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National Priorities List, Final Rule No. 51

superfund · Rule · Published 2011-03-10 · Effective 2011-04-11 · 76 FR 13089

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Document number
2011-5337
Federal Register citation
76 FR 13089
CFR reference
40 CFR 300
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
superfund
Publication date
2011-03-10
Effective date
2011-04-11
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0072, 0073, 0075, 0634, 0636, 0638, 0639, 0643, 0645, 0646

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 ten sites to the NPL, all to the General Superfund Section.

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