[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2452]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6226-8]
Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty
Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding Klein Products of
Kansas, Inc., Fort Scott, KS
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and
opportunity to comment regarding Klein Products of Kansas, Inc., Fort
Scott, 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).
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
public notice.
On December 30, 1998, 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, Klein Products of Kansas, Inc., Fort Scott,
Kansas; EPA Docket No. CWA-7-99-0002.
The Complaint proposes a penalty of Eleven Thousand Dollars
($11,000) for discharge of a xylene mixture to waters of the United
States without a permit in violation of Sections 301(a) and 402 of
the Clean Water Act.
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 Klein Products of Kansas, Inc., 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 document.
Dated: January 15, 1999.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 99-2452 Filed 2-4-99; 8:45 am]
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