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statements should be submitted to the

address listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION section of this notice.

Summaries of Committee meetings will

be available for public inspection and

copying at the address in the same

section.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Kevin Emanuel Marchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and

Indian Housing.

[FR Doc. 97–24107 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[SC 31–1–9646b: FRL–5875–1]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plan, South Carolina:

Listing of Exempt Volatile Organic

Compounds

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: On May 6, 1996, the South

Carolina Department of Health and

Environmental Control submitted

revisions to the South Carolina State

Implementation Plan (SIP) involving the

addition of several compounds to the

list of compounds exempt from

regulation as Volatile Organic

Compounds (VOC). In the final rules

section of this Federal Register, the EPA

is approving the revision as a direct

final rule without prior proposal

because the EPA views this as a

noncontroversial revision amendment

and anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for the approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received in

response to that direct final rule, no

further activity is contemplated in

relation to this proposed rule. If EPA

receives adverse comments, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn and all

public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this document. Any parties

interested in commenting on this

document should do so at this time.

DATES: To be considered, comments

must be received by October 14, 1997.

ADDRESSEES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to Mr.

Randy Terry at the EPA Regional Office

listed below.

Copies of the documents relative to

this action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the following locations. The

interested persons wanting to examine

these documents should make an

appointment with the appropriate office

at least 24 hours before the visiting day.

Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (Air Docket 6102),

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 61

Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia

30303.

South Carolina Department of Health

and Environmental Control, 600 Bull

Street, Columbia, South Carolina

29201–1708.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Randy Terry, Regulatory Planning

Section, Air Planning Branch, Air,

Pesticides, and Toxics Management

Division, Region 4 Environmental

Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street,

Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The telephone

number is 404/562–9032.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the direct

final rule which is published in the

rules section of this Federal Register.

Dated: May 22, 1997.

R.F. McGhee,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–5889–9]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency

Plan; National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent to delete the

Northern Engraving Corporation site

from the national priorities list; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.

EPA) Region V announces its intent to

delete the Northern Engraving

Corporation Site (the Site) from the

National Priorities List (NPL) and

requests public comment on this action.

The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40

CFR part 300 which is the National Oil

and Hazardous Substances Pollution

Contingency Plan (NCP), which U.S.

EPA promulgated pursuant to section

105 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

(CERCLA) as amended. This action is

being taken by U.S. EPA, because it has

been determined that all responses

under CERCLA have been implemented

by the responsible party and U.S. EPA,

in consultation with the State of

Wisconsin, has determined that no

further response is appropriate.

Moreover, U.S. EPA and the State have

determined that remedial activities

conducted at the Site to date have been

protective of public health, welfare, and

the environment.

DATES: Comments concerning the

proposed deletion of the Site from the

NPL may be submitted on or before

October 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Gladys Beard, Associate Remedial

Project Manager, Superfund Division,

U.S. EPA, Region V, 77 W. Jackson Blvd.

(SR–6J), Chicago, IL 60604.

Comprehensive information on the site

is available at U.S. EPA’s Region V

office and at the local information

repository located at: Sparta Free

Library, W. Main & Court Sts., Sparta,

WI 54656.

Requests for comprehensive copies of

documents should be directed formally

to the Region V Docket Office. The

address and phone number for the

Regional Docket Officer is Jan

Pfundheller (H–7J), U.S. EPA, Region V,

77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604,

(312) 353–5821.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gladys Beard (SR–6J), Associate

Remedial Project Manager, Superfund

Division, U.S. EPA, Region V, 77 W.

Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, (312)

886–7253 or Briana Bill (P–19J), Office

of Public Affairs, U.S. EPA, Region V, 77

W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604,

(312) 353–6646.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

III. Deletion Procedures

IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion

I. Introduction

The U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Region V announces its

intent to delete the Northern Engraving

Corporation Site from the National

Priorities List (NPL), which constitutes

Appendix B of the National Oil and

Hazardous Substances Pollution

Contingency Plan (NCP), and requests

comments on the proposed deletion.

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
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sites. Sites on the NPL may be the

subject of remedial actions financed by

the Potentially Responsible Parties or

the Hazardous Substance Superfund

Response Trust Fund (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 U.S. EPA will accept comments

on this proposal for thirty (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 this site and

explains how the Site meets the deletion

criteria.

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 U.S. EPA’s

right to take enforcement actions, as

appropriate. The NPL is designed

primarily for informational purposes

and to assist in Agency management.

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

The NCP establishes the criteria that

the Agency 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, U.S. 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

responses under CERCLA have 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, remedial

measures are not appropriate.

