[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10719]


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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.

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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 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]
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