[Federal Register: November 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 215)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-7583-1]

 
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Gurley Pit Superfund Site from the 
National Priorities List.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Gurley Pit Superfund Site (Site), located two miles 
north of Edmondson, Arkansas, from the National Priorities List (NPL). 
The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which is the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), promulgated 
pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. The EPA 
and the State of Arkansas, through the Arkansas Department of 
Environmental Quality, have determined that the Site poses no 
significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore, 
no further remedial measures pursuant to CERCLA are appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ernest R. Franke, Remedial Project 
Manager (RPM), U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF-AP), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (214) 665-8521 or 1-800-533-3508 (franke.ernest@epa.gov).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Gurley Pit Superfund Site, Edmondson, Arkansas.
    A Notice of Intent to Delete for this Site was published in the 
Federal Register on July 28, 2003 (68 FR 44270). The closing date for 
comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete was August 27, 2003. No 
comments were received, and, therefore, EPA has not prepared a 
Responsiveness Summary.
    The EPA identifies sites that appear to present a significant risk 
to public health, welfare, or the environment and maintains the NPL as 
the list of those sites. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible 
for Fund-financed remedial actions in the unlikely event that 
conditions at the site warrant such action. Section 300.425(e)(3) of 
the NCP states that Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted 
from the NPL. Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect 
responsible party liability or impede agency efforts to recover costs 
associated with response efforts.

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, Water pollution 
control, Water supply.

    Dated: September 30, 2003.
Lawrence Starfield,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 6.

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

PART 300--[AMENDED]

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

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 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--[Amended]

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2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the entry 
for the Gurley Pit site in Edmondson, Arkansas.

[FR Doc. 03-27849 Filed 11-5-03; 8:45 am]

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