[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 65225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32186]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5933-2]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of partial deletion of the Para-Chem Southern, Inc. 
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
partial deletion of the Para-Chem Superfund site in Simpsonville, South 
Carolina from the National Priorities List (NPL). The portion to be 
deleted (Source Control Portion of the Site) is described below. 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 State of South Carolina have determined that all appropriate Fund-
financed responses under CERCLA have been implemented on the portions 
of the property targeted for this partial deletion and that no further 
cleanup by responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the 
State of South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 
have determined that remedial actions conducted on these portions of 
the property at the site to date remain protective of public health, 
welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry L. Tanner, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. EPA, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404/
562-8797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site portion to be deleted from the NPL 
is a portion (Source Control Portion) of the Para-Chem Southern, Inc. 
Superfund Site, Simpsonville, South Carolina. The Source Control 
Portion of soils within one waste disposal area of the Site consisted 
of the excavation of 686 tons of drums, waste, and contaminated soils. 
These materials were classified as a hazardous waste by characteristic, 
and shipped to the GSX landfill. This partial deletion does not include 
all site soil actions nor the groundwater remedial action which will 
remain on the NPL. A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was 
published in the Federal Register on June 30, 1997 (62 FR 35115). The 
closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was July 
30, 1997. EPA received no comments during this period.
    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 300.66(c)(8) 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 cost associated with 
response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous waste, 
Intergovernmental relations, Superfund.

    Dated: September 16, 1997.
Phyllis P. Hall,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    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. 193.

Appendix B--[Amended]

    2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by revising the 
entry for ``Para-Chem Southern, Inc., Simpsonville, South 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 <SUP>a    
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SC.............................  Para-Chem Southern, Inc  Simpsonville........................  P               
                                                                                                                
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P=Sites with partial deletion(s).                                                                               
                                                                                                                
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[FR Doc. 97-32186 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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