80_FR_27977 80 FR 27883 - National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Deletion of the Burrows Sanitation Superfund Site

80 FR 27883 - National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Deletion of the Burrows Sanitation Superfund Site

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 94 (May 15, 2015)

Page Range27883-27884
FR Document2015-11800

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Burrows Sanitation Superfund Site located in Hartford Township, Van Buren County, Michigan 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 an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA and the State of Michigan, through the Michigan Department of Environment Quality (MDEQ), have determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27883-27884]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11800]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005; FRL-9927-73-Region 5]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List Deletion of the Burrows Sanitation Superfund 
Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 is 
issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Burrows Sanitation Superfund 
Site located in Hartford Township, Van Buren County, Michigan 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 an appendix of the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA and the 
State of Michigan, through the Michigan Department of Environment 
Quality (MDEQ), have determined that all appropriate response actions 
under CERCLA have been completed. However, this deletion does not 
preclude future actions under Superfund.

[[Page 27884]]


DATES: Comments must be received by June 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1986-0005, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow online instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: Jeffrey Gore, Remedial Project Manager, at 
[email protected] or Cheryl Allen, Community Involvement 
Coordinator, at [email protected].
     Fax: Gladys Beard, NPL Deletion Process Manager, at (312) 
697-2077.
     Mail: Jeffrey Gore, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (SR-6J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-6552, or Cheryl Allen, Community 
Involvement Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SI-7J), 
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-6196 or (800) 
621-8431.
     Hand delivery: Cheryl Allen, Community Involvement 
Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SI-7J), 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604. Such deliveries are only accepted 
during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements 
should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The normal business 
hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST, excluding 
federal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
1986-0005. 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 email. 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 email comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email 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 may not be publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other 
material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only 
in the hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available 
either electronically at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at:
     U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, Phone: (312) 353-1063, Hours: 
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST, excluding federal 
holidays.
     Harford Public Library, 15 Franklin Street, Hartford, MI 
49057, Phone: (269) 621-3408, Hours: Monday through Wednesday, 10:00 
a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday and Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 
Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Gore, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SR-6J), 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-6552, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of 
Deletion of the Burrows Sanitation Superfund Site without prior Notice 
of Intent to Delete because we view this as a noncontroversial decision 
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 and Regulations'' section of this 
Federal Register.

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, and Water supply.

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 13626, 
77 FR 56749, 3CFR, 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: April 30, 2015.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2015-11800 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                                                 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Proposed Rules                                                 27883

