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commencement of the Remedial Action

to assure that human health and the

environment are being protected by the

response action. The five-year reviews

will be conducted pursuant to

‘‘Comprehensive Five-Year Review

Guidance,’’ OSWER Directive 9355.7–

03B–P, Draft October 1999, or whatever

EPA guidance is current at the time of

the review. All response activities have

been completed at the Site other than

O&M and five-year reviews.

E. Community Involvement

Public participation activities have

been satisfied as required in CERCLA

section 113(k), 42 U.S.C. 9613(k), and

CERCLA section 117, 42 U.S.C. 9617.

Documents in the deletion docket which

the EPA relied on for recommendation

of the deletion from the NPL are

available to the public in the

information repositories.

V. Deletion Action

The EPA, with concurrence of the

State of Louisiana, has determined that

all appropriate responses under

CERCLA have been completed, and that

no further response actions, under

CERCLA, other than O&M and five-year

reviews, are necessary. Therefore, the

EPA is deleting the Site from the NPL.

Because the EPA considers this action

to be noncontroversial and routine, EPA

is taking it without prior publication of

a notice of intent to delete. This action

will be effective July 23, 2001 unless

EPA receives adverse comments by June

21, 2001. If adverse comments are

received within the 30-day public

comment period on the proposal, the

EPA will publish a timely Withdrawal

of this Direct Final rule of Deletion

before the effective date of the deletion,

and it will not take effect, and the EPA

will prepare a response to comments

and continue with the deletion process

on the basis of the proposed Notice of

Intent to Delete and the comments

already received. There will be no

additional opportunity to comment.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous

waste, Hazardous substances, Penalties,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Superfund, Water

pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: March 19, 2001.

Lynda F. Carroll,

Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA,

Region 6.

For the reasons set out in this

document, 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 under State of Louisiana

(‘‘LA’’) by removing the site name ‘‘Gulf

Coast Vacuum Services’’ and the city

‘‘Abbeville, Louisiana.’’

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6956–2]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency

Plan; National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Direct final deletion of the

Cleveland Mill Superfund Site from the

National Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Region 6 is publishing a

direct final deletion of the Cleveland

Mill Superfund Site (the ‘‘Site’’), located

in Grant County, New Mexico, 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

appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which

is 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 New Mexico, through the

New Mexico Environment Department

(NMED) because EPA has determined

that all appropriate response actions

under CERCLA have been completed at

the Site and, therefore, further remedial

action pursuant to CERCLA is not

appropriate.

DATES: This direct final deletion will be

effective July 23, 2001 unless EPA

receives adverse comments by June 21,

2001. 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: Comments may be mailed

to: Ms. Beverly Negri, Community

Involvement Coordinator (6SF–PO),

U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, (214) 665–

8157 or 1–800–533–3508.

Information Repositories:

Comprehensive information about the

Site is available for viewing and copying

at the Site information repositories

located at: U.S. EPA Region 6 Library,

12th Floor, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite

12D13, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, (214)

665–6424, Monday through Friday 7:30

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Silver City Public

Library, 5151 West College Avenue,

Silver City, New Mexico 88061, (505)

538–3672, Monday and Thursday 9:00

a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday and

Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,

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

Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; New

Mexico Environment Department

Library, 1190 St. Francis Drive, Santa

Fe, New Mexico 87502, (505) 827–2844,

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to

5:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Kathleen Aisling, Remedial Project

Manager (6SF–LT), U.S. EPA Region 6,

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–

2733, (214) 665–8509 or 1–800–533–

3508.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

III. Deletion Procedures

IV. Basis for Site Deletion

V. Deletion Action

I. Introduction

EPA Region 6 is publishing this direct

final notice of deletion of the Cleveland

Mill Superfund Site from the NPL.

The EPA identifies sites that appear to

present a significant risk to public

health or the environment and

maintains the NPL as the list of those

sites. As described in the NCP at 40 CFR

300.425(e)(3), sites deleted from the

NPL remain eligible for remedial actions

if conditions at a deleted site warrant

such action.

