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should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e., on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit: 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

Out of an abundance of caution for 

members of the public and our staff, the 

public’s access to the EPA Region 4 

Offices is by appointment only to 

reduce the risk of transmitting COVID– 

19. We encourage the public to submit 

comments via https://

www.regulations.gov or via email. The 

EPA encourages electronic comment 

submittals, but if you are unable to 

submit electronically or need other 

assistance, please contact Terry Self, the 

contact listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT provision below. 

The index of the docket and all publicly 

available docket materials for this action 

are available for review on the https:// 

www.regulations.gov website. The EPA 

encourages electronic reviewing of these 

documents, but if you are unable to 

review these documents electronically, 

please contact Terry Self to schedule an 

appointment to view the documents at 

the Region 4 Offices. Interested persons 

wanting to examine these documents 

should make an appointment at least 

two weeks in advance. EPA Region 4 

requires all visitors to adhere to the 

COVID–19 protocol. Please contact 

Terry Self for the COVID–19 protocol 

requirements for your appointment. 

Please also contact Terry Self if you 

need assistance in a language other than 

English or if you are a person with 

disabilities who needs a reasonable 

accommodation at no cost to you. For 

further information on EPA Docket 

Center services and the current status, 

please visit us online at https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

The EPA continues to carefully and 

continuously monitor information from 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), local area health 

departments, and our Federal partners 

so that we can respond rapidly as 

conditions change regarding COVID–19. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Self, RCRA Programs and Cleanup 

Branch, Land, Chemicals and 

Redevelopment Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 

Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 

30303–8960; Phone number: (404) 562– 

9396, email address: self.terry@epa.gov. 

Please contact Terry Self by phone or 

email for further information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

additional information, see the direct 

final rule published in the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Parts 281 and 

282 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Environmental protection, 

Hazardous substances, Incorporation by 

reference, Indian country, Petroleum, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, State program approval, 

and Underground storage tanks. 

Authority: This document is issued under 

the authority of sections 2002(a), 9004, and 

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912, 6991c, 6991d, and 

6991e. 

Dated: August 30, 2021. 

John Blevins, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2021–0485; FRL–8922– 

01–OLEM] 

Proposed Deletion From the National 

Priorities List 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is issuing a proposed rule 

to delete the Beckman Instruments site 

from the National Priorities List (NPL) 

and requests public comments on this 

proposed action. The NPL, promulgated 

pursuant to 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, through its designated state 

agency, have determined that all 

appropriate response actions under 

CERCLA have been completed. 

However, this deletion does not 

preclude future actions under 

Superfund. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed action must be submitted on 

or before October 14, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under the Docket 

Identification number included in Table 

1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. Submit your 

comments, identified by the appropriate 

Docket ID number, by one of the 

following methods: 

• https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once submitted, 

comments cannot be edited or removed 

from Regulations.gov. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e., on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

• Email: Table 2 in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document provides an email 

address to submit public comments for 

the proposed deletion action. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

the Docket Identification number 

included in Table 1 in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this document. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at https:// 

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 https://

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

https://www.regulations.gov website 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 https://

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

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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: EPA has established a docket 

for this action under the Docket 

Identification included in Table 1 in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this document. All documents in the 

docket are listed on the https://

www.regulations.gov website. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., Confidential 

Business Information or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically through https://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the corresponding Regional Records 

Center. Location, address, and phone 

number of the Regional Records Centers 

follows. 

Regional Records Center: 

• Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, GU, 

MP), email: R9records@epa.gov, 415/ 

947–8717. 

The EPA is temporarily suspending 

Regional Records Centers for public 

visitors to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Information in 

these repositories, including the 

deletion docket, has not been updated 

with hardcopy or electronic media. For 

further information and updates on EPA 

Docket Center services, please visit us 

online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

The EPA continues to carefully and 

continuously monitor information from 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), local area health 

departments, and our Federal partners 

so that we can respond rapidly as 

conditions change regarding COVID. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• Holly Hadlock, U.S. EPA Region 9, 

Hadlock.holly@epa.gov, 415/972–3171. 

