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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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Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request,
Reemployment Services and Eligibility
Assessments (RESEA) Program
Implementation Study, New Collection
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
AGENCY:
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the
general public and federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure
that requested data can be provided in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
is properly assessed. Currently, the
Department of Labor is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of
data about the Reemployment Services
and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA)
Program Implementation Study. A copy
of the proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the
addressee section of this notice.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
June 24, 2019.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@
dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Megan Lizik,
Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
ADDRESSES:
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DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit
one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must
include the agency name and OMB
Control Number identified above for
this information collection. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Megan Lizik by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by
phone at (202) 430–1255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: DOL funds RESEA
programs across all 50 states, DC, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands. States and
territories use these funds to address the
reemployment services needs of
Unemployment Insurance (UI)
claimants and to prevent and detect UI
improper payments (Unemployment
Insurance Program Letter 8–18). The
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L.
115–123) included amendments to the
Social Security Act (SSA) that create a
permanent authorization for the RESEA
program. The permanently authorized
RESEA program in Section 306 of the
SSA provides for a phased
implementation of new program
requirements over several years, one of
which is to ‘‘establish and expand the
use of evidence-based interventions’’ in
states’ RESEA programs. To help meet
this requirement and build evidence
about RESEA, DOL is conducting an
implementation study that will provide
an understanding of current RESEA
programs and program components
being implemented in the field. As part
of this implementation study, DOL will
conduct a web-based survey of all
RESEA grantees nationwide. This
Federal Register Notice provides the
opportunity to comment on a new
proposed information collection activity
that will be used for the implementation
study.
• Web-based survey instrument. The
evaluation team will conduct a survey
of all states and territories operating
RESEA programs to systematically
gather up-to-date information about
RESEA program operations not available
in existing documents. This includes
detail on how reemployment services
are provided, interactions with federal
workforce programs, how eligibility
assessment and enforcement are carried
out, types of reemployment services
provided, and exploratory information
about evaluation activities.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection for the Evaluation
to Advance Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessments Program
Evidence. DOL is particularly interested
in comments that do the following:
Æ Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
Æ evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimate of the
proposed information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
Æ enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
Æ minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology—
for example, permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the
Department of Labor is requesting
clearance for for the survey protocol to
be administered with all RESEA
grantees nationwide.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Affected Public: State RESEA program
administrators.
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents a
Type of instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Estimated
burden hours
Web-based survey instrument for State RESEA administrators ...............................................................................
b 18
1
18
2
36
Total ..............................................................................
18
1
18
2
36
a We
are seeking a clearance period of three years.
approximately 1 survey participant from each of approximately 53 state and territory RESEA programs over the three-year clearance period.
b Assumes
Christina Yancey,
Acting Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S.
Department of Labor.
Friday, May 24, 2019, 9:00 a.m.–4:00
p.m., Atlantic Standard Time (Same as
Eastern Daylight Time), in San Juan,
Puerto Rico. Registration is not required.
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The Members of the
National Council on Disability (NCD)
will hold a quarterly hold business
meeting and community forum on
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Juan Marriott, located at 1309 Ashford
Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907–
1324. Interested parties may join the
meeting in person at the meeting
location or may join by phone in a
listening-only capacity (other than the
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Name: Neil Romano. In the event of
teleconference disruption or failure,
attendees can follow the meeting by
accessing the Communication Access
Realtime Translation (CART) link
provided. CART is text-only translation
that occurs real time during the meeting
and is not an exact transcript.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Reemployment Services and Eligibility
Assessments (RESEA) Program Implementation Study, New Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and
federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95). This program helps to ensure that
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on
respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the
Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Program
Implementation Study. A copy of the proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before June 24, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Megan Lizik,
Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312,
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
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DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only
one method. All submissions received must include the agency name and
OMB Control Number identified above for this information collection.
Comments, including any personal information provided, become a matter
of public record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Lizik by email at
[email protected] or by phone at (202) 430-1255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: DOL funds RESEA programs across all 50 states, DC,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. States and territories use these
funds to address the reemployment services needs of Unemployment
Insurance (UI) claimants and to prevent and detect UI improper payments
(Unemployment Insurance Program Letter 8-18). The Bipartisan Budget Act
of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-123) included amendments to the Social Security
Act (SSA) that create a permanent authorization for the RESEA program.
The permanently authorized RESEA program in Section 306 of the SSA
provides for a phased implementation of new program requirements over
several years, one of which is to ``establish and expand the use of
evidence-based interventions'' in states' RESEA programs. To help meet
this requirement and build evidence about RESEA, DOL is conducting an
implementation study that will provide an understanding of current
RESEA programs and program components being implemented in the field.
As part of this implementation study, DOL will conduct a web-based
survey of all RESEA grantees nationwide. This Federal Register Notice
provides the opportunity to comment on a new proposed information
collection activity that will be used for the implementation study.
Web-based survey instrument. The evaluation team will
conduct a survey of all states and territories operating RESEA programs
to systematically gather up-to-date information about RESEA program
operations not available in existing documents. This includes detail on
how reemployment services are provided, interactions with federal
workforce programs, how eligibility assessment and enforcement are
carried out, types of reemployment services provided, and exploratory
information about evaluation activities.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the
Evaluation to Advance Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments
Program Evidence. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do
the following:
[cir] Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
[cir] evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
[cir] enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[cir] minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology--for example, permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the Department of Labor is
requesting clearance for for the survey protocol to be administered
with all RESEA grantees nationwide.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
Affected Public: State RESEA program administrators.
Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Average burden
Number of Number of Total number time per Estimated
Type of instrument respondents responses per of responses response burden hours
\a\ respondent (hours)
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State RESEA administrators.....
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\a\[thinsp]We are seeking a clearance period of three years.
\b\[thinsp]Assumes approximately 1 survey participant from each of approximately 53 state and territory RESEA
programs over the three-year clearance period.
Christina Yancey,
Acting Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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