[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26432]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL--50905-2]
Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty
Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding the City of LaHarpe, KS
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'').
ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and
opportunity to comment regarding the City of LaHarpe, Kansas.
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SUMMARY: EPA is 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. EPA may
issue such orders after filing a Complaint commencing either a Class I
or Class II penalty proceeding. EPA provides 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 CFR 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 May 9, 1997, 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 LaHarpe, CWA Docket No. VII-97-W-0011.
The Complaint proposes to assess a penalty of Two Thousand Five
Hundred and Ten dollars ($2,510) dollars against The City of LaHarpe
for the failure to comply with the applicable recordkeeping,
monitoring, vector attraction reduction and pathogen density
requirements of section 405 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1345 and
the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto and set forth at 40 CFR
part 503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Parsons 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 LaHarpe 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: August 14, 1997.
William Rice,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-26432 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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