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National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites

hazardous-waste · Rule · Published 2006-04-19 · Effective 2006-05-19 · 71 FR 20016

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Document number
06-3666
Federal Register citation
71 FR 20016
CFR reference
40 CFR 300
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
hazardous-waste
Publication date
2006-04-19
Effective date
2006-05-19
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0261, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0263, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0264, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0265, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0266, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0268

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. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "the Agency") in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow 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 six new sites to the General Superfund Section of the NPL.

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