                                                      ‘‘Home health aide                                      Instrumental Activities of Daily Living,              ■  b. At the end of the section, removing
                                                      services’’,‘‘Homemaker services’’,                      such as: Light housekeeping;                          ‘‘2900–0578’’ from the notice of the
                                                      ‘‘Long-term care’’, and ‘‘Other place of                laundering; meal preparation; necessary               Office of Management and Budget
                                                      residence’’;                                            services to maintain a safe and sanitary              control number and adding, in its place,
                                                      ■ e. In the definition of ‘‘Outpatient                  environment in the areas of the home                  ‘‘2900–0219’’.
                                                      care’’ adding ‘‘day health care and’’                   used by the individual; and services                     The addition reads as follows:
                                                      immediately after the word ‘‘including’’;               essential to the comfort and cleanliness
                                                                                                                                                                    § 17.903   Payment.
                                                      and                                                     of the individual and ensuring
                                                      ■ f. Revising the definition of ‘‘Respite               individual safety. Homemaker services                   (a)(1) * * * For those services or
                                                      care’’.                                                 must be provided according to the                     benefits covered by §§ 17.900 through
                                                         The additions and revision read as                   individual’s written plan of care and                 17.905 but not covered by CHAMPVA
                                                      follows:                                                must be prescribed by an approved                     we will use payment methodologies the
                                                                                                              health care provider.                                 same or similar to those used for
                                                      § 17.900   Definitions.                                                                                       equivalent services or benefits provided
                                                                                                              *     *     *     *      *                            to veterans.
                                                      *     *     *     *     *                                  Long-term care means home care,
                                                         Day health care means a therapeutic                  nursing home care, and respite care.                  *     *     *    *     *
                                                      program prescribed by an approved
                                                                                                              *     *     *     *      *                            § 17.904   [Amended]
                                                      health care provider that provides
                                                                                                                 Other place of residence includes an               ■ 5. Amending § 17.904 by, at the end
                                                      necessary medical services,
                                                                                                              assisted living facility or residential               of the section, removing ‘‘2900–0578’’
                                                      rehabilitation, therapeutic activities,
                                                                                                              group home.                                           from the notice of the Office of
                                                      socialization, nutrition, and
                                                      transportation services in a congregate                 *     *     *     *      *                            Management and Budget control
                                                      setting. Day health care may be                            Respite care means care, including                 number and adding, in its place, ‘‘2900–
                                                      provided as a component of outpatient                   day health care, furnished by an                      0219’’.
                                                      care or respite care.                                   approved health care provider on an                   [FR Doc. 2015–11718 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                              intermittent basis for a limited period to
                                                      *     *     *     *     *                               an individual who resides primarily in
                                                                                                                                                                    BILLING CODE 8320–01–P
                                                         Health-related services means                        a private residence when such care will
                                                      homemaker or home health aide                           help the individual continue residing in
                                                      services furnished in the individual’s                                                                        ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                                                                                              such private residence.
                                                      home or other place of residence to the                                                                       AGENCY
                                                      extent that those services provide                      *     *     *     *      *
                                                                                                              ■ 3. Amend § 17.902 by:                               40 CFR Part 300
                                                      assistance with Activities of Daily
                                                                                                              ■ a. Revising the first three sentences of
                                                      Living and Instrumental Activities of                                                                         [EPA–HQ–SFUND–1986–0005; FRL–9927–
                                                                                                              paragraph (a); and
                                                      Daily Living that have therapeutic                      ■ b. At the end of the section, removing              73–Region 5]
                                                      value.                                                  ‘‘2900–0578’’ from the notice of the
                                                      *     *     *     *     *                                                                                     National Oil and Hazardous
                                                                                                              Office of Management and Budget
                                                         Home health aide services is a                                                                             Substances Pollution Contingency
                                                                                                              control number and adding, in its place,
                                                      component of health-related services                                                                          Plan; National Priorities List Deletion
                                                                                                              ‘‘2900–0219’’.
                                                      providing personal care and related                                                                           of the Burrows Sanitation Superfund
                                                                                                                 The revisions read as follows:
                                                      support services to an individual in the                                                                      Site
                                                      home or other place of residence. Home                  § 17.902   Preauthorization.
                                                                                                                                                                    AGENCY:  Environmental Protection
                                                      health aide services may include                           (a) Preauthorization from VA is                    Agency.
                                                      assistance with Activities of Daily                     required for the following services or                ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
                                                      Living such as: Bathing; toileting;                     benefits under §§ 17.900 through
                                                      eating; dressing; aid in ambulating or                  17.905: Rental or purchase of durable                 SUMMARY:   The U.S. Environmental
                                                      transfers; active and passive exercises;                medical equipment with a total rental or              Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 is
                                                      assistance with medical equipment; and                  purchase price in excess of $300,                     issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the
                                                      routine health monitoring. Home health                  respectively, day health care provided                Burrows Sanitation Superfund Site
                                                      aide services must be provided                          as outpatient care; dental services;                  located in Hartford Township, Van
                                                      according to the individual’s written                   homemaker services; outpatient mental                 Buren County, Michigan from the
                                                      plan of care and must be prescribed by                  health services in excess of 23 visits in             National Priorities List (NPL) and
                                                      an approved health care provider.                       a calendar year; substance abuse                      requests public comments on this
                                                         Homemaker services is a component                    treatment; training; transplantation                  proposed action. The NPL, promulgated
                                                      of health-related services encompassing                 services; and travel (other than mileage              pursuant to section 105 of the
                                                      certain activities that help to maintain a              at the General Services Administration                Comprehensive Environmental
                                                      safe, healthy environment for an                        rate for privately owned automobiles).                Response, Compensation, and Liability
                                                      individual in the home or other place of                Authorization will only be given in                   Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is
                                                      residence. Such services contribute to                  spina bifida cases where it is                        an appendix of the National Oil and
                                                      the prevention, delay, or reduction of                  demonstrated that the care is medically               Hazardous Substances Pollution
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                                                      risk of harm or hospital, nursing home,                 necessary. In cases of other covered                  Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA and the
                                                      or other institutional care. Homemaker                  birth defects, authorization will only be             State of Michigan, through the Michigan
                                                      services include assistance with                        given where it is demonstrated that the               Department of Environment Quality
                                                      personal care; home management;                         care is medically necessary and related               (MDEQ), have determined that all
                                                      completion of simple household tasks;                   to the covered birth defects. * * *                   appropriate response actions under
                                                      nutrition, including menu planning and                  *      *    *     *     *                             CERCLA have been completed.
                                                      meal preparation; consumer education;                   ■ 4. Amend § 17.903 by:                               However, this deletion does not
                                                      and hygiene education. Homemaker                        ■ a. In paragraph (a)(1), adding a second             preclude future actions under
                                                      services may include assistance with                    sentence; and                                         Superfund.


