Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 17434 [2019-08329]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On April, 19, 2019, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado in the
lawsuit entitled United States and State
of Colorado v. HighPoint Operating
Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:19–cv–
01151.
The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief
and civil penalties for violations of the
Clean Air Act, the Colorado Air
Pollution Prevention and Control Act
(‘‘Colorado Act’’), Colorado’s federally
approved State Implementation Plan
(‘‘Colorado SIP’’), and Colorado Air
Quality Control Commission Regulation
Number 7 (‘‘Regulation No. 7’’) at tank
batteries (referred to in the consent
decree as ‘‘Tank Systems’’) that are, or
were until recently, owned and operated
by HighPoint Operating Corporation
(‘‘HighPoint’’) in a portion of the
Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado
(known as the ‘‘8-Hour Ozone Control
Area’’) designated as non-attainment
with the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for ground-level ozone. The
violations relate to alleged failures to
adequately design, operate, and
maintain vapor control systems at the
Tank Systems, resulting in emissions of
volatile organic compounds (‘‘VOC’’)
and other pollutants to the atmosphere.
The proposed Consent Decree covers
HighPoint’s Tank Systems in the 8-Hour
Ozone Control Area equipped with
vapor control systems pursuant to
Regulation No. 7 to achieve required
system-wide emission reductions (50
tank batteries). Under the terms of the
proposed Consent Decree HighPoint
will ensure vapor control systems
adequately capture and control potential
VOC emissions from storage tanks by
performing engineering evaluations of
the vapor control systems and either
making any necessary modifications to
ensure adequate capture and control or
installing an automated system that will
monitor Tank System pressure and
automatically control oil and gas flow
rates into the Tank Systems and shut in
equipment (including wells) to avoid
excess emissions. HighPoint will also
conduct monthly optical gas-imaging
infrared camera (IR camera) inspections
of all Tank Systems and implement a
directed inspection and preventative
maintenance program. The Decree will
result in substantial reductions in VOC
emissions from HighPoint Tank Systems
throughout the ozone nonattainment
area. The EPA and Colorado Department
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of Health and Environment (‘‘CDPHE’’)
estimate the Decree’s injunctive relief
requirements to modify vapor control
system design, improve operations and
maintenance practices, and increase
monitoring will reduce emissions from
HighPoint’s tank systems by
approximately 350 tons per year (tpy).
Additionally, HighPoint will complete a
mitigation project it estimates will
reduce emissions of VOC by
approximately another 50 tpy.
HighPoint will pay a civil penalty of
$330,000, of which $275,000 will go to
the United States, and $55,000 to
Colorado. Colorado and HighPoint have
agreed that HighPoint will perform a
state-only supplemental environmental
project (to be designated) that will cost
up to $220,000. Entering into and fully
complying with the proposed Consent
Decree will release HighPoint from past
civil liability at the Tank Systems and
associated vapor control systems for
violations of the Colorado SIP and
Regulation No. 7 relating to VOC
emissions from condensate storage
tanks.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States and State of Colorado v.
HighPoint Operating Corporation, D.J.
Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–11484. All
comments must be submitted no later
than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
Consent Decree upon written request
and payment of reproduction costs.
Please mail your request and payment
to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—
ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $34.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury for a copy of the
Consent Decree without appendices. For
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a paper copy without the appendices,
the cost is $21.25.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On April, 19, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Colorado in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of Colorado
v. HighPoint Operating Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-01151.
The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties for
violations of the Clean Air Act, the Colorado Air Pollution Prevention
and Control Act (``Colorado Act''), Colorado's federally approved State
Implementation Plan (``Colorado SIP''), and Colorado Air Quality
Control Commission Regulation Number 7 (``Regulation No. 7'') at tank
batteries (referred to in the consent decree as ``Tank Systems'') that
are, or were until recently, owned and operated by HighPoint Operating
Corporation (``HighPoint'') in a portion of the Denver-Julesburg Basin
in Colorado (known as the ``8-Hour Ozone Control Area'') designated as
non-attainment with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
ground-level ozone. The violations relate to alleged failures to
adequately design, operate, and maintain vapor control systems at the
Tank Systems, resulting in emissions of volatile organic compounds
(``VOC'') and other pollutants to the atmosphere.
The proposed Consent Decree covers HighPoint's Tank Systems in the
8-Hour Ozone Control Area equipped with vapor control systems pursuant
to Regulation No. 7 to achieve required system-wide emission reductions
(50 tank batteries). Under the terms of the proposed Consent Decree
HighPoint will ensure vapor control systems adequately capture and
control potential VOC emissions from storage tanks by performing
engineering evaluations of the vapor control systems and either making
any necessary modifications to ensure adequate capture and control or
installing an automated system that will monitor Tank System pressure
and automatically control oil and gas flow rates into the Tank Systems
and shut in equipment (including wells) to avoid excess emissions.
HighPoint will also conduct monthly optical gas-imaging infrared camera
(IR camera) inspections of all Tank Systems and implement a directed
inspection and preventative maintenance program. The Decree will result
in substantial reductions in VOC emissions from HighPoint Tank Systems
throughout the ozone nonattainment area. The EPA and Colorado
Department of Health and Environment (``CDPHE'') estimate the Decree's
injunctive relief requirements to modify vapor control system design,
improve operations and maintenance practices, and increase monitoring
will reduce emissions from HighPoint's tank systems by approximately
350 tons per year (tpy). Additionally, HighPoint will complete a
mitigation project it estimates will reduce emissions of VOC by
approximately another 50 tpy.
HighPoint will pay a civil penalty of $330,000, of which $275,000
will go to the United States, and $55,000 to Colorado. Colorado and
HighPoint have agreed that HighPoint will perform a state-only
supplemental environmental project (to be designated) that will cost up
to $220,000. Entering into and fully complying with the proposed
Consent Decree will release HighPoint from past civil liability at the
Tank Systems and associated vapor control systems for violations of the
Colorado SIP and Regulation No. 7 relating to VOC emissions from
condensate storage tanks.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States and State of Colorado v. HighPoint
Operating Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-11484. All comments must
be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date
of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $34.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury for a copy of
the Consent Decree without appendices. For a paper copy without the
appendices, the cost is $21.25.
Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
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