Order Denying Petition To Set Aside Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency [FRL 12663-01-OMS] AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of order denying petition to set aside consent agreement and proposed final order. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby provides notice to the public of the denial of the Petition to Set Aside Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order filed in the matter styled as In the Matter of Frederick-Winchester Service Authority, and Frederick County Sanitation Authority, d/b/a Frederick Water, Docket No. CWA-03-2024-0036, along with the reasons for such denial. ADDRESSES: To access and review documents filed in the matter that is the subject of this notice, please visit http://yosemite.epa.gov/​oarm/​alj/​alj_​web_​docket.nsf/​Dockets/​CWA-03-2024-0036 . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Hall, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Administrative Law Judges (1900R), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004; telephone number: (202) 564-6255 (main) or (202) 564-2199 (direct); fax number: (202) 565-0044; email address: oaljfiling@epa.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Legal Authority Section 309(g)(1)(A) of the Clean Water Act (CWA or Act) empowers the EPA to assess an administrative civil penalty whenever, on the basis of any information available, the EPA finds ( printed page 11967) that a person has violated certain sections of the Act…