83 FR 38263 - National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the Frontier Hard Chrome, Inc. Superfund Site

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 151 (August 6, 2018)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces the deletion of the Frontier Hard Chrome, Inc. (FHC) Superfund Site (Site) located in Vancouver, Washington, from the National Priorities List (NPL). 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 Washington, through the Department of Ecology, 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 83, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38263-38264]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16775]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002; FRL-9980-82--Region 10]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Deletion of the Frontier Hard Chrome, Inc. 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces 
the deletion of the Frontier Hard Chrome, Inc. (FHC) Superfund Site 
(Site) located in Vancouver, Washington, from the National Priorities 
List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

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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 Washington, through the Department of Ecology, have 
determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been 
completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions 
under Superfund.

DATES: This action is effective August 6, 2018.

ADDRESSES: 
    Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
Identification No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002. All documents in the docket 
are listed on the http://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed 
in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., 
Confidential Business Information or other information whose disclosure 
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available 
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are 
available either electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or 
in hard copy at the site information repositories. Locations, contacts, 
phone numbers and viewing hours are:
    Records Center, U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, 
Seattle, Washington, 206-553-4494, Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
    Vancouver Community Library, 901 C Street, Vancouver, Washington, 
360-906-5000, between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday, or 
10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Friday to Sunday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Jennings, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Suite 155, ECL-122, Seattle, Washington 98101-3123, telephone: 
206-553-2724, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Frontier Hard Chrome, Inc., Vancouver, Washington. A Notice of Intent 
to Delete for this Site was published in the Federal Register (83 FR 
23409-23412) on May 21, 2018.
    The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was 
June 20, 2018. One anonymous comment was received. The comment did not 
oppose deletion of the Site from the NPL, and included a non-Site 
specific gratuitous statement about the EPA Administrator. Since the 
comment was not adverse to the intended EPA action, there is no need to 
evaluate or respond. EPA continues to believe that the Site meets the 
National Contingency Plan deletion criteria, and is proceeding with 
deletion of the Site from the NPL. A Responsiveness Summary was 
prepared and placed in both the docket, EPA-HQ-SFUND-1983-0002, 
www.regulations.gov and in the site information repositories listed 
above.
    EPA maintains the NPL as the list of sites that appear to present a 
significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment. 
Deletion from the NPL does not preclude further remedial action. 
Whenever there is a significant release from a site deleted from the 
NPL, the deleted site may be restored to the NPL without application of 
the hazard ranking system. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not 
affect responsible party liability in the unlikely event that future 
conditions warrant further actions.

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.

Chris Hladick,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.

    For reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 300 is amended as 
follows:

PART 300--NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION 
CONTINGENCY PLAN

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1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as follows:

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

Appendix B to Part 300--[Amended]

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2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the listing 
under Washington for ``Frontier Hard Chrome, Inc''.

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