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83222 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 251 / Friday, December 29, 2000 / Notices ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The initial list of Federal facilities to AGENCY Electronic versions of the docket may be be included on the docket was obtained at http://www.epa.gov/oeca/ published on February 12, 1988 (53 FR [FRL±6924±7] fedfac/oversight/oversight.html. 4280). Updates of the docket have been Federal Agency Hazardous Waste SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: published on November 16, 1988 (54 FR 46364); December 15, 1989 (54 FR Compliance Docket Table of Contents 51472); August 22, 1990 (55 FR 34492); AGENCY: Environmental Protection 1.0 Introduction September 27, 1991 (56 FR 49328); Agency. 2.0 Revisions of the Previous Docket 3.0 Process for Compiling the Updated December 12, 1991 (56 FR 64898); July ACTION: Notice of thirteenth update of Docket 17, 1992 (57 FR 31758); February 5, the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste 4.0 Facilities Not Included 1993 (58 FR 7298); November 10, 1993 Compliance Docket, pursuant to 5.0 Information Contained on Docket (58 FR 59790); April 11, 1995 (60 FR CERCLA section 120(c). Listing 18474); June 27, 1997 (62 FR 34779); 6.0 Facility Status Reporting November 23, 1998 (63 FR 64806); and SUMMARY: Section 120(c) of the June 12, 2000 (65 FR 36994). This notice Comprehensive Environmental 1.0 Introduction constitutes the thirteenth update of the Response, Compensation, and Liability Section 120(c) of the Comprehensive docket. Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by Environmental Response, Today's notice is divided into three the Superfund Amendments and Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 sections: (1) Additions, (2) deletions, Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), (CERCLA), 42 United States Code requires the Environmental Protection (U.S.C.) 9620(c), as amended by the and (3) corrections. The additions Agency (EPA) to establish a Federal Superfund Amendments and section lists newly identified facilities Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), that have been reported to EPA since the Docket. The docket is to contain certain required the establishment of the last update and that now are being information about Federal facilities that Federal Agency Hazardous Waste included on the docket. The deletions manage hazardous waste or from which Compliance Docket. The docket section lists facilities that EPA is hazardous substances have been or may contains information on Federal deleting from the docket. The be released. (As defined by CERCLA facilities that is submitted by Federal corrections section lists changes in section 101(22), a release is any spilling, agencies to the U.S. Environmental information about facilities already leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, Protection Agency (EPA) under sections listed on the docket. emptying, discharging, injecting, 3005, 3010, and 3016 of the Resource The information submitted to EPA on escaping, leaching, dumping, or Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), each Federal facility is maintained in disposing into the environment.) 42 U.S.C. 6925, 6930, and 6937, and the docket repository located in the EPA CERCLA requires that the docket be under section 103 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Regional office of the Region in which updated every six months, as new 9603. Specifically, RCRA section 3005 the facility is located (see 53 FR 4280 facilities are reported to EPA by Federal establishes a permitting system for (February 12, 1988) for a description of agencies. The following list identifies certain hazardous waste treatment, the information required under those the Federal facilities to be included in storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities; provisions). Each repository contains this thirteenth update of the docket and RCRA section 3010 requires waste the documents submitted to EPA under includes facilities not previously listed generators and transporters and TSD the reporting provisions and on the docket and reported to EPA since facilities to notify EPA of their correspondence relevant to the reporting the last update of the docket, 65 FR hazardous waste activities; and RCRA provisions for each facility. Contact the 36994, June 12, 2000, which was current section 3016 requires Federal agencies following docket coordinators for as of December 1, 1999. SARA, as to submit biennially to EPA an information on Regional docket repositories: amended by the Defense Authorization inventory of hazardous waste sites that  Act of 1997, specifies that, for each the Federal agencies own or operate. Gerardo Milla(a)n-Ramos (HBS), US Federal facility that is included on the CERCLA section 103(a) requires that the EPA Region 1, #1 Congress St., Suite docket during an update, evaluation National Response Center (NRC) be 1100, Boston, MA 02114±2023, (617) shall be completed in accordance with notified of a release. CERCLA section 918±1377 a reasonable schedule. Such site 103(c) requires reporting to EPA the Helen Shannon (ERRD), US EPA Region evaluation activities will help determine existence of a facility at which 2, 290 Broadway, 18th Floor, New whether the facility should be included hazardous substances are or have been York, NY 10007±1866, (212) 637± on the National Priorities List (NPL) and stored, treated, or disposed of and the 4260 will provide EPA and the public with existence of known or suspected Alida Karas (ERRD), US EPA Region 2, valuable information about the facility. releases of hazardous substances at such 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007± In addition to the list of additions to the facilities. 