[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24546]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5893-3]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Bruin Lagoon Site from the National 
Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Bruin Lagoon Site (Site) in Bruin Borough, Pennsylvania 
from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 
CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances 
Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. EPA and the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed 
responses under CERCLA have been implemented. Moreover, EPA and the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have determined that remedial actions 
conducted at the Site to date remain protective of public health, 
welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this Site is available through 
thepublic docket which is available for viewing at the Site information 
repositories at the following locations: Hazardous Waste Technical 
Information Center, 9th Floor, EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, 
Philadelphia, PA, 19107, (215) 566-5364. Bruin Borough Fire Hall, 161 
Water Street, Bruin Borough, PA 16022, (412)-753-2622.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Connor, Remedial Project 
Manager, EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107. 
215-566-3209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Bruin Lagoon, Bruin Borough, Pennsylvania.
    A notice of intent to delete for this site was published July 17, 
1997 (62 FR 38239). The closing date for comments on the notice of 
intent to delete was August 18, 1997. EPA received no comments.
    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 
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund) financed remedial 
actions. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-
financed remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions at the 
site warrant such action. 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 substances, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, 
Intergovernmental relations, Superfund, Water supply.

    Dated: September 9, 1997.
W. Michael McCabe,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.

    For the reason set out in the preamble, 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, 191 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 ``Bruin Lagoon, Bruin Borough, Pennsylvania.''

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