[Federal Register: July 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 141)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 42539-42540]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1994-0001; FRL-8694-6]
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Delete the Pfohl Brothers Landfill
Superfund Site (Site) from the National Priorities List.
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SUMMARY: EPA, Region 2, is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the
Site, located in Cheektowaga, New York, 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, 42 U.S.C. 9605, is found at Appendix B of 40 CFR Part
300, which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP) which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of
CERCLA. EPA and the State of New York, through the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation, have determined that the
responsible parties have completed all appropriate remedial actions and
that no further actions, other than operation and maintenance and five-
year reviews, are required.
DATES: Comments must be received by August 21, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1994-0001, by one of the following methods:
Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: tames.pam@epa.gov.
Fax: To the attention of Pamela Tames at 212-637-3966.
Mail: To the attention of Pamela Tames, P.E., Remedial Project
Manager, Emergency and Remedial Response Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY
10007-1866.
Hand Delivery: Superfund Records Center, 290 Broadway, 18th Floor,
New York, NY 10007-1866 (telephone: 212-637-4308). Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (Monday to
Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Special arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
1994-0001. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the Docket without change and may be made available online at http:/
/www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider CBI
or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or via e-
mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous
access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comments. If you
send comments to EPA via e-mail, your e-mail address will be included
as part of the comment that is placed in the Docket and made available
on the website. If you submit electronic comments, EPA recommends that
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comments and with any disks or CD-ROMs that you submit. If EPA cannot
read your comments due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you
for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comments.
Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters and any
form of encryption and should be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: 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., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available Docket materials can be viewed electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov or obtained in hard copy at:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, Superfund Records
Center, 290 Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866, Phone: 212-
637-4308, Hours: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Region 9, 270
Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14203-2999; Phone: 716-851-7200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Tames, P.E., Remedial Project
Manager, by mail at Emergency and Remedial Response Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 20th floor,
New York, NY 10007-1866; telephone at 212-637-4255; fax at 212-637-
3966; or e-mail at Tames.Pam@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of
today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of
Deletion of the 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. If we receive no
adverse comment(s) on this Notice of Intent to Delete or the direct
final Notice of Deletion, 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 Deletion Notice 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
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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: June 30, 2008.
George Pavlou,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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