[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25752]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5899-6]
Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty, Steven
Kraus, Fenton, MO
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and
opportunity to comment regarding Steven Kraus, Fenton, MO.
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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 of 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 document.
On August 27, 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 Steven Kraus, Fenton, Missouri, CWA Docket No.
VII-97-W-0026.
The Complaint proposes a penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) for the discharge or causing to be discharged pollutants
into a public sewer in violation of sections 301 and 307(d) 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 Vanessa Cobbs,
Regional Hearing Clerk at (913) 551-7630.
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 Steven Kraus 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: September 17, 1997.
U. Gale Hutton,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-25752 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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