III. Deletion Procedures

Upon determination that at least one

of the criteria described in 300.425(e)

has been met, U.S. EPA may formally

begin deletion procedures once the State

has concurred. This Federal Register

notice, and a concurrent notice in the

local newspaper in the vicinity of the

Site, announce the initiation of a 30-day

comment period. The public is asked to

comment on U.S. EPA’s intention to

delete the Site from the NPL. All critical

documents needed to evaluate U.S.

EPA’s decision are included in the

information repository and the deletion

docket.

Upon completion of the public

comment period, if necessary, the U.S.

EPA Regional Office will prepare a

Responsiveness Summary to evaluate

and address comments that were

received. The public is welcome to

contact the U.S. EPA Region V Office to

obtain a copy of this responsiveness

summary, if one is prepared. If U.S. EPA

then determines the deletion from the

NPL is appropriate, final notice of

deletion will be published in the

Federal Register.

IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion

The Northern Engraving Corporation

(NEC) Site (Site) is located in Sparta,

Wisconsin. Sparta is a rural community

with a population of 6,800

approximately 25 miles east of

LaCrosse. The NEC facility is adjacent to

residential and business areas and abuts

the LaCrosse River which forms the

southern boundary of the Site. Domestic

water is supplied to most residences in

the city through a public distribution

system. Production wells for this system

are about 3/4 mile from the Site and

draw water from bedrock aquifer at

depths from 105 to 260 feet. The closest

private well is located approximately 1/

4 mile from the NEC facility. Private

wells are completed in the bedrock

aquifer.

The Site is presently the location of

NEC manufacturing activities. NEC

produces metal name plates, dials, and

decorative trim for the automotive

industry utilizing anodizing, chemical

etching, and chromate conversion

coating processes. The Site was

proposed for the Federal National

Priorities List (NPL) on September 8,

1983. The listing was finalized on

September 21, 1984.

Four areas on the NEC facility were

identified as potential sources of

contamination. These areas include a

sludge lagoon, a seepage pit, a sludge

dump site, and a lagoon drainage ditch.

From 1968 to 1976 rinse water from the

plant, after treatment with sodium

hydroxide, was discharged to the lagoon

where metal hydroxide solids were

allowed to settle before discharge of the

effluent via the drainage ditch to a storm

runoff ditch. The treated effluent was

then combined with the City of Sparta’s

wastewater effluent prior to discharge

into the Lacrosse River. Accumulated

sludge in the lagoon was on two

occasions excavated and disposed of onsite at what is referred to as the sludge

dump. The seepage pit was used to

neutralize spent acid waste by reaction

with limestone.

A waste water treatment system was

installed in 1976 which uses above

ground steel settling tanks. Waste

previously treated in the settling lagoon

and in the seepage pit were combined

and routed to the treatment system. The

lagoon was used for emergency storage

of untreated waste water until 1980

when a lined emergency holding lagoon

was put into service. In 1981 the

seepage pit was filled, graded, and

revegetated.

A Remedial Investigation (RI) Report,

that was dated May 1986 identified

areas within the NEC facility where

hazardous constituents posed a

potential threat to public health,

welfare, and the environment. Analysis

of on-site groundwater showed elevated

levels of copper, fluoride, nickel, zinc,

1,1-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene,

and vinyl chloride. Data indicated that

the contaminants moved with the

groundwater toward the LaCrosse River

where the groundwater discharges to the

river at the southern boundary of the

Site. Highest levels of these indicator

parameters were detected down gradient

from and adjacent to the sludge lagoon

and the seepage pit. Surface soils were

not contaminated except in the

immediate vicinity of the drainage

ditch.

The Health and Endangerment

Assessment (EA) dated February 1987,

analyzed a variety of exposure scenarios

to quantify the risk to public health,

welfare and the environment. Exposures

were based on potential contact with

contaminated sludge, soil and ingestion

of groundwater. Upper bound cancer

risk for groundwater exceeds 10–E06.

The upper bound scenario represented

consumption from the most highly

contaminated monitoring well. Risk was

also established which exceeded

acceptable levels for exposure to sludge

and soils through the worst case

scenarios.

A Feasibility Study (FS) was released

for comment on August 27, 1987. The

FS identified remedial alternatives

which provide minimization of longterm contact with contaminated soil and

sludge and prevent ingestion of

contaminated groundwater. The

remedial objectives in the FS are listed

below:

1. The remedial objectives to

minimize contact with the sludge and

prevent contact with and use of

groundwater downgradient to the

LaCrosse River are achieved by

stabilizing the sludge, capping the

lagoon and monitoring the groundwater.

