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• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this final rule, approving 

Maryland’s base year inventory SIP for 

the 2015 ozone NAAQS, does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the State, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Nitrogen dioxide, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: March 8, 2022. 

Diana Esher, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 

52 as follows: 

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 V—Maryland 

■ 2. In § 52.1070, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by adding an entry for 

‘‘Philadelphia Area Base Year Inventory 

for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards’’ at the end of the 

table to read as follows: 

§ 52.1070 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

Name of non-regulatory SIP 

revision Applicable geographic area 

State 

submittal 

date 

EPA approval date Additional explanation 

*******

Philadelphia Area Base Year 

Inventory for the 2015 

Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards.

Maryland portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic 

City, PA–NJ–DE–MD 2015 

ozone nonattainment area..

7/30/20 3/22/22, [insert Federal Register citation].Maryland’s portion of the 

Philadelphia Area consists 

of Cecil County, Maryland. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2021–0485; FRL–9634– 

01–OLEM] 

National Priorities List Deletion 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of 

one site, Beckman Instruments, 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 state, 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: The document is effective on 

March 22, 2022. 

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. 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. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically through https://www.

regulations.gov or in hard copy at the 

corresponding Regional Records 

Centers. Locations, addresses, and 

phone numbers-of the Regional Records 

Center follows. 

Regional Records Center: 

• Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, GU, 

MP), email: R9records@epa.gov, 415/ 

947–8717. 

The EPA is temporarily suspending 

Regional Records Centers for public 

visitors to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Information in 

these repositories, including the 

deletion docket, may not be updated 

with hardcopy or electronic media. For 

further information and updates on EPA 

Docket Center services, please visit us 

online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

The EPA continues to carefully and 

continuously monitor information from 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), local area health 

departments, and our Federal partners 

so that we can respond rapidly as 

conditions change regarding COVID. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• Holly Hadlock, U.S. EPA Region 9, 

hadlock.holly@epa.gov, 415/972– 

3171. 

• Chuck Sands, U.S. EPA Headquarters, 

sands.charles@epa.gov. 

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 

site to be deleted is 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 


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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 

Beckman Instruments ...................... Porterville, CA .................................. Full ...................... EPA–HQ–SFUND–2021–0485 

Information concerning the sites to be 

deleted and partially deleted from the 

NPL, the proposed rule for the deletion 

and partial deletion of the sites, and 

information on receipt of public 

comment(s) and preparation of a 

Responsiveness Summary (if applicable) 

are included in Table 2 as follows: 

TABLE 2 

Site name 

Date, 

proposed 

rule 

FR citation Public 

comment 

Responsiveness 

summary 

Full site deletion (full) 

or media/parcels/ 

description for partial 

deletion 

Beckman Instruments ..................................... 9/14/2021 86 FR 51045 Yes ..................... No ....................... Full. 

For the site proposed for deletion, the 

closing date for comments in the 

proposed rule was October 14, 2021. 

The EPA received three public 

comments on the Beckman Instruments 

site included for deletion in this final 

rule. The public comments were 

supportive of the proposed deletion and 

of EPA actions. Because no adverse 

comment was received for this site, no 

Responsiveness Summary was prepared. 

EPA placed the comments in the docket, 

EPA–HQ–SFUND–2021–0485, on 

https://www.regulations.gov, and in the 

Regional repository listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

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. 

Dated: March 9, 2022. 

Dana Stalcup, 

Acting 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, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 

12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 

193. 

Appendix B to Part 300 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend appendix B to part 300, 

Table 1, by removing the entry for 

‘‘CA’’, ‘‘Beckman Instruments’’, 

‘‘Porterville’’. 

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