[Federal Register: September 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 189)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6447-7]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Deletion for the Anchor Chemicals Superfund Site from 
the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 announces 
the deletion of the Anchor Chemicals Superfund Site, located at 500 
West John Street, Hicksville, New York, from the National Priorities 
List (NPL). The NPL is a list of releases which are identified as 
Appendix B of 40 CFR Part 300, which is the National Oil and Hazardous 
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA promulgated the NCP 
pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended , (CERCLA). EPA and 
the State of New York have determined that all appropriate responses 
under CERCLA have been implemented. Moreover, EPA and NYSDEC have 
determined that the response activities, which have been conducted at 
the Site by the responsible parties, are protective of public health 
and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas Taccone, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 
20th Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866. Mr. Taccone also may be 
reached by telephone at (212) 637-4281 or by electronic mail at 
``Taccone.Tom@epamail.epa.gov.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Anchor Chemicals Site, Hicksville, New York.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published in the 
Federal Register on August 12, 1999 (64 FR 43970). The closing date for 
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was September 13, 1999. EPA 
received no comments and therefore has not prepared a Responsiveness 
Summary.
    EPA, through its listing of sites on the NPL, identifies sites that 
appear to present a significant risk to public health, welfare or the 
environment. Pursuant to Sec. 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, any site 
deleted from the NPL remains eligible for Fund financed action(s) in 
the unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such future 
action. 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.


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    Dated: September 16, 1999.
William J. Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.

    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. 9601-9675; E.O. 
12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 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 for Anchor Chemicals, Hicksville, New York.

[FR Doc. 99-25435 Filed 9-29-99; 8:45 am]
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