[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8446-8447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4616]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5693-7]
Notice of Proposed Assessment of Clean Water Act Class II
Administrative Penalty to Golden City Gateway and Opportunity To
Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and
opportunity to comment.
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SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of proposed administrative penalty
assessment and proposed Consent Agreement for alleged violations of the
Clean Water Act. EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment
on the proposed assessment.
Under 33 U.S.C. Section 1319(g), EPA is authorized to issue orders
assessing civil penalties for various violations of the Act. EPA may
issue these orders after the commencement of either a Class I or Class
II penalty proceeding. EPA provides public notice of the proposed
assessments pursuant to 33 U.S.C. Section 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 and Suspension of Permits, 40 C.F.R. Part 22. The
procedures through 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 days after publication
of this notice.
On the date identified below, EPA commenced the following Class II
proceeding for the assessment of penalties:
In the Matter of Golden City Gateway, Ca Limited Partnership,
711 Church Hill Rd La Habra Hts. Ca 90061; EPA Docket No. CWA-IX-
FY97-11; filed on Febraury 18, 1997, with Mr. Steven Armsey,
Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, California 94105, (415) 744-1389, proposed penalty of
$40,000 for failure to comply with the California General Stormwater
Permit for Construction Activities. EPA and Golden City Gateway have
agreed to a proposed Consent Agreement in which Golden City Gateway
shall pay a civil penalty of $40,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons wishing to receive a copy of
EPA's Consolidated Rules, review of the complaint or other documents
filed in this proceeding, comment upon a proposed assessment, or
otherwise participate in the proceeding should contact the Regional
Hearing Clerk identified above. The administrative record for this
proceeding is located in the EPA Regional Office identified above, and
the file will be open for public inspection during normal business
hours. All information submitted by the respondent is available as part
of this 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 these proceedings prior to thirty (30) days after the date
of publication of this notice.
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Dated: January 31, 1997.
John Ong,
Acting Director, Water Management Division.
[FR Doc. 97-4616 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]
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