[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-19637] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: August 11, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-5030-7] Proposed Assessment of Clean Water Act Class II Administrative Penalty to Toppan West, Inc. and Opportunity To Comment AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment and Opportunity to Comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment 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 CFR 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 Toppan West, Inc., located at 7770 Miramar Road, San Diego, California; EPA Docket No. CWA-IX-FY94-25; filed on July 20, 1994, 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 $95,000 for failure to comply with the categorical pretreatment standards and requirements for new source metal finishers (40 CFR 433). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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 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 these proceedings prior to thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice. Dated: July 20, 1994. Alexis Strauss, Acting Director, Water Management Division. [FR Doc. 94-19637 Filed 8-10-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P