Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 11, 1995 / Notices
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18474 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 11, 1995 / Notices ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION number of Federal facilities listed on the 120(c) of CERCLA; and (3) to provide a AGENCY docket is 2,070. mechanism to make the information DATES: This list is current as of available to the public. [FRL±5177±9] September 10, 1994. The initial list of Federal facilities to Federal Agency Hazardous Waste FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: be included on the docket was Toll-Free Telephone Line for the Compliance Docket published on February 12, 1988 (53 Docket, Telephone: (800) 548±1016, or Federal Register [F.R.] 4280). Updates of AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection locally (703) 883±8577. the docket have been published on Agency. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: November 16, 1988 (54 F.R. 46364); ACTION: Notice of Ninth Update of the December 15, 1989 (54 F.R. 51472); Table of Contents Federal Agency Hazardous Waste August 22, 1990 (55 F.R. 34492); Compliance Docket, Pursuant to 1. Introduction September 27, 1991 (56 F.R. 49328); CERCLA Section 120(c). 2. Revisions of the Previous Docket 3. Process for Compiling the Updated Docket December 12, 1991 (56 F.R. 64898); July 4. Facilities Not Included 17, 1992 (57 F.R. 31758); February 5, SUMMARY: Section 120(c) of the 5. Information Contained on Docket Listing 1993 (58 F.R. 7298); and November 10, Comprehensive Environmental 6. Facility Status Reporting 1993 (58 F.R. 59790). This notice Response, Compensation, and Liability 1. Introduction constitutes the ninth update of the Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by docket. the Superfund Amendments and Section 120(c) of the Comprehensive Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Environmental Response, Today's notice is divided into four requires the Environmental Protection Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 sections: (1) additions, (2) deletions, (3) Agency (EPA) to establish a Federal (CERCLA), 42 United States Code corrections, and (4) a list of facilities Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance (U.S.C.) 9620(c), as amended by the classified as no further remedial action Docket. The docket is to contain certain Superfund Amendments and planned (NFRAP). The additions section information about Federal facilities that Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), lists newly identified facilities that have manage hazardous waste or from which required the establishment of the been reported to EPA since the last hazardous substances have been or may Federal Agency Hazardous Waste update and that now are being included be released. (As defined by CERCLA Compliance Docket. The docket on the docket. The deletions section section 101(22), a release is any spilling, contains information on Federal lists facilities that EPA is deleting from leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, facilities that is submitted by Federal the docket. The corrections section lists emptying, discharging, injecting, agencies to the U.S. Environmental changes in information about facilities escaping, leaching, dumping, or Protection Agency (EPA) under sections already listed on the docket. The disposing into the environment.) 3005, 3010, and 3016 of the Resource NFRAP list is the list of all docket CERCLA requires that the docket be Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), facilities to which EPA has assigned a updated every six months, as new 42 U.S.C. 6925, 6930, and 6937 and status of no further remedial action facilities are reported to EPA by Federal under section 103 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. planned. agencies. The following list identifies 9603. Specifically, RCRA section 3005 The information submitted to EPA on the Federal facilities to be included in establishes a permitting system for each Federal facility is maintained in the ninth update of the docket (that is, certain hazardous waste treatment, the docket repository located in the EPA facilities not previously listed on the storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities; Regional office of the Region in which docket and reported to EPA since the RCRA section 3010 requires waste the facility is located (see 53 F.R. 4280 last update of the docket, 58 Federal generators and transporters and TSD [February 12, 1988] for a description of Register [F.R.] 59790, November 10, facilities to notify EPA of their the information required under those 1993, which was current as of July 16, hazardous waste activities; and RCRA provisions). Each repository contains 1993). EPA policy specifies that, for section 3016 requires Federal agencies the documents submitted to EPA under each Federal facility that is included on to submit biennially to EPA an the reporting provisions and the docket during an update, the inventory of hazardous waste sites that correspondence relevant to the reporting responsible Federal agency must the Federal agencies own or operate. provisions for each facility. A complete complete a preliminary assessment (PA) CERCLA