1866, (212) 637±4276 docket, this notice includes a section The docket serves three major Todd Richardson (3HS50), US EPA that comprises revisions (that is, purposes: (1) To identify all Federal Region 3, 841 Chestnut Bg., corrections and deletions) of the facilities that must be evaluated to Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 814± previous docket list. This update determine whether they pose a risk to 5264 contains 27 additions and 6 deletions human health and the environment Ann Cole (4WD±FFB), US EPA Region since the previous update, as well as sufficient to warrant inclusion on the 4, 61, Forsyth St., SW, Atlanta, GA numerous other corrections to the National Priorities List (NPL); (2) to 30303, (404) 562±9638 docket list. At the time of publication of compile and maintain the information Alan Gebien (SE±5J), US EPA Region 5, this notice, the new total number of submitted to EPA on such facilities 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL Federal facilities listed on the docket is under the provisions listed in section 60604, (312) 886±1304 2,232. 120(c) of CERCLA; and (3) to provide a Philip Ofosu (6SF±RA), US EPA Region DATES: This list is current as of August mechanism to make the information 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 28, 2000. available to the public. 75202±2733, (214) 665±3178 VerDate 11<MAY>2000 20:49 Dec 28, 2000 Jkt 194001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\29DEN4.SGM pfrm10 PsN: 29DEN4 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 251 / Friday, December 29, 2000 / Notices 83223 D. Karla Asberry (FFSC), US EPA any single month. If a facility has Federal government. That terminology Region 7, 726 Minnesota Avenue, generated more than 1,000 kg of clearly includes facilities that are Kansas City, KS 66101, (913) 551± hazardous waste in any single month operated by the Federal government, 7595 (that is, if the facility is an episodic even if they are not owned by it. Stan Zawistowski (EPR±F), US EPA generator), it will be added to the Specifically, CERCLA section 120(e), Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, docket. In addition, facilities that are which sets forth the duties of the Denver, CO 80202±2466, (303) 312± SQGs, but that have reported releases Federal agencies after a facility has been 6255 under CERCLA section 103 or listed on the NPL, refers to the Federal Avonda D. East (SFD±8), US EPA hazardous waste activities pursuant to agency that ``owns or operates'' the Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San RCRA section 3016 will be listed on the facility. In addition, the primary basis Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 744±2468 docket and will undergo site evaluation for assigning responsibility for Mark Ader (ECL±115), US EPA Region activities, such as a PA and, when conducting PAs and SIs, as required 10, SW 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, appropriate, an SI. All such facilities when a facility is listed on the docket, WA 98101 (206) 553±1808 will be listed on the docket, whether or is Executive Order 12580, which assigns Monica Lindeman (ECL, SACU2), US not they are SQGs pursuant to RCRA. As that responsibility to the Federal agency EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, a result, some of the facilities that EPA having ``jurisdiction, custody, or Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 553±5113. is adding to the docket today are SQGs control'' over a facility. An operator may 2.0 Revisions of the Previous Docket that had not been listed on the docket be deemed to have jurisdiction, custody, but that have reported releases or or control over a facility. Following is a discussion of the hazardous waste activities to EPA under Deletions revisions of the previous docket, another reporting provision. including additions, deletions, and In the process of compiling the Today, 6 facilities are being deleted corrections. documents for the Regional repositories, from the docket for various reasons, 2.1 Additions EPA identified a number of facilities such as incorrect reporting of hazardous that had previously submitted PA waste activity, change in ownership, Today, 27 facilities are being added to reports, SI reports, Department of and exemption as an SQG under RCRA the docket, primarily because of new Defense (DOD) Installation Restoration (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] information obtained by EPA (for Program (IRP) reports, or reports under Part 262.44).