Federal Register - "National Priorities List"

Title: National Priorities List Source: Federal Register Data/Action: Environmental Protection Agency (Final Rule) Date: 11/8/2019 Text Preview: ...ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 300 [EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0077 and 0078; FRL-10001-92-OLEM] National Priorities List AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... ...Environmental Protection Agency (``the 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 adds two sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL. DATES: The document is effective on December 9, 2019. ADDRESSES: Contact information for the EPA Headquarters: Docket Coordinator, Headquarters; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency... ...Environmental Protection Agency; 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; or the Superfund Hotline, phone (800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810 in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Background A. What are CERCLA and SARA? B. What is the NCP? C. What is the National Priorities List (NPL)? D. How are sites listed on the NPL? E. What happens to sites on the NPL? F. Does the NPL define the boundaries of sites? G. How are sites removed from the NPL? H. May the EPA...