Because EPA considers this action to

be noncontroversial and routine, EPA is

taking it without prior publication of a

notice of intent to delete. This action

will be effective July 23, 2001 unless

EPA receives adverse comments by June

21, 2001 on this document. If adverse

comments are received within the 30-

day public comment period on this

deletion, EPA will publish a timely

withdrawal of this direct final deletion

before the effective date of the deletion

and the deletion will not take effect.

EPA will, as appropriate, prepare a

response to comments and continue

with the deletion process on the basis of

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the notice of intent to delete and the

comments already received. There will

be no additional opportunity to

comment.

Section II of this document explains

the criteria for deleting sites from the

NPL. Section III discusses procedures

that EPA is using for this action. Section

IV discusses the Cleveland Mill

Superfund Site and demonstrates how it

meets the deletion criteria. Section V

discusses EPA’s action to delete the Site

from the NPL unless adverse comments

are received during the public comment

period.

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

Section 300.425(e) of the NCP

provides that releases may be deleted

from the NPL where no further response

is appropriate. In making a

determination to delete a release from

the NPL, EPA shall 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

(Hazardous Substance Superfund

Response Trust Fund) 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.

Even if a site is deleted from the NPL,

where hazardous substances, pollutants,

or contaminants remain at the deleted

site above levels that allow for

unlimited use and unrestricted

exposure, CERCLA section 121(c), 42

U.S.C. 9621(c), requires that a

subsequent review of the site be

conducted at least every five years after

the initiation of the remedial action at

the deleted site to ensure that the action

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 deleted site may be

restored to the NPL without application

of the hazard ranking system.

III. Deletion Procedures

The following procedures apply to

deletion of the Site:

(1) The EPA consulted with NMED on

the deletion of the Site from the NPL

prior to developing this direct final

deletion.

(2) The NMED concurred with

deletion of the Site from the NPL.

(3) Concurrently with the publication

of this direct final deletion, a notice of

the availability of the parallel notice of

intent to delete published today in the

‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of the Federal

Register is being published in a major

local newspaper of general circulation at

or near the Site and is being distributed

to appropriate federal, state, and local

government officials and other

interested parties; the newspaper notice

announces the 30-day public comment

period concerning the notice of intent to

delete the Site from the NPL.

(4) The EPA placed copies of

documents supporting the deletion in

the Site information repositories

identified above.

(5) If adverse comments are received

within the 30-day public comment

period on this document, EPA will

publish a timely notice of withdrawal of

this direct final deletion before its

effective date and will prepare a

response to comments and continue

with the deletion process on the basis of

the notice of intent to delete and the

comments already received.

Deletion of a site from the NPL does

not itself create, alter, or revoke any

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 Site Deletion

The following information provides

EPA’s rationale for deleting the Site

from the NPL:

A. Site Location

The Site is located in Grant County,

in southwestern New Mexico,

approximately 5.5 miles northeast of

Silver City, New Mexico. The Site

includes approximately 4 acres in

mountainous terrain and 14 acres which

extend down a drainage area into the

streambed of Little Walnut Creek. The

surrounding property is located in a

rapidly developing residential area that

is adjacent to the Gila National Forest

and private lands. The population

within a 3-mile radius of the Site is

estimated to be 1,200.

B. Site History

The Site is a former ore processing

mill area adjacent to the Cleveland

Mine. The Cleveland Mine, located

approximately 0.5 mile northeast of the

mill area, is one of the Cleveland Group

of Mines located in the West Pinos Altos

Mining District. The first of the

Cleveland Mining claims was staked in

the early 1900s and included a milling

operation at the Site. The milling

operation employed a gravity separator

until 1916, and a flotation process from

1916 until at least 1919. Approximately

125,000 tons of lead, zinc, and copper

ore were produced from the Cleveland

Mine during the period from about 1900

until 1919. After this time, the site was

leased for mining and grazing. The

tailings from the milling operations

were deposited at the headwaters of the

Little Walnut Creek and both the soil

and the surface water were

contaminated with Site-related

hazardous substances.

