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Unfunded Mandates 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that 

agencies prepare an assessment of 

anticipated costs and benefits before 

issuing any rule that may result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

1 year. This proposed rule would have 

no such effect on State, local, and tribal 

governments, or on the private sector. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

There are no Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance numbers and titles 

for the programs affected by this 

document. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose 

D. Riojas, Chief of Staff, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on September 18, 2014, for 

publication. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 38 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Cemeteries, Claims, Crime, 

Veterans. 

Dated: September 26, 2014. 

William F. Russo, 

Acting Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of the General Counsel, 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, VA proposes to amend 38 

CFR part 38 as follows: 

PART 38—NATIONAL CEMETERIES 

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 38 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 107, 501, 512, 2306, 

2402, 2403, 2404, 2408, 2411, 7105. 

■ 2. Amend § 38.600 by: 

■ a. Adding paragraph (a). 

■ b. Removing ‘‘§§ 38.617 and 38.618’’ 

and adding in its place ‘‘part 38’’ in 

paragraph (b) introductory text. 

■ c. Removing ‘‘cemetery director’’ from 

the definition of ‘‘personal 

representative’’ in paragraph (b). 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 38.600 Definitions. 

(a)(1) Applicant defined—burial 

headstones and markers. An applicant 

for a headstone or marker that will mark 

the gravesite or burial site of an eligible 

deceased individual may be: 

(i) A decedent’s family member, 

which includes the decedent’s spouse; a 

child, parent, or sibling of the decedent, 

whether biological, adopted, or step 

relation; and any lineal or collateral 

descendant of the decedent; 

(ii) A personal representative, as 

defined in paragraph (b) of this section; 

(iii) A representative of a 

Congressionally-chartered Veterans 

Service Organization; 

(iv) Any individual who is 

responsible, under the laws of the 

relevant state or locality, for the 

disposition of the unclaimed remains of 

the decedent or for other matters 

relating to the interment or 

memorialization of the decedent; or 

(v) Any individual, if the dates of 

service of the veteran to be 

memorialized, or on whose service the 

eligibility of another individual for 

memorialization is based, ended prior to 

April 6, 1917. 

(2) Applicant defined—memorial 

headstones and markers. An applicant 

for a memorial headstone or marker to 

commemorate an eligible individual 

must be a member of the decedent’s 

family, which includes the decedent’s 

spouse; a child, parent, or sibling of the 

decedent, whether biological, adopted, 

or step relation; and any lineal or 

collateral descendant of the decedent. 

* * * * * 

§ 38.632 [Amended] 

■ 3. Amend § 38.632(b)(1) by removing 

‘‘a Government-furnished headstone or 

marker and, in appropriate instances,’’. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2014–0620; FRL–9914– 

86–OSWER] 

RIN 2050–AG76 

National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency 

Plan (NCP); Amending the NCP for 

Public Notices for Specific Superfund 

Activities 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the 

National Oil and Hazardous Substances 

Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) to 

add language to broaden the methods by 

which the EPA can notify the public 

about certain Superfund activities. 

Currently, the NCP requires that the 

public be notified of certain Superfund 

activities by publishing a notice in a 

major local newspaper of general 

circulation. By broadening the 

notification methods, the lead agency 

will be able to adopt a notification 

approach that is most effective at 

informing a community. The lead 

agency should assess the ways a 

community receives information and 

consider the notification approach 

which best suits a specific site and 

community. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by October 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2014–0620, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: superfund.docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: Send two copies of your 

comments to: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), Superfund Docket, Mailcode: 

28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0002. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver two copies 

of your comments to: EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), WJC West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2014–0620. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Special arrangements should 

be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2014– 

0620. 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 

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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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

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 Superfund Docket (Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–SFUND–2014–0620). This 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Superfund Docket is (202) 566– 

0276. The EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) 

is located at WJC West Building, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General information: Superfund, TRI, 

EPCRA, RMP and Oil Information 

Center at (800) 424–9346 or TDD (800) 

553–7672 (hearing impaired). In the 

Washington, DC metropolitan area, call 

(703) 412–9810 or TDD (703) 412–3323. 

Technical information: Jean Farrell at 

(703) 603–9055 (farrell.jean@epa.gov), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0002, Mail Code 5204P. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Why is EPA issuing this proposed 

rule? 

