[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23093]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5884-9]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of partial deletion of the Unit Structure Property from 
the Koppers Company, Inc., superfund site, Morrisville, Wake County, 
North Carolina, from the national priorities list.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announces 
the deletion of the Unit Structure Property portion of the Koppers 
Company, Inc. Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL), 
(Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous 
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP)). EPA and the State of 
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources 
have determined that the Unit Structure Property poses no significant 
threat to public health or the environment and, therefore, under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) remedial measures are not appropriate. This deletion does not 
preclude future action under Superfund.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Beverly T. Hudson, 
Remedial Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
4, North Site Management Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-3014, (404) 562-8816 or 1-800-435-9233.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site affected by this partial deletion 
from the NPL is: Koppers Company, Inc. Superfund Site, Wake County, 
Morrisville, North Carolina.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published on June 
23, 1997 at 62 FR 33787. The closing date for comments on the Notice of 
Intent to Delete was July 23, 1997. EPA received no written comments, 
and only one by telephone which supported the partial deletion action.
    EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk to 
the public health, welfare and the environment and it maintains the NPL 
as the list of those sites. Any site or portion thereof deleted from 
the NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial actions in the 
future. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that Fund-financed 
actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. Deletion of a site 
from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede 
Agency efforts to recover costs associated with response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, 
Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and record keeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Deputy Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region 4.

    For reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR Part 300 is amended as 
follows:

PART 300--[AMENDED]

    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 Koppers Co., Inc. (Morrisville Plant), Morrisville, North 
Carolina to read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

                   Table 1.--General Superfund Section                  
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    State           Site name              City/county          Notes   
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NC..........  Koppers Co., Inc.      Morrisville...........  P          
               (Morrisville Plant).                                     
                                                                        
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                  *                  *                  *               
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P = Sites with parial deletion(s).                                      

  
  
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