The Site was proposed for inclusion

on the NPL on June 24, 1988, and

inclusion was finalized on March 31,

1989, pursuant to section 105 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9605, identifying the

Site as a priority for long-term remedial

evaluation and response.

Remedial Investigation and Feasibility

Study (RI/FS)

From August 1990 through March

1992, NMED, under an agreement with

EPA, conducted a Remedial

Investigation (RI) at the Cleveland Mill

Superfund Site to determine the nature

and extent of the problem presented by

the release of hazardous substances,

pollutants or contaminants at the Site.

Hazardous substances were detected in

soil and other surface materials at the

site at concentration levels that exceed

health-based standards: arsenic ranged

from 4.1 to 3,020 milligrams per

kilogram (mg/kg); beryllium ranged

from 0.25 to 12.8 mg/kg; cadmium

ranged from 0.15 to 376 mg/kg; lead

ranged from 5.8 to 13,500 mg/kg; and

zinc ranged from 57.3 to 122,000 mg/kg.

The NMED also conducted a Feasibility

Study (FS) on the Site, under an

agreement with EPA. The primary

objective of the FS, completed in March

1993, was to ensure that appropriate

remedial alternatives were developed

and evaluated such that relevant

information concerning the remedial

action options could be presented to a

decision-maker (in this case the EPA

Region 6 Regional Administrator) and

an appropriate remedy selected.

On April 9, 1993, the EPA released

the RI and FS Reports. The RI

concluded that if no action was taken at

the Site, there would be a threat to

human health because Site visitors may

be exposed to dangerous concentrations

of hazardous substances in tailings,

sediment, and surface water at the Site.

Moreover, there was a potential for the

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wells of nearby residents to become

contaminated. These residents rely on

ground water for drinking.

Record of Decision Findings

On September 24, 1993, after

consideration of public comments, the

EPA, with the concurrence of the

NMED, issued a Record of Decision

(ROD) memorializing its selection of a

remedy to address the contamination at

the Site. The remedy was chosen in

accordance with CERCLA and the NCP.

The ROD was based on the

administrative record for the Site. The

overall Site remedy, as described in the

1993 ROD, called for excavation of the

contaminated mill waste material,

transportation of the waste material to a

reprocessor for treatment, and disposal

of the treatment residuals at the

reprocessing facility in an area where

other tailings and residuals from oreprocessing were disposed. The remedy

in the 1993 ROD did not include a

remedy for the shallow on-site aquifer

because the EPA believed that the

contamination would attenuate once the

source (i.e., the contaminated waste

material) was removed. Therefore, the

1993 ROD included ground water

monitoring, to ensure that the

contamination did not worsen or spread

to nearby residential wells prior to the

excavation and removal of the source of

the contamination, and to verify that the

ground water quality improved once the

source was removed.

Removal Action

In a June 1995, Consent Decree (CD),

the participating companies agreed to

implement the remedy specified in the

1993 ROD. However, the 1993 ROD

remedy was not implemented because

the search for an acceptable off-site

disposal facility was ultimately

unsuccessful, and because, during the

search, unanticipated and powerful

rainfall events caused hazardous

substances from the Site to migrate in

contaminated runoff. This unanticipated

contaminant migration posed an

immediate increased risk to human

health and the environment.

On July 11, 1997, to address the

immediate risk, the EPA, with the

concurrence of the NMED, issued an

Action Memorandum that authorized a

time-critical removal action to

physically address the Site

contamination and to restore affected

surface areas at the Site. The

participating companies agreed to

implement this removal action through

an EPA Administrative Order on

Consent (AOC) which became effective

on September 23, 1997. As described

below, the removal action included the

excavation of the contaminated

material, and the placement of that

material in an on-Site containment cell.

The field activities required by the AOC

were completed on November 19, 1998,

the date on which the seeds of native

plants were sown on the last area of the

Site in order to provide vegetative cover.

Completion of the final AOC

requirement occurred on December 10,

1998, the date the participating

companies submitted the Removal

Action Final Report which was accepted

by EPA.

