[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23163]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7557-3]


Public Notice

    On September 4, 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9 (``EPA'') entered a Complaint/Consent Agreement and [Proposed] 
Final Order (``CA/FO'') in In the Matter of J.E. McAmis, Inc. The CA/FO 
proposes to issue a Final Order pursuant to section 309(g) of the Clean 
Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1319(g), to J.E. McAmis, Inc. (``McAmis'') 
assessing a civil penalty of $70,000 for violations of section 404 of 
the CWA.
    The CA/FO resolves allegations that McAmis violated section 404 of 
the CWA on various occasions between August and November 2001 while 
performing maintenance dredging of the Larkspur Ferry Channel, by 
discharging dredged material into San Francisco Bay, a ``water of the 
United States,'' without CWA authorization. During the project, dredged 
material was discharged outside of the designated SF-11 disposal site, 
and other dredged material was discharged in San Francisco Bay that was 
not authorized to be dredged at all.
    Copies of the CA/FO are available on request from the following 
address: Jessica Kao, ORC-2, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 972-3922.
    EPA is required by CWA section 309(g)(4)(A), 33 U.S.C. 
1319(g)(4)(A), to provide public notice of and reasonable opportunity 
to comment on, a proposal to issue an Administrative Order before 
issuing the Final Order. Persons wishing to comment on the proposed 
Final Order may do so by submitting written comments, postmarked no 
later than [Insert Date fifteen days from the date this Notice is 
published], to the above address.
    Any person who comments on the proposal to issue a Final Order 
shall be given notice of any hearing held in this matter. If a hearing 
is held, commenters will be entitled to an opportunity to be heard and 
to present evidence. If no hearing is held, commenters may petition EPA 
to set aside any subsequent Final Order and to hold a hearing. 
Commenters may also seek judicial review of the Final Order pursuant to 
CWA section 309(g)(8), 33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(8).

    Dated: September 4, 2003.
Alexis Strauss,
Director, Water Division.
[FR Doc. 03-23163 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]
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