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1321, 1326, 1330, 1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and 

(e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 

1971–1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 

242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g, 300g–1, 300g–2, 

300g–3, 300g–4, 300g–5, 300g–6, 300j–1, 

300j–2, 300j–3, 300j–4, 300j–9, 1857 et seq., 

6901–6992k, 7401–7671q, 7542, 9601–9657, 

11023, 11048. 

§ 9.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 9.1, remove under the 

undesignated center heading 

‘‘Significant New Uses of Chemical 

Substances’’ §§ 721.10673, 721.10674, 

and 721.10675. 

PART 721—[AMENDED] 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 721 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2604, 2607, and 

2625(c). 

§§ 721.10673, 721.10674, and 721.10675 

[Removed] 

■ 4. Remove §§ 721.10673, 721.10674, 

and 721.10675. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2012–0779; FRL–9902–33- 

Region 5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio: 

Bellefontaine; Determination of 

Attainment for the 2008 Lead Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: On April 19, 2013, the Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio 

EPA), submitted a request to EPA to 

make a determination under the Clean 

Air Act (CAA) that the Bellefontaine 

nonattainment area has attained the 

2008 lead (Pb) national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS or standard). 

In this action, EPA is determining that 

the Bellefontaine nonattainment area 

(hereafter also referred to as the 

‘‘Bellefontaine area’’ or ‘‘area’’) has 

attained the 2008 Pb NAAQS. This 

determination of attainment is based 

upon complete, quality-assured and 

certified ambient air monitoring data for 

the 2010–2012 design period showing 

that the area has monitored attainment 

of the 2008 Pb NAAQS. Additionally, as 

a result of this determination, EPA is 

suspending the requirements for the 

area to submit an attainment 

demonstration, together with reasonably 

available control measures (RACM), a 

reasonable further progress (RFP) plan, 

and contingency measures for failure to 

meet RFP and attainment deadlines for 

as long as the area continues to attain 

the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective January 6, 2014, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by 

December 5, 2013. If adverse comments 

are received, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2012–0779, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: aburano.douglas@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 408–2279. 

4. Mail: Douglas Aburano, Chief, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Douglas Aburano, 

Chief, Attainment Planning and 

Maintenance Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Regional Office normal hours 

of operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. The Regional Office official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R05–OAR–2012– 

0779. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We 

recommend that you telephone Sarah 

Arra, Environmental Scientist, at (312) 

886–9401 before visiting the Region 5 

office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Arra, Environmental Scientist, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–9401, 

arra.sarah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. This supplementary information 

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What actions is EPA taking? 

II. What is the background for these actions? 

III. Application of EPA’s Clean Data Policy to 

the 2008 Pb NAAQS 

IV. Does the Bellefontaine area meet the 2008 

Pb NAAQS? 

A. Criteria 

B. Daido Facility Monitor 

C. Bellefontaine Area Air Quality 

V. What is the effect of these actions? 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What actions is EPA taking? 

EPA is taking final action to 

determine that the Bellefontaine area 

(comprised of the portions of Logan 

County that are bounded by: Sections 

27, 28, 33, and 34 of Lake Township) 

has attained the 2008 Pb NAAQS. This 


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1EPA completed a second and final round of 

designations for the 2008 Lead NAAQS on 

November 22, 2011. See 76 FR 72097. No additional 

areas in Ohio were designated as nonattainment for 

the 2008 Lead NAAQS. 

is based upon complete, quality-assured 

and certified ambient air monitoring 

data for the 2010–2012 monitoring 

period showing that the area has 

monitored attainment of the 2008 Pb 

NAAQS. 

Further, with the finalization of this 

determination of attainment, the 

requirements for the Bellefontaine area 

to submit an attainment demonstration 

together with RACM, a RFP plan, and 

contingency measures for failure to meet 

RFP and attainment deadlines would be 

suspended for as long as the area 

continues to attain the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

As discussed below, this action is 

consistent with EPA’s regulations and 

with its longstanding interpretation of 

subpart 1 of part D of the CAA. 

If the area violates the 2008 Pb 

NAAQS after this action, the basis for 

the suspension of these attainment 

planning requirements would no longer 

exist for the Bellefontaine area, and the 

area would thereafter have to address 

such requirements. 

II. What is the background for these 

actions? 