Cleanup Activities Performed

The cleanup activities at the Site were

conducted from September 1997

through December 1998 during the timecritical removal action. The time-critical

removal action included:

• Excavation of 164,960 cubic yards

of contaminated tailings and sediment

from the mine area, the mill area, and

the streambed;

• Neutralization of the acidic

excavated material through admixing

with limestone;

• Disposal of the neutralized material

in a limestone cell constructed at the

Site;

• Covering of the cell with a multilayered cap,

• Construction of erosion control

measures such as terraces; and

• Reseeding of the disturbed areas of

the Site and the disposal cell cap.

C. Characterization of Risk

Contaminated materials were

removed from Site soils and sediments

until concentrations of contaminants

remaining on the Site met the healthbased remediation goals specified in the

1993 ROD (these goals were referred to

as ‘‘Remedial Action Goals’’ in the ROD)

and incorporated into the Action

Memorandum as soil and sediment

‘‘cleanup levels.’’ Cleanup levels for soil

and sediment included: arsenic, 30

milligrams per kilogram in soil (mg/kg);

beryllium, 4 mg/kg; cadmium, 140 mg/

kg; lead, 500 mg/kg; and zinc, 82,000

mg/kg. At the conclusion of the timecritical removal action, confirmatory

samples were taken at all excavated

areas of the Site to verify that all soils

(including tailings) and sediment with

concentrations of contaminants higher

than the cleanup levels (i.e., the

remediation goals established in the

ROD) had been removed.

The environmental threat at the Site

was addressed through this time-critical

removal. As part of this removal, the

waste material in the mill area and in

the stream was excavated, the waste

material was treated with limestone to

neutralize its acidity, the treated

material was disposed of in a limestone

cell constructed at the Site, and the cell

was covered by a multi-layered cap.

The EPA issued an Amended ROD for

the Site on September 20, 1999, stating

that no further response action was

necessary; however, as explained in the

Amended ROD, the continuation of

ground water and surface water

monitoring, operation and maintenance

(O&M) of the constructed remedy, and

implementation of the existing

institutional controls will continue. The

O&M activities include inspections to

ensure that erosion does not

compromise the remedy and to ensure

that the revegetation efforts are

successful. Institutional controls

include restrictive covenants warning

against the use of ground water and

advising future owners about the risks

of disturbing the cover and/or the

underlying material.

The original selected remedy, the

time-critical removal action and the

remedy selected in the Amended ROD

(collectively the ‘‘Site remedies’’) are

protective of public health and the

environment, comply with federal and

state requirements that are legally

applicable or relevant and appropriate

to the remedial action, and are cost

effective. The Site remedies utilized

permanent solutions to the maximum

extent practicable for this Site. This Site

meets all the completion requirements

as specified in ‘‘Close Out Procedures

for National Priorities List Sites,’’

OSWER Directive 9320.2–09A–P (2000),

and in the June 16, 2000, Site Close Out

Report prepared by the EPA Region 6

Superfund Division.

D. Future Activity

Because the implementation of the

Site remedies resulted in hazardous

substances remaining on-site at

concentration levels above levels that

allow for unlimited use and unrestricted

exposure (see 42 U.S.C. 9621(c), and 40

CFR 300.430(f)(4)(ii)), a review will be

conducted at least every five years after

commencement of the remedial action

(which, at this Site for the purposes of

the five-year review only, is considered

to be the start of the time-critical

removal action) to assure that human

health and the environment are being

protected by the response action. The

five-year reviews will be conducted

pursuant to ‘‘Structure and Components

of Five-Year Reviews,’’ OSWER

Directive 9355.7–02 (May 23, 1991) and

‘‘Supplemental Five-Year Review

Guidance,’’ OSWER Directive 9355.7–

02A (July 26, 1994) or other EPA

guidance current at the time of the

review. All response activities have

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been completed at the Site other than

O&M and five-year reviews.

E. Community Involvement

Public participation activities have

been satisfied as required by CERCLA

section 113(k), 42 U.S.C. 9613(k), and

CERCLA section 117, 42 U.S.C. 9617.

