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information in the record inconsistent 

with the stated goal of E.O. 12898 of 

achieving environmental justice for 

people of color, low-income 

populations, and Indigenous peoples. 

List of Subjects 

40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

40 CFR Part 70 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Operating permits, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: February 12, 2024. 

Meghan A. McCollister, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA proposes to amend 

40 CFR parts 52 and 70 as set forth 

below: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart Q—Iowa 

■ 2. In § 52.820, the table in paragraph 

(c) is amended by revising the entries 

‘‘567–20.2,’’ ‘‘567–25.1,’’ and ‘‘567– 

28.1’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.820 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED IOWA REGULATIONS

Iowa citation Title State effective 

date EPA approval date Explanation 

Iowa Department of Natural Resources 

Environmental Protection Commission [567] 

Chapter 20—Scope of Title-Definitions 

*******

567–20.2 ............ Definitions ............... 3/15/2022 [Date of publication of the final rule in 

the Federal Register], [Federal Register citation of the final rule].

The definitions for ‘‘anaerobic lagoon,’’ 

‘‘odor,’’ ‘‘odorous substance,’’ ‘‘odorous substance source’’ are not SIP approved. 

*******

Chapter 25—Measurement of Emissions 

567–25.1 ............ Testing and Sampling of New and 

Existing Equipment.

3/15/2023 [Date of publication of the final rule in 

the Federal Register], [Federal Register citation of the final rule].

*******

Chapter 28—Ambient Air Quality Standards 

567–28.1 ............ Statewide standards 3/15/2023 [Date of publication of the final rule in 

the Federal Register], [Federal Register citation of the final rule].

*******

* * * * * 

PART 70—STATE OPERATING PERMIT 

PROGRAMS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 70 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq. 

■ 4. Appendix A to part 70 is amended 

by adding paragraph (z) under ‘‘Iowa’’ to 

read as follows: 

Appendix A to Part 70—Approval 

Status of State and Local Operating 

Permits Programs 

* * * * * 

Iowa 

* * * * * 

(z) The Iowa Department of Natural 

Resources submitted for program approval 

revisions to rule 567–22.100 on March 29, 

2023. The state effective date is March 15, 

2023. The proposed revision effective date is 

[DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF 

PUBLICATION OF THE FINAL RULE IN 

THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2024–03295 Filed 2–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0470; EPA–HQ– 

OLEM–2023–0471; EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023– 

0571; EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0594; EPA– 

HQ–OLEM–2024–0014; FRL–11693–01– 

OLEM] 

Proposed Deletion From the National 

Priorities List 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent. 


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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is issuing a Notice of 

Intent to delete one site and partially 

delete four sites from the National 

Priorities List (NPL) and requests public 

comments on this proposed action. The 

NPL, promulgated pursuant to the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is 

an appendix of the National Oil and 

Hazardous Substances Pollution 

Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and 

the states, through their designated state 

agency, have determined that all 

appropriate response actions under 

CERCLA have been completed. 

However, this deletion does not 

preclude future actions under 

Superfund. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed action must be submitted on 

or before March 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under the Docket 

Identification numbers included in 

Table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

Submit your comments, identified by 

the appropriate Docket ID number, by 

one of the following methods: 

• https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow on-line instructions for 

submitting comments. Once submitted, 

comments cannot be edited or removed 

from Regulations.gov. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e., on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

• Email: Table 2 in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document provides an email 

address to submit public comments for 

the proposed deletion action. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

the Docket Identification number 

included in Table 1 in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through https://

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

https://www.regulations.gov website is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through https://

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: EPA has established a docket 

for this action under the Docket 

Identification included in Table 1 in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. All documents in the 

docket are listed on the https://

www.regulations.gov website. The Final 

Close-Out Report (FCOR, for a full site 

deletion) or the Partial Deletion 

Justification (PDJ, for a partial site 

deletion) is the primary document 

which summarizes site information to 

support the deletion. It is typically 

written for a broad, non-technical 

audience and this document is included 

in the deletion docket for each of the 

sites in this rulemaking. Although listed 

in the index, some information is not 

publicly available, i.e., Confidential 

Business Information or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Docket materials are available 

through https://www.regulations.gov or 

at the corresponding Regional Records 

Center. Location, address, and phone 

number of the Regional Records Centers 

follows. 

