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from the generator and the date USFRS

conducted its visual evaluation of the

condition of the USFRS XL waste

storage areas and notice of compliance

with § 266.412. USFRS will update its

waste customer and generator list when

new customers and generators have

been approved by EPA, MPCA and the

County Agencies or when a customer or

generator has been terminated from this

XL Project; and

(4) A list of all USFRS XL Waste

Approved Transporters. USFRS shall

include on this list the transporter’s

unique USFRS client number, the

transporter’s name, and if available,

EPA identification number and its

Minnesota registration number, the date

of USFRS notice to EPA and MPCA

proposing to add the transporter to the

USFRS XL Project; the date on which

USFRS notified the transporter that it is

a USFRS XL Waste Approved

Transporter; and the date on which it

received the signed USFRS XL waste

FPA and certification. The list shall also

contain the date of any notice of

termination, and if there is a

termination, the date on which USFRS

recovered all of its USFRS XL wastes

from the transporter. This USFRS XL

waste transporter list may be modified

upon approval of EPA and MPCA.

(c) Recordkeeping. USFRS will retain

for three years a copy of USFRS XL

waste application forms, and

correspondence with each USFRS XL

waste approved customer and generator;

records of any spill or leak notifications

it receives; records of its compliance

with this subpart O; and the USFRS XL

waste Transportation Tracking

Document for each shipment from a

USFRS XL waste generator.

§ 266.420 USFRS XL waste generator

recordkeeping and reporting requirement.

A USFRS XL waste generator will

retain for three years a copy of the

USFRS XL Waste FPA, with all

appropriate signatures; its USFRS XL

waste certification; its log of weekly

inspections required by § 266.408(d); its

record of any notification of spills or

leaks of its USFRS XL wastes required

by § 266.408(e); its compliance with the

training and facility contact

requirements of § 266.408(h); a copy of

the signed Transportation Tracking

Document for USFRS XL waste it

generated; and documentation of its

compliance with § 266.412.

§ 266.421 USFRS XL waste transporter

recordkeeping and reporting requirement.

A USFRS XL waste transporter will

retain for three years a copy of the

USFRS XL Waste FPA, with all

appropriate signatures; its USFRS XL

waste certification; a copy of the signed

Transportation Tracking Document for

USFRS XL waste it transported; and its

record of any notification of spills or

leaks of its USFRS XL wastes required

by § 266.411

§ 266.422 Effective date and duration of

the project.

This subpart O is effective from

November 23, 2001 until five years after

the State of Minnesota modifies the

USFRS RCRA hazardous waste permit

to incorporate USFRS’ duties under this

subpart O.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6965–2]

National Oil and Hazardous Substance

Pollution Contingency Plan; National

Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Direct final rule; deletion of the

Gulf Coast Vacuum Services Superfund

Site from the National Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Region 6 is publishing a

direct final rule of deletion of the Gulf

Coast Vacuum Services Superfund Site

(Site), located in Vermilion Parish,

Louisiana from the National Priorities

List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated

pursuant to section 105, 42 U.S.C.

9605(a) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is found

at appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 of the

National Oil and Hazardous Substances

Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). This

direct final rule of deletion is being

published by the EPA with the

concurrence of the State of Louisiana,

through the Louisiana Department of

Environmental Quality (LDEQ), because

the 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 rule of deletion

will be effective July 23, 2001 unless the

EPA receives adverse comments by June

21, 2001. If adverse comments are

received, the EPA will publish a timely

withdrawal of the direct final rule of

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.

Comprehensive information about the

Site is available for viewing and copying

at the Site information repositories

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

Suite 12D13, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,

Texas 75202–2733, (214) 665–6524,

Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to

4:30 p.m.; Vermilion Parish Library, 200

North Magdalen Square, Abbeville,

Louisiana, 75011, (318) 893–2674,

Monday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00

p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday

9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; and Louisiana

Department of Environmental Quality,

7290 Bluebonnet Road, Baton Rouge,

Louisiana 70809, (225) 765–0487,

Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Katrina Coltrain, Remedial Project

Manager (6SF–LP), U.S. EPA Region 6,

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–

2733, (214) 665–8143 or 1–800–533–

3508.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

I. 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 Gulf

Coast Vacuum Services 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 the EPA considers this action

to be noncontroversial and routine, the

EPA is taking it without prior

publication of a notice of intent to

delete. This action will be effective July

23, 2001 unless the EPA receives

adverse comments by June 21, 2001 on

this rule. If adverse comments are

received within the 30-day public

comment period on this rule, the EPA

will publish a timely Withdrawal of this

Direct Final Rule of Deletion before the

effective date of the deletion, and said

deletion will not take effect. The EPA

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will, as appropriate, 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.

Section II of this document explains

the criteria for deleting sites from the

NPL. Section III discusses procedures

that the EPA is using for this action.

Section IV discusses the Gulf Coast

Vacuum Services Superfund Site and

demonstrates how it meets the deletion

criteria. Section V discusses the 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, the 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, the 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 the State

of Louisiana on the deletion of the Site

from the NPL prior to developing this

Direct Final Rule of Deletion.

