68157 - 68158 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 250 / Friday, December 27, 1996 / Rules and Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300
[FRL-5669-7]

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.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Ambler Asbestos Superfund site in Ambler, Pennsylvania from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. EPA and the State of Pennsylvania have determined that all appropriate Fund-financed responses under CERCLA have been implemented and that no further cleanup by responsible parties is appropriate. Moreover, EPA and the State of Pennsylvania have determined that remedial actions conducted at the site to date remain protective of public health, welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

December 27, 1996.

ADDRESSES:

Comprehensive information on this site is available for viewing at the Site information repositories at the following locations:

U.S. EPA, Region 3, Hazardous Waste Technical Information Center
841 Chestnut Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 566-5363

Wissahickon Valley Public Library, Ambler Branch
209 Race Street
Ambler, PA 19002
(610) 646-1072

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James J. Feeney, Site Project Manager (3HW21)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III
841 Chestnut Building
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
(215) 566-3190

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The site to be deleted from the NPL is: Ambler Asbestos Site, Ambler, Pennsylvania.

A Notice of Intent to Delete for this site was published September 5, 1996 (61 FR 46755). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was October 7, 1996. EPA received no comments.

The EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL as the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund-) financed remedial actions. 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 300.66(c)(8) 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.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: December 13, 1996.

W. Michael McCabe,
Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 3.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, 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, 191 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 site "Ambler Asbestos Piles" in Ambler, Pennsylvania.

[FR Doc. 96-32660 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]

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