

[Federal Register: October 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 207)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 60786-60787]
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-1989-0007; FRL-8485-3]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of partial deletion of sites from the Otis Air National 
Guard Base/Camp Edwards Superfund Site from the National Priorities 
List.

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SUMMARY: EPA New England Region (EPA) announces the deletion of 61 
source area sites on the Otis Air National Guard Base/Camp Edwards 
Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). All 61 source 
area sites as listed in Table 1 were originally proposed for deletion 
(72 FR 41976) August 1, 2007, and encompass a total acreage of 482.1 
acres. A source area site is defined by: soil; structures, if present; 
and does not include any contaminated groundwater plume that may be 
below the site. Otis Air National Guard Base/Camp Edwards is a Federal 
Facility Superfund Site known locally as the Massachusetts Military 
Reservation (MMR), so this notice will use MMR as the abbreviation to 
describe the entire Superfund Site. The United States Air Force is the 
lead agency at the MMR Superfund Site.
    This partial deletion pertains to only the surface area of sites 
investigated (and in some cases cleaned-up) for soil contamination, and 
does not pertain to any of the 12 groundwater plumes associated with 
MMR Superfund Site. All other sites (including all contaminated 
groundwater plumes on the Site) not included in this notice will remain 
on the NPL. In the northern half of the MMR, there are source area 
sites and groundwater plumes associated with an investigation and 
cleanup program known as the Impact Area Groundwater Study Program 
which is being conducted under the authority of Safe Drinking Water Act 
Administrative Orders. These sites and groundwater plumes are not the 
subject of this partial deletion.

DATES: This partial deletion of the 61 source area sites on MMR is 
effective on October 26, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Lim, Remedial Project Manager, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 1100 
(HBT), Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023, (617) 918-1392, Fax (617) 918-
1291, e-mail: lim.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Otis Air National Guard Base/Camp Edwards is 
a Federal Facility Superfund Site known locally as the Massachusetts 
Military Reservation (MMR), so this notice will use MMR as the 
abbreviation to describe the entire Superfund Site. MMR is located in 
portions of the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, and Sandwich.
    This partial deletion pertains to the soil and, if present, 
structures at 61 sites ranging in size from half an acre to 80.7 acres. 
The total proposed area is 482.1 acres. Table 1 identifies structures 
as being present with an asterisk next to the site name. There would be 
19 source area sites remaining. Even though some of the sites appear to 
be above contaminated groundwater plumes, this partial deletion does 
not include any plumes of contaminated groundwater because data shows 
that the sites are not related to the plumes. Currently eleven 
groundwater pump and treat cleanup remedies will continue operating 
until cleanup goals are met. In the northern half of MMR, there is a 
separate, ongoing investigation and cleanup program known as the Impact 
Area Groundwater Study Program (IAGWSP). These sites and groundwater 
plumes are not the subject of this Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion.
    On August 1, 2007, EPA published a Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion in the Federal Register (72 FR 41976). EPA did not receive any 
comments on this proposal; therefore a Responsiveness Summary has not 
been prepared.
    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 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. This partial deletion does not alter the status of all the 
remaining sites and groundwater plumes of the MMR Site which are not 
proposed for partial deletion and remain on the NPL.

              Table 1.--List of Sites for Partial Deletion
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CS-1 *                    CS-12 *                FS-17
CS-1 (CG) *               CS-14 *                FS-18 *
CS-2                      CS-15                  FS-19
CS-2 (CG) *               CS-16/CS-17/DDOU *     FS-20 *
CS-3 *                    CS-22                  FS-23
CS-3 (CG) *               CY-1 *                 FS-25 *
CS-4 *                    CY-3                   FS-26 (CG)
CS-4 (CG)/FS-1 (CG) *     FS-2                   FS-27
CS-5 *                    FS-2 (CG)              LF-1 (CG)
CS-5 (CG) *               FS-3 *                 LF-2 (CG)
CS-6 */FS-22              FS-4                   LF-3
CS-6 (CG) *               FS-7                   LF-3 (CG)
CS-7 *                    FS-9 *                 LF-4
CS-7 (CG) *               FS-13                  LF-5
CS-8/FS-21 *              FS-14                  LF-6
CS-8 (CG)                 FS-15                  SD-2/FS-6/FS-8
CS-9                      FS-16 *                SD-3/FTA-3/CY-4
CS-11 *
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Key:
CS = Chemical Spill.
CY = Coal Yard.

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DDOU = Drum Disposal Operable Unit.
FS = Fuel Spill.
FTA = Fire Training Area.
LF = Landfill.
SD = Storm Drain.
G = U.S. Coast Guard.
* Includes structure(s) at site.

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.

    Dated: September 25, 2007.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.

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For the reasons set forth in the preamble title 40 part 300 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations is amended as follows.

PART 300--[AMENDED]

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

    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.

Appendix B--[Amended]

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2. Table 2 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the entry 
for ``Otis Air National Guard (USAF), Falmouth'' and adding in its 
place the entry for ``Otis Air National Guard Base/Camp Edwards'' to 
read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

                  Table 2.--Federal Facilities Section
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       State              Site name         City/County        Notes a
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MA.................  Otis Air National   Sandwich,          P
                      Guard Base/Camp     Falmouth,
                      Edwards.            Bourne, Mashpee.

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P = Sites with partial deletion(s).

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