[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9597-9598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3274]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 19, 2001 a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States and State of Colorado v. William 
Field Services Co. et al., Civil Action No. 01-S-0113 was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The 
United States filed this action pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean 
Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for noncompliance with 
Section 165 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7475 pertaining to increased 
emissions of volatile organic compounds from major modifications at the 
settling defendant's so-called Ignacio Plant, a natural gas processing 
facility situated within the exterior boundaries of the Southern Ute 
Indian Reservation near Durango, Colorado.
    Under the terms of the Decree Williams Field Services Company and 
Williams Gas Processing Company, Inc., will pay the United States a 
civil penalty in the amount of $850,000, and meet emission standards 
and other terms and conditions set forth in the Decree regarding 
emissions of volatile organic compounds until such time that a PSD 
permit has been issued to the companies by EPA or other duly authorized 
State or Tribal agency or commission to which EPA has delegated PSD 
permitting authority.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Williams Field Services Co., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-
1-06938.
    The Decree may be examined at the offices of the U.S. EPA Region 
VIII, 999

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18th Street, Suite 500 South Tower, Denver, Colorado. A copy of the 
Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 
either with or without the multiple signature pages and attachments. In 
requesting a copy of the Decree, please enclose a check payable to the 
Consent Decree Library for $6.75 for a complete copy of the decree (25 
cents per page reproduction cost).

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3274 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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