National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II Office announces the deletion of the Love Canal Superfund site (Love Canal site) from the National Priorities List (NPL). The Love Canal site is located in the City of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. The NPL constitutes appendix B to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR part 300, which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. EPA and the State of New York, through the Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), have determined that all appropriate response actions have been implemented at the Love Canal site and that no further response actions, other than operation, maintenance, and monitoring, are required. In addition, EPA and NYSDEC have determined that the remedial action taken at the Love Canal site is protective of public health and the environment and that the operation, monitoring, and maintenance of such remedial action will confirm that it continues to be protective of public health and the environment. Even though the Love Canal site will be deleted from the NPL, these ongoing monitoring activities will ensure NYSDEC and EPA involvement during the annual monitoring of the Love Canal site conditions, as well as the annual review of existing institutional controls.