This document proposes to amend the 

National Oil and Hazardous Substances 

Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) to 

expand the methods by which the EPA 

can notify the public about certain 

Superfund activities. The NCP requires 

the lead Agency to publish a notice ‘‘in 

a major local newspaper of general 

circulation’’ when certain Superfund 

site-related activities occur. Many of 

these requirements were established in 

1990 or earlier versions of the NCP, 

when it was common practice for 

government agencies to publish notices 

of planned actions in newspapers. 

Today, multiple ways are used to notify 

the public about Superfund site-related 

activities that may be as or more 

effective than publishing notices in 

newspapers. For example, the public 

may be notified of certain actions the 

lead agency takes by distributing flyers 

door-to-door, mailing notices to homes, 

sending email notifications, making 

telephone calls or posting on Web sites. 

In certain cases, publishing a notice in 

a major newspaper of general 

circulation may not be the most 

effective way of notifying a community 

about a specific Superfund action, and 

may be less cost effective than other 

notification methods. 

EPA is proposing to change the public 

notice language in the NCP. Instead of 

giving adequate notice to a community 

via a major local newspaper of general 

circulation, EPA is proposing that such 

notice be given via a major local 

newspaper of general circulation or by 

using one or more other mechanisms. 

As the Superfund community 

involvement program has gained 

experience working with communities 

around Superfund sites, EPA often has 

used additional communication 

approaches beyond publishing notices 

in major local newspapers of general 

circulation to ensure communities have 

an opportunity to be fully informed and 

involved in the Superfund process. 

Making this modification to the NCP 

will allow the lead agency to select an 

effective way or ways to inform the 

public. 

One way the lead agency may learn 

about community preferences on 

communications approaches is when 

conducting community interviews as 

part of the development of the 

Community Involvement Plan (CIP) 

(also known as a Community Relations 

Plan) at a site. A CIP is a site-specific 

strategy to enable meaningful 

community involvement throughout the 

Superfund cleanup process. Consistent 

with the NCP [300.415(n)(3)(i); 

300.415(n)(4)(i); and 300.430(c)(2)(i)], 

the lead agency conducts in those 

instances interviews with local officials, 

community residents, public interest 

groups, or other interested or affected 

parties, as appropriate, to solicit their 

concerns and information needs, and to 

learn how and when citizens would like 

to be involved in the Superfund process. 

Conducting community interviews is 

a particularly effective way to gather 

information about how a community 

receives information. The information 

and insights gained from community 

interviews will help the lead agency 

make a decision on which notification 

approach suits a specific site and best 

encourages the community’s 

participation. When community 

interviews are not conducted, the lead 

agency can determine community 

preferences on communication 

approaches by conducting activities 

such as consulting local leaders or 

media outlets to learn how a community 

typically receives information. 

In addition to the above, Superfund 

has a long history of providing 

meaningful community involvement 

opportunities at critical junctures in the 

cleanup process, such as selection of 

remedial actions, five-year reviews of 

sites where waste is left in place, and 

deletions of sites from the National 

Priorities List (NPL). In addition to 

ensuring the basic requirements for 

community involvement are met, the 

lead agency may enlist additional 

community notification processes over 

and above the basic requirements to 

enhance the community’s involvement, 

and tailor the communication 

approaches to meet the needs of the 

community. 

II. What does this amendment do? 

This document proposes to revise the 

NCP to expand the methods by which 

the EPA can notify the public about 

certain Superfund activities. This rule 

will revise six sections of the NCP to 

change the public notice language in the 

NCP to allow adequate notice to a 

community via a major local newspaper 

of general circulation or by using one or 

more other mechanisms. The intent of 

these sections is to ensure the lead 

agency informs the public of Superfund 

activities at defined stages within the 

Superfund process. Specifically, this 

amendment will add language to: 

§ 300.415(n)(2)(i) that requires a notice of 

the availability of the administrative record 

file for CERCLA actions where, based on a 

site evaluation, the lead agency determines 

that a removal is appropriate, and that less 

than six months exists before on-site removal 

action must begin. 

§ 300.415(n)(4)(ii) that requires notification 

of the engineering evaluation/cost analysis 

(EE/CA) where the lead agency determines 

that a CERCLA removal action is appropriate 

and that a planning period of at least six 

months exists prior to initiation of the on-site 

removal activities. 

