[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67736-67737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33742]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5941-3]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.


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

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 announces 
the deletion of the Cleve Reber Superfund Site (the ``Site'') located 
in Ascension Parish, Louisiana from the National Priorities List (NPL). 
The NPL, promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 
1980, is codified at Appendix B to the National Oil and Hazardous 
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR Part 300. With the 
concurrence of the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department 
of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), EPA has determined that responsible 
parties have implemented all appropriate response actions required at 
the Site (neither the CERCLA-required five-year reviews, nor operation 
and maintenance of the constructed remedy is considered further 
response action for these purposes), that all appropriate Hazardous 
Substance Response Trust Fund (``Fund'') financed response actions 
under CERCLA have been implemented, and that no further response action 
by responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA, with State of 
Louisiana concurrence through the LDEQ, has determined that Site 
investigations show that the Site now poses no significant threat to 
public health or the environment; consequently, pursuant to CERCLA 
Section 105, and 40 CFR 300.425(e), the Site is hereby deleted from the 
NPL.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Information on the Site is available at the local 
information repository located at: Ascension Parish Public Library, 500 
Mississippi Street, Donaldsonville, Louisiana 70346. Requests for 
comprehensive copies of documents should be directed formally to the 
Regional Superfund Management Branch, care of Steve Wyman, (214) 665-
2792, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Mail 
Code: 6SF-PO, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline A. Ziegler, Remedial Project 
Manager, (214) 665-2178, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 6, Mail Code: 6SF-LP, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Cleve Reber Superfund Site located near Sorrento in Ascension Parish, 
Louisiana. A Notice of Intent to Delete for the Site was published 
October 9, 1997 (62 FR 52674). The closing date for comments on the 
Notice of Intent to Delete was November 10, 1997. EPA received no 
comments and therefore no Responsiveness Summary was prepared.
    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 
Fund-financed remedial actions. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, 40 
CFR 300.425(e)(3), states that Fund-financed actions may be taken at 
sites deleted from the NPL in the unlikely event that conditions at the 
site warrant such action. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not 
affect responsible party liability or impede EPA 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 waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: December 8, 1997.
Lynda F. Carroll,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator (6RA-D), U.S. EPA 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., 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 Cleve Reber, Sorrento, Louisiana.

[FR Doc. 97-33742 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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