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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-5067-9]

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan;

National Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the North U Drive Site from the National

Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region VII announces

the deletion of the North U Drive Site in Springfield, Missouri, 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. The EPA and the State of Missouri have

determined that the contaminant releases do not pose a significant

threat to human health, welfare, or the environment. Therefore, no

further response action is appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Sturgess, Missouri Department of

Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste Program, Superfund Section, P.O. Box

176, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone (314) 751-1807 or Ronald

King, Environmental Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas

City, Kansas 66101, telephone (913) 551-7568.

ADDRESSES: Comprehensive information on this site is available at the

following locations: Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)

Hazardous Waste Program File Room (205 Jefferson Street) in Jefferson

City, Missouri; at EPA Region VII Waste Management Division Records

Center, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas; and at the Kearney

Branch Library, 630 W. Kearney, Springfield, Missouri 65801.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is:

North U Drive site, Springfield, Missouri.

A notice of intent to delete for this site was published in the

Federal Register June 24, 1994 (59 FR 32673). The closing date for

comments on the notice of intent was July 25, 1994. No comments were

received on the proposed deletion. Therefore, no responsiveness summary

was prepared.

Based on a review of environmental and other data for this site,

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and EPA have

determined that the site does not pose a significant risk to human

health or the environment. The site shall continue to be monitored by

the MDNR. MDNR and EPA will review the ground water monitoring as part

of each five-year review.

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

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 300.425(e)(3) of

the NCP provides that Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites

deleted from the NPL when conditions warrant. Deletion of a site from

the NPL does not affect responsible party liability or impede EPA

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: August 29, 1994.

Dennis Grams,

Regional Administrator.

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: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; 33 U.S.C. 1321 (c)(2); 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 is amended by removing the site for North

U Drive well contamination, Springfield, Missouri.

[FR Doc. 94-22134 Filed 9-7-94; 8:45 am]

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