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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST, FINAL PULE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding 71 pi
sites, including 14 Federal facility sites, to the National Priorities
(NPL) and dropping one proposed site from further consideration. Of the
States and Territories, 31 are adding sites to the NPL in a final rule
published in the Federal Register in February. California leads with 8 new
final sites, followed by Michigan and Washington with 7 each. The number
of final sites now totals 1,081, including 93 in the Federal facility
section.
Of the States and Territories, seven have no sites on the new final
NPL: America Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
District of Columbia, Hawaii, Nevada, Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands, and the Virgin Islands. New Jersey has the largest number of
final sites (104) , followed by Pennsylvania (90) , New York (81) , Michigan
(75) , and California (74)
Proposed sites now total 137, including 24 in the Federal facility
section. Final and proposed sites total 1,218. New Jersey has the largest
number of final and proposed sites (109) , followed by Pennsylvania (96) and
California (91).
The NPL identifies uncontrolled hazardous waste sites that warrant
further investigation to determine if long-term "remedial action" is
necessary. Sites on the NPL are eligible for such action under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) , enacted on December 11, 1980, as amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) , enacted on October 17, 1986.
SARA authorizes a "Hazardous Substances Superfund11 totaling $8.5 billion
over 5 years to pay costs not assumed by responsible parties. EPA has the
primary responsibility for managing cleanup and enforcement activities
under Superfund.
This document provides background information on the final rule and the
following lists:
o The 71 sites being added to the final NPL arranged alphabetically by
State.
o The distribution of all sites by State arr^^ed by the number of new
final sites.
Contents of Rule
All of the 71 sites being added to the NPL have scores of 28.50 or
above on the Hazard Ranking System (HRS) , a numerically based system
designed to evaluate the relative risks posed by a site to human health or
the environment.
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EPA has revised the HRS scores for 19 sites in the rule based on its
review of comments and additional information developed by EPA and the
States. Some of the changes have placed sites in different groups of 50
sites. For one site, the public comments resulted in a score below the
cut-off of 28.50. Accordingly, this site is being dropped from the
proposed NPL at this time:
o Keyser Avenue Borehole, Scranton Pennsylvania
PCRA-Related Sites
When the first final NPL was promulgated in September 1983, EPA
announced certain listing policies relating to sites that might qualify for
the NPL. One of these policies involved facilities subject to Subtitle C
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RORA). EPA's policy was
generally to defer from the NPL, RCRA "regulated units" (that is, land
disposal units that received hazardous waste after the effective date of
the RCRA land disposal regulations) because EPA can require the
owner/operator to clean them up under RCRA. The RCRA cleanup process and
standards are similar to those under CERCXA, ensuring that all actions
taken will protect human health and the environment. Dropping such sites
from the NPL also preserves CERCEA resources for sites where no other
cleanup authority is available.
In November 1984, the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) were
enacted, expanding EPA's authority to require corrective measures under
Subtitle C. As a result of this broadened RCRA authority, EPA revised its
policy for placing non-Federal RCRA-regulated sites on the NPL, and on June
10, 1986 (54 FR 21109) announced that facilities subject to RCRA Subtitle C
corrective action authorities would be placed on the NPL if one or more of
these conditions exist:
o The facilities are owned by persons who have demonstrated an
inability to finance appropriate corrective action by invoking
bankruptcy laws.
o The facilities have lost authorization to operate (also known as the
Loss of Interim Status, or LOIS provision), and there are additional
indications that the owner or operator is unwilling to undertake
corrective action.
o The facilities have not lost authorization to operate but have a
clear history of unwillingness to undertake corrective action. These
situations are determined on a case-by-case basis.
