[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1266]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty
Assessment and Opportunity to Comment Regarding the City of Sedalia,
Missouri
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and
opportunity to comment regarding the city of Sedalia, Missouri.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative
penalty assessment for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act
(``Act''). The EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment
on the proposed assessment.
Under 33 U.S.C. 1319(g), EPA is authorized to issue orders
assessing civil penalties for various violations of the Act. The EPA
may issue such orders after filing a Complaint commencing either a
Class I or Class II penalty proceeding. The EPA provides the public
notice of the proposed assessment pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(4)(A).
Class II proceedings are conducted under EPA's Consolidated Rules
of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties
and the Revocation or Suspension of Permits, 40 C.F.R. Part 22. The
procedures by which the public may submit written comment on a proposed
Class II order or participate in a Class II proceeding, and the
procedures by which a respondent may request a hearing, are set forth
in the Consolidated Rules. The deadline for submitting public comment
on a proposed Class II order is thirty (30) days after issuance of this
public notice.
On November 22, 1996, EPA commenced the following Class II
proceeding for the assessment of penalties by filing with the Regional
Hearing Clerk, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 726
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551-7630, the
following Complaint:
In the Matter of the City of Sedalia, Missouri, EPA Docket No. VII-
97-W-0003.
The Complaint proposes a penalty of Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars
($65,000) for failure to comply with the Pretreatment implementation
requirements of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons wishing to receive a copy of EPA's Consolidated Rules, review
the Complaint or other documents filed in this proceeding, comment upon
the proposed penalty assessment, or otherwise participate in the
proceeding should contact the Regional Hearing Clerk identified above.
The administrative record for the proceeding is located in the EPA
Regional Office at the address stated above, and the file will be open
for public inspection during normal business hours. All information
submitted by the city of Sedalia, Missouri, is available as part of the
administrative record, subject to provisions of law restricting public
disclosure of confidential information. In order to provide opportunity
for public comment, EPA will issue no final order assessing a penalty
in this proceeding prior to thirty (30) days from the date of this
notice.
Dated: December 18, 1996.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-1266 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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