[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 139 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43793-43794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15642]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0636; FRL-10010-94-Region 2]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 
National Priorities List: Deletion of the Hormigas Ground Water Plume 
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 is issuing 
a Notice of Intent to Delete the Hormigas Ground Water Plume Superfund 
Site (Site) located in Caguas, Puerto Rico, 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 
of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), is an appendix of the National Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, through the Department of Natural 
Resources and Environment, 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 August 19, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2010-0636. Written comments submitted by mail are temporarily 
suspended and no hand deliveries will be accepted. We encourage the 
public to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov following the 
detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section of the direct final rule 
located in the rules section of this Federal Register.
    The EPA is temporarily suspending its Docket Center and Regional 
Records Centers for public visitors to reduce the risk of transmitting 
COVID-19. In addition, many site information repositories are closed, 
and information in these repositories, including the deletion docket, 
has not been updated with hardcopy or electronic media. For further 
information and updates on the EPA Docket Center services, please visit 
us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    The EPA continues to carefully and continuously monitor information 
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local area 
health departments, and our Federal partners so that we can respond 
rapidly as conditions change regarding COVID.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Adalberto Bosque, Remedial Project 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, City View 
Plaza II-Suite 7000, 48 RD, 165 Km. 1.2, Guaynabo, PR 00968-8069, (787) 
977-5825, email: bosque.adalberto@epa.gov.
    You might also contact: Brenda Reyes, Community Involvement 
Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, City View 
Plaza II-Suite 7000, 48 RD, 165 Km. 1.2, Guaynabo, PR 00968-8069, (787) 
977-5825, email: reyes.brenda@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this issue of the Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final 
Notice of Deletion of Hormigas Ground Water Plume Superfund 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 adverse comment(s) on this deletion action, we will withdraw 
the direct final Notice of Deletion, and it will not take effect. We 
will, as appropriate, consider and address all public comments in a 
subsequent final Notice of Deletion based on this Notice of Intent to 
Delete, if such action is determined to be appropriate. If so, we

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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 and Regulations'' section of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

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.

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

Peter Lopez,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2020-15642 Filed 7-17-20; 8:45 am]
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