• Chuck Sands, U.S. EPA 

Headquarters, sands.charles@epa.gov, 

703/603–8857. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. NPL Deletion Criteria 

III. Deletion Procedures 

IV. Basis for Intended Partial Site Deletion 

I. Introduction 

EPA is issuing a proposed rule to 

delete the Beckman Instruments site 

from the National Priorities List (NPL) 

and requests public comments on this 

proposed action. The NPL constitutes 

Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which 

is the NCP, which EPA created under 

section 105 of the CERCLA statute of 

1980, as amended. EPA maintains the 

NPL as those sites 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 (Fund). As 

described in 40 CFR 300.425(e)(3) of the 

NCP, a site deleted from the NPL 

remains eligible for Fund-financed 

remedial action if future conditions 

warrant such actions. 

EPA will accept comments on the 

proposal to partially delete this site for 

thirty (30) days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Section II of this document explains 

the criteria for deleting sites from the 

NPL. Section III of this document 

discusses procedures that EPA is using 

for this action. Section IV of this 

document discusses the site proposed 

for deletion and demonstrates how it 

meets the deletion criteria, including 

reference documents with the rationale 

and data principally relied upon by the 

EPA to determine that the Superfund 

response is complete. 

II. NPL Deletion Criteria 

The NCP establishes the criteria that 

EPA uses to delete sites from the NPL. 

In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e), 

sites may be deleted from the NPL 

where no further response is 

appropriate. In making such a 

determination pursuant to 40 CFR 

300.425(e), EPA will consider, in 

consultation with the State, whether any 

of the following criteria have been met: 

i. Responsible parties or other persons 

have implemented all appropriate 

response actions required; 

ii. All appropriate Fund-financed 

response under CERCLA has been 

implemented, and no further response 

action by responsible parties is 

appropriate; or 

iii. The remedial investigation has 

shown that the release poses no 

significant threat to public health or the 

environment and, therefore, the taking 

of remedial measures is not appropriate. 

Pursuant to CERCLA section 121(c) 

and the NCP, EPA conducts five-year 

reviews to ensure the continued 

protectiveness of remedial actions 

where hazardous substances, pollutants, 

or contaminants remain at a site above 

levels that allow for unlimited use and 

unrestricted exposure. EPA conducts 

such five-year reviews even if a site is 

deleted from the NPL. EPA may initiate 

further action to ensure continued 

protectiveness at a deleted site if new 

information becomes available that 

indicates it is appropriate. Whenever 

there is a significant release from a site 

deleted from the NPL, the deleted site 

may be restored to the NPL without 

application of the hazard ranking 

system. 

III. Deletion Procedures 

The following procedures apply to the 

deletion of the site in this proposed 

rule: 

(1) EPA consulted with the respective 

state before developing this proposed 

action for deletion. 

(2) EPA has provided the state 30 

working days for review of this 

proposed action prior to publication of 

it today. 

(3) In accordance with the criteria 

discussed above, EPA has determined 

that no further response is appropriate. 

(4) The state, through their designated 

state agency, has concurred with the 

proposed deletion action. 

(5) Concurrently, with the publication 

of this proposed action deletion in the 

Federal Register, a notice is being 

published in two major local 

newspapers, the Porterville Recorder, 

and the Noticiero Semanal. The 

newspapers announce the 30-day public 

comment period concerning the 

proposed action for deletion. 

(6) The EPA placed copies of 

documents supporting the proposed 

deletion in the deletion docket, made 

these items available for public 

inspection, and copying at the Regional 

Records Center identified above. 

If comments are received within the 

30-day comment period on this 

document, EPA will evaluate and 

respond accordingly to the comments 

before making a final decision to delete 

the site. If necessary, EPA will prepare 

a Responsiveness Summary to address 

any significant public comments 

received. After the public comment 

period, if EPA determines it is still 

appropriate to delete the site, the EPA 

will publish a final Notice of Deletion 

in the Federal Register. Public notices, 

public submissions and copies of the 

Responsiveness Summary, if prepared, 

will be made available to interested 

parties and included in the site 

information repositories listed above. 

