[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 11793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05387]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On March 9, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for District of 
Utah in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Kinder Morgan Altamont 
LLC and Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C., Civil Action No. 2:18-
cv-00212-DBP. In a civil action filed on March 9, 2018, under Section 
113(a) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(a), the United States, on 
behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, alleged defendants 
Kinder Morgan Altamont LLC and Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C 
violated Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(r), by 
failing to comply with the chemical accident prevention regulations at 
40 CFR part 68. In the Complaint, the United States sought injunctive 
relief and penalties.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged in the 
Complaint, and requires the defendants to take specified actions 
designed to achieve and maintain compliance with the Clean Air Act and 
the applicable regulations. The proposed Consent Decree requires the 
defendants to perform audits to identify non-compliance at four 
facilities and to correct any violations identified. In addition, the 
defendants must pay a civil penalty of $179,099 and must complete a 
Supplemental Environmental Project designed to reduce volatile organic 
compound emissions at the Rabbit Gulch compressor station, located near 
the Altamont gas processing plant in Duchesne County, Utah.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Please address comments to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division and refer to United 
States v. Kinder Morgan Altamont LLC and Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company, L.L.C., DJ. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-11424. 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 $ 15.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-05387 Filed 3-15-18; 8:45 am]
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