federal_register: 97-22066
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| 97-22066 | National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposed Rule | Proposed Rule | The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act'') requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP''), found at 40 CFR part 300, include a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List (``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is found in Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300. The principal mechanism for placing sites on the NPL is the Hazard Ranking System (HRS). Under the HRS various conditions at a site (for example, volumes of waste present or relative toxicity of pollutants) are assigned numerical values to develop a total score that measures the relative risk at a site compared with other sites. The HRS is found in Appendix A of 40 CFR part 300. A site with a total score in excess of 28.5 under the HRS is eligible for listing on the NPL. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the Agency'') in determining which sites warrant further investigation 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. EPA is proposing today to add to the Montrose Chemical Corporation National Priorities Listing certain DDT-and PCB-contaminated sediments found on the seafloor off the coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California. EPA is also soliciting comments from the public on this proposal consistent with 40 CFR 300.425(d)(5)(i). | 1997-08-21 | 1997 | 8 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/08/21/97-22066/national-priorities-list-for-uncontrolled-hazardous-waste-sites-proposed-rule | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-08-21/pdf/97-22066.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act'') requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP''), found at 40 CFR part 300, include a list of... |