National Priorities List

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <CFR>40 CFR Part 300</CFR> <DEPDOC>[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0376, 0374, 0375, and 0377; FRL-12162-01-OLEM]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>National Priorities List</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Proposed rule. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA” or “the Act”), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (“NCP”) include a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List (“NPL”) constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “the agency”) in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow the EPA to assess the nature and extent of public health and environmental risks associated with the site and to determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be appropriate. This rule proposes to add four sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Comments regarding any of these proposed listings must be submitted on or before November 4, 2024. </EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> Identify the appropriate docket number from the table below. <GPOTABLE COLS="3" OPTS="L2,i1" CDEF="s50,r50,r50"> <TTITLE>Docket Identification Numbers by Site</TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Site name</CHED> <CHED H="1">City/county, state</CHED> <CHED H="1">Docket ID No.</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Exide Technologies—Vernon</ENT> <ENT>Vernon, CA</ENT> <ENT>EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0376.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Historic Potteries</ENT> <ENT>Trenton, NJ</ENT> <ENT>EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0374.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Carlisle Village Cleaners</ENT> <ENT>Albuquerque, NM</ENT> <ENT>EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0375.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">J.H. Baxter</ENT> <ENT>Eugene, OR</ENT> <ENT>EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0377.</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> You may send comments, identified by the appropriate docket number, by any of the following methods: • <E T="03">Federal eRulemaking Portal:</E> <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov/</E> (our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • <E T="03">Agency Website:</E> <E T="03">https://www.epa.gov/superfund/current-npl-updates-new-proposed-npl-sites-and-new-npl-sites;</E> scroll down to the site for which you would like to submit comments and click the “Comment Now” link. • <E T="03">Mail:</E> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Superfund Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. • <E T="03">Hand Delivery or Courier (by scheduled appointment only):</E> EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday (except Federal holidays). <E T="03">Instructions:</E> All submissions received must include the appropriate Docket ID No. for site(s) for which you are submitting comments. Comments received may be posted without change to <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov/,</E> including any personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the “Public Review/Public Comment” heading of the <E T="02">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</E> section of this document. <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Vanessa Van Note, Site Assessment and Remedy Decisions Branch, Assessment and Remediation Division, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (Mail code 5203T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, telephone number: (571) 882-3866, email address: <E T="03">vannote.vanessa@epa.gov.</E> </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Table of Contents</HD> <EXTRACT> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">I. Public Review/Public Comment</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. May I review the documents relevant to this proposed rule?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. What documents are available for public review at the EPA Headquarters docket?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. What documents are available for public review at the EPA regional dockets?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. How do I access the documents?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">E. How do I submit my comments?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">F. What happens to my comments?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">G. What should I consider when preparing my comments?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">H. May I submit comments after the public comment period is over?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">I. May I view public comments submitted by others?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">J. May I submit comments regarding sites not currently proposed to the NPL?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">II. Background</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. What are CERCLA and SARA?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. What is the NCP?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. What is the National Priorities List (NPL)?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. How are sites listed on the NPL?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">E. What happens to sites on the NPL?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">F. Does the NPL define the boundaries of sites?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">G. How are sites removed from the NPL?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">H. May the EPA delete portions of sites from the NPL as they are cleaned up?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">I. What is the Construction Completion List (CCL)?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">J. What is the Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use measure?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">K. What is State/Tribal correspondence concerning NPL listing?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">III. Contents of This Proposed Rule</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Proposed Additions to the NPL</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental Health and Safety Risks</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations</FP> </EXTRACT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">I. Public Review/Public Comment</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD2">A. May I review the documents relevant to this proposed rule?</HD> Yes, documents that form the basis for the EPA's evaluation and scoring of the sites in this proposed rule are contained in public dockets located both at the EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC, and in the regional offices. An electronic version of the public docket is available through <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov</E> (see table above for docket identification numbers). Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the docket facilities. <HD SOURCE="HD2">B. What documents are available for public review at the EPA Headquarters docket?</HD> The Headquarters docket for this proposed rule contains the following information for the sites proposed in this rule: Hazard Ranking System (HRS) score sheets; documentation records describing the information used to compute the score; information for any sites affected by particular statutory requirements or the EPA listing policies; and a list of documents referenced in the documentation record. These documents are also available online at <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD2">C. What documents are available for public review at the EPA regional dockets?</HD> The regional dockets for this proposed rule contain all of the information in the Headquarters docket plus the actual reference documents containing the data principally relied upon and cited by the EPA in calculating or evaluating the HRS score for the sites. These reference documents are available only in the regional dockets. <HD SOURCE="HD2">D. How do I access the documents?</HD> You may view the primary documents that support this proposed rule online at <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov</E> or by contacting the EPA HQ docket. You may view the primary documents plus the references by contacting the regional dockets. The hours of operation for the headquarters docket are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Please contact the individual regional dockets for hours. The contact information for the regional dockets is as follows: • Holly Inglis, Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), U.S. EPA, Superfund Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912; (617) 918-1413. • James Desir, Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI), U.S. EPA, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866; (212) 637-4342. • Lorie Baker, Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV), U.S. EPA, 4 Penn Center, 1600 John F. 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