82 FR 56939 - National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the Hatheway & Patterson Superfund Site

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 230 (December 1, 2017)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Hatheway & Patterson Superfund Site (Site) located in Mansfield and Foxborough, Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, through the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), 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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 230 (Friday, December 1, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 56939-56940]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25936]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2002-0001; FRL-9971-31-Region 1]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Deletion of the Hatheway & Patterson 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 is issuing 
a Notice of Intent to Delete the Hatheway & Patterson Superfund Site 
(Site) located in Mansfield and Foxborough, Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, through the Massachusetts Department of 
Environmental Protection (MassDEP), 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.

DATES: Comments must be received by January 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2002-0001, by mail or email to: Kimberly White, Remedial Project 
Manager for Hatheway & Patterson Superfund Site, Office of Site 
Remediation and Restoration, Mail Code: OSRR07-1, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, 
MA 02109-3912, email: [email protected] or Emily Bender, Community 
Involvement Coordinator, Office of the Regional Administrator, Mail 
Code: ORA01-3, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912, 
email: [email protected]. 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: Kimberly White, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, MC: OSRR07-1 5 
Post Office Sq., Boston, MA 02119, phone: (617) 918-1752, email: 
[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 Hatheway & Patterson 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 substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 13626, 
77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757,

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3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 
Comp., p. 193.

    Dated: October 18, 2017.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2017-25936 Filed 11-30-17; 8:45 am]
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