NCD980602163_19990813_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Re Notification of Receipt of Administrative Complaint-OCR

WAKE CO AT TORNEY OFF
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMl:NTAl-PROTECTION i&.GENCY
Wa:hingt011, O.C. 20460
AUG I 3 1999
RETURN RECEIPIREOUESTED
Bill Holnan
Assistant Secretary for Enviromnental Protection
North Carollna Department of Environment and
Natural Resources
P.O. Box 629
kaleigh, NC 27602
In Reply Refer tg:
EPA File No. 12R-99-R4
Re: NOTIFICt\TION OF RECEIPT OF ADMJbJSTRAIIY£ COMPLAINT
Dear Assistant Si:cretary Holnan:
0FFICEOI'
CIVIi. AIGl1T'S
This letter is to notify you that the Office of Civil R.ighrs (OCR) has received a coroplaim
dated May 4, t999, from the Easton Acres Md Feltonsvillt communities in Wake Counry, North
Carolin~ represento!d by the Lana Loss Prevention Project in Durham. North Carolina, alleging
that Wake County Md the North Carolina Dtpartment of Environment and Namral Resou..rces
nave violated. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964> as amended, and the United States
Environmental Protection Agency 1 s (EPA) Title VI ir:nplemenring regulations at 40 C.f .R. Part
7. A copy of the complaint is enclosed.
-OCR will review the complaint for accepumoe, rejection, or referral to another Federal
agency pursuant to 40 C:.F.R. §7 .120 an<t will not.Uy you about its decision. ffyou choose to,
yeu.JIµly~pond;:ta .this notice within 30 days of receipt. Should OCR accept the complaint for
inveStiiation, you will haYe an opportUnity to respond to, rebut, or deny the allegations in the
complaint in writing. Additionally, EPA's Titk VI re!gu)ations provide that OCR mUSt anempt
to resolve complaints informally whenever possible ( 40 C.F .R. §7 .120(d)(2), Accordingly, OCR
will discuss. at any point durin~ the process, offers to infonnally resolve the complaint, and will,
to the extent appropriate, facilitate an info:rmal resolution process and the involvement of
affected stakeholders.
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If you have any questions. please: contact Mike Matthcisen in OCR by phone at (202)
260-4575. by e-mail at [e-mail], or by mail to the u_s_ J::PA, Office of Civil
Rights (Mail Code 1201), 401 M St., S.W., Washington, D.C. 204()0.
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Director
cc: Marcus Jimison
Managing Attorney
Land Loss Preventicm Project
P.O. Box 179
Durham, NC 2no2
RichllI'd Sieveas
County Manager
Wake County
P.O. Box 550
Raleigh, NC 27602
Gary S. Guzy, General Counsel
Office of General Counsel (MC 2310)
Rafael Del.eon, Acting Associate General Counsel
Civil Rights Law Office
Office of General CotmSel (MC 2399)
Steven A.. Hennen, A.ssis:tant Administrator
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (}.,1C 2201A)
Barry E. Hill. Director
Office ofEnvironm~nul. Juslice (MC 220lA)
Oflk= of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Tam Doheny, Special Assistant
Office of 'the Awninistriltor (MC 1103)
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John Hankinson
Regionl\l Administrator
EPA Region 4
Cathy Winol-ur
Title VI Contact
EPARegion4
Tim Fields
AssiStanl Administrator
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (51 O 1)
Jean Schumann
Title VI Contact
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response ( 5101)
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