[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50943-50944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25753]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5899-7]


Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty, 
Douglas Leach, St. Louis, MO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and 
opportunity to comment regarding Douglas Leach, St. Louis, MO.

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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 this 
public document.
    On August 27, 1997, EPA commenced the following Class II proceeding 
for the

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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 Douglas Leach, St. Louis, Missouri, CWA Docket 
No. VII-97-W-0027.

    The Complaint proposes a penalty of Two Thousand Dollars 
($2,000.00) for the discharge or causing to be discharged pollutants 
into a public sewer in violation of sections 301 and 307(d) of the 
Clean Water Act.

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 Vanessa Cobbs, 
Regional Hearing Clerk at (913) 551-7630.
    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 Douglas Leach 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: September 17, 1997.
U. Gale Hutton,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-25753 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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