Regional Records Center: 

• Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI), U.S. EPA, 

290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007– 

1866; 212/637–4308. 

• Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, 

SC, TN), U.S. EPA, 61 Forsyth Street 

SW, Mail code 9T25, Atlanta, GA 30303. 

• Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI), 

U.S. EPA Superfund Division Records 

Manager, Mail code SRC–7J, Metcalfe 

Federal Building, 7th Floor South, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 

60604, 312/886–4465. 

• Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, 

WY), U.S. EPA, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 

Mail code Records Center, Denver, CO 

80202–1129; 303/312–7273. 

• EPA Headquarters Docket Center 

Reading Room (deletion dockets for all 

states), William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) 

West Building, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20004, 202/566–1744. 

EPA staff listed below in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

may assist the public in answering 

inquiries about deleted sites, accessing 

deletion support documentation, and 

determining whether there are 

additional physical deletion dockets 

available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• Mabel Garcia, U.S. EPA Region 2 

(NJ, NY, PR, VI), garcia.mabel@epa.gov, 

212/637–4356. 

• Leigh Lattimore, U.S. EPA Region 4 

(AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN), 

lattimore.leigh@epa.gov, 404/562–8768. 

• Karen Cibulskis, U.S. EPA Region 5 

(IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI), 

cibulskis.karen@epa.gov, 312/886–1843. 

• Linda Kiefer, U.S. EPA Region 8 

(CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY), 

kiefer.linda@epa.gov, 303/312–6689. 

• Charles Sands, U.S. EPA 

Headquarters, sands.charles@epa.gov, 

202/566–1142. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. NPL Deletion Criteria 

III. Deletion Procedures 

IV. Basis for Intended Full Site or Partial Site 

Deletion 

I. Introduction 

EPA is issuing a proposed rule to 

delete one site and partially delete four 

sites from the National Priorities List 

(NPL) and requests public comments on 

this proposed action. The NPL 

constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR part 

300 which is the NCP, which EPA 

created under section 105 of the 

CERCLA statute of 1980, as amended. 

EPA maintains the NPL as those sites 


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that appear to present a significant risk 

to public health, welfare, or the 

environment. Sites on the NPL may be 

the subject of remedial actions financed 

by the Hazardous Substance Superfund 

(Fund). These partial deletions are 

proposed in accordance with 40 CFR 

300.425(e) and is consistent with the 

Notice of Policy Change: Partial 

Deletion of Sites Listed on the National 

Priorities List. 60 FR 55466, (November 

1, 1995). As described in 40 CFR 

300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, a site or 

portion of a site deleted from the NPL 

remains eligible for Fund-financed 

remedial action if future conditions 

warrant such actions. 

EPA will accept comments on the 

proposal to delete or partially delete 

these sites for thirty (30) days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. 

Section II of this document explains 

the criteria for deleting sites from the 

NPL. Section III of this document 

discusses procedures that EPA is using 

for this action. Section IV of this 

document discusses the site or portion 

of the site proposed for deletion and 

demonstrates how it meets the deletion 

criteria, including reference documents 

with the rationale and data principally 

relied upon by the EPA to determine 

that the Superfund response is 

complete. 

II. NPL Deletion Criteria 

The NCP establishes the criteria that 

EPA 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 such a 

determination pursuant to 40 CFR 

300.425(e), 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; 

ii. All appropriate Fund-financed 

response under CERCLA has 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, the taking 

of remedial measures is not appropriate. 

