[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47076-47077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20163]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011; FRL-9983-84--Region 5]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the Beloit Corporation 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: On July 16, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published a Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion and a direct final 
Notice of Partial Deletion for the Research Center Property (RCP) of 
the Beloit Superfund Site (Beloit Site) from the National Priorities 
List (NPL). EPA is withdrawing the direct final Notice of Partial 
Deletion because EPA did not provide timely notice of the publication 
of this rulemaking through publication of an advertisement in a local 
newspaper as required by EPA policy.

DATES: This withdrawal of the direct final action 83 FR 32798 (July 16, 
2018) is effective as of September 14, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randolph Cano, NPL Deletion 
Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 (SR-6J), 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-6036, or via email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 16, 2018, the EPA published a Notice 
of Intent for Partial Deletion (83 FR 32825) and a direct final Notice 
of Partial Deletion (83 FR 32798) for the Research Center Property 
(RCP) of the Beloit Superfund Site (Beloit Site) from the National 
Priorities List (NPL). After consideration of the comments received, if 
appropriate, EPA will publish a Notice of Partial Deletion in the 
Federal Register based on the parallel Notice of Intent for Partial 
Deletion and place a

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copy of the final partial deletion package, including a Responsiveness 
Summary, if prepared, in docket EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011, accessed 
through the http://www.regulations.gov website and in the Beloit Site 
repositories.
    Information Repositories: Comprehensive information on the Beloit 
Site, as well as the comments that we received during the comment 
period, are available in docket [EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011], accessed 
through the http://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the 
docket index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statue. Certain 
other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly 
available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are 
available either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in 
hard copy at:
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Superfund Records 
Center, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 7th Floor South, Chicago, IL 60604, 
Phone: (312) 886-0900, Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
excluding Federal holidays.
    Talcott Free Library, 101 East Main Street, Rockton, IL 61072, 
Phone: (815) 624-7511, Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 
p.m., Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 
3 p.m.

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.

    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.

    Dated: September 7, 2018.
James Payne,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.


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Accordingly, the amendment to Table 1 of Appendix B to 40 CFR part 300 
to add a ``P'' in the Notes column in the entry ``IL'', ``Beloit 
Corp.'', ``Rockton'', published on July 16, 2018 (83 FR 32798), is 
withdrawn as of September 14, 2018.

[FR Doc. 2018-20163 Filed 9-14-18; 8:45 am]
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