[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 75 (Thursday, April 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 19727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1926]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on April 4, 2007, a proposed consent 
decree in United States and Illinois v. PennTex Resources Illinois, 
Inc. and Rex Energy Operating Corp., Civil Action No. 07-0241, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Illinois.
    In this civil action brought pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7603, the United States sought to prevent the emission of 
hydrogen sulfide in amounts that may present an imminent and 
substantial endangerment to human health, welfare or the environment 
from oil production facilities owned by PennTex Resources Illinois, 
Inc. and operated by Rex Energy Operating Corp. near the towns of 
Bridgeport and Petrolia in Lawrence County, Illinois. The State of 
Illinois joined this action as co-plaintiff asserting a claim under 
state law to prevent air pollution. Under the proposed consent decree, 
PennTex and Rex Energy will install vapor control measures to collect 
hydrogen sulfide from eight gathering facilities and destroy them in 
elevated flares.
    The Department of Justice will accept comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and mailed either electronically to [email protected] or in 
hard copy to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. Comments should refer to United States and Illinois v. 
PennTex Resources Illinois, Inc. and Rex Energy Operating Corp., Civil 
Action No. 07-0241, (S.D. Ill.) and D.J. Reference No. 90-5-2-1-08915.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Nine 
Executive Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, (618) 628-3700; and 
(2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Mary T. 
McAullife (312) 886-6237)). During the comment period, the proposed 
consent decree may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decree.html. A 
copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from 
the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please refer to the referenced case and D.J. 
Reference No. 90-5-2-1-08915, and enclose a check in the amount of 
$23.25 for the consent decree (93 pages at 25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), made payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-1926 Filed 4-18-07; 8:45 am]
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