section 103(a) requires that the national index of the information found and, if warranted, a site inspection (SI) National Response Center (NRC) be in the Regional docket repositories is within 18 months of publication of the notified of a release. CERCLA section maintained at EPA's Federal Facilities notice. Such site evaluation activities 103(c) requires reporting to EPA the Enforcement Office in Washington, D.C. will help determine whether the facility existence of a facility at which and is available to the public. The index should be included on the National hazardous substances are or have been for each Region is available for public Priorities List (NPL) and will provide stored, treated, or disposed of and the review at each Regional repository. EPA and the public with valuable existence of known or suspected Contact the toll-free telephone line for information about the facility. In releases of hazardous substances at such the docket at (800) 548±1016, or locally addition to the list of additions to the facilities. docket, this notice includes a section The docket serves three major (703) 883±8577, for information on that comprises revisions (that is, purposes: (1) to identify all Federal locations of Regional repositories and corrections and deletions) of the facilities that must be evaluated to on making arrangements to obtain previous docket list and a list of the determine whether they pose a risk to specific documents. facilities on the docket that have been human health and the environment 2. Revisions of the Previous Docket evaluated and determined to be not sufficient to warrant inclusion on the appropriate for listing on the NPL at this National Priorities List (NPL); (2) to Following is a discussion of the time (the no further remedial action compile and maintain the information revisions of the previous docket, planned [NFRAP] list). At the time of submitted to EPA on such facilities including additions, deletions, and publication of this notice, the new total under the provisions listed in section corrections. Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 11, 1995 / Notices 18475 2.1 Additions In the process of compiling the 2.2 Deletions documents for the Regional repositories, Today, 106 facilities are being deleted Today, 231 facilities are being added EPA identified a number of facilities to the docket, primarily because of new from the docket for various reasons, that had previously submitted PA such as incorrect reporting of hazardous information obtained by EPA (for reports, SI reports, Department of example, recent reporting of a facility waste activity, change in ownership, Defense (DoD) Installation Restoration pursuant to RCRA sections 3005, 3010, and exemption as an SQG under RCRA Program (IRP) reports, or reports under or 3016 or CERCLA section 103). For all (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] another Federal agency environmental facilities being added to the docket, it is Part 262.44). Facilities being deleted no EPA's policy that the responsible restoration program, but had not longer will be subject to the Federal agency must complete the submitted a notification form under requirements of CERCLA section 120(d). CERCLA section 103. Section 120(c)(3) required preliminary assessment (PA) 2.3 Corrections and, if warranted, a site inspection (SI) of CERCLA requires that EPA include within 18 months of the date of this on the docket information submitted Changes necessary to correct the publication. under section 103. In general, section previous docket were identified by both 103 requires certain persons to provide EPA and Federal agencies. The changes Of the 231 facilities being added to notice of certain releases of hazardous needed varied from simple changes in the docket, 20 are facilities that have substances. The reports under Federal addresses or spelling to corrections of reported to the NRC the release of a the recorded name and ownership of a reportable quantity (RQ) of a hazardous agency environmental restoration programs mentioned above contain facility. In addition, some changes in substance. Under section 103(a) of the names of facilities were made to CERCLA, a facility is required to report information similar to that provided pursuant to CERCLA section 103 and establish consistency in the docket. to the NRC the release of a hazardous Many new entries are simply substance in a quantity that equals or are considered equivalent forms of notification for the docket. Thus, EPA corrections of typographical errors. For exceeds the established RQ. Reports of each facility for which a correction has releases received by the NRC, the U.S. believes that a facility that has provided information equivalent to a CERCLA been entered, the original entry Coast Guard (USCG), and EPA are (designated by an ``O''), as it appeared section 103 notification, such as a report transmitted electronically to the in the February 12, 1988 notice or under a Federal agency environmental Transportation Systems Center at the subsequent updates, is shown directly restoration program, should be included U.S. Department of Transportation below the corrected entry (designated by on the docket, regardless of the absence (DOT), where they become part of the a ``C'') for easy comparison.