# Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding Glacier Petroleum, Inc., Emporia, KS

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** November 24, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 62607

## Text

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5926-9]

Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty
Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding Glacier Petroleum,
Inc., Emporia, KS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and
opportunity to comment regarding Glacier Petroleum, Inc., Emporia,
Kansas.

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SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of opportunity to comment on the
proposed assessment.
Under 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6), 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. 1321(b)(6)(C).
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 September 26, 1997, 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, Glacier Petroleum, Inc. Emporia, Kansas; CWA
Docket No. VII-97-W-0053.

[[Page 62608]]

The Complaint proposes a penalty of Thirty-five Thousand Nine
Hundred Five Dollars ($35,905) for the discharge of crude oil into or
upon the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines
in violation of Section 311(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act.

DATES: In order to provide opportunity for public comment, EPA will
issue no final order assessing a penalty in this proceeding prior to
December 24, 1997.

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 Venessa Cobbs,
Regional Hearing Clerk at (913) 551-7630.
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 Glacier Petroleum, Inc. is available as part of the
administrative record, subject to provisions of law restricting public
disclosure of confidential information.

Dated: November 13, 1997.
Dennis Grams,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-30815 Filed 11-21-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-M

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