On November 12, 2008 (73 FR 66964), 

EPA established a 2008 primary and 

secondary Pb NAAQS at 0.15 

micrograms per cubic meter (mg/m3) 

based on a maximum arithmetic 3- 

month mean concentration for a 3-year 

period. See 40 CFR 50.16. On November 

22, 2010 (75 FR 71033), EPA published 

its initial air quality designations and 

classifications for the 2008 Pb NAAQS 

based upon air quality monitoring data 

from those monitors for calendar years 

2007–2009. These designations became 

effective on December 31, 2010.1 The 

Bellefontaine area was designated 

nonattainment for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. 

See 40 CFR 81.343. 

On April 19, 2013, the Ohio EPA, 

submitted a request to EPA to make a 

determination that the Bellefontaine 

area has attained the 2008 Pb NAAQS 

based on complete, quality-assured, 

quality-controlled monitoring data from 

2010 through 2012. 

III. Application of EPA’s Clean Data 

Policy to the 2008 Pb NAAQS 

Following enactment of the CAA 

Amendments of 1990, EPA promulgated 

its interpretation of the requirements for 

implementing the NAAQS in the 

General Preamble for the 

Implementation of Title I of the CAA 

Amendments of 1990 (General 

Preamble) 57 FR 13498, 13564 (April 16, 

1992). In 1995, based on the 

interpretation of CAA sections 171 and 

172, and section 182 in the General 

Preamble, EPA set forth what has 

become known as its ‘‘Clean Data 

Policy’’ for the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. 

See Memorandum from John S. Seitz, 

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, ‘‘RFP, Attainment 

Demonstration, and Related 

Requirements for Ozone Nonattainment 

areas Meeting the Ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard’’ (May 

10, 1995). In 2004, EPA indicated its 

intention to extend the Clean Data 

Policy to the (fine particulates) PM2.5

NAAQS. See Memorandum from Steve 

Page, Director, EPA Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, ‘‘Clean Data 

Policy for the Fine Particle National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards’’ 

(December 14, 2004). 

Since 1995, EPA has applied its 

interpretation under the Clean Data 

Policy in many rulemakings, 

suspending certain attainment-related 

planning requirements for individual 

areas, based on a determination of 

attainment. EPA recently applied this 

policy to the 2008 Pb NAAQS for the 

Bristol, Tennessee nonattainment area 

(77 FR 52232). For a full discussion on 

EPA’s application of this policy, see 

section III of the Bristol, Tennessee 

Determination of Attainment for the 

2008 Pb Standards (77 FR 35653). 

IV. Does the Bellefontaine area meet the 

2008 Pb NAAQS? 

A. Criteria 

Today’s rulemaking assesses whether 

the Bellefontaine area has attained the 

2008 Pb NAAQS, based on the most 

recent three years of quality-assured 

data. The Bellefontaine area comprises 

the portion of Logan County bounded by 

sections 27, 28, 33, and 34 of Lake 

Township, which surrounds the Daido 

Facility. The Daido Facility 

manufactured metal parts for 

automobiles. 

Under EPA regulations at 40 CFR 

50.16, the 2008 primary and secondary 

Pb standards are met when the 

maximum arithmetic 3-month mean 

concentration for a 3-year period, as 

determined in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 50, appendix R, is less than or 

equal to 0.15 mg/m3 at all relevant 

monitoring sites in the subject area. 

EPA has reviewed the ambient air 

monitoring data for the Bellefontaine 

area in accordance with the provisions 

of 40 CFR part 50, appendix R. All data 

considered are complete, qualityassured, certified, and recorded in 

EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) 

database. This review addresses air 

quality data collected in the 2010–2012 

period which are the most recent 

quality-assured data available. 

B. Daido Facility Monitor 

40 CFR Part 58, appendix D, Section 

4.5, states that ‘‘At a minimum, there 

must be one source-oriented State and 

Local Air Monitoring Station site 

located to measure the maximum Pb 

concentration in ambient air resulting 

from each non-airport Pb source which 

emits 0.50 or more tons per year . . .’’ 

In June of 2009, operation of the Daido 

Facility permanently shut down. A 

contractor for the Daido Facility ran a 

Pb monitor at site 39–091–0006 through 

2009. The Ohio EPA took responsibility 

for the site on January 1, 2010. During 

the last two months of the site being 

operated by the industry contractor, 

November and December of 2009, data 

were not collected. 

