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subcommittees of the NEJAC will meet

Tuesday, June 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30

p.m. Any member of the public wishing

additional information on the

subcommittee meetings should contact

the specific Designated Federal Official

at the telephone number listed below.

SubcommitteeFederal official and telephone

No.

Enforcement.Ms. Sherry Milan –202/564–

2619.

Health and

Research.

Mr. Lawrence Martin –202/564–

6497.

Ms. Carol Christensen –202/

260–2301.

International.Ms. Wendy Graham –202/564–

6602.

Indigenous

Peoples.

Mr. Danny Gogal –202/564–

2576.

Public Participation.Ms. Renee Goins –202/564–

2598.

Waste/Facility

Siting.

Mr. Kent Benjamin –202/260–

2822.

Members of the public who wish to

present materials during the community

poster session or participate in one of

the public comment periods should

register to do so by May 1. Individuals

or groups making oral presentations

during the public comment period will

be limited to a total time of five

minutes. If you wish to submit written

comments of any length (at least 50

copies), they should also be received by

May 1. Comments received after that

date will be provided to the Council as

logistics allow. Correspondence

concerning comments, poster sessions,

or registration should be sent to Tama

Clare of Tetra Tech Environmental

Management, Inc. at: 1593 Spring Hill

Road, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 21882,

phone: 703/287–8880 or fax: 703/287–

8843. Hearing impaired individuals or

non-English speaking attendees wishing

to arrange for a sign language or foreign

language interpreter, may make

appropriate arrangements using these

numbers also. In addition, NEJAC offers

a toll-free Registration Hotline at 888/

335–4299. For on-line registration, you

may visit the internet site: http://

www.ttemi.com.nejac.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Linda K. Smith,

Acting Designated Federal Official, National

Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

[FR Doc. 98–10859 Filed 4–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[TRL–6000–7]

Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed

Administrative Penalty Assessment

and Opportunity To Comment

Regarding City of Manhattan, KS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘EPA’’).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

sdministrative penalty sssessment and

opportunity to comment regarding City

of Manhattan, Kansas.

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).

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 April 1, 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, the City of

Manhattan, Kansas; CWA Docket No.

VII–98–W–0015.

The Complaint proposes a penalty of

One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand

Five Hundred Dollars ($137,500) for

failure to comply with certain

requirements of the sludge program,

including monitoring, recordkeeping,

reporting and application limitations in

violation of Section 405 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 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 Manhattan,

Kansas 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 notice.

Dated: April 7, 1998.

William Rice,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VII.

[FR Doc. 98–10719 Filed 4–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6001–6]

Proposed Administrative Penalty

Assessment 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.

SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of a

proposed administrative penalty for

alleged violations 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

without authorization discharges a

pollutant to a navigable water, as those

terms are defined in section 502 of the

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1362, may be assessed a

penalty in a ‘‘Class I’’ administrative

penalty proceeding. Class I proceedings

under section 309(g) are conducted in

accordance with the proposed

Consolidated Rules of Practice

Governing the Administrative