§ 300.425(e)(4)(ii) that requires notification 

of releases that may be deleted from the 

National Priorities List (NPL). 


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§ 300.815(a) that requires notification of 

the availability of the administrative record 

file for the selection of a remedial action at 

the commencement of the remedial 

investigation. 

§ 300.820(a)(1) that requires notification of 

the availability of the administrative record 

file when an EE/CA is made available for 

public comment, if the lead agency 

determines that a removal action is 

appropriate and that a planning period of at 

least six months exists before on-site removal 

activities must be initiated. 

§ 300.820(b)(l) that requires notification of 

the availability of the administrative record 

file for all other removal actions not included 

in § 300.820(a). 

This document does not propose 

changes to the publication requirements 

of § 117 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA). Section 117(d) of CERCLA 

states ‘‘[f]or the purposes of this section, 

publication shall include, at a 

minimum, publication in a major local 

newspaper of general circulation.’’ 

Activities included under section 117 of 

CERCLA include section 117(a) 

notification of the proposed plan, 

section 117(b) notification of the final 

remedial action plan adopted, and 

section 117(c) notification of an 

explanation of differences after adoption 

of a final remedial action plan. 

Publication in a major local newspaper 

of general circulation will continue to 

be required for 1) notice of availability 

of the proposed plan (40 CFR 

300.430(f)(3)(i)(A)), 2) notice of 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(40 CFR 300.430(f)(6)(i)), 3) notice that 

briefly summarizes the explanation of 

significant differences (40 CFR 

300.435(c)(2)(i)(B)), 4) notice of 

availability and a brief description of 

the proposed amendment to the Record 

of Decision (40 CFR 

300.435(c)(2)(ii)(A)), and 5) notice of 

availability of the amended Record of 

Decision (40 CFR 300.435(c)(2)(ii)(G)). 

This document also does not propose 

changes to the publication requirements 

of 40 CFR 35.4110 that requires 

publication of a notice in a local 

newspaper after EPA receives a letter of 

intent to apply for a Technical 

Assistance Grant. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993) and Executive 

Order 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 

2011), this proposed action is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and is 

therefore not subject to OMB review. 

This action merely adds language to 40 

CFR 300.415(n)(2)(i), 300.415(n)(4)(ii), 

300.425(e)(4)(ii), 300.815(a), 

300.820(a)(1), and 300.820(b)(l) to 

expand the methods by which the lead 

agency can notify the public about 

certain Superfund activities. This action 

will enable the lead agency to identify 

effective methods to notify the public. 

This action does not impose any 

requirements on any entity, including 

small entities. Therefore, pursuant to 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601 et seq.), after considering the 

economic impacts of this action on 

small entities, EPA certifies that this 

action will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. This action 

does not contain any unfunded 

mandates or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments as described in 

Sections 202 and 205 of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1999 (UMRA) 

(Pub. L. 104–4). This action does not 

create new binding legal requirements 

that substantially and directly affect 

Tribes under Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This 

action does not have significant 

Federalism implications under 

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999). Because this action 

has been exempted from review under 

Executive Order 12866, this proposed 

rule is not subject to Executive Order 

13211, entitled Actions Concerning 

Regulations That Significantly Affect 

Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use (66 

FR 28355, May 22, 2001) or Executive 

Order 13045, entitled Protection of 

Children from Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, 

April 23, 1997). This action does not 

contain any information collections 

subject to OMB approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq., nor does it require 

any special considerations under 

Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal 

Actions to Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations (59 FR 7629, 

February 16, 1994). This action does not 

involve technical standards; thus, the 

requirements of Section 12(d) of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 

272) do not apply. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous 

waste, Hazardous substances, 

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Superfund, Water 

pollution control, Water supply. 

Dated: September 19, 2014. 

Mathy Stanislaus, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste 

and Emergency Response. 

For the reasons set forth in this 

preamble, Title 40, chapter 1, of the 

Code of Federal Regulations is proposed 

to be amended as follows: 

PART 300–NATIONAL OIL AND 

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES 

POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 300 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C. 

9601–9657; E.O. 13626, 77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 

2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 

3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 

2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.193. 

■ 2. Section 300.415 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (n)(2)(i) and 

(n)(4)(ii) to read as follows: 

§ 300.415 Removal action. 

