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National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites

hazardous-waste · Rule · Published 1999-10-22 · Effective 1999-11-22 · 64 FR 56966

Document

Document number
99-27537
Federal Register citation
64 FR 56966
CFR reference
40 CFR 300
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
hazardous-waste
Publication date
1999-10-22
Effective date
1999-11-22
EPA docket
FRL-6462-1

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 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 10 new sites to the NPL: 9 sites to the General Superfund Section of the NPL and one site to the Federal Facilities Section of the NPL.

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