[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10723]



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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.

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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 Sec. 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]
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