[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 60101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26544]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7576-5]


Crimson Resource Management--Administrative Complaint Consent 
Agreement and Final Order--Notice of Proposed Administrative Consent 
Agreement and Final Order Pursuant to Section 311(b)(6) of the Clean 
Water Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice, request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 311(b)(6)(C) of the Clean Water 
Act, (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed Complaint, Consent Agreement and Final Order (``CCA/FO,'' 
Region 9 Docket No. OPA 9-2003-0003), which resolves penalties for 
alleged violations of sections 311(b)(3) and 311(j) of the CWA. The 
respondent to the CCA/FO is Crimson Resource Management Corp. Through 
the proposed CCA/FO, Crimson Resource Management Corp. will pay $30,000 
to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund as a penalty for alleged 
violations involving the discharge of oil into waters of the United 
States, and the failure to prepare and maintain a Spill Prevention, 
Control and Countermeasure plan. The penalty included in this CCA/FO 
was calculated in accordance with the Agency's guidance document, Civil 
Penalty Policy for Section 311(b)(3) and section 311(j) of the Clean 
Water Act, dated August 21, 1998. For forty (40) days following the 
date of publication of this Notice, the Agency will receive written 
comments relating to the proposed CCA/FO. Any person who comments on 
the proposed CCA/FO shall be given notice of any hearing held and a 
reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present evidence. If no 
hearing is held regarding comments received, any person commenting on 
this proposed CCA/FO may, within 40 days after the issuance of the 
final order, petition the Agency to set aside the CCA/FO, as provided 
by section 311(b)(6)(C)(iii) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C)(iii).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 1, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The proposed CCA/FO may be obtained from Laurie Williams, 
telephone (415) 972-3867. Comments regarding the proposed CCA/FO should 
be addressed to Danielle Carr (ORC-1) at 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105, and should reference Crimson Resource 
Management Corp. and Region 9 Docket No. OPA 9-2003-0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Williams (ORC-3), Office of 
Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 972-3867.

    Dated: September 26, 2003.
Keith Takata,
Director, Superfund Division, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 03-26544 Filed 10-20-03; 8:45 am]
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