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National Priorities List

superfund · Rule · Published 2019-11-08 · Effective 2019-12-09 · 84 FR 60339

Document

Document number
2019-24151
Federal Register citation
84 FR 60339
CFR reference
40 CFR 300
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
superfund
Publication date
2019-11-08
Effective date
2019-12-09
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0077 and 0078

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 ("the EPA" or "the agency") in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow the 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 two sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL.

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