83 FR 42224 - National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the Ordnance Works Disposal Areas Superfund Site

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 162 (August 21, 2018)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 announces the deletion of the Ordnance Works Disposal Areas Superfund Site (Site) located in Morgantown, West Virginia, 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 West Virginia, through the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), have determined that all appropriate response actions under CERCLA, other than operation and maintenance, monitoring, and five-year reviews have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42224-42225]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18032]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005; FRL-9982-57--Region 3]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Deletion of the Ordnance Works Disposal Areas 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 announces 
the deletion of the Ordnance Works Disposal Areas Superfund Site (Site) 
located in Morgantown, West Virginia, 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 West Virginia, through the West Virginia Department of 
Environmental Protection (WVDEP), have determined that all appropriate 
response actions under CERCLA, other than operation and maintenance,

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monitoring, and five-year reviews have been completed. However, this 
deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.

DATES: This action is effective August 21, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket Identification No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005. All documents in the 
docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although 
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 
Confidential Business Information 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 in 
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at:
    U.S. EPA Region III, Superfund Records Center, 6th Floor, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029; (215) 814-3157, Monday through 
Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Morgantown Public Library, 373 Spruce Street, Morgantown, WV 26505; 
(304) 291-7425, Monday through Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Thomas, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3, 3HS23 1650 
Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814-3377, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Ordnance Works Disposal Areas, Morgantown, West Virginia. A Notice of 
Intent to Delete for this Site was published in the Federal Register 83 
FR 28586 on June 20, 2018.
    The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was 
July 20, 2018. No public comments were received and EPA believes the 
deletion action remains appropriate.
    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 waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: July 31, 2018.
Cosmo Servidio,
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3.

    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 ``WV'', 
``Ordnance Works Disposal Areas'', ``Morgantown''.

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