Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002-0638
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan: Partial Deletion of the California Gulch Superfund Site National Priorities List; Withdrawal
Posted Date: 2014-09-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22045]

[[Page 55657]]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002; FRL-9916-67-Region 8]

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan: 
Partial Deletion of the California Gulch Superfund Site National 
Priorities List; Withdrawal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: On August 12, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published a direct final notice of partial deletion and a proposed 
notice of intent for partial deletion for Operable Unit 4, Upper 
California Gulch; Operable Unit 5, ASARCO Smelters/Slag/Mill Sites; and 
Operable Unit 7, Apache Tailing Impoundment, of the California Gulch 
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List. The EPA is 
withdrawing the final notice of partial deletion due to adverse 
comments that were received during the public comment period. After 
consideration of the comments received, if appropriate, EPA will 
publish a notice of partial deletion in the Federal Register based on 
the parallel notice of intent for partial deletion and place a copy of 
the final partial deletion package, including a Responsiveness Summary, 
if prepared, in the Site repositories.

DATES: The direct final rule published at 79 FR 47007 on August 12, 
2014, is withdrawn effective September 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Information Repositories: Comprehensive information on the 
Site, as well as the comments that we received during the comment 
period, are available in docket EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002, accessed 
through the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the 
docket index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statue. Certain 
other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly 
available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are 
available either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in 
hard copy:

    By calling EPA Region 8 at (303) 312-7279 and leaving a message, 
or at the Lake County Public Library, 1115 Harrison Avenue, 
Leadville, CO 80461, (719) 486-0569, Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 
a.m.-8:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and 
Friday and Saturday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Kiefer, Remedial Project 
Manager, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Mail Code 8EPR-SR, 
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129, (303) 312-6689, email: 
kiefer.linda@epa.gov.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 12, 2014, the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) published a direct final notice of partial 
deletion (79 FR 47007) and a proposed notice of intent for partial 
deletion (79 FR 47043) for Operable Unit 4, Upper California Gulch; 
Operable Unit 5, ASARCO Smelters/Slag/Mill Sites; and Operable Unit 7, 
Apache Tailing Impoundment, of the California Gulch Superfund Site from 
the National Priorities List.
    Due to adverse comments that were received during the public 
comment period, the direct final rule published at 79 FR 47007 on 
August 12, 2014, is withdrawn.

    Authority:  33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 
13626, 77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p.306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 
54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 
Comp., p.193.

    Dated: September 5, 2014.
Shaun L. McGrath,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2014-22045 Filed 9-16-14; 8:45 am]
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