Pursuant to CERCLA section 121(c) 

and the NCP, EPA conducts five-year 

reviews to ensure the continued 

protectiveness of remedial actions 

where hazardous substances, pollutants, 

or contaminants remain at a site above 

levels that allow for unlimited use and 

unrestricted exposure. EPA conducts 

such five-year reviews even if a site is 

deleted from the NPL. EPA may initiate 

further action to ensure continued 

protectiveness at a deleted site if new 

information becomes available that 

indicates it is appropriate. Whenever 

there is a significant release from a site 

deleted from the NPL, the deleted site 

may be restored to the NPL without 

application of the hazard ranking 

system. 

III. Deletion Procedures 

The following procedures apply to the 

deletion or partial deletion of the sites 

in this proposed rule: 

(1) EPA consulted with the respective 

state before developing this Notice of 

Intent for deletion. 

(2) EPA has provided the state 30 

working days for review of site deletion 

documents prior to publication of it 

today. 

(3) In accordance with the criteria 

discussed above, EPA has determined 

that no further response is appropriate. 

(4) The state, through their designated 

state agency, has concurred with the 

proposed deletion action. 

(5) Concurrently, with the publication 

of this Notice of Intent for deletion in 

the Federal Register, a notice is being 

published in a major local newspaper of 

general circulation near the site. The 

newspaper announces the 30-day public 

comment period concerning the 

proposed action for deletion. 

(6) The EPA placed copies of 

documents supporting the proposed 

deletion in the deletion docket, made 

these items available for public 

inspection, and copying at the Regional 

Records Center identified above. 

If comments are received within the 

30-day comment period on this 

document, EPA will evaluate and 

respond accordingly to the comments 

before making a final decision to delete 

or partially delete the site. If necessary, 

EPA will prepare a Responsiveness 

Summary to address any significant 

public comments received. After the 

public comment period, if EPA 

determines it is still appropriate to 

delete or partially delete the site, the 

EPA will publish a final Notice of 

Deletion or Partial Deletion in the 

Federal Register. Public notices, public 

submissions and copies of the 

Responsiveness Summary, if prepared, 

will be made available to interested 

parties and included in the site 

information repositories listed above. 

Deletion of a site or a portion of a site 

from the NPL does not itself create, 

alter, or revoke any individual’s rights 

or obligations. Deletion of a site or a 

portion of a site from the NPL does not 

in any way alter EPA’s right to take 

enforcement actions, as appropriate. 

The NPL is designed primarily for 

informational purposes and to assist 

EPA management. Section 300.425(e)(3) 

of the NCP states that the deletion of a 

site from the NPL does not preclude 

eligibility for future response actions, 

should future conditions warrant such 

actions. 

IV. Basis for Full Site or Partial Site 

Deletion 

The site to be deleted or partially 

deleted from the NPL, the location of 

the site, and docket number with 

information including reference 

documents with the rationale and data 

principally relied upon by the EPA to 

determine that the Superfund response 

is complete are specified in Table 1. The 

NCP permits activities to occur at a 

deleted site, or that media or parcel of 

a partially deleted site, including 

operation and maintenance of the 

remedy, monitoring, and five-year 

reviews. These activities for the site are 

entered in Table 1, if applicable, under 

Footnote such that; 1 = site has 

continued operation and maintenance of 

the remedy, 2 = site receives continued 

monitoring, and 3 = site five-year 

reviews are conducted. 

TABLE 1 

Site name City/county, state Type Docket No. Footnote 

Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Ck/Kalamazoo River ........... Kalamazoo, MI .................. Partial ....... EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0470 .... 1, 2, 3 

South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination ...... Minneapolis, MN ............... Partial ....... EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0471.

