Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002-0832
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List; reopening of the comment period
Posted Date: 2019-07-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33721-33722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14880]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002; FRL-9996-41-Region 6]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the 
comment period for a proposed rule published on July 31, 2018. In the 
July 31, 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking, EPA proposed to delete 
portions of the South Valley Superfund Site from the National 
Priorities List. EPA is reopening the comment period subsequent to a 
meeting requested by commenters to discuss the partial deletion 
activities. All comments submitted from the July 31, 2018, initiation 
of the original comment period will be accepted.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on July 31, 
2018 (83 FR 36838) is reopened. Comments must be received by August 14, 
2019. All comments received will be entered into the public record and 
considered by EPA before taking final action on the proposed rule.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1983-0002, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 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

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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: hebert.michael@epa.gov.
     Mail: Michael A. Hebert, Remedial Project Manager, EPA 
Region 6, Mail Code--6SEDRL, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 
75270-2102.
     Hand delivery:
    [cir] Michael A. Hebert, Remedial Project Manager, EPA Region 6, 
Mail Code--6SEDRL, 5th Floor Reception Area, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 
500, Dallas, Texas 75270-2102.
    [cir] Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal 
hours of operation (Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) except for 
Federal holidays and special arrangements should be made for deliveries 
of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
1983-0002. The http://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 http://www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment 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: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in the hard 
copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at: 
Zimmerman Library, Government Information Department University of New 
Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131, 505.277.9100:

Monday-Thursday--7 a.m.-2 a.m.
Friday--7 a.m.-9 p.m.
Saturday--10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday--12 p.m.-2 a.m.

    New Mexico Environment Department, Harold Runnels Building, 1190 
St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505, 505.827.2855: Monday-Friday 8 
a.m.-5 p.m.
    In addition, documents concerning the site can be found at https://www.epa.gov/superfund/south-valley.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael A. Hebert, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Mail Code--
6SEDRL, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75270-2102, (214) 
665-8315, email: hebert.michael@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule published on July 31, 2018 
at 83 FR 36838 provides information about NPL Deletion Criteria, NPL 
Deletion Procedures, and the Basis for the South Valley site partial 
deletion.

    Dated: June 26, 2019.
David Gray,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2019-14880 Filed 7-12-19; 8:45 am]
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