[Federal Register: May 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 88)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the 
Clean Water Act; Kinder Morgan, Sparks Facility

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice, request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 311(B)(6)(C) of the Clean Water Act 
33 U.S.C. 1321 (B)(6)(C), notice is hereby given of a proposed Class II 
consent Agreement (``Agreement'') Kinder Morgan facility in Sparks, 
Nevada. The Environmental Protection Agency determined that the 
facility had not conducted all of the spill response exercises and 
drills required by the Facility Response Plan. The Agreement requires 
the Respondent pay a civil penalty of $26,630 and provide emergency 
response equipment to the Truckee Fire Department as a supplemental 
environmental project.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the 
Agreement. The agency will consider all comments received and may 
modify or withdraw its consent to the Agreement if comments received 
disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the Agreement is 
inappropriate, improper or inadequate. The Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at USEPA 
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 8, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The proposed Agreement may be obtained from Mark Samolis, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, telephone (415) 972-4273. Comments 
regarding the proposed Agreement should be addressed to Mark Samolis 
(SFD-9) at EPA, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105, and should reference the Kinder Morgan Sparks Consent 
Agreement and USEPA Docket No. OPA-9-2005-0004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Andrew Helmlinger, Office of 
Regional Counsel, telephone (415) 972-3904, USEPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.


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    Dated: April 29, 2005.
Betsy Curnow,
Acting Chief Response, Planning & Assessment Branch, Superfund Division 
(SFD-9).
[FR Doc. 05-9309 Filed 5-6-05; 8:45 am]

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