[Federal Register: September 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 179)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 53179-53180]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1989-0011; FRL-8715-2]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Delete the Berks Landfill Superfund Site
from the National Priorities List.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III is
issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Berks Landfill Superfund Site
(Site) located in Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, from the
National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this
proposed action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is found at Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300
which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP), have determined that all appropriate response actions under
CERCLA, other than operation, maintenance, and five-year reviews, have
been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions
under CERCLA.
DATES: Comments must be received by October 15, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1989-0011, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow on-line instructions
for submitting comments.
E-mail: matzko.kristine@epa.gov.
Fax: 215-814-3002, Attn: Kristine Matzko (3HS21).
Mail: EPA Region III, Attn: Kristine Matzko (3HS21), 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Hand delivery: EPA Region III, Attn: Kristine Matzko
(3HS21), 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Such
deliveries are only accepted during business hours, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
1989-0011. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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 statue. 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:
Regional Center for Environmental Information, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103, 215-814-5254. Business hours are Monday through
Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Township of Spring Municipal Office, 2800 Shillington Road,
Reading, Pennsylvania 19608, 610-678-5393. Business hours are Monday
through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristine Matzko, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, (3HS21) 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, 215-814-5719, e-mail
matzko.kristine@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' Section of
today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of
Deletion of the Berks Landfill Superfund Site without prior Notice of
Intent to Delete because we view this as a noncontroversial revision
and anticipate no adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for
this deletion in the preamble to the direct final Notice of Deletion,
and those reasons are incorporated herein. If we receive no adverse
comment(s) on this deletion action, we will not take further action on
this Notice of Intent to Delete. If we receive adverse comment(s), we
will withdraw the direct final Notice of Deletion, and it will not take
effect. We will, as appropriate, address all public comments in a
subsequent final Notice of Deletion based on this Notice of Intent to
Delete. We will not institute a second comment period on this Notice of
Intent to Delete. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at
this time. For additional information, see the direct final Notice of
Deletion which is located in the Rules section of this Federal
Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals,
Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations,
Penalties,
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Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water pollution
control, Water supply.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; 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, 2008.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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