Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding the California Department of Transportation

Résumé

EPA is providing notice of a proposed Consent Agreement 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 has violated the conditions of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit may be assessed a penalty in a "Class II" administrative penalty proceeding. Class II proceedings under section 309(g) are conducted in accordance with the "Consolidated Rules of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance of Compliance or Corrective Action Orders, and the Revocation, Termination or Suspension of Permits," 40 CFR part 22 ("Consolidated Rules"), published at 64 FR 40138, 40177 (July 23, 1999). EPA is providing notice of the following Class II penalty proceeding, filed on September 6, 2001: In the M