[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 18684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10537]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5463-9]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National 
Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of a site from the National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the 29th and Mead Ground Water Contamination Site located 
in Wichita, Kansas, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is 
Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300. Part 300 is the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) which EPA 
promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended. In 
light of the planned State action in this case, EPA finds that no 
further response under CERCLA is appropriate. The Site is instead, in a 
pilot project, deferred to the State of Kansas and will be addressed by 
the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). Deletion under 
this approach does not indicate that the cleanup has been completed, 
but rather that no further Superfund involvement is necessary, and that 
the Agency expects the response at the Site will be completed under an 
Agreement between the City of Wichita and KDHE. EPA will consider the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the Site cleanup as well as the 
likelihood that a similarly favorable outcome could be reproduced 
elsewhere in deciding whether such a policy will be considered for 
other sites.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Bunn, Remedial Project 
Manager; Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 7; 726 Minnesota Avenue; Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Phone: (913) 
551-7792.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is the 
29th and Mead Ground Water Contamination Site in Wichita, Kansas. A 
Notice of Intent to Delete was published January 31, 1996 (61 FR 3365). 
The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was 
March 1, 1996.
    EPA received comment favoring this proposed action from Mr. Robert 
Knight, Mayor of Wichita, on behalf of the Wichita City Council.
    Sites on the NPL may be the subject of Hazardous Substance Response 
Trust Fund (Fund-) financed remedial action. Any site deleted from the 
NPL remains eligible for Fund-financed remedial actions in the unlikely 
event that conditions at the site warrant such action. Section 40 CFR 
300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may be taken 
at sites deleted from the NPL. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not 
affect responsible party liability or impede agency efforts to recover 
costs associated with response efforts.
    An explanation of the criteria for deleting this site from the NPL 
was presented in Section II of the January 31, 1996, Notice of Intent 
to Delete (FR 61 3365). A description of the site and how it meets the 
criteria for deletion was presented in Section IV of that Notice. The 
reasoning in the Notice of Intent is adapted as EPA's reasoning for 
this final deletion.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Hazardous waste.

    Dated: April 23, 1996.
Elliott P. Laws,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.

    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. 1277, 
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 
29th and Mead Ground Water Contamination Site, Wichita, Kansas.

[FR Doc. 96-10537 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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