(2) The State of Louisiana concurred

with deletion of the Site from the NPL.

(3) Concurrently with the publication

of this Direct Final rule of Deletion, a

parallel proposed 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 this action.

(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, the EPA will publish a timely

notice of Withdrawal of this Direct Final

rule of Deletion, before its effective date

and 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.

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 the EPA’s right to take

enforcement actions, as appropriate.

The NPL is designed primarily for

informational purposes and to assist the

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

the EPA’s rationale for deleting the Site

from the NPL:

A. Site Location

The Site is located 3.5 miles

southwest of the town of Abbeville in

Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, on Parish

Road P–7–31, also called Junuis Road.

The Site occupies approximately 12.8

acres, and is bounded to the north and

west by pasture land and to the east and

south by the D.L. Mud Superfund Site

and the LeBoeuf Canal. Areas adjacent

to the Site are used as pasture land for

grazing cattle and for other agricultural

uses, predominantly rice, sugar-cane,

and soybean crop raising. Ten

residences are located within 1⁄2 mile of

the Site on Parish Road P–7–31 and

Route 335, the nearest being on the

southeast site boundary. Because these

homes are outside the corporate limits

of Abbeville, residents in the area rely

on ground water for their drinking water

and for irrigation.

B. Site History

The Site was a vacuum truck and

oilfield drilling mud plant operation

from approximately 1969 to 1980.

During the period that the facility was

in operation, unpermitted disposal of

contaminated organic and inorganic

materials, primarily oil industry-related

waste, occurred in several open pits.

Gulf Coast Vacuum Services and its

predecessors used the property as a

trucking terminal and disposal facility

for materials and wastes generated from

oil and gas exploration and production.

Vacuum trucks were rinsed out in

several on-site pits, while unpermitted

disposal of contaminated material and

waste also occurred. Primary hazardous

substances at the Site were organic

compounds such as benzene,

carcinogenic polyaromatic

hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals such

as arsenic and barium.

The EPA performed three Removal

Actions at the Site prior to the initiation

of a Remedial Action (RA). The purpose

of these Removal Actions was to prevent

contaminated rainwater, which

accumulated on top of the sludge pits,

from overflowing onto adjacent

agricultural fields. These removals were

conducted in March through April 1990,

February through March 1991, and in

April 1992. During each Removal

Action, approximately 800,000 gallons

of water were pumped, treated, and

discharged. In addition, during the 1990

and 1992 removal actions, fencing

around the pit areas was installed.

The EPA performed the Remedial

Investigation (RI) of the Site from

November 1990 through March 1992.

Various heavy metal and PAH

contaminants were detected at levels

on-site that measured above healthbased standards.

In July 1992, the EPA released the RI

Report and the Feasibility Study (FS).

The RI Report included all RI sampling

results. The FS provided an in-depth

analysis of remedial alternatives, which

included on-site and off-site treatment

alternatives such as incineration, on-site

and off-site containment alternatives

such as disposal and capping, and a ‘‘no

action’’ alternative. The FS concluded

that a ‘‘no action’’ alternative at the Site

could result in a potential health threat

to the public, through dermal contact

with contaminated soils and sludges,

and a potential health threat to nearby

residents, who rely on ground water for

their drinking water.

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The EPA, in consultation with the

LDEQ, signed two Records of Decision

(ROD) on September 30, 1992. The

Operable Unit 2 (OU2), Interim Source

Control ROD, designed to address the

short-term, immediate exposure risks

associated with rainwater overflow from

the pits, called for treatment of

contaminated rainwater to LDEQ surface

discharge standards, the consolidation

of the Washout Pit into the West Pit,

and the covering of the West Pit.

The September 1992 Operable Unit 1

(OU1), Final Source Action ROD,

selected on-site incineration to address

the long-term environmental and human

health risks associated with the organic

contaminants on-site. The OU1 ROD

also selected stabilization and

solidification of inorganic-contaminated

soils and residuals of the organic

treatment, and monitoring of the ground

water. The OU1 ROD was amended in

May 1995 (‘‘the Amended ROD’’) to

change the way in which the organiccontaminated material was handled.

Based on the OU1 ROD and the

Amended ROD, the Final Source

Control remedy for the Site included:

on-site biological treatment of organiccontaminated pit sludges (surface and

buried), associated soils and tank

contents; stabilization and on-site

disposal of the treated residuals from

the bio-treatment as required to meet

performance standards for inorganic

compounds, and capping with a two (2)

foot compacted clay cover; on-site

stabilization and disposal of the Site

soils contaminated with metals

(inorganics), and capping with a two (2)

foot compacted clay cover; and

institutional controls, such as deed

notices and long-term monitoring of the

ground water.

One additional performance standard

was that the stabilized material would

have to pass Toxicity Characteristic

Leaching Procedure (TCLP)

requirements using a modified TCLP

test (distilled water was substituted for

the specified acid) and that the leachate

from the TCLP test would also have to

meet Clean Water Act Maximum

Contaminant Levels.