Libby Asbestos .............................................................. Libby, MT .......................... Partial ....... EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0571 .... 1, 3 

Lipari Landfill ................................................................. Pitman, NJ ........................ Full ............ EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0594 .... 1, 2, 3 

Sapp Battery Salvage ................................................... Cottondale, FL .................. Partial ....... EPA–HQ–OLEM–2024–0014 .... 1, 3 


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Table 2 includes information 

concerning whether the full site is 

proposed for deletion from the NPL or 

a description of the area, media or 

Operable Units (OUs) of the NPL site 

proposed for partial deletion from the 

NPL, and an email address to which 

public comments may be submitted if 

the commenter does not comment using 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

TABLE 2 

Site name Full site deletion (full) or media/parcels/description 

for partial deletion 

E-mail address for 

public comments 

Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Ck/Kalamazoo River ............... A portion of land/soil from OU 2, the Area East of Davis 

Creek and the Non-Easement Portion of the Area 

East of Davis Creek Extension Area of the Willow 

Boulevard/A-Site (WB/A-Site).

Cibulskis.karen@epa.gov. 

South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination .......... Three residential properties ............................................ Cibulskis.karen@epa.gov. 

Libby Asbestos ................................................................. 400-acre industrial park (OU–5) ..................................... Zinner.dania@epa.gov. 

Lipari Landfill ..................................................................... Full ................................................................................... Mitchell.tanya@epa.gov. 

Sapp Battery Salvage ....................................................... Soils, sediments and surface water portions of OU 1 

and OU 3.

Spalvins.erik@epa.gov. 

EPA maintains the NPL as the list of 

sites that appear to present a significant 

risk to public health, welfare, or the 

environment. Deletion from the NPL 

does not preclude further remedial 

action. Whenever there is a significant 

release from a site deleted from the NPL, 

the deleted site may 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 in the unlikely event that 

future conditions warrant further 

actions. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous 

substances, Hazardous waste, 

Intergovernmental relations, Natural 

resources, Oil pollution, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Superfund, Water 

pollution control, Water supply. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 

9601–9657; E.O. 13626, 77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 

2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 

3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 

FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193. 

Larry Douchand, 

Office Director, Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology Innovation. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Part 102–118 

[FMR Case 2023–02; Docket No. GSA–FMR– 

2023–0014; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 3090–AK73 

Federal Management Regulation; 

Transportation Payment and Audit 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide 

Policy (OGP), General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The United States General 

Services Administration (GSA) proposes 

to amend the Federal Management 

Regulation (FMR) to effectuate 

fundamental changes including 

removing, adding, and modifying 

definitions, eliminating gender 

pronouns, streamlining requirements, 

and revising statutory references. These 

changes are needed to provide accurate 

information for agencies to properly 

manage and comply with transportation 

invoice payment and audit 

requirements. 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments to the Regulatory 

Secretariat Division at the address 

shown below on or before April 16, 

2024 to be considered in the formation 

of the proposed rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to FMR Case 2023–02 to 

Regulations.gov at https://

www.regulations.gov via the Federal 

eRulemaking portal by searching for 

‘‘FMR Case 2023–02’’. Select the link 

‘‘Comment Now’’ that corresponds with 

FMR Case 2023–02. Follow the 

instructions provided at the ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and ‘‘FMR Case 

2023–02’’ on your attached document. If 

your comment cannot be submitted 

using https://www.regulations.gov, call 

or email the points of contact in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document for alternate instructions. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite FMR Case 2023–02, in all 

correspondence related to this case. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check https://www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ron Siegel, Policy Analyst, at 202–702– 

0840 for clarification of content. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

Please cite FMR Case 2023–02. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Travel and Transportation 

Reform Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105–264) 

established the statutory requirement for 

agencies to perform an audit of 

transportation expenses prior to 

payment, granted the Administrator of 

GSA the authority to prescribe 

regulations for the audit of 

transportation invoices prior to 

payment, and the statutory authority for 

audit oversight to protect the financial 

interests of the Government (31 U.S.C. 

3726). GSA has codified these 

requirements in 41 CFR 102–118, 

Transportation Payment and Audit 

(Federal Management Regulation (FMR) 

part 102–118). 

GSA last amended FMR part 102–118 

on May 31, 2022 (87 FR 32320), to 

perform editorial and technical changes. 


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