[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20614]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6133-1]


Clean Water Act Class I: Proposed Administrative Penalty 
Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding City of Baldwin City, 
Kansas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and 
opportunity to comment regarding City of Baldwin City, 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 I proceedings are conducted under EPA's Consolidated Rules of 
Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties, 
Issuance of Compliance or Corrective Action Orders and the Revocation 
or Suspension of Permits. The procedures by which the public may submit 
written comment on a proposed Class I order or participate in a class I 
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 I order is thirty (30) 
days after issuance of public notice.
    On June 30, 1998, EPA commenced the following class I 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 Baldwin City, Kansas; CWA Docket No. 
VII-98-W-0018. The Complainant seeks to assess a penalty of up to 
Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000) for failure to comply with the 
applicable vector attraction reduction requirements of section 405 of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1345.

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 City of Baldwin City, Kansas 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: July 16, 1998.
Nathaniel Scurry,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 98-20614 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
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