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adopting the provisions of the proposed

rule as a final rule.

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs

hereby certifies that this final rule will

not have a significant economic impact

on a substantial number of small entities

as they are defined in the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612. This

final rule directly affects only

individuals and does not directly affect

small entities. Therefore, pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 605(b), this final rule is exempt

from the initial and final regulatory

flexibility analyses requirements of

§§ 603 and 604.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number for the program

affected by this final rule is 64.124.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 21

Administrative practice and

procedure, Armed forces, Civil rights,

Claims, Colleges and universities,

Conflict of interests, Defense

Department, Education, Educational

institutions, Employment, Grant

programs—education, Grant programs—

veterans, Health care, Loan programs—

education, Loan programs—veterans,

Manpower training programs, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements, Travel

and transportation expenses, Veterans,

Vocational education, Vocational

rehabilitation.

Approved: May 8, 1998.

Togo D. West, Jr.,

Secretary.

For the reasons set out above, 38 CFR

part 21, subpart K, is amended as set

forth below.

Subpart K—All Volunteer Force

Educational Assistance Program

(Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty)

1. The authority citation for part 21,

subpart K continues to read as follows:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 30 and 36,

unless otherwise noted.

2. In § 21.7131, paragraphs (l) and (m)

are reserved, and paragraph (n) is added

to read as follows:

§ 21.7131 Commencing dates.

* * * * *

(n) Eligibility established under

§ 21.7045(c). The effective date of an

award of educational assistance when

the veteran has established eligibility

under § 21.7045(c) is as follows:

(1) If the veteran is not entitled to

receive educational assistance under 38

U.S.C. ch. 32 on the date he or she made

a valid election to receive educational

assistance under 38 U.S.C. ch. 30, the

effective date of the award of

educational assistance will be the latest

of the following.

(i) The commencing date as

determined by paragraphs (a) through

(c) and (f) through (j) of this section; or

(ii) October 23, 1992, provided that

VA received the $1,200 required to be

collected pursuant to § 21.7045(c)(2)

and any other evidence necessary to

establish that the election is valid before

the later of:

(A) October 23, 1993; or

(B) One year from the date VA

requested the $1,200 or the evidence

necessary to establish a valid election;

or

(iii) The date VA received the $1,200

required to be collected pursuant to

§ 21.7045(c)(2) and all other evidence

needed to establish that the election is

valid, if the provisions of paragraph

(n)(1)(ii) of this section are not met.

(2) If the veteran is entitled to receive

educational assistance under 38 U.S.C.

ch. 32 on the date he or she made a

valid election to receive educational

assistance under 38 U.S.C. ch. 30, the

effective date of the award of

educational assistance will be the latest

of the following:

(i) The commencing date as

determined by paragraphs (a) through

(c) and (f) through (j) of this section; or

(ii) The date on which the veteran

made a valid election to receive

educational assistance under 38 U.S.C.

chapter 30 provided that VA received

the $1,200 required to be collected

pursuant to § 21.7045(c)(2) and any

other evidence necessary to establish

that the election is valid before the later

of:

(A) One year from the date VA

received the valid election; or

(B) One year from the date VA

requested the $1,200 or the evidence

necessary to establish a valid election;

or

(iii) The date VA received the $1,200

required to be collected pursuant to

§ 21.7045(c)(2) and all other evidence

needed to establish that the election is

valid, if the provisions of paragraph

(n)(2)(ii) of this section are not met.

(Authority 38 U.S.C. 3018B)

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6113–8]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Contingency Plan;

National Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Pine

Bend Sanitary Landfill Superfund Site

from the National Priorities List (NPL).

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of

the Pine Bend Sanitary Landfill Site in

Minnesota from the National Priorities

List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of

40 CFR part 300 which is the National

Oil and Hazardous Substances

Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA

promulgated pursuant to section 105 of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended.

This action is being taken by EPA and

the State of Minnesota, because it has

been determined that Responsible

Parties have implemented all

appropriate response actions required.

Moreover, EPA and the State of

Minnesota have determined that

remedial actions conducted at the site to

date remain protective of public health,

welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy Prendiville at (312) 886–5122

(SR–6J), Remedial Project Manager or

Gladys Beard at (312) 886–7253,

Associate Remedial Project Manager,

Superfund Division, U.S. EPA—Region

V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL

60604. Information on the site is

available at the local information

repository located at: Dakota County

Library System, Wescott Branch, 1340

Wescott Road, Eagan, MN 55123.

Requests for comprehensive copies of

documents should be directed formally

to the Regional Docket Office. The

contact for the Regional Docket Office is

Jan Pfundheller (H–7J), U.S. EPA,

Region V, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago,

IL 60604, (312) 353–5821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to

be deleted from the NPL is: Pine Bend

Sanitary Landfill Site located in Inver

Grove Heights, Minnesota. A Notice of

Intent to Delete for this site was

published April 28, 1998 (63 FR 23256).

The closing date for comments on the

Notice of Intent to Delete was May 28,

1998. EPA received no comments and

therefore no Responsiveness Summary

was prepared.

The EPA identifies sites which appear

to present a significant risk to public

health, welfare, or the environment and

it maintains the NPL as the list of those

sites. Sites on the NPL may be the

subject of Hazardous Substance

Response Trust Fund (Fund-) financed

remedial actions. Any site deleted from

the NPL remains eligible for Fundfinanced remedial actions in the

unlikely event that conditions at the site
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warrant such action. Section

300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that

Fund-financed actions may be taken at

sites deleted from the NPL in the

unlikely event that conditions at the site

warrant such action. Deletion of a site

from the NPL does not affect responsible

party liability or impede agency efforts

to recover costs associated with

response efforts.

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.

Dated: June 2, 1998.

David Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.

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 ‘‘Pine

Bend Sanitary Landfill, Dakota County,

Minnesota.’’

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