This absence of data for November 

and December of 2009 raised a potential 

question about whether sufficient data 

are available to determine that the 

Bellefontaine area is attaining the Pb 

standard. For sites that began operation 

many years ago, EPA would examine air 

quality for the most recent 36 3-calendar 

month periods, which for 2010–2012 

would include 3-month averages based 

in part on data for November and 

December 2009. On the other hand, 

according to 40 CFR Part 50, appendix 

R Section 4(a), ‘‘For sites that begin 

monitoring Pb after [January 12, 2009] 

but before January 15, 2010 (or January 

15, 2011), a 2010–2012 (or 2011–2013) 

Pb design value that meets the NAAQS 

will be considered valid if it 

encompasses at least 34 consecutive 

valid 3-month means (specifically 

encompassing only the 3-year calendar 

period).’’ 

For the Bellefontaine area, EPA 

believes it is appropriate to consider site 

39–091–0006 a new site as of January 1, 

2010. The contractor that was 

responsible for the operation of this site 

through the end of 2009, failed to 

operate the monitor after October 2009. 

On January 1, 2010, the Ohio EPA 

Southwest District Office began 

operation of a new monitor at the site. 

Ohio EPA demonstrated that the 

changes to the monitoring network were 

appropriate and the data is valid for 

attainment determinations. EPA finds it 

appropriate to consider this a new site 

as of January 1, 2010, such that 

attainment may be judged based on 34 

consecutive valid 3-month averages. For 

the information leading EPA to this 

conclusion, see the October 2013 

Technical Support Document available 

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C. Bellefontaine Area Air Quality 

The 39–091–0006 site is a Federal 

reference method (FRM) source-oriented 

monitor which meets the quality 

assurance requirements of 40 CFR part 

58, appendix A. The three-month rolling 

averages at this site have not exceeded 

the standard since 2007. After the 

permanent shutdown of the Daido 

Facility in June of 2009, the Pb values 

have been well below the standard. 

Table 1 shows the 2010–2012 threemonth rolling averages for the 

Bellefontaine area. 

Location AQS site ID 3-month period 2010 2011 2012 

Richard Ave.—Daido Facility Bellefontaine.39–091–0006 Nov–Jan ..................................................

Dec–Feb .................................................

....................

....................

.004 

.003 

.003 

.003 

Jan–Mar .................................................. .006 .004 .003 

Feb–Apr .................................................. .006 .003 .003 

Mar–May ................................................. .006 .003 .003 

Apr–Jun .................................................. .004 .003 .003 

May–July ................................................. .004 .003 .004 

Jun–Aug .................................................. .004 .003 .003 

July–Sept ................................................ .004 .003 .003 

Aug–Oct .................................................. .004 .005 .003 

Sept–Nov ................................................ .004 .005 .003 

Oct–Dec .................................................. .004 .004 .003 

The data shown in Table 1 are 

complete, quality-assured, and certified. 

Data in February and March of 2012 

were not 75 percent complete, but were 

more than 50 percent complete making 

them eligible for the ‘‘below NAAQS 

level test’’ in 40 CFR Part 50, appendix 

R (4)(c)(ii)(B). Ohio accurately applied 

this test and the data were sufficient to 

be considered complete. 

The Daido Facility’s NEI emissions in 

2005 were 0.121 tons per year (tpy), 

more than half of the lead emissions in 

the county. The next three largest 

contributors in the county have 

emissions of 0.035 tpy, 0.0075 tpy, and 

0.0075 tpy. Production at the Daido 

Facility started to decrease in 2008 as 

the automobile industry declined, and 

the ambient air Pb levels reflect this. 

Concurrent with the shutdown of the 

largest source, the ambient air lead 

values have been cut by more than half. 

EPA’s review of these data indicates 

that the Bellefontaine area has attained 

and continues to attain the 2008 Pb 

NAAQS, with a design value of 0.006 

mg/m3 for the period of 2010–2012. 

V. What is the effect of these actions? 

EPA is determining that the 

Bellefontaine area has attained the 2008 

Pb NAAQS, based on complete, qualityassured and certified data for 2010– 

2012. Also, the requirements for the 

Ohio EPA to submit an attainment 

demonstration and associated RACM, a 

RFP plan, contingency measures, and 

any other planning SIPs related to 

attainment of the 2008 Pb NAAQS for 

the Bellefontaine area are suspended for 

so long as the area continues to attain 

the 2008 Pb NAAQS. EPA rulemaking is 

consistent and in keeping with its longheld interpretation of CAA 

requirements, as well as with EPA’s 

regulations for similar determinations 

for ozone (see 40 CFR 51.918) and PM2.5

(see 40 CFR 51.1004(c)). 