The OU2 RD Work Plan submitted by

the PRP Group was approved by the

EPA on September 13, 1993. The OU1

RD Work Plan was approved by the EPA

on June 2, 1997. These Work Plans

detailed the design criteria and the steps

that would be undertaken to achieve the

goals of the Site RODs.

The OU2 ROD was implemented by a

PRP group, consisting of 13 PRPs who

were directed to do the action through

a December 11, 1992, Unilateral

Administrative Order (UAO).

Implementation of the OU2 Remedial

Action (RA) began on September 29,

1993. The OU2 RA work, performed in

accordance with the UAO Statement of

Work and the OU2 RD Work Plan, was

completed on September 30, 1994.

During the OU2 Interim Action,

approximately 2 million gallons of

water were treated and discharged,

approximately 2,100 cubic yards of

contaminated soil were moved from the

Washout Pit to the West Pit, and the

West Pit was covered with a synthetic

cover. The OU2 remedial action was

completed on September 30, 1994, the

date the EPA approved the OU2

Remedial Action Certification Report.

On June 5, 1995, a Consent Decree

(CD) between the EPA and a fourteenmember PRP group was entered in

Federal District Court. The PRP group

performed the OU1 activities under this

CD and its accompanying Statement of

Work and the OU1 RD Work Plan. OU1

remedy construction began on June 2,

1997. The PRPs conducted the following

remedial activities: on-site biological

treatment of 31,617 cubic yards of

organic-contaminated pit sludges

(surface and buried) and associated soils

and tank contents; stabilization and onsite disposal (in the excavated West Pit

and Washout Pit) of 21,347 cubic yards

of Site soils contaminated with metals

(inorganics) and approximately 20,000

cubic yards of biological treatment

residuals; capping of the stabilized

material with a two (2) foot compacted

clay cover and seeding of the cover;

fencing of the Site; implementation of

deed notices; and ground water

monitoring.

Confirmatory samples were taken of

all excavated areas of the Site to ensure

that all materials with concentrations of

contaminants higher than the healthbased Remedial Action Goals (RAGs)

had been removed. In addition,

performance samples were taken to

ensure that the bio-treatment residuals

met the RAGs, to show that the

stabilized Site materials met the TCLP

standard, and to show that the stabilized

material had the physical properties

(such as strength) specified in the RD

work plan.

A pre-final inspection was conducted

on February 19, 1999, and a final

inspection was conducted on March 11,

1999. The EPA determined that the RA

was complete during the final

inspection, except for the submittal of

the RA report and the filing of deed

notices. The PRP group submitted the

RA Report for OU1 to EPA on June 11,

1999. This report was reviewed by the

LDEQ and a representative of the

Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) group

for the Site, and minor adjustments

were made. Institutional controls, in the

form of restrictive covenants were filed

on September 29, 1999. The EPA

approved the RA Report on October 4,

1999, and issued a Final Close Out

Report on March 24, 2000.

C. Characterization of Risk

The following contaminants were

detected in the various Site media above

health-based standards: Surface Soils—

arsenic (2.3–56.7 mg/kg) and barium

(480–21,400 mg/kg); Sludges—

carcinogenic PAHs (.09–7.5 mg/kg),

benzene (7–529 mg/kg); and Ground

Water-barium (Non-detect (ND)—5550

μg/L), cadmium (ND–210 μg/L),

chromium (ND—2580 μg/L), mercury

(ND—4.6 μg/L), and lead (ND—2580 μg/

L).

The RAGs specified in the OU1 ROD

and the Amended ROD are: arsenic, 16

mg/kg; barium, 5,400 mg/kg, total

carcinogenic PAHs, 3 mg/kg; total noncarcinogenic PAHs, Hazard Index < 1;

previously unidentified carcinogenic

compounds of concern (COCs), residual

risk < 10–4—10–6 cumulative risk prior

to stabilization and capping; and

previously unidentified noncarcinogenic compounds of concern, HI

< 1.

D. Future Activity

Site Operation & Maintenance (O&M)

activities which will be performed by

the PRP Group include routine Site

inspections to ensure that the cap on the

disposal cells remains intact and

maintenance of perimeter fencing.

These activities are sufficient to

maintain the protectiveness of the

remedy. The PRP group, as agreed upon

in the CD and accompanying Statement

of Work and as detailed in the RA Work

Plan and the O&M Plan, has assumed all

responsibility for O&M at the Site. In

addition, under the CD, the PRP Group

shall perform ground water monitoring

during the O&M period. Plans for O&M

are in place and are sufficient to

maintain the protectiveness of the

remedy. The PRP Group is fulfilling its

obligation to perform the O&M. All

institutional controls are also in place,

as the Site is fenced and a declaration

of restrictions was filed with Vermilion

Parish on September 29, 1999,

restricting use of the Site ground water

and limiting activities in the capped

disposal cells.

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 CERCLA section 121(c),

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

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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