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including those resulting from the 

negative environmental consequences of 

industrial, governmental, and 

commercial operations or programs and 

policies.’’ 

MoDNR did not evaluate 

environmental justice considerations as 

part of its SIP submittal; the CAA and 

applicable implementing regulations 

neither prohibit nor require such an 

evaluation. EPA did not perform an EJ 

analysis and did not consider EJ in this 

action. Due to the nature of the action 

being taken here, this action is expected 

to have a neutral to positive impact on 

the air quality of the affected area. 

Consideration of EJ is not required as 

part of this action, and there is no 

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. 

This action is subject to the 

Congressional Review Act, and EPA will 

submit a rule report to each House of 

the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. This action 

is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). Under section 307(b)(1) of 

the Clean Air Act, petitions for judicial 

review of this action must be filed in the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by April 16, 2024. 

Filing a petition for reconsideration by 

the Administrator of this final rule does 

not affect the finality of this action for 

the purposes of judicial review nor does 

it extend the time within which a 

petition for judicial review may be filed 

and shall not postpone the effectiveness 

of such rule or action. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements (see section 

307(b)(2)). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, 

Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: February 12, 2024. 

Meghan A. McCollister, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 

52 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 AA—Missouri 

■ 2. In § 52.1320, the table in paragraph 

(c) is amended by revising the entry for 

‘‘10–5.490’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1320 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI REGULATIONS

Missouri citation Title State effective date EPA approval date Explanation 

Missouri Department of Natural Resources 

*******

Chapter 5—Air Quality Standards and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area 

*******

10–5.490 ............ Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.July 30, 2022 ........................ 2/16/2024, [insert Federal 

Register citation].

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0299; EPA–HQ– 

OLEM–2023–00304; EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023– 

0382; FRL–11238–02–OLEM] 

Deletion From the National Priorities 

List 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of 

one site and partially deletion of two 

sites from the Superfund National 

Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, created 

under 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 agencies, have determined that all 

appropriate response actions under 

CERCLA have been completed. 

However, this deletion does not 

preclude future actions under 

Superfund. 

DATES: The document is effective 

February 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 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 

Centers. Locations, addresses, and 


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phone numbers of the Regional Records 

Center follows. 

• Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), 

U.S. EPA New England, SEMS Records 

and Information Center, 5 Post Office 

Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109– 

3912; 617/918–1440. 

• 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. 

• 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: 

• Robert Lim, U.S. EPA Region 1 (CT, 

ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), lim.robert@

epa.gov, 617–918–1392. 

• 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. 

• Charles Sands, U.S. EPA 

Headquarters, sands.charles@epa.gov, 

202–566–1142. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPL, 

created under section 105 of CERCLA, 

as amended, is an appendix of the NCP. 

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. Partial deletion of sites is 

in accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e) 

and are consistent with the Notice of 

Policy Change: Partial Deletion of Sites 

Listed on the National Priorities List, 60 

FR 55466, (November 1, 1995). The sites 

to be deleted are listed in Table 1, 

including docket information containing 

reference documents with the rationale 

and data principally relied upon by the 

EPA to determine that the Superfund 

response is complete. 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 in this 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, 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. 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 Fundfinanced remedial action if future 

conditions warrant such actions. 

TABLE 1 

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

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ............................... Kittery, ME ................... Full .................... EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0382 ............. 1, 2, 3. 

Universal Oil Products (Chemical Division) ....... East Rutherford, NJ ..... Partial ............... EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0304.

Tyndall Air Force Base ...................................... Panama City, FL ......... Partial ............... EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0299 ............. 1, 3. 

Information concerning the sites to be 

deleted and partially deleted from the 

NPL, and the proposed rule for the 

deletion and partial deletion of the sites, 

are included in Table 2. 

TABLE 2 

Site name Date, proposed 

rule FR citation Full site deletion (full) or media/parcels/description for partial deletion 

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ....................................... 8/16/2023 88 FR 55611 .... Full. 

Universal Oil Products (Chemical Division) ............... 8/16/2023 88 FR 55611 .... Partial, 17 acres of soil from OU1. 

Tyndall Air Force Base ............................................... 8/16/2023 88 FR 55611 .... Partial, OUs 10, 11 and parts of 15 and 25. 

For the sites proposed for deletion, 

the closing date for comments in the 

proposed rule was September 15, 2023. 

