[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 48 (Friday, March 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 12994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5933]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6550-3]


Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessments and Opportunity to 
Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed assessment of Clean Water Act Class I 
Administrative Penalty and opportunity to comment.

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SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative penalty 
for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. EPA is also providing 
notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed penalty.
    EPA is authorized under section 309(g) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1319(g), to assess a civil penalty after providing the person subject 
to the penalty notice of the proposed penalty and the opportunity for a 
hearing, and after providing interested persons notice of the proposed 
penalty and a reasonable opportunity to comment on its issuance. Under 
section 309(g), any person who has violated the conditions of a 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit may be assessed 
a penalty in a ``Class I'' administrative penalty proceeding. Class I 
proceedings under section 309(g) are conducted in accordance with 
consolidated rules of practice governing the administrative assessment 
of civil penalties, 40 CFR part 22.
    EPA is providing notice of the following Class I penalty 
proceeding:
    In the Matter of Albert Goyenetche, Docket No. CWA-9-2000-0002; 
Complainant, Thomas Huetteman, Chief, Clean Water Act Compliance Office 
(WTR-7), Water Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne St., San 
Francisco, CA 94105; Respondent, Mr. Albert Goyenetche, Goyenetche 
Dairy, 16130 S. Euclid Avenue, Chino, CA 91710; filed February 11, 
2000; seeking a penalty of up to $11,000 for discharge from Goyenetche 
Dairy on April 14, 1999, to a manmade ditch which flows to Prado Flood 
Control Basin, in violation of ``General Discharge Requirements for 
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, including Dairies, within the 
Santa Ana Region'', NPDES No. CAG018001.
    Procedures by which the public may comment on a proposed Class I 
penalty or participate in a Class I penalty proceeding are set forth in 
the consolidated rules. A commenter may present written comments for 
the record at any time prior to the close of the record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons wishing to receive a copy of 
the consolidated rules, review the complaint or other documents filed 
in the proceeding, or comment or participate in the proceeding, should 
contact Danielle Carr, Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 744-1391. Documents filed 
as part of the public record in the proceeding are available for 
inspection during business hours at the office of the Regional Hearing 
Clerk.

    Dated: March 1, 2000.
Thomas Huetteman,
Chief, Clean Water Act Compliance Office, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 00-5933 Filed 3-9-00; 8:45 am]
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