The institutional control was achievable

because there are no downgradient
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groundwater users, no surface water

impact attributable to the discharge and

the site is wholly owned by NEC.

2. The remedial objective to eliminate

the potential for contact with

contaminated soil was achieved by

placement of the excavated drainage

ditch soil in the sludge lagoon. The

excavated area was filled, graded, and

vegetated.

3. The remedial objective to eliminate

the potential for exposure to buried

contaminated soil was met by access

restriction by NEC ownership, since the

area is already capped preventing casual

exposure. A restriction in the property

deed prevents future development in

the seepage pit area.

4. The remedial objective to eliminate

contact with buried sludge and

contaminated soil was achieved by

excavation of the contaminated

materials and stabilization in the sludge

lagoon. The dump site would be

backfilled with native soil following

excavation to its former grade.

No comments were received during

the 30 day public comment period

beginning August 27, 1987. Although an

opportunity for a public meeting to

discuss the remedy selection was

provided, no interest in such a meeting

was expressed by the public.

On September 30, 1987, the Regional

Administrator approved a Record of

Decision (ROD) which selected the

following remedies:

A. Source Control. 1. Excavate and

place contaminated materials from the

drainage ditch and sludge dump site in

the sludge lagoon for solidification.

2. All contaminated materials in the

sludge lagoon would be solidified, and

the lagoon would be provided a RCRA

soil waste cover and monitored for

proper closure.

3. Restrict access and apply deed

restrictions to the seepage pit property.

B. Management of Migration. Ground

water contamination would be regulated

and monitored through the use of

alternate concentration limits (ACLs) to

be applied downgradient of the sludge

lagoon and the seepage pit.

C. Operation and Maintenance. The

cover over the sludge lagoon and the

seepage pit would be routinely

inspected and monitored. Semi-annual

groundwater sampling and analyses at

compliance monitoring wells would be

conducted.

Construction activities at the Site

were performed by NEC in accordance

with the remedy selected in the

September 30, 1987 ROD. The Remedial

Construction Activities started at the

Site on June 6, 1988. A Closeout Report

was signed September 29, 1989,

confirmatory sampling verified that the

ROD cleanup objectives have been

achieved and all cleanup actions

specified in the ROD have been

implemented.

In June, 1994, a Five-Year Review was

conducted. The Five-Year Review

provided a basis for the Site deletion

from the NPL. The report states that

remedial actions implemented at the

Site continuously remain protective of

the public and the environment. Based

on the reported groundwater monitoring

results, all the Site related chemicals of

concern are below the alternate

concentration limits (ACLs).

EPA, with concurrence from the State

of Wisconsin, has determined that all

appropriate responses under CERCLA at

the Northern Engraving Corporation Site

have been completed by the responsible

party, and no further CERCLA response

actions are appropriate in order to

provide protection of human health and

environment. Therefore, EPA proposes

to delete the Site from the NPL.

Dated: August 29, 1997.

Michelle D. Jordan,

Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA,

Region V.

[FR Doc. 97–23840 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–195; RM–9126]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Haiku,

HI

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition for rule making

filed on behalf of Native Hawaiian

Broadcasting seeking the allotment of

Channel 293C to Haiku, Hawaii, as that

community’s first local FM service.

Coordinates utilized for this proposal

are 20–55–03 and 156–19–33.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before October 27, 1997, and reply

comments on or before November 12,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission,

Washington, DC 20554. In addition to

filing comments with the FCC,

interested parties should serve the

petitioner’s counsel, as follows: Dan J.

Alpert, Esq., The Law Office of Dan J.

Alpert, 2120 N. 21st Rd., Suite 400,

Arlington, VA 22201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–195, adopted August 27, 1997, and

released September 5, 1997. The full

text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC’s Reference Center (Room 239),

1919 M Street, NW., Washington, DC.

The complete text of this decision may

also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of l980 do not apply to

this proceeding.

Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of

ProposedRule Making is issued until the

matter is no longer subject to

Commission consideration or court

review, all ex parte contacts are

prohibited in Commission proceedings,

such as this one, which involve channel

allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for

rules governing permissible ex parte

contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, See 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 97–24006 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

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[MM Docket No. 97–197, RM–9154]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Goldsmith, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Wild

West Broadcasting Company, Inc.,

proposing the allotment of Channel

234A at Goldsmith, Texas, as the

community’s first local aural

transmission service. Channel 234A can

be allotted to Goldsmith in compliance