20322 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 79 / Friday, April 24, 1998 /Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–5995–1]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency

Plan; National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion for the

Coalinga Asbestos Mine site (EPA ID#

CAD980817217) from the National

Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Region 9 announces the

deletion of the Coalinga Asbestos Mine

Site in Coalinga, California from the

National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL

constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR part

300 of the National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

(NCP) which EPA promulgated pursuant

to Section 105 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA

and the State of California Department

of Toxic Substances Control have

determined that all appropriate CERCLA

response actions have been

implemented and that no further

cleanup is appropriate. Moreover, EPA

and the State have determined that

remedial activities conducted at the site

to date have been protective of public

health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Procunier, Remedial Project

Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

Mail Code SFD–7–2, San Francisco,

California 94105, (415) 744–2219 or toll

free number (800) 231–3075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to

be deleted from the NPL is: Coalinga

Asbestos Mine Site, Coalinga,

California.

EPA identifies sites that appear to

present a significant risk to public

health, welfare, or the environment and

it maintains the NPL as the list of those

sites. In accordance with the NCP

§ 300.424(e)(3), 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 in the future. Deletion of a site

from the NPL does not affect responsible

party liability or impede agency efforts

to recover costs associated with

response efforts.

A Notice of Intent to Delete for this

site was published November 19, 1997

(62 FR 61715). The closing date for

comments on the Notice of Intent to

Delete was December 19, 1997. EPA

received one comment.

Responsiveness Summary

Comment: Request for EPA to define

clear and simple procedures for gaining

access to the Pine Canyon area for

scientific study.

Response: EPA notes that removing

the Site from the NPL does not affect

public access to the site, just as placing

a site on the NPL does not, in and of

itself, affect public access. The Pine

Canyon area includes the Johns

Manville Unit of the Coalinga Asbestos

Mine Site. The Johns Manville Unit is

privately owned. Requests for access to

this area should be directed to the

current owner, the Pine Canyon Land

Company.

The Congressional Review Act, 5

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996, does not apply

because this action is not a rule, as that

term is defined in 5 U.S.C. 804(e).

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.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 9.

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

Coalinga Asbestos Mine, Coalinga,

California.

[FR Doc. 98–10723 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

44 CFR Part 64

[Docket No. FEMA–7686]

Suspension of Community Eligibility

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency, FEMA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This rule identifies

communities, where the sale of flood

insurance has been authorized under

the National Flood Insurance Program

(NFIP), that are suspended on the

effective dates listed within this rule

because of noncompliance with the

floodplain management requirements of

the program. If the Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA) receives

documentation that the community has

adopted the required floodplain

management measures prior to the

effective suspension date given in this

rule, the suspension will be withdrawn

by publication in the Federal Register.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of

each community’s suspension is the

third date (‘‘Susp.’’) listed in the third

column of the following tables.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to determine

whether a particular community was

suspended on the suspension date,

contact the appropriate FEMA Regional

Office or the NFIP servicing contractor.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert F. Shea Jr., Division Director,

Program Implementation Division,

Mitigation Directorate, 500 C Street,

SW., Room 417, Washington, DC 20472,

(202) 646–3619.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP

enables property owners to purchase

flood insurance which is generally not

otherwise available. In return,

communities agree to adopt and

administer local floodplain management

aimed at protecting lives and new

construction from future flooding.

Section 1315 of the National Flood

Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 4022, prohibits flood insurance

coverage as authorized under the

National Flood Insurance Program, 42

U.S.C. 4001 et seq., unless an

appropriate public body adopts

adequate floodplain management

measures with effective enforcement

measures. The communities listed in

this document no longer meet that

statutory requirement for compliance

with program regulations, 44 CFR part

59 et seq. Accordingly, the communities

will be suspended on the effective date

in the third column. As of that date,

flood insurance will no longer be