Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding the City of Homestead Village, MO

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 6078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2788]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6231-5]


Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty 
Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding the City of Homestead 
Village, MO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'').

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and 
opportunity to comment regarding the city of Homestead Village, 
Missouri.

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SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of opportunity to comment on the 
proposed assessment of an administrative penalty against the city of 
Homestead Village, Missouri. 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 comments 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 September 30, 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 Homestead Village, 
Missouri; EPA Docket No. VII-98-W-0044.
    The Complaint proposes a penalty of One Hundred Thirty Thousand 
Dollars ($130,000) for the discharge of pollutants to an unnamed 
tributary of Fishing River in violation of the facility's National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and sections 301 
and 402 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 Homestead Village 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 
document.

    Dated: January 26, 1999.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 99-2788 Filed 2-5-99; 8:45 am]
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