80 FR 50817 - National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the National Southwire Aluminum Superfund Site

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 162 (August 21, 2015)

Page Range		50817-50818
FR Document		2015-20609

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the National Southwire Aluminum Superfund Site (Site) located in Hawesville in Hancock County, Kentucky, 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). The EPA and the State of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Division of Waste Management (KDWM), have determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA, other than operation, maintenance, monitoring and five-year reviews, have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1994-0009; FRL--9932-76-Region 4]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Deletion of the National Southwire Aluminum 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 is issuing 
a Notice of Intent to Delete the National Southwire Aluminum Superfund 
Site (Site) located in Hawesville in Hancock County, Kentucky, 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). The EPA and the 
State of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Division of Waste Management 
(KDWM), have determined

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that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA, other than 
operation, maintenance, monitoring and five-year reviews, have been 
completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions 
under Superfund.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1994-0009, by mail to Michael Townsend, Remedial Project Manager, 
Superfund Remedial Section, Superfund Remedial Branch, Superfund 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960, or Angela Miller, Enforcement 
& Community Engagement, Investigations & Community Engagement Section, 
Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Comments may also be 
submitted electronically or through hand delivery/courier by following 
the detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section of the direct final 
rule located in the rules section of this Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Townsend, Remedial Project 
Manager, Superfund Remedial Section, Superfund Remedial Branch, 
Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960, email: 
[email protected] or (404) 562-8813.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' Section of 
today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of 
Deletion of the National Southwire Aluminum 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, 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: August 6, 2015.
Heather McTeer Toney,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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are not the subject of an adverse ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, is not placed on the Internet and will be
comment. For additional information, identified by Docket ID Number EPA– publicly available only in hard copy
see the direct final rule which is located R03–OAR–2015–0537 by one of the form. Publicly available docket
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on-line instructions for submitting in hard copy during normal business
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 comments. hours at the Air Protection Division,
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pollution control, Incorporation by C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0537, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate Office of Air Program Planning, Copies of the State submittal are
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental available at the District of Columbia
requirements, Sulfur dioxides. Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Department of the Environment, Air
Dated: August 12, 2015. Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Quality Division, 1200 1st Street NE.,
Mark Hague,
19103. 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20002.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
listed EPA Region III address. Such
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received will be included in the public
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Region 3] made available online at Dated: August 7, 2015.
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Quality Implementation Plans; District Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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Agency (EPA).
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site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection which means EPA will not know your [EPA–HQ–SFUND–1994–0009; FRL—9932–
Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the identity or contact information unless 76–Region 4]
State Implementation Plan (SIP) you provide it in the body of your
revision submitted by the District of National Oil and Hazardous
comment. If you send an email
Columbia addressing the infrastructure Substances Pollution Contingency
comment directly to EPA without going
requirements for interstate transport Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion
through www.regulations.gov, your
pollution with respect to the 2006 24- of the National Southwire Aluminum
email address will be automatically
hour fine particulate matter (PM2.5) Superfund Site
captured and included as part of the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards comment that is placed in the public AGENCY: Environmental Protection
(NAAQS). In the Final Rules section of docket and made available on the Agency (EPA).
this Federal Register, EPA is approving Internet. If you submit an electronic ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
the District’s SIP submittal as a direct comment, EPA recommends that you
final rule without prior proposal include your name and other contact SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
because the Agency views this as a information in the body of your Agency (EPA) Region 4 is issuing a
noncontroversial submittal and comment and with any disk or CD–ROM Notice of Intent to Delete the National
anticipates no adverse comments. A you submit. If EPA cannot read your Southwire Aluminum Superfund Site
detailed rationale for the approval is set comment due to technical difficulties (Site) located in Hawesville in Hancock
forth in the direct final rule. If no and cannot contact you for clarification, County, Kentucky, from the National
adverse comments are received in EPA may not be able to consider your Priorities List (NPL) and requests public
response to this action, no further comment. Electronic files should avoid comments on this proposed action. The
activity is contemplated. If EPA receives the use of special characters, any form NPL, promulgated pursuant to section
adverse comments, the direct final rule of encryption, and be free of any defects 105 of the Comprehensive
will be withdrawn and all public or viruses. Environmental Response,
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comments received will be addressed in Docket: All documents in the Compensation, and Liability Act
a subsequent final rule based on this electronic docket are listed in the (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an
proposed rule. EPA will not institute a www.regulations.gov index. Although appendix of the National Oil and
second comment period. Any parties listed in the index, some information is Hazardous Substances Pollution
interested in commenting on this action not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and
should do so at this time. information whose disclosure is the State of Kentucky, through the
DATES: Comments must be received in restricted by statute. Certain other Kentucky Division of Waste
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$50818 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 162 / Friday, August 21, 2015 / Proposed Rules that all appropriate response actions FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments in a subsequent final Notice under CERCLA, other than operation, Michael Townsend, Remedial Project of Deletion based on this Notice of maintenance, monitoring and five-year Manager, Superfund Remedial Section, Intent to Delete. We will not institute a reviews, have been completed. Superfund Remedial Branch, Superfund second comment period on this Notice However, this deletion does not Division, U.S. Environmental Protection of Intent to Delete. Any parties preclude future actions under Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street interested in commenting must do so at Superfund. SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960, this time. DATES: Comments must be received by email: Townsend.michael@epa.gov or For additional information, see the September 21, 2015. (404) 562–8813. direct final Notice of Deletion which is ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the located in the Rules section of this identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ– ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ Section of Federal Register. SFUND–1994–0009, by mail to Michael today’s Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 Townsend, Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Remedial Section, Superfund Deletion of the National Southwire Environmental protection, Air Remedial Branch, Superfund Division, Aluminum Superfund Site without pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, prior Notice of Intent to Delete because waste, Hazardous substances, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., we view this as a noncontroversial Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960, or Angela revision and anticipate no adverse Reporting and recordkeeping Miller, Enforcement & Community comment. We have explained our requirements, Superfund, Water Engagement, Investigations & reasons for this deletion in the preamble pollution control, Water supply. Community Engagement Section, to the direct final Notice of Deletion and those reasons are incorporated herein. If Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental 9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth we receive no adverse comment(s) on 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923; Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303– this deletion action, we will not take 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193. 8960. Comments may also be submitted further action on this Notice of Intent to electronically or through hand delivery/ Delete. If we receive adverse Dated: August 6, 2015. courier by following the detailed comment(s), we will withdraw the Heather McTeer Toney, instructions in the ADDRESSES section of direct final Notice of Deletion, and it Regional Administrator, Region 4. the direct final rule located in the rules will not take effect. We will, as [FR Doc. 2015–20609 Filed 8–20–15; 8:45 am] section of this Federal Register. appropriate, address all public BILLING CODE 6560–50–P rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:06 Aug 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\21AUP1.SGM 21AUP1$

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Proposed rule; notice of intent.
Dates		Comments must be received by September 21, 2015.
Contact		Michael Townsend, Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Remedial Section, Superfund Remedial Branch, Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960, email: [email protected] or (404) 562-8813.
FR Citation		80 FR 50817
CFR Associated		Environmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Chemicals; Hazardous Waste; Hazardous Substances; Intergovernmental Relations; Penalties; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements; Superfund; Water Pollution Control and Water Supply