Documents in the deletion docket which

EPA relied on for its decision to delete

the Site from the NPL are available to

the public at the information

repositories.

V. Deletion Action

The EPA, with concurrence of the

NMED, has determined that responsible

parties have implemented all

appropriate response actions required at

the Site and that no further response

actions, under CERCLA, other than

O&M and five-year reviews, are

necessary. Therefore, EPA is deleting

the Site from the NPL.

Because EPA considers this action to

be noncontroversial and routine, EPA is

taking it without prior publication of a

notice of intent to delete. This action

will be effective July 23, 2001 unless

EPA receives adverse comments by June

21, 2001. If adverse comments are

received within the 30-day public

comment period, EPA will publish a

timely withdrawal of this direct final

deletion before the effective date of the

deletion and it will not take effect and

EPA will prepare a response to

comments and continue with the

deletion process on the basis of the

notice of intent to delete and the

comments already received. There will

be no additional opportunity to

comment.

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: January 22, 2001.

Jerry Clifford,

Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 6.

For the reasons set out in this

document, 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 for

Cleveland Mill, Silver City, NM.

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AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6957–8]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency

Plan; National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Direct Final Deletion of the

Brodhead Creek Superfund Site from

the National Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Region III is publishing a

direct final deletion of the Brodhead

Creek Superfund Site (Site) located in

the Borough of Stroudsburg, Monroe

County, Pennsylvania, 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

Appendix B of 40 CFR Part 300, which

is the National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

(NCP). This direct final deletion is being

published by EPA with the concurrence

of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

through the Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection (PADEP)

because EPA has determined that all

appropriate response actions under

CERCLA have been completed and,

therefore, further remedial action

pursuant to CERCLA is not appropriate.

DATES: This direct final deletion will be

effective July 23, 2001, unless EPA

receives adverse comments by June 21,

2001. 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: Comments may be mailed

to: William Hudson, Community

Involvement Coordinator, (3HS43), U.S.

EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814–

5532.

Information Repositories:

Comprehensive information about the

Site is available for viewing and copying

at the Site Information Repositories at

the following locations: U.S. EPA

Region III, Regional Center for

Environmental Information (RCEI), 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103,

(215) 814–5364, Monday through Friday

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the Stroudsburg

Borough Building, Seventh and Sarah

Streets, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, (570)

421–5444, Monday through Friday 8:00

to 5:00 p.m.; and the Pennsylvania

Department of Environmental

Protection, Northeast Regional Office, 2

Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711–

0790, (570) 826–2511, Monday through

Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Banks, Remedial Project Manager

(3HS22), U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215)

814–3214, Fax (215) 814–3002, e-mail

banks.john-d@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

III. Deletion Procedures

IV. Basis for Site Deletion

I. Deletion Action

I. Introduction

EPA Region III is publishing this

direct final deletion of the Brodhead

Creek Superfund Site from the NPL.

The EPA identifies sites that appear to

present a significant risk to public

health or the environment and

maintains the NPL as the list of those

sites. As described in § 300.425(e)(3) of

the NCP, sites deleted from the NPL

remain eligible for remedial actions if

conditions at a deleted site warrant such

action.

Because EPA considers this action to

be noncontroversial and routine, EPA is

taking it without prior publication of a

notice of intent to delete. This action

will be effective July 23, 2001 unless

EPA receives adverse comments by June

21, 2001. If adverse comments are

received within the 30-day public

comment period on this document, EPA

will publish a timely withdrawal of this

direct final deletion before the effective

date of the deletion and the deletion

will not take effect. EPA will, as

appropriate, prepare a response to

comments and continue with the

deletion process on the basis of the

notice of intent to delete and the

comments already received. There will

be no additional opportunity to

comment.

Section II of this document explains

the criteria for deleting sites from the

NPL. Section III discusses procedures

that EPA is using for this action. Section

IV discusses the Brodhead Creek

Superfund Site and demonstrates how it

meets the deletion criteria. Section V