[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 6560-50-M