Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule; National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Direct Deletion of the Monroe Auto Equipment (Paragould Pit) Superfund Site

Topics:  Monroe

Ron Curry
Environmental Protection Agency
September 25, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 57458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22639]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011; FRL-9916-83-Region 6]


Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule; National Oil and Hazardous 
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Direct 
Deletion of the Monroe Auto Equipment (Paragould Pit) Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: On August 14, 2014, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published a direct final rule (79 FR 47586) and a proposed rule; notice 
of intent to delete (79 FR 47610) that deleted the Monroe Auto 
Equipment Company (Paragould Pit) site from the Superfund National 
Priorities List (NPL). EPA stated in the direct final rule that if EPA 
received adverse comments by September 15, 2014, EPA would publish a 
timely notice of withdrawal in the Federal Register. Subsequently, EPA 
discovered scribal errors in the supporting documentation of the final 
direct rule. EPA will correct those errors in a subsequent final action 
based on the parallel proposal which published on August 14, 2014. EPA 
will not institute a second comment period on this final action. Unless 
adverse comments are received by September 15, 2014, the effective date 
of the final rule will be September 29, 2014.

DATES: Effective: The direct final rule published at 79 FR 47586 on 
August 14, 2014, is withdrawn effective September 25, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Mueller, Remedial Project 
Manager; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6; Superfund 
Division (6SF-RL); 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-
2733, telephone (214) 665-7167; email address: mueller.brian@epa.gov,

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA Region 6 published a direct final 
Notice of Deletion of the Monroe Auto Equipment (Paragould Pit) 
Superfund Site located in Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas, from the 
National Priorities List (NPL) on August 14, 2014. 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 NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR Part 
300 as amended. EPA maintains the NPL as the list of sites that appear 
to present a significant risk to public health, welfare, or the 
environment. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of remedial actions 
financed by the Hazardous Substance Superfund (Fund). As described in 
300.425(e)(3) of the NCP, sites deleted from the NPL remains eligible 
for Fund-financed remedial action if future conditions warrant such 
actions. The direct final deletion was published by EPA with the 
concurrence of the State of Arkansas, through the Arkansas Department 
of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), because EPA has determined that all 
appropriate response actions under CERCLA have been completed. EPA 
subsequently discovered scribal errors in the supporting documentation 
of the final direct rule. EPA will correct those errors in a subsequent 
final action based on the parallel proposal which published on August 
14, 2014. We will not institute a second comment period on this final 
action unless adverse comments are received by September 15, 2014. If 
no adverse comments are received the effective date of the subsequent 
action will be September 29, 2014.

    Dated: September 9, 2014.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2014-22639 Filed 9-24-14; 8:45 am]
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