The EPA received no public comments 

for any of the three sites in this final 

rule. The deletion criteria for the Site 

have been met, and detailed information 

is available on https://

www.regulations.gov, and in the 

appropriate Regional Records Centers 

listed in the ADDRESSES. 

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. 

Larry Douchand, 

Office Director, Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology Innovation. 

For reasons set out in the preamble, 

the EPA amends 40 CFR part 300 as 

follows: 

PART 300—NATIONAL OIL AND 

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES 

POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 300 

continues to read as follows: 

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, 


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

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

■ 2. In Appendix B to part 300, amend 

Table 1 by: 

■ a. Revising the entry for ‘‘NJ’’, 

‘‘Universal Oil Products (Chemical 

Division’’, ‘‘East Rutherford’’. 

The revisions read as follows: 

Appendix B to Part 300—National 

Priorities List 

TABLE 1—GENERAL SUPERFUND SECTION

State Site name City/county Notes (a) 

*******

NJ ..................... Universal Oil Products (Chemical Division) .......................................... East Rutherford ............................. P. 

* * * * * * * 

* P = Sites with partial deletion(s). 

Table 2—[Amended] 

■ 3. In Appendix B to part 300, amend 

Table 2 by: 

■ a. Removing the entry for ‘‘ME’’, 

‘‘Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’’, 

‘‘Kittery’’. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 723 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2021–0419; FRL–11729– 

01–OCSPP] 

RIN 2070–AK68 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 

Requirements for Polymer Exemption 

Reports and Accompanying Claims; 

Extension of the Reporting Deadline 

for 2024 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is amending the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) 

regulations for polymers manufactured 

under the terms of the polymer 

exemption by extending the submission 

deadline for reporting. The regulations 

require that manufacturers (includes 

importers) of polymers manufactured 

under the terms of the exemption 

submit a report of manufacture or 

import by January 31 of the year 

subsequent to initial manufacture. On 

June 7, 2023, EPA amended the 

exemption reporting requirement to 

require that the exemption report and 

accompanying confidentiality claims be 

submitted electronically. Because EPA 

experienced technical difficulties with 

the launch of the new electronic 

reporting tool, EPA is extending the 

reporting period for 2024 from January 

31 to March 31 to allow manufacturers 

additional time to submit their reports 

and accompanying claims to EPA using 

the electronic reporting tool. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

February 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2021–0419, is 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov. Additional 

information about dockets generally, 

along with instructions for visiting the 

docket in-person, is available at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical information contact: 

Loraine Passe, New Chemicals Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–9064; email address: 

passe.loraine@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you were a manufacturer 

or importer of a polymer under the 

terms of the polymer exemption in 

2023. The following list of North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) codes is not intended 

to be exhaustive but rather provides a 

guide to help readers determine whether 

this document applies to them. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include: 

• Chemical Manufacturers (NAICS 

code 325). 

• Petroleum and Coal Products 

(NAICS code 324). 

• Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable 

Goods (NAICS code 424). 

This list details the types of entities 

that EPA is aware could potentially be 

regulated by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed could also be 

regulated. To determine whether your 

entity is regulated by this action, you 

should carefully examine the 

applicability criteria found in 40 CFR 

723.250. If you have questions regarding 

the applicability of this action, please 

consult the technical person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

EPA is promulgating this rule 

pursuant to its authority in TSCA 

section 5 (15 U.S.C. 2604). In addition, 

section 553(b)(B) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B), provides that an agency may 

issue a final rule without a prior 

proposal if it finds for good cause that 

notice and public procedure are 

impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest. 

C. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is extending the reporting 

deadline for polymer exemption reports 

under 40 CFR 723.250 for this year for 

exemption reports and accompanying 

claims from January 31 to March 31. 

EPA believes this extension will provide 

reporters with sufficient time to submit 

information using the electronic 

reporting tool and for EPA to fix any 

unanticipated glitches that may arise 

with the use of the new tool. 

D. Why is this issued as a final rule? 

Pursuant to section 553(b)(B) of the 

APA (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)), EPA has 

determined that there is good cause for 

extending the reporting deadline for 

2024 without prior proposal and 

opportunity for comment. EPA 

encountered technical issues when 

launching a new polymer exemption 

electronic reporting tool and the time to 

fix those issues took longer than 


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