[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 37195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16191]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0759; FRL-9997-46-Region 5]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the South Minneapolis 
Residential Soil Contamination Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; notification of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 is issuing 
a Notice of Intent to Delete all but nine of approximately 3,632 
properties located within the South Minneapolis Residential Soil 
Contamination Superfund Site (South Minn. Site) in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota 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, is an appendix of the 
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). 
The EPA and the State of Minnesota, through the Minnesota Department of 
Agriculture (MDA), have determined that all appropriate response 
actions identified for these properties have been completed. However, 
this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2006-0759, by mail to Randolph Cano, NPL Deletion Coordinator, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 (ST-6J), 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604. Comments may also be submitted 
electronically or through hand delivery/courier by following the 
detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section of the direct final rule 
located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this issue of the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randolph Cano, NPL Deletion 
Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 (ST-6J), 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-6036, or via email 
at cano.randolph@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This partial deletion pertains to all 
residential properties, parks, schools, playgrounds associated with 
church schools and a cemetery located within an approximate three-
quarter mile radius of the CMC Heartland Lite Yard State Superfund 
Cleanup Site (the area known as the South Minn. Site), excluding the 
nine properties identified in Table 1 in the Docket that still require 
sampling and/or remediation. The nine properties identified in Table 1 
in the Docket will remain on the NPL and are not being considered for 
deletion as part of this action.
    In the ``Rules and Regulations'' Section of this issue of the 
Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of Partial 
Deletion of the South Minn. Site without prior Notice of Intent for 
Partial Deletion because EPA views this as a noncontroversial revision 
and anticipates no adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for 
this deletion in the preamble to the direct final Notice of Partial 
Deletion, and those reasons are incorporated herein. If we receive no 
adverse comment(s) on this partial deletion action, we will not take 
further action on this Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion. If we 
receive adverse comment(s), we will withdraw the direct final Notice of 
Partial Deletion, and it will not take effect. We will, as appropriate, 
address all public comments in a subsequent final Notice of Partial 
Deletion based on this Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion. We will 
not institute a second comment period on this Notice of Intent for 
Partial Deletion. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at 
this time.
    For additional information, see the direct final Notice of Partial 
Deletion which is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this Federal Register.

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. 9601-9675; 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: July 19, 2019.
Cheryl Newton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2019-16191 Filed 7-30-19; 8:45 am]
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