[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 5039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01358]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 22, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Gulfport 
Energy Corporation, Case No. 2:20-cv-00340-ALM-CMV.
    The United States filed a Complaint in this lawsuit seeking civil 
penalties and injunctive relief from Defendant Gulfport Energy 
Corporation (``Gulfport'') for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, 
42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q, at multiple oil and gas production well pads that 
Gulfport owns and operates in eastern Ohio (the ``Facilities''). The 
United States' Complaint alleges that Gulfport has violated statutory 
and regulatory requirements applicable to storage tanks at the 
Facilities arising under the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated 
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency establishing standards of 
performance for crude oil and natural gas production, transmission, and 
distribution facilities (codified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart OOOO), as 
well as corresponding requirements in Gulfport's Clean Air Act 
operating permits for the Facilities.
    When the Complaