[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53246-53247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27022]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5908-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Frit Industries Superfund Site from 
the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Frit Industries Superfund site located in Walnut Ridge, 
Arkansas, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix 
B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances 
Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to 
section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). The EPA, in 
consultation with the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and 
Ecology, has determined that all appropiate RCRA response activities 
conducted at the site to date and scheduled in the future are 
enforceable and have been and will remain protective of the public 
health, welfare, and the environment. Moreover, this deferral to RCRA 
corrective action authorities is appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The comprehensive information on the site is available at 
the local information repositories located at: Felix Goodson Library, 
Williams Baptist College, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72446. The telephone 
number for the hours of operation at Felix Goodson Library is (501) 
886-6741. Requests for comprehensive copies of documents should be 
directed formally to the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and 
Ecology, Attn: Mr. Clark McWilliams, RCRA State Project Manager, 8001 
National Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72219. Mr. McWilliams' telephone 
number is (501) 682-0850 for additional information.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ernest R. Franke, Remedial Project 
Manager, US EPA, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, 
(214) 665-8521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the 
Frit Industries Site, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. A Notice of Intent to 
Delete for this site was published in the Federal Register on July 25, 
1997 (62 FR 40029). The closing date for public comment was August 25, 
1997. The EPA received no comments during the comment period. The EPA 
identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to public 
health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as a list of 
the most serious of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of 
remedial response actions financed using the Hazardous Substance 
Response Trust Fund (Fund). 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, provides that in the event of a significant release from a 
site deleted from the NPL, the site shall be restored to the NPL 
without application of the Hazard Ranking System. Deletion of a site 
from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede 
Agency efforts to recover costs associated with response actions.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental 
relations, Superfund.

    Dated: September 30, 1997.
Jerry Clifford,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.

    For the reasons 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, 1991 Comp., 351; E.O. 12580; 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 
1987 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 for ``Frit Industries, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas''.

[FR Doc. 97-27022 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]
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