Environmental Protection Agency Docket EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-2499 Proposed Rule

2026-19248: Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List; Correction

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Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency is correcting a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2026, regarding the proposed partial deletion of three sites from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). This action is necessary to correct errors in table 1 and table 2 for the site name and state of one site.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

527 words as published, September 21, 2026. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 181 (Monday, September 21, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 181 (Monday, September 21, 2026)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 59712] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-19248] [[Page 59712]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 300 [EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-2499; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-3994; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-4886; FRL-13464-03-OLEM] Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List; Correction

Agency

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Action

Proposed rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency is correcting a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2026, regarding the proposed partial deletion of three sites from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). This action is necessary to correct errors in table 1 and table 2 for the site name and state of one site.

Dates

September 21, 2026.

Addresses

The EPA has established dockets for this action, identified by Docket ID Nos., included in table 1 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. All documents in the docket are listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically through https://www.regulations.gov.

For Further Information Contact

Karen Cibulskis, U.S. EPA Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI), email address: [email protected], telephone number: (312) 886-1843. Laura Price and Peyton Witham, U.S. EPA Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE), email address: [email protected], telephone number: (913) 551-7130; email address: [email protected], telephone number: (816) 947-0470. Ashley Miller, Matt Spencer, and Jyl Lapachin, U.S. EPA Headquarters, email address: [email protected], telephone number: (202) 566-1084; email address: [email protected], telephone number: (202) 566-1851; email address: [email protected], telephone number: (703) 304-8510.

Supplementary Information

Correction In proposed rule FR Doc. 2026-16994 beginning on page 53834 in the issue of August 20, 2026, make the following correction, in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. On page 53836, the entry in table 1 entitled ``U.S. Smelter & Lead Refining Inc.'' misspelled the site name and state, and the entry in table 2 entitled ``U.S. Smelter & Lead Refining Inc.'' misspelled the site name. The corrections in table 1 and table 2 should read as follows: Table 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Site name City/county, state Type Docket No. Footnote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery, East Chicago, IN.... Partial............. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-249 (\1\ \3\) Inc. 9. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ = Site, or portion of the site, has continued operation and maintenance of the remedy. \2\ = Site, or portion of the site, receives continued monitoring. \3\ = Site, or portion of the site, five-year reviews are conducted. Table 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full site deletion (full) or media/ Site name parcels/description for partial deletion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery, Surface and subsurface soils (soils) Inc. portion of a 52.54-acre commercial/ industrial property located within Modified Zone 1 and within a small portion of Zone 1 and Zone 2 of Operable Unit 1 (OU1). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Barolo, Office Director, Office of Superfund and Emergency Management. [FR Doc. 2026-19248 Filed 9-18-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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