyww.regulations.gov . Follow on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Keefe.daniel(^epa.gov 

• Fax: 1-617-918-0327 

• Mail: Daniel Keefe 

U.S. EPA Remedial Project Manager 

5 Post Office Square (OSRR07-1) 

Boston, MA 02109-3912 

• Hand delivery: to the following address: Daniel Keefe, 5 Post Office Square 

(OSRR07-1), Boston, MA 02109. Such deliveries are only accepted during the 

EPA's normal hours of operation (9:00 am to 5:00 pm), 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 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. Ifyou 

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 ofthe comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on 
the Intemet. 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 carmot 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 u§e 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 the hard copy. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in 

hard copy at: 

EPA Region 1 Record Center 

5 Post Office Square 

Boston, MA 02109 

Phone: 1-617-918-1440 

Hours: Mon - Fri 8:00 am to 5:00 pm 

Norwood Morrill Memorial Library 

33 Walpole Street 

Norwood, MA 

Phone: 781-769-0200 

Hours: Mon - Thurs 9:00 am to 9:00 pm; Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; 

Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday 2:00 am to 5:00 pm 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Keefe, Remedial Project 

Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office Square 

(OSRR07-1), Boston, MA 02109-3912, (617) 918-1327, or at keefe.daniel(a),epa.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In the "Rules and Regulations" Section of today's Federal Register, we are 

publishing a direct final Notice of Deletion of Norwood PCBs Superfund Site without 

prior Notice of Intent to Delete because we view this as a noncontroversial revision and 

anticipate no adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for this deletion in the 

preamble to the direct final Notice of Deletion, and those reasons are incorporated herein. 

If we receive no adverse comment(s) on this deletion action, we will not take fiarther 

action on this Notice of Intent to Delete. If we receive adverse comment(s), we will 

withdraw the direct final Notice of Deletion, and it will not take effect. We will, as 

appropriate, address all public comments in a subsequent final Notice of Deletion based 

on this Notice of Intent to Delete. We will not institute a second comrhent period on this 

Notice of Intent to Delete. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. 

For additional information, see the direct final Notice of 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. 

Date H. Curtis Spalding 

Regional Administrator 

EPA Region 1