[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8244-8245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4494]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5693-4]


Notice of Proposed Assessment of Clean Water Act Class II 
Administrative Penalty to A&D Plating, Inc. and Opportunity To Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and 
opportunity to comment.

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SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of proposed administrative penalty 
assessment and proposed Consent Agreement 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 A&D Plating, Inc., 2265 Micro Place, Suite A, 
Escondido, California; EPA Docket No. CWA-IX-FY97-02; filed on 
February 11, 1997, 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 $35,000 for failure to 
comply with the categorical pretreatment standards and requirements 
for new source metal finishers (40 CFR 433). EPA and A&D Plating, 
Inc. have agreed to a proposed Consent

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Agreement in which A&D Plating, Inc. shall pay a Civil penalty of 
$35,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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: February 11, 1997.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Director, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 97-4494 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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