[Federal Register: April 10, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 70)]
[Notices]
[Page 15943]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5457-2]

 
Notice of Proposed Assessment of Clean Water Act Class II
Administrative Penalty to Hy-Tech Plating Inc., and Opportunity To
Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and
opportunity to comment.

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SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of proposed administrative penalty
assessment for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. EPA is also
providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed assessment.
    Under 33 U.S.C. Section 1319(g), EPA is authorized to issue orders
assessing civil penalties for various violations of the Act. EPA may
issue these orders after the commencement of either a Class I or Class
II penalty proceeding. EPA provides public notice of the proposed
assessments pursuant to 33 U.S.C. Section 1319(g)(4)(a).
    Class II proceedings are conducted under EPA's Consolidated Rules
of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties
and the Revocation and Suspension of Permits, 40 CFR Part 22. The
procedures through 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 days after publication
of this notice.
    On the date identified below, EPA commenced the following Class II
proceeding for the assessment of penalties:

    In the Matter of Hy-Tech Plating Inc., located at 1014 Center
Street in San Carlos, California; EPA Docket No. CWA-IX-FY96-08;
filed on March 28, 1996, with Mr. Steven Armsey, Regional Hearing
Clerk, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
California 94105, (415) 744-1389; proposed penalty of $50,000 for
failure to comply with the categorical pretreatment standards and
requirements for metal finishing operations (40 CFR 433).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons wishing to receive a copy of EPA's Consolidated Rules, review
of the complaint or other documents filed in this proceeding, comment
upon a proposed assessment, or otherwise participate in the proceeding
should contact the Regional Hearing Clerk identified above. The
administrative record for this proceeding is located in the EPA
Regional Office identified above, and the file will be open for public
inspection during normal business hours. All information submitted by
the respondent 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 these
proceedings prior to thirty (30) days after the date of publication of
this notice.

    Dated: March 28, 1996.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Director, Water Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8948 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]
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