[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 206 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57124-57125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28621]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6179-8]


Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty 
Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding City of Knob Noster, 
Missouri

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and 
opportunity to comment regarding City of Knob Noster, Missouri.

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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 of 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 29, 1998, 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 City of Knob Noster, Missouri; Docket No. VII-97-
W-0033.
    The Complaint proposes a penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars for 
violations of section 308 of the Clean Water Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons wishing to receive a copy of 
EPA's Consolidated Rules, review the

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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 Knob Noster, 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 document.

    Dated: September 30, 1998.
Martha R. Steincamp,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region VII.
[FR Doc. 98-28621 Filed 10-23-98; 8:45 am]
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