[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49951-49952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20346]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0010; FRL-9999-92-Region 4]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the Townsend Saw Chain 
Co. Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announces 
the deletion of the soil, sediment, surface water, surficial aquifer, 
and the intermediate aquifer of this Site with the exception of a 
limited area (5000-8000 square feet) of the intermediate aquifer below 
the 1C clay in the vicinity of monitoring wells IMW-01B, MW-128, and 
OW-143 of the Townsend Saw Chain Co. Superfund Site (Site) located in 
Pontiac, South Carolina, 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). This partial deletion 
pertains to the soil, sediment, surface water, surficial aquifer, and 
the intermediate aquifer of this Site. A limited area (5000-8000 square 
feet) of the intermediate aquifer below the 1C clay in the vicinity of 
monitoring wells IMW-01B, MW-128, and OW-143 of the Townsend Saw Chain 
Co. will remain on the NPL and is not being considered for deletion as 
part of this action. The EPA and the State of South Carolina, through 
the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC 
DHEC), have determined that all appropriate response actions under 
CERCLA, other than operation and maintenance, monitoring and five-year 
reviews, have been completed. However, this partial deletion does not 
preclude future actions under Superfund.

DATES: This action is effective September 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
Identification No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0010. 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:
    US EPA Region 4, Superfund & Emergency Management Divison Records 
Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (800) 435-9234 
Hours of operation: Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Northeast Regional Library, 7490 Parklane Road, Columbia, South 
Carolina, Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., and Friday-Saturday: 
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Phone: (803) 736-6575.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joydeb Majumder, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection

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Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303. (404) 562-9121, 
email: Majumder.joydeb@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of the site to be deleted from 
the NPL is: The soil, sediment, surface water, surficial aquifer, and 
the intermediate aquifer of this Site with the exception of a limited 
area (5000-8000 square feet) of the intermediate aquifer below the 1C 
clay in the vicinity of monitoring wells IMW-01B, MW-128, and OW-143 of 
the Townsend Saw Chain Co. Superfund Site (Site) located in Pontiac, 
South Carolina. A Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion for this Site 
was published in the Federal Register 84 FR 35054, on July 22, 2019.
    The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion was August 21, 2019. No public comments were received and EPA 
will proceed with the partial deletion.
    EPA maintains the NPL as the list of sites that appear to present a 
significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment. 
Deletion of a site 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 portions 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, and Water supply.

    Dated: September 9, 2019.
 Mary S. Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    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.


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2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the entry 
for ``SC, Townsend Saw Chain Co, Pontiac'' and adding an entry for 
``SC, Townsend Saw Chain Co. Superfund Site, Pontiac'' in its place to 
read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

                                       Table 1--General Superfund Section
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                State                        Site name               City/county                 Notes a
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SC..................................  Townsend Saw Chain Co.   Pontiac................  P.
                                       Superfund Site.
 
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a = Based on issuance of health advisory by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (if scored, HRS
  score need not be greater than or equal to 28.50).
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P = Sites with partial deletion(s).

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