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National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites

hazardous-waste · Rule · Published 2001-06-14 · Effective 2001-07-16 · 66 FR 32235

Document

Document number
01-14616
Federal Register citation
66 FR 32235
CFR reference
40 CFR 300
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
hazardous-waste
Publication date
2001-06-14
Effective date
2001-07-16
EPA docket
FRL-6994-4

Abstract

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ("NCP") 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, and is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "the Agency") in determining which sites warrant further investigation. This rule adds 10 new sites to the General Superfund Section of the NPL. These sites will be assessed to determine the nature and extent of public health and environmental risks associated with them, and to determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be appropriate.

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