[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1266]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty 
Assessment and Opportunity to Comment Regarding the City of Sedalia, 
Missouri

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and 
opportunity to comment regarding the city of Sedalia, Missouri.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative 
penalty assessment for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act 
(``Act''). The EPA is also 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. The EPA 
may issue such orders after filing a Complaint commencing either a 
Class I or Class II penalty proceeding. The EPA provides the 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 C.F.R. 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 notice.
    On November 22, 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 the City of Sedalia, Missouri, EPA Docket No. VII-
97-W-0003.
    The Complaint proposes a penalty of Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars 
($65,000) for failure to comply with the Pretreatment implementation 
requirements of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(NPDES) permit.

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 Sedalia, Missouri, 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: December 18, 1996.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-1266 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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