
[Federal Register: August 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 157)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 41361-41362]
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-2009-0227; FRL-8945-2]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Delete the Island Chemical Corp/Virgin 
Islands Chemical Corp. Superfund Site From the National Priorities 
List.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 is issuing 
a Notice of Intent to Delete the Island Chemical Corp/Virgin Islands 
Chemical Corp. (Site) located in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 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 
Territory of U.S.Virgin Islands, through the Virgin Islands Department 
of Planning and Natural Resources have determined that all appropriate 
response actions under CERCLA, have been completed. However, this 
deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2009-0227, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov. Follow on-line instructions 
for submitting comments.
     E-mail: kwan.caroline@epa.gov.
     Fax: (212) 637-4284.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 
Broadway, 20th floor, New York, NY 10007-1866.
     Hand delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 2, 290 Broadway, 20th floor, New York, NY. Such deliveries are 
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
2009-0227. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public 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 to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or 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 comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and 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 statue. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in the 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 2, 290 Broadway, 
Superfund, Record Center, Room 1828, New York, NY 10007-1866. Hours: 
Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone No. (212) 637-4308
Department of Planning and Natural Resources, 45 Mars Hill, 
Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, 00850. Hours: Monday to Friday from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone No. (340) 773-1082.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Caribbean Environmental 
Protection Division, Tunick Building, Suite 102, 1336 Beltjen Road, St. 
Thomas, VI 00801. Hours: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Telephone No. (340) 714-2333.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Caroline Kwan, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 
20th floor, New York, NY 10007-1866, (212) 637-4275, e-mail: 
kwan.caroline@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 Island Chemical Corp/Virgin Islands Chemical Corp. 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, and those reasons are incorporated herein. If 
we receive no adverse comment(s) on this deletion action, 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 Notice of Deletion 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.

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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(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: August 3, 2009.
George Pavlou,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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