Notice of Proposed Assessment of Clean Water Act Class II Administrative Penalty to Arizona Public Service Company and Opportunity To Comment

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EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative penalty assessment and proposed Consent Agreement for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. EPA is also providing notice of the opportunity to comment on the proposed penalty assessment. Under section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(g), EPA is authorized to issue orders assessing civil penalties for various violations of the Act after providing the person subject to the penalty notice of the proposed penalty and the opportunity for a hearing, and after providing interested persons public notice of the proposed penalty and a reasonable opportunity to comment on its issuance. 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 comment on a proposed Class II penalty or participate in a Class II penalty proceeding are set forth in the Consolidated Rules. The deadline for submitting public comment of a proposed Class II order is thirty days after publication of this document. On the date identified below, EPA commenced the follo