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                                                      27884                      Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Proposed Rules

                                                      DATES:  Comments must be received by                    http://www.regulations.gov Web site is                Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886–6552, or
                                                      June 15, 2015.                                          an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which                 gore.jeffrey@epa.gov.
                                                      ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,                        means EPA will not know your identity
                                                                                                              or contact information unless you                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      In the
                                                      identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–                                                                           ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of
                                                      SFUND–1986–0005, by one of the                          provide it in the body of your comment.
                                                                                                              If you send an email comment directly                 today’s Federal Register, we are
                                                      following methods:                                                                                            publishing a direct final Notice of
                                                        • http://www.regulations.gov: Follow                  to EPA without going through http://
                                                                                                              www.regulations.gov, your email                       Deletion of the Burrows Sanitation
                                                      online instructions for submitting
                                                                                                              address will be automatically captured                Superfund Site without prior Notice of
                                                      comments.
                                                                                                                                                                    Intent to Delete because we view this as
                                                        • Email: Jeffrey Gore, Remedial                       and included as part of the comment
                                                                                                              that is placed in the public docket and               a noncontroversial decision and
                                                      Project Manager, at gore.jeffrey@epa.gov
                                                                                                              made available on the Internet. If you                anticipate no adverse comment. We
                                                      or Cheryl Allen, Community
                                                                                                              submit an electronic comment, EPA                     have explained our reasons for this
                                                      Involvement Coordinator, at
                                                                                                              recommends that you include your                      deletion in the preamble to the direct
                                                      allen.cheryl@epa.gov.
                                                        • Fax: Gladys Beard, NPL Deletion                     name and other contact information in                 final Notice of Deletion, and those
                                                      Process Manager, at (312) 697–2077.                     the body of your comment and with any                 reasons are incorporated herein. If we
                                                        • Mail: Jeffrey Gore, Remedial Project                disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA                     receive no adverse comment(s) on this
                                                      Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection                  cannot read your comment due to                       deletion action, we will not take further
                                                      Agency (SR–6J), 77 West Jackson                         technical difficulties and cannot contact             action on this Notice of Intent to Delete.
                                                      Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312)                     you for clarification, EPA may not be                 If we receive adverse comment(s), we
                                                      886–6552, or Cheryl Allen, Community                    able to consider your comment.                        will withdraw the direct final Notice of
                                                      Involvement Coordinator, U.S.                           Electronic files should avoid the use of              Deletion, and it will not take effect. We
                                                      Environmental Protection Agency (SI–                    special characters, any form of                       will, as appropriate, address all public
                                                      7J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard,                         encryption, and be free of any defects or             comments in a subsequent final Notice
                                                      Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353–6196 or                    viruses.                                              of Deletion based on this Notice of
                                                      (800) 621–8431.                                            Docket: All documents in the docket                Intent to Delete. We will not institute a
                                                        • Hand delivery: Cheryl Allen,                        are listed in the http://                             second comment period on this Notice
                                                      Community Involvement Coordinator,                      www.regulations.gov index. Although                   of Intent to Delete. Any parties
                                                      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency                    listed in the index, some information                 interested in commenting must do so at
                                                      (SI–7J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard,                     may not be publicly available, e.g., CBI              this time.
                                                      Chicago, IL 60604. Such deliveries are                  or other information whose disclosure is                 For additional information, see the
                                                      only accepted during the docket’s                       restricted by statute. Certain other                  direct final Notice of Deletion which is
                                                      normal hours of operation, and special                  material, such as copyrighted material,               located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’
                                                      arrangements should be made for                         will be publicly available only in the                section of this Federal Register.
                                                      deliveries of boxed information. The                    hard copy. Publicly available docket
                                                      normal business hours are Monday                        materials are available either                        List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
                                                      through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.                  electronically at http://                               Environmental protection, Air
                                                      CST, excluding federal holidays.                        www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at:               pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous
                                                        Instructions: Direct your comments to                    • U.S. Environmental Protection                    substances, Hazardous waste,
                                                      Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–1986–                        Agency—Region 5, 77 West Jackson                      Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,
                                                      0005. EPA’s policy is that all comments                 Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, Phone:                  Reporting and recordkeeping
                                                      received will be included in the public                 (312) 353–1063, Hours: Monday through                 requirements, Superfund, Water
                                                      docket without change and may be                        Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST,                   pollution control, and Water supply.
                                                      made available online at http://                        excluding federal holidays.
                                                      www.regulations.gov, including any                         • Harford Public Library, 15 Franklin                Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C.
                                                                                                              Street, Hartford, MI 49057, Phone: (269)              9601–9657; E.O. 13626, 77 FR 56749, 3CFR,
                                                      personal information provided, unless
                                                                                                              621–3408, Hours: Monday through                       2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757,
                                                      the comment includes information                                                                              3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52
                                                      claimed to be Confidential Business                     Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.,                   FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.
                                                      Information (CBI) or other information                  Thursday and Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00
                                                      whose disclosure is restricted by statute.              p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.                  Dated: April 30, 2015.
                                                      Do not submit information that you                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      Susan Hedman,
                                                      consider to be CBI or otherwise                         Jeffrey Gore, Remedial Project Manager,               Regional Administrator, Region 5.
                                                      protected through http://                               U.S. Environmental Protection Agency                  [FR Doc. 2015–11800 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am]
                                                      www.regulations.gov or email. The                       (SR–6J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard,                   BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule; notice of intent.
DatesComments must be received by June 15, 2015.
ContactJeffrey Gore, Remedial Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SR-6J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-6552, or [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 27883 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Chemicals; Hazardous Substances; Hazardous Waste; Intergovernmental Relations; Penalties; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements; Superfund; Water Pollution Control and Water Supply

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