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33724 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 115 / Friday, June 13, 2008 / Rules and Regulations health and the environment, and that PART 300—[AMENDED] ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, the Site appears to have been properly identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ– I maintained during the period between 1. The authority citation for part 300 SFUND–1983–0002, Notice 4, by one of reports. The next five-year review will continues to read as follows: the following methods: occur no later than May 15, 2012. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601–9657; 33 U.S.C. • http://www.regulations.gov (Follow 1321(c)(2); E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, on-line instructions for submitting Community Involvement 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, comments). 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193. • Public participation activities E-mail: [email protected]. • Fax: 214–665–6660. required in CERCLA Section 113(k), 42 Appendix B—[Amended] • U.S.C. 9613(k), and CERCLA Section Mail: Janetta Coats, Community I 2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 117, 42 U.S.C. 9617, have been satisfied, Involvement, U.S. EPA Region 6 (6SF– is amended under Oklahoma (‘‘OK’’) by and documents which EPA generated TS), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX removing the site name ‘‘Fourth Street and/or relied on are available to the 75202–2733, (214) 665–7308 or 1–800– Abandoned Refinery’’ and the city public in the information repositories. 533–3508. ‘‘Oklahoma City.’’ Instructions: Direct your comments to A Public Comment period was [FR Doc. E8–13369 Filed 6–12–08; 8:45 am] Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–1983– established when the site was proposed 0002, Notice 4. EPA’s policy is that all BILLING CODE 6560–50–P to the National Priorities List, and comments received will be included in Public Meetings were conducted on July the public docket without change and 1992 and August 1993 to discuss the may be made available online at proposed remedies for the soil and the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY http://www.regulations.gov, including groundwater operable units. With this any personal information provided, Notice of Deletion, a 30 day public 40 CFR Part 300 unless the comment includes comment period is established before information claimed to be Confidential making this deletion final. [EPA–HQ–SFUND–1983–0002, Notice 4; FRL–8579–4] Business Information (CBI) or other V. Deletion Action information whose disclosure is National Oil and Hazardous restricted by statute. Do not submit The EPA, with concurrence of the Substances Pollution Contingency information that you consider to be CBI State of Oklahoma, has determined that Plan; National Priorities List Update or otherwise protected through http:// all appropriate responses under www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The CERCLA have been completed, and that AGENCY: Environmental Protection http://www.regulations.gov Web site is no further response actions under Agency. an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which CERCLA, other than O&M and five-year ACTION: Direct Final Notice of Deletion means EPA will not know your identity reviews, are necessary. Therefore, EPA of the Old Inger Oil Refinery, Superfund or contact information unless you is deleting the Site from the NPL. site from the National Priorities List. provide it in the body of your comment. Because EPA considers this action to If you send an e-mail comment directly SUMMARY: be noncontroversial and routine, EPA is The Environmental Protection to EPA without going through http:// taking it without prior publication. This Agency (EPA) Region 6 is publishing a www.regulations.gov, your e-mail action will be effective August 12, 2008 direct final Notice of Deletion of the Old address will be automatically captured unless EPA receives adverse comments Inger Oil Refinery Site (Site) located in and included as part of the comment by July 14, 2008. If adverse comments Ascension Parish, Louisiana from the that is placed in the public docket and are received within the 30-day public National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, made available on the Internet. If you comment period, EPA will publish a promulgated pursuant to section 105 of submit an electronic comment, EPA timely withdrawal of this direct final the Comprehensive Environmental recommends that you include your notice of deletion before the effective Response, Compensation, and Liability name and other contact information in date of the deletion and it will not take Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is the body of your comment and with any effect. The EPA will prepare a response appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA to comments and continue with the is the National Oil and Hazardous cannot read your comment due to deletion process on the basis of the Substances Pollution Contingency Plan technical difficulties and cannot contact notice of intent to delete and the (NCP). This direct final deletion is being you for clarification, EPA may not be comments already received. There will published by EPA with the concurrence able to consider your comment. be no additional opportunity to of the State of Louisiana, through the Electronic files should avoid the use of comment. Louisiana Department of Environmental special characters, any form of Quality (LDEQ), because EPA has encryption, and be free of any defects or List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 determined that all appropriate viruses. Environmental protection, Air response actions under CERCLA, other Docket: All documents in the docket pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous than operation and maintenance and are listed in the http:// waste, Hazardous substances, five-year reviews, have been completed. www.regulations.gov index. Although Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, However, this deletion does not listed in the index, some information is Reporting and recordkeeping preclude future actions under not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other requirements, Superfund, Water Superfund. information whose disclosure is pollution control, Water supply. DATES: This direct final deletion will be restricted by statute. Certain other Dated: May 23, 2008. effective August 12, 2008 unless EPA material, such as copyrighted material, receives adverse comments by July 14, will be publicly available only in the Richard E. Greene, 2008. If adverse comments are received, hard copy. Publicly available docket Regional Administrator, Region 6. EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of materials are available either I For the reasons set out in the the direct final deletion in the Federal electronically in http:// preamble, 40 CFR part 300 is amended Register informing the public that the www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at as follows: deletion will not take effect. the following information repositories: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:26 Jun 12, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\13JNR1.SGM 13JNR1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 115 / Friday, June 13, 2008 / Rules and Regulations 33725 U.S. EPA Online Library System at will not take effect. EPA will, as (1) EPA consulted with the state of http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/ols.htm; appropriate, prepare a response to Oklahoma prior to developing this U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross comments and continue with the direct final Notice of Deletion and the Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202– deletion process on the basis of the Notice of Intent to Delete co-published 2733, (214) 665–6617, by appointment Notice of Intent to Delete and the today in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section only Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to comments already received. There will of the Federal Register. 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. be no additional opportunity to (2) EPA has provided the state 30 Louisiana Department of comment. working days for review of this notice Environmental Quality, Public Records Section II of this notice explains the and the parallel Notice of Intent to Center, Galvez Building, 1st Floor, 602 criteria for deleting sites from the NPL. Delete prior to their publication today, N. Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Section III discusses procedures that and the state, through the Oklahoma Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 EPA is using for this action. Section IV Department of Environmental Quality, p.m. discusses the Old Inger Refinery Site has concurred on the deletion of the Site FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: and explains how the Site meets the from the NPL. Bartolome Canellas (6SF–RL), Remedial deletion criteria. Section V discusses (3) Concurrent with the publication of Project Manager, U.S. Environmental EPA’s actions to delete the Site from the this direct final Notice of Deletion, a Protection Agency, Region 6, U.S. EPA, NPL unless adverse comments are notice of availability is being published 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202, received during the public comment in the Ascension Citizen and is being (214) 665–6662 or 1–800–533–3508 or period. distributed to appropriate federal, state [email protected]. II. NPL Deletion Criteria and local government officials and other SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: interested parties. The newspaper notice The NCP establishes the criteria that announces the 30-day public comment Table of Contents EPA uses to delete sites from the NPL. period concerning the Notice of Intent I. Introduction In accordance with 40 CFR 300.425(e), to Delete the Site from the NPL. sites may be deleted from the NPL II. NPL Deletion Criteria (4) The EPA placed copies of III. Deletion Procedures where no further response is documents supporting the deletion in IV. Basis for Site Deletion appropriate to protect public health and the Site information repositories V. Deletion Action the environment.