On June 24, 1988 (53 FR 23978) and October 9, 1989 (54 FR 41000), EPA
announced additional components of the NPL/RCRA policy. As a matter of
policy, EPA will list four additional categories of RCRA-related sites:
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o Facilities that were treating, storing, or disposing Subtitle C
hazardous waste after November 19, 1980, but that did not file a Part
A permit application by that date as required and have little or no
history of compliance with RCRA. EPA believes that these nan- or
late filers, although they are technically subject to RCRA, are not
likely to be cleaned up expeditiously under RCRA and so should be on
the NPL.
o Facilities with permits for the treatment, storage, or disposal of
hazardous waste issued before enactment of HSWA, and whose
owners/operators will not voluntarily modify the permit. Pre-HSWA
permittees are not required to take corrective action for releases
from solid waste management units. Under RCRA Section 3004 (u), EPA
does not have the authority to modify a pre-HSWA permit for
corrective action until the permit is reissued. Many pre-HSWA
permits are for 10 years. Since the last pre-HSWA permit was issued
prior to November 8, 1984, it could be 1994 before EPA could modify
some permits to include corrective action. In these cases, EPA
believes CERCXA authorities will result in the most expeditious
cleanup.
o Facilities that filed a Part A permit application for treatment,
storage, or disposal of Subtitle C hazardous waste as a precautionary
measure only. Such facilities — for example, generators,
transporters, of recyclers or hazardous waste — are not subject to
Subtitle C corrective action authorities. These are referred to as
protective filers.
o Facilities that at one time treated or stored Subtitle C hazardous
waste but have since converted to generator-only status (i.e.,
facilities that now store hazardous waste for 90 days or less) or any
other hazardous waste activity not requiring Interim Status. These
facilities, whose Part A permit applications have been withdrawn with
EPA or State approval, are referred to as converters. EPA believes
it has the authority under RCRA Section 3008 (u) to compel corrective
action at such facilities. However, RCRA's corrective action program
currently focuses primarily on treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities (due to permitting deadlines in RCRA). Therefore, this
category should be on the NPL to ensure expeditious cleanup.
However, a converter can be deferred to RCRA when a consent order
requiring remedial action is in effect.
Six sites in this rule are subject to Subtitle C corrective action
authorities, but either the site owner has invoked the protection of the
bankruptcy laws, or the Part A permit has been withdrawn (converter
status). These sites are being added to the final NPL consistent with the
NPL/RCRA listing policy:
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o CIS Printex, Inc., Mountain View, California (converter)
o John Deere (Ottumwa Works landfills), Otturawa, Iowa (converter)
o Oklahoma Refining Co., Cyril, Oklahoma (bankruptcy)
o Allied Plating, Inc., Portland, Oregon (bankruptcy)
o Townsend Saw Chain Co., Pontiac, South Carolina (converter)
o Carrier Air Conditioning Co., Collierville, Tennessee (converter)
Federal Facility Sites
Section 120 (a) of SARA requires that Federal facilities be subject to
and comply with CERdA in the same manner as any nongovernmental entity.
CERdA Section lll(e) (3), however, generally prohibits use of the Super-fund
for remedial actions at Federally owned facilities.
Federal facility sites are placed in a separate section of the NPL.
Prior to this current action, 79 Federal facility sites were on the NPL and
38 were proposed for a total of 117. This rule adds 14 Federal facility
sites to the NPL, bringing the total number of final Federal facility sites
to 93 and leaving 24 in proposed status.
RCRA Policy for Federal Facility Sites. On June 10, 1986 (FR 21054),
EPA announced components of a policy for the listing or the deferral from
listing of several categories of non-Federal sites subject to RCRA Subtitle
C corrective action authorities. Because most Federal facilities have
RCRA-regulated units within their boundaries, EPA determined that a
separate NPL/RCRA policy should be adopted for Federal facilities. As a
result, on March 13, 1989 (54 FR 10520), EPA announced it would place on
the NPL those sites located on Federally owned or operated facilities that
meet the NPL eligibility requirements—e.g., HRS scores of 28.50 or
greater—even if the Federal facility also is subject to the corrective
action authorities of RCRA Subtitle C. Cleanup, if appropriate, could then
proceed at those sites under either CERdA or RCRA. The policy is based on
several considerations:
o Congress clearly intended that Federal facility sites should be on
the NPL.
o Strict application of the non-Federal NPL/RCRA policy would exclude
virtually all Federal facility sites from the NPL because they would
not likely meet any of the criteria necessary for listing (inability
to pay as evidenced by invocation of bankruptcy laws or demonstrated
unwillingness to conply with RCRA).
o Placing RCRA-regulated Federal sites on the NPL serves the primary
purpose of listing Federal facility sites: to advise the public of
the status of Federal government cleanup efforts.
o Listing these sites helps Federal agencies set priorities and focus
cleanup efforts on those sites that present the most serious problem.