* * * * * 

(n) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(i) Publish a notice of availability of 

the administrative record file 

established pursuant to § 300.820 in a 

major local newspaper of general 

circulation or use one or more other 

mechanisms to give adequate notice to 

a community within 60 days of 

initiation of on-site removal activity; 

* * * * * 

(4) * * * 

(ii) Publish a notice of availability and 

brief description of the EE/CA in a 

major local newspaper of general 

circulation or use one or more other 

mechanisms to give adequate notice to 

a community pursuant to § 300.820; 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Section 300.425 is amended by 

revising paragraph (e)(4)(ii) to read as 

follows: 

§ 300.425 Establishing remedial priorities. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(4) * * * 

(ii) In a major local newspaper of 

general circulation at or near the release 

that is proposed for deletion, publish a 

notice of availability or use one or more 

other mechanisms to give adequate 

notice to a community of the intent to 

delete; 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Section 300.815 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 300.815 Administrative record file for a 

remedial action. 

(a) The administrative record file for 

the selection of a remedial action shall 

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at the commencement of the remedial 

investigation phase. At such time, the 

lead agency shall publish in a major 

local newspaper of general circulation a 

notice or use one or more other 

mechanisms to give adequate notice to 

a community of the availability of the 

administrative record file. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Section 300.820 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (b)(1) to 

read as follows: 

§ 300.820 Administrative record file for a 

removal action. 

(a) * * * 

(1) The administrative record file 

shall be made available for public 

inspection when the engineering 

evaluation/cost analysis (EE/CA) is 

made available for public comment. At 

such time, the lead agency shall publish 

in a major local newspaper of general 

circulation a notice or use one or more 

other mechanisms to give adequate 

notice to a community of the availability 

of the administrative record file. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) Documents included in the 

administrative record file shall be made 

available for public inspection no later 

than 60 days after initiation of on-site 

removal activity. At such time, the lead 

agency shall publish in a major local 

newspaper of general circulation a 

notice or use one or more other 

mechanisms to give adequate notice to 

a community of the availability of the 

administrative record file. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2001–0002; FRL–9917– 

27–Region–2] 

National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency 

Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion 

of the Consolidated Iron and Metal 

Superfund Site 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), Region 2, is issuing a 

Notice of Intent to Delete the 

Consolidated Iron and Metal Superfund 

Site (Site), located in the City of 

Newburgh, Orange County, New York, 

from the National Priorities List (NPL) 

and requests public comments on this 

proposed action. 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). The EPA and 

the State of New York, through the New 

York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), 

have determined that all appropriate 

response actions under CERCLA, other 

than operation, maintenance, and fiveyear reviews, have been completed. 

However, this deletion does not 

preclude future actions under 

Superfund. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2001–0002, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: negrelli.mike@epa.gov. 

• Mail: To the attention of Michael 

Negrelli, Remedial Project Manager, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 2, Emergency and Remedial 

Response Division, 290 Broadway, 20th 

Floor, New York, NY 10007–1866. 

• Hand Delivery: Superfund Records 

Center, 290 Broadway, 18th Floor, New 

York, NY 10007–1866 (telephone: 212– 

637–4308). Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Record Center’s 

normal hours of operation (Monday to 

Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2001– 

0002. 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 

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 http://

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://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 http://

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 comments and with 

any disk or CD–ROM that you submit. 

If EPA cannot read your comments due 

to technical difficulties and cannot 

contact you for clarification, EPA may 

not be able to consider your comments. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption and should be free of any 

defects or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http://

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 the 

hard copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 2, Superfund Records Center, 

290 Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, 

NY 10007–1866, Phone: 212–637– 

4308, Hours: Monday to Friday from 

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

and 

Newburgh Free Library, Consolidated 

Iron and Metal Site Repository File, 

124 Grand Street, Newburgh, NY 

12550, Phone: 845–563–3600, Hours: 

Monday & Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 

9:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, & 

Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 

Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Negrelli, Remedial Project 

Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 2, Emergency and 

Remedial Response Division, 290 

Broadway, 20th floor, New York, NY 

10007–1866; (212) 637–4278; 

negrelli.mike@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. NPL Deletion Criteria 

III. Deletion Procedures 

IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion 

I. Introduction 

EPA Region 2 is announcing its intent 

to delete the Consolidated Iron and 

Metal Superfund Site from the NPL and 

requests public comment on this 

proposed action. The NPL constitutes 

Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which 


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