Deletion of a site from the NPL does 

not itself create, alter, or revoke any 


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individual’s rights or obligations. 

Deletion of a site from the NPL does not 

in any way alter EPA’s right to take 

enforcement actions, as appropriate. 

The NPL is designed primarily for 

informational purposes and to assist 

EPA management. Section 300.425(e)(3) 

of the NCP states that the deletion of a 

site from the NPL does not preclude 

eligibility for future response actions, 

should future conditions warrant such 

actions. 

IV. Basis for Full Site or Partial Site 

Deletion 

The site to be deleted from the NPL, 

the location of the site, and docket 

number with information including 

reference documents with the rationale 

and data principally relied upon by the 

EPA to determine that the Superfund 

response is complete is specified in 

Table 1. The NCP permits activities to 

occur at a deleted site or that media or 

parcel of a partially deleted site, 

including operation and maintenance of 

the remedy, monitoring, and five-year 

reviews. These activities for the site are 

entered in Table 1, if applicable, under 

Footnote such that; 1 = site has 

continued operation and maintenance of 

the remedy, 2 = site receives continued 

monitoring, and 3 = site five-year 

reviews are conducted. 

TABLE 1 

Site name City/county, state Type Docket no. Footnote 

Beckman Instruments .......................... Porterville, CA ..................................... Full ......... EPA–HQ–SFUND–2021–0485 ............

Table 2 includes information 

concerning whether the full site is 

proposed for deletion from the NPL or 

a description of the area, media or 

Operable Units (OUs) of the NPL site 

proposed for partial deletion from the 

NPL, and an email address to which 

public comments may be submitted if 

the commenter does not comment using 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

TABLE 2 

Site name Full site deletion (full) or media/parcels/ 

description for partial deletion 

Email address for public 

comments 

Beckman Instruments ........................................ Full .................................................................... Hadlock.holly@epa.gov. 

EPA maintains the NPL as the list of 

sites that appear to present a significant 

risk to public health, welfare, or the 

environment. Deletion from the NPL 

does not preclude further remedial 

action. Whenever there is a significant 

release from a site deleted from the NPL, 

the deleted site may be restored to the 

NPL without application of the hazard 

ranking system. Deletion of a site from 

the NPL does not affect responsible 

party liability in the unlikely event that 

future conditions warrant further 

actions. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous 

substances, Hazardous waste, 

Intergovernmental relations, Natural 

resources, Oil pollution, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Superfund, Water 

pollution control, Water supply. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 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. 

Dated: September 2, 2021. 

Larry Douchand, 

Office Director, Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology Innovation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19449 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

46 CFR Parts 401 and 404 

[USCG–2021–0431] 

RIN 1625–AC70 

Great Lakes Pilotage Rates—2022 

Annual Review and Revisions to 

Methodology 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

statutory provisions enacted by the 

Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, the 

Coast Guard is proposing new base 

pilotage rates for the 2022 shipping 

season. This proposed rule would adjust 

the pilotage rates to account for changes 

in district operating expenses, an 

increase in the number of pilots, and 

anticipated inflation. In addition, this 

proposed rule would make a policy 

change to always round up in the 

staffing model. The Coast Guard is also 

proposing methodology changes to 

factor in an apprentice pilot’s 

compensation benchmark for the 

estimated number of apprentice pilots 

with a limited registration. The Coast 

Guard estimates that this proposed rule 

would result in a 12-percent increase in 

pilotage operating costs compared to the 

2021 season. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must be received by the Coast Guard on 

or before October 14, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2021–0431 using the Federal Decision 

Making Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public 

Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

further instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this document, call or 

email Mr. Brian Rogers, Commandant 

(CG–WWM–2), Coast Guard; telephone 

202–372–1535, email Brian.Rogers@

uscg.mil, or fax 202–372–1914. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents for Preamble 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

II. Abbreviations 

III. Executive Summary 

IV. Basis and Purpose 

V. Background 

VI. Discussion of Proposed Methodological 

and Other Changes 

A. Proposed Changes to the Staffing Model 


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