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Proposed Rule

Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List; Correction

A Proposed Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 09/21/2026

Published Document: 2026-19248 (91 FR 59712)

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  1. 40 CFR Part 300
  2. [EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-2499; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-3994; EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-4886; FRL-13464-03-OLEM]
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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.

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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, Inc East Chicago, IN Partial EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-2499 (1  3 )
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
Site name Full site deletion (full) or media/parcels/description for partial deletion
U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery, Inc Surface and subsurface soils (soils) 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]

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Published Document: 2026-19248 (91 FR 59712)