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Special Study IMsta Sites
Section 105
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- "National Priorities List, Supplementary Lists and Supporting Materials,
February 1990." Publication HW-10.13S. Available from PIC.
Descriptions of all proposed and final NFL sites are now contained in
seven documents: HW-8.23 and 8.24 (just issued) plus these five previously
issued documents:
- "Descriptions of 29 sites Placed on the Final National Priorities List
in November 1989." Publication HW-8.21. Available from PIC.
- "Descriptions of 93 Sites Placed on the Final National Priorities List
in September 1989." Publication HW-8.19. Available from PIC.
- "Descriptions of 101 Sites Placed on the Final National Priorities List
in March 1989." Publication HW-8.15. Available from PIC.
- "Descriptions of 272 Sites Placed on the Final National Priorities List,
1985-87." Previously, these descriptions were available in two documents.
They have been compiled into one document as a convenience. Publication
HW-8.10/8.11. Available from PIC.
- Descriptions of 538 sites placed on the final NPL in 1983-84:
"Hazardous Waste Sites: Descriptions of Sites on Current National
Priorities List, October 1984." Publication HW-8.5. Available from the
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161, telephone
703-487-4650. Accession No. PB85-224756. Cost is $53 per copy, $8 in
microfiche, plus $3 handling fee per order.
Publications HW-8.22, 10.11S, and 10.12 are obsolete and may be
discarded.
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National Priorities List,
New Final Sites (by State)
February 1990
NPL
Rank
880
762
933
770
831
744
163
713
370
871
515
867
412
381
483
622
677
384
648
143
781
363
939
563
197
695
977
539
700
396
St
AL
CA
CA
CA
CA
CT
DE
DE
FL
FL
FL
FL
GA
IA
IL
IL
IL
IN
KS
KY
KY
MA
ME
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
Site Name
Redwing Carriers, Inc. (Saraland)
CIS Printex, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard(620-40 Page Mill)
Sola Optical USA, Inc.
TRW Microwave, Inc (Building 825)
Linemaster Switch Corp.
E.I. Du Pont (Newport Plant Lf)
Tyler Refrigeration Pit
Airco Plating Co.
Anodyne , Inc .
Beulah Landfill
Piper Aircraft/Vero Beach Wtr&Swr
Cedartown Industries, Inc.
John Deere (Ottumwa Works Lndfls)
Amoco Chemicals (Joliet Landfill)
DuPage Cty Ldf/Blackwell Forest
H.O.D. Landfill
Himco Dump
29th & Mead Ground Water Contamin
Brantley Landfill
General Tire/Rubber(Mayfield Lnf)
Atlas Tack Corp.
Saco Municipal Landfill
Bendix Corp. /Allied Automotive
Hi -Mill Manufacturing Co.
Kaydon Corp.
Metal Working Shop
Michigan Disposal (Cork Street Lf)
Muskegon Chemical Co.
State Disposal Landfill, Inc.
City/County
Saraland
Mountain View
Palo Alto
Petaluma
Sunnyvale
Woodstock
Newport
Smyrna
Miami
North Miami Beach
Pensacola
Vero Beach
Cedartown
Ottumwa
Joliet
Warrenville
Antioch
Elkhart
Wichita
Island
Mayfield
Fairhaven
Saco
St. Joseph
Highland
Muskegon
Lake Ann
Kalamazoo
Whitehall
Grand Rapids
* State top priority site
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NPL
Rank St
National Priorities List,
New Final Sites (by State)
