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disposal. Therefore, no operation and

maintenance activities are required.

Although the remedial action was

completed in April of 1988, the

monitoring wells installed and utilized

during the RI had to be properly

abandoned prior to deletion of the Site

from the NPL. In the spring of 1995, the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Baltimore District was tasked under an

interagency agreement with EPA to

properly abandon all monitoring wells

except those which Jefferson County

chose to retain for use in monitoring the

groundwater in the vicinity of its solid

waste landfill. This work was completed

in June of 1995. On August 24, 1995,

EPA accepted the Corps of Engineers’

report entitled ‘‘Closure Report:

Abandonment of Monitoring Wells,

Leetown Pesticides Superfund Site,

Leetown West Virginia’’ as a final

document.

EPA is required to review remedial

actions every five years if hazardous

substances, pollutants, or contaminants

remain at the site above levels that

allow for unrestricted exposure and

unlimited use. Since neither of these

conditions exists at this Site, further

five-year reviews are not warranted and

will not be conducted.

C. Conclusion

The NCP at 40 CFR 300.425(e)(ii)

provides that EPA may delete a site

from the NPL if ‘‘all appropriate Fundfinanced response under CERCLA has

been implemented, and no further

action by responsible parties is

appropriate.’’ EPA, with the

concurrance of the State of West

Virginia, believes that this criterion for

deletion has been met. Therefore, EPA

is proposing deletion of this Site from

the NPL. Documents supporting this

action are available in the Site

information repositories listed

previously in this document.

Dated: June 4, 1996.

Stanley L. Laskowski,

Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA

Region III.

[FR Doc. 96–14911 Filed 6–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket 87–10; Notice 8]

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standards; Power-Operated Window,

Partition, and Roof Panel Systems;

Correction

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration; DOT.

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: In Docket 87–10, Notice 6,

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,

beginning on page 28124 in the issue of

Tuesday, June 4, 1996, make the

following correction:

On page 28124 in the second column,

25th line, change the words ‘‘Notice 6’’

to ‘‘Notice 7.’’

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115,

30117, and 30166; delegation of authority at

49 CFR 1.50.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Paul Atelsek, Office of the Chief

Counsel, NCC–20, telephone (202) 366–

2992.

Issued: June 10, 1996.

Barry Felrice,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 96–15069 Filed 6–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AD91

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Proposed Rule To Remove

the Plant Echinocereus lloydii (Lloyd’s

Hedgehog Cactus) from the Federal

List of Endangered and Threatened

Plants

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) under the authority of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act),

as amended, proposes to remove the

plant Echinocereus lloydii (Lloyd’s

hedgehog cactus) from the Federal List

of Endangered and Threatened Plants.

Lloyd’s hedgehog cactus was listed as

endangered on October 26, 1979, due to

threats of collection and highway

projects. Recent evidence indicates that

Lloyd’s hedgehog cactus is not a distinct

species but rather a hybrid. Therefore,

Lloyd’s hedgehog cactus does not

qualify for protection under the Act.

DATES: Comments from all interested

parties must be received by August 13,

1996. Public hearing requests must be

received by July 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and materials

concerning this proposal should be sent

to the Field Supervisor, Ecological

Services Austin Field Office, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, 10711 Burnet

Road, Suite 200, Hartland Bank

Building, Austin, Texas 78758.

Comments and materials received will

be available for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathryn Kennedy or Elizabeth Materna,

(see ADDRESSES section) (telephone

512/490–0057; facsimile 512/490–0974).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Echinocereus lloydii (Lloyd’s

hedgehog cactus), a member of the

cactus family, was first collected by F.E.

Lloyd in 1922 and was named in his

honor by Britton and Rose (1937). The

first plants collected by Mr. Lloyd were

from near Fort Stockton, Pecos County,

Texas (Weniger 1970).

Lloyd’s hedgehog cactus is a

cylindrical cactus with one to several

stems up to about 20 centimeters (cm)

(8 inches (in)) long and 10 cm (4 in) in

diameter. The flowers vary from

lavender to magenta in color, are about

5 cm (2 in) in diameter, and form

mature fruits that are green, tinged with

pink or orange when ripe (Correll and

Johnston 1979, Poole and Riskind 1987).

Lloyd’s hedgehog cactus is known

from Brewster, Culberson, Pecos, and

Presidio Counties in Texas as well as

from Eddy County in New Mexico. It

has also been reported from the state of

Chihuahua in Mexico. Currently fewer

than 15 localities are known from the

U.S., most occurring on private lands.

These cacti occur in the shrub and

brush rangeland of the Chihuahuan

Desert, and are usually found associated

with Agave lecheguilla (lechuguilla),

Prosopis glandulosa (mesquite), Larrea

tridentata (creosote bush), Flourensia

cernua (tarbush), Viguiera stenoloba

(skeleton-leaf goldeneye), and various

cacti (Opuntia sp., Echinocereus sp.,

Echinocactus sp., and Coryphantha sp.)

(Poole and Riskind 1987).

Lloyd’s hedgehog cactus is usually

found on limestone with occasional

weathered metamorphic rock. The cacti

grow on sandy, gravelly, or rocky soils