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is located at the Virginia address in

ADDRESSES at the beginning of this

document.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comment and data will

also be accepted on disks in

Wordperfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number [OPP–

300551A]. Electronic comments on this

proposed rule may be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 180

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

40 CFR Part 185

Environmental protection, Food

additives, Pesticides and pests.

40 CFR Part 186

Environmental protection, Animal

feeds, Pesticides and pests.

Dated: April 9, 1998.

Lois A. Rossi,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–10851 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6002–2]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency

Plan; National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent to delete Beulah

Landfill Site from the National Priorities

List: request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) announces its intent to

delete the Beulah Landfill Site from the

National Priorities List (NPL) and

requests public comment on this

proposed action. The NPL constitutes

Appendix B of 40 CFR Part 300 which

is 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 Florida Department of

Environmental Protection (FDEP) have

determined that the Site poses no

significant threat to public health or the

environment and therefore, further

response measures pursuant to CERCLA

are not appropriate.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before May 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

to: Richard D. Green, Director, Waste

Management Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta,

Georgia 30303–8909.

Comprehensive information on this

Site is available through the EPA Region

4 public docket, which is available for

viewing at the information repositories

at two locations. Locations, contacts,

phone numbers and viewing hours are:

Record Center, U.S. EPA, Region 4, 61

Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia

30303–8909, Phone: (404) 562–9530,

Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday—By Appointment

Only

Media Center, George Stone Vocational

School, 2400 Longleaf Drive,

Pensacola, Florida 32526, Phone:

(850) 944–1424, Hours: 8:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Randa Chichakli, U.S. EPA, Region 4,

Waste Management Division, 61 Forsyth

Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8909,

(404) 562–8928.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction.

II. NPL Deletion Criteria.

III. Deletion Procedures.

IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion.

I. Introduction

EPA announces its intent to delete the

Beulah Landfill Site, Escambia County,

Pensacola, Florida, from the NPL, which

constitutes Appendix B of the NCP, 40

CFR Part 300, and requests comments

on this deletion. EPA identifies sites on

the NPL 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 Trust Fund (Fund). Pursuant

to § 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, any site

deleted from the NPL remains eligible

for Fund-financed remedial actions if

conditions at the site warrant such

action.

EPA will accept comments

concerning this Site for thirty days after

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register.

Section II of this notice explains the

criteria for deleting sites from the NPL.

Section III discusses procedures that

EPA is using for this action. Section IV

discusses how this Site meets the

deletion criteria.

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

The NCP establishes the criteria that

the Agency uses to delete sites from the

NPL. In accordance with 40 CFR

300.425(e), sites may be deleted from or

recategorized on the NPL where no

further response is appropriate. In

making this determination, EPA shall

consider, in consultation with the state,

whether any of the following criteria

have been met:

1. Responsible parties or other

persons have implemented all

appropriate response actions required;

2. All appropriate Fund-financed

response under CERCLA has been

implemented, and no further response

action by responsible parties is

appropriate; or

3. The remedial investigation has

shown that the release poses no

significant threat to public health or the

environment and, therefore, taking of

remedial measures is not appropriate.

If a site is deleted from the NPL where

hazardous substances, pollutants, or

contaminants remain at the site above

levels that allow for unlimited use and

unrestricted exposure, EPA’s policy is

that a subsequent review of the site will

be conducted at least every five years

after the initiation of the remedial action

at the site to ensure that the site remains

protective of public health and the

environment. If new information

becomes available which indicates a

need for further action, EPA may initiate

remedial actions. Whenever there is a

significant release from a site deleted

from the NPL, the site may be restored

to the NPL without the application of

the Hazardous Ranking System.

III. Deletion Procedures

EPA will accept and evaluate public

comments before making a final

decision on deletion from the NPL.

Comments from the local community

may be the most pertinent to deletion

decisions. The following procedures

were used for the intended deletion of

the Site:

1. EPA has recommended deletion

and has prepared the relevant

documents;

2. FDEP has concurred with the

deletion decision;

3. Concurrently with this Notice of

Intent to Delete, notices have been

published in local newspapers and have
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been distributed to appropriate federal,

state and local officials and other

interested parties announcing a 30-day

public comment period on the proposed

deletion from the NPL; and

4. EPA has made all relevant

documents available at the information

repositories.

5. EPA will respond to significant

comments, if any, submitted during the

public comment period.

Deletion of the Site from the NPL does

not itself create, alter, or revoke any

individual rights or obligations. The

NPL is designed primarily for

informational purposes to assist Agency

management. EPA will prepare a

Responsiveness Summary, if necessary,

which will address the comments

received during the public comment

period.

A deletion occurs when the Regional

Administrator places a Notice of

Deletion in the Federal Register. Any

deletions from the NPL will be reflected

in the next NPL update. Public notices

and copies of the Responsiveness

Summary, if necessary, will be made

available to local residents by the

Regional office.

IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion

The following site summary provides

the Agency’s rationale for the intention

to delete this Site from the NPL.

The Beulah Landfill Site in Pensacola,

Escambia County, Florida, is located 10

miles northwest of Pensacola. The Site

is located on approximately 102 acres,

80 acres of which comprise the landfill

itself. The Site is separated into two

sections (northern-half and the

southern-half). The northern-half of the

Site operated from 1950 to 1960, and

accepted mostly municipal trash. The

northern-half is now closed. The wastes

are covered with 4 to 6 inches of native

soil.

The southern-half was a borrow pit

for sand prior to 1965. In 1968 a 10 acre

area of the southern-half was excavated

and bermed for the purpose of disposing

of domestic sewage and wastewater

treatment sludges. Initial deposition

rates were approximately 5000 gallons a

day and increased to 20,000 gallons a

day prior to closure in 1984.

Preliminary analytical results of

groundwater, surface water, sludge and

soil samples indicated the presence of

zinc, copper, chlordane,

pentachlorophenol, PCB 1260 and

several polynuclear aromatic

compounds, including anthracene,

fluoranthene, naphthalene and pyrene.

The wastes disposed at the Site

potentially threatened the nearby

surface water bodies, Coffee Creek and

Eleven Mile Creek, the shallow

groundwater system, and the local sand

and gravel aquifer.

Based on those threats the Site was

proposed for listing on the National

Priorities List on June 24, 1988, 53 FR

23988. The listing became final effective

February 21, 1990, 55 FR 6154, with a

Hazardous Ranking Score of 38.15.

On July 7, 1989, the FDEP, formerly

the Florida Department of

Environmental Regulation, issued a

permit for the closure of the landfill,

Permit Number SF17–151349. However,

the permit was not implemented

immediately because of the Site’s listing

on the NPL. The State is now in the

process of closing the landfill.

In September 1991, EPA entered into

an Administrative Order on Consent

(AOC) for the Remedial Investigation/

Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for the Site

with several Potentially Responsible

Parties (PRPs).

The purpose of the RI is to define the

nature and extent of the threat to human

health and the environment.

Information obtained in the RI were also

used to develop the Baseline Risk

Assessment. The purpose of the FS is to

develop and evaluate alternatives for the

remedial action if any is required.

On August 7, 1993, the completed RI

and Baseline Risk Assessment along

with the Proposed Plan for the Site were

made available to the public. On August

17, 1993, a Public Meeting was held at

the George Stone Vocational School to

discuss the RI, Baseline Risk

Assessment and Proposed Plan. At the

meeting, representatives from EPA and

the Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) were present

to answer questions.

Based on the results of the RI and the

Baseline Risk Assessment for the Site,

EPA determined that no further action

was necessary to ensure the protection

of human health and the environment.

Therefore, on September 16, 1993, EPA

issued its Record of Decision (ROD) for

the Site finding that, with the exception

of groundwater monitoring, its response

at the Site was complete. The PRPs have

collected and analyzed groundwater

samples since 1995, and found all

contaminant levels to be below the

ATSDR comparison values.

Proper closure of the landfill is being

completed by the State of Florida and

does not impact EPA’s intent to delete

the Site from the NPL. A five-year

review will be conducted by EPA in

1998 to confirm that the remedy

remains effective.

EPA, with concurrence of FDEP, has

determined that all appropriate actions

at the Beulah Landfill Site have been

completed, and that no further remedial

action is necessary. Therefore, EPA is

proposing deletion of the Site from the

NPL.

Dated: April 7, 1998.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator, USEPA

Region 4.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 18

[ET Docket 98–42; FCC 98–53]

Regulations for RF Lighting Devices

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: By this Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking, the Commission is

proposing to update the regulations for

RF lighting devices. This action is taken

in response to new developments in RF

lighting technology. It is intended to

support the development of new more

efficient RF lighting products for

consumer and commercial applications.

DATES: Comments are due July 8, 1998.

Reply comments are due August 7,

1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of Engineering and Technology,

Anthony Serafini at (202) 418–2456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking adopted April 1,

1998 and released April 9, 1998. The

full text of this decision is available for

inspection and copying during regular

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, NW,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision also may be purchased

from the Commission’s duplication

contractor, International Transcription

Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

Summary of the Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking

1. By this action, the Commission

proposes to amend part 18 of its rules

to update the regulations for radio

frequency (RF) lighting devices. Recent

developments and advances in RF

lighting technology offer potential

economic and environmental benefits

for consumers and industry. The current

FCC rules, however, may not easily

accommodate these technological

advancements and thus hinder the

further development and

implementation of these new products.

This action seeks to reduce unnecessary