February 1990
Site Name
City/County
861 MO Missouri Electric Works
537 NC FCX, Inc. (Statesville Plant)
739 NY Carroll & Dubies Sewage Disposal
754 NY Jones Chemicals, Inc.
636 NY Niagara Mohawk Power(Saratoga Sp)
524 OK Mosley Road Sanitary Landfill
280 OK Oklahoma Refining Co.
486 OR Allied Plating, Inc.
391 PA Avco Lycoming (Williamsport Div)
966 PA North Penn - Area 12
755 PA Saegertown Industrial Area
795 SC Beaunit Corp(Circular Knit & Dye)
723 SC Helena Chemical Co. Landfill
457 SC Rock Hill Chemical Co.
553 SC Sangamo/Twelve-Mile/Hartwell PCS
598 SC Townsend Saw Chain Co.
211 TN Carrier Air Conditioning Co.
567 VA Arrowhead Assoc/Scovill Corp.
568 VA Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc.
602 VA Suffolk City Landfill
150 VT Parker Sanitary Landfill
70 WA ALCOA (Vancouver Smelter)
897 WA Northwest Transformer^ Harkness)
947 WA Old Inland Pit
380 WA Pacific Car & Foundry Co.
318 WA Pasco Sanitary Landfill
789 WI Madison Metro Sewer District Lag
Cape Girardeau
Statesville
Port Jervis
Caledonia
Saratoga Springs
Oklahoma City
Cyril
Portland
Williamsport
Worcester
Saegertown
Fountain Inn
Fairfax
Rock Hill
Pickens
Pontiac
Collierville
Montross
Portsmouth
Suffolk
Lyndon
Vancouver
Everson
Spokane
Renton
Pasco
Blooming Grove
Number of New Final Sites:
57
8
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NPL
Gr,
National Priorities List,
Federal Facility Sites, New Final (by State)
February 1990
St Site Name
City/County
17 AZ Yuma Marine Corps Air Station
CA El Toro Marine Corps Air Station
CA Fort Ord
CA George Air Force Base
CA Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant
Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Ann
MD Aber Prov Ground-Edgewood Area
Loring Air Force Base
MO Weldon Spring Form Army Ord Works
Pease Air Force Base
Picatinny Arsenal
WA Naval Air Sta, Whid Is (Ault)
WA Naval Air Sta, Whid Is (Seaplane)
12
9
16
1
13
3
14
19
10
7
5
10
CA
CA
CA
CA
MA
MD
ME
MO
NH
NJ
WA
WA
10
WY
F.E. Warren Air Force Base
Yuma
El Toro
Marina
Victorville
Riverbank
Middlesex County
Edgewood
Limestone
St. Charles County
Portsmouth/Newington
Rockaway Township
Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island
Cheyenne
Number of New Final Federal Facility Sites: 14
* State top priority site
1: Sites are placed in groups (Gr) corresponding to groups of 50
on the final NPL
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National Priorities List,
Final and Proposed Sites Per State/Territory
(by New Final Sites)
February 1990
State/Territory
Cal i form" a
Michigan
Washington
South Carolina
Florida
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Delaware
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Oklahoma
Alabama
Arizona
Connecticut
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
Oregon
Tennessee
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alaska
American Samoa
Arkansas
Colorado
Commonwealth of Marianas
District of Columbia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Louisiana
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Texas
Trust Territories
Utah
Virgin Islands
West Virginia
Non-Fed
4
7
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Fed
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Non-Fed
57
75
28
21
42
25
78
87
18
15
14
7
22
17
9
9
6
13
9
32
11
10
7
15
100
20
6
11
8
37
1
1
0
9
12
0
0
1
0
5
9
39
2
8
3
0
7
2
29
8
9
1
24
0
4
0
5
Fed
17
0
13
1
3
4
3
3
1
1
0
2
3
3
1
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
4
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
1
2
0
1
0
3
0
0
Non-Fed
13
4
3
1
5
9
1
5
1
4
3
0
0
4
2
1
2
1
2
3
9
0
1
0
3
1
1
1
0
3
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
6
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
4
0
0
Fed
4
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
Total
91
79
45
23
51
38
83
96
20
20
17
9
25
24
12
12
11
15
13
35
21
11
10
16
109
22
8
14
8
40
3
6
0
11
16
0
0
1
7
9
11
42
3
10
6
1
10
2
33
9
11
3
29
0
12
0
5
Total
57
14
988
93
113
24 1218
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