[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26189]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL 5635-1]


Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty 
Assessment and Opportunity to Comment Regarding Kansas City Power & 
Light Company, LaCygne, Kansas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'').

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and 
opportunity to comment regarding Kansas City Power & Light Company, 
LaCygne, 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)(4)(A).
    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 September 4, 1996, 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 Kansas City Power & Light Company, LaCygne, 
Kansas, CWA Docket No. VII-96-W-0001.

    The Complaint proposes a penalty of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000) 
for the discharge of 797 lube oil into or upon LaCygne Lake and its 
adjoining shorelines, on or about July 2, 1995, without a permit issued 
under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, in violation of Section 301 
of the Clean Water Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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 Kansas City Power & Light Company 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 notice.

    Dated: September 27, 1996.
William Rice,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-26189 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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