This action does not constitute a 

redesignation of the area to attainment 

of the 2008 Pb NAAQS under section 

107(d)(3) of the CAA. This action does 

not involve approving a maintenance 

plan for the area as required under 

section 175A of the CAA, nor does it 

find that the area has met all other 

requirements for redesignation. The 

Bellefontaine area remains designated 

nonattainment for the 2008 Pb NAAQS 

until such time as EPA determines that 

the area meets the CAA requirements for 

redesignation to attainment and takes 

action to redesignate the area. 

We are publishing this action without 

prior proposal because we view this as 

a noncontroversial amendment and 

anticipate no adverse comments. 

However, in the proposed rules section 

of this Federal Register publication, we 

are publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposal to approve the 

state plan if relevant adverse written 

comments are filed. This rule will be 

effective January 6, 2014 without further 

notice unless we receive relevant 

adverse written comments by December 

5, 2013. If we receive such comments, 

we will withdraw this action before the 

effective date by publishing a 

subsequent document that will 

withdraw the final action. All public 

comments received will then be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on the proposed action. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

Please note that if EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. If we do not receive any 

comments, this action will be effective 

January 6, 2014. 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

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• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• 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 rule 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. 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

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

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by January 6, 2014. Filing a 

petition for reconsideration by the 

Administrator of this final rule does not 

affect the finality of this action for the 

purposes of judicial review nor does it 

extend the time within which a petition 

for judicial review may be filed, and 

shall not postpone the effectiveness of 

such rule or action. Parties with 

objections to this direct final rule are 

encouraged to file a comment in 

response to the parallel notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this action 

published in the proposed rules section 

of today’s Federal Register, rather than 

file an immediate petition for judicial 

review of this direct final rule, so that 

EPA can withdraw this direct final rule 

and address the comment in the 

proposed rulemaking. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Lead, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: October 21, 2013. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended 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. 

■ 2. Section 52.1892 is amended by 

adding paragraph (e) to read as follows: 

§ 52.1892 Determination of attainment. 

* * * * * 

(e) Based upon EPA’s review of the air 

quality data for the 3-year period 2010 

to 2012, EPA determined that the 

Bellefontaine, OH lead nonattainment 

areas attained the 2008 Lead National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS). This clean data 

determination suspends the 

requirements for this area to submit an 

attainment demonstration, associated 

reasonably available control measures, a 

reasonable further progress plan, 

contingency measures, and other 

planning SIPs related to attainment of 

the standard for as long as this area 

continues to meet the 2008 lead 

NAAQS. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–0011; FRL–9902– 

29–Region 4] 

National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency 

Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion 

of the Geiger (C&M Oil) Superfund Site 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region 4 is publishing a 

direct final Notice of Deletion of the 

Geiger (C&M Oil), Superfund Site (Site), 

located in Hollywood, Charleston 

County, South Carolina, from the 

National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, 

promulgated pursuant to section 105 of 

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). This direct 

final deletion is being published by EPA 

with the concurrence of the State of 

South Carolina, through the South 

Carolina Department of Health and 

Environmental Control (SCDHEC), 

because EPA has determined that all 

appropriate response actions under 

CERCLA, other than operation, 

maintenance, and five-year reviews 

have been completed. However, this 

deletion does not preclude future 

actions under Superfund. 

DATES: This direct final deletion is 

effective January 6, 2014 unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by 

December 5, 2013. If adverse comments 

are received, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final deletion 

in the Federal Register informing the 

public that the deletion will not take 

effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2005–0011; by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Joyner.William@EPA.gov 

and/or Miller.Angela@EPA.gov. 

• Fax: (404) 562–8788 Attention: 

William Joyner. 

• Mail: William Joyner, Remedial 

Project Manager, Superfund Remedial 

Section A, Superfund Remedial and Site 

Evaluation Branch, Superfund Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, GA 30303–8960. 

• Hand delivery: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303– 

8960. Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. The Regional EPA Office is 

open for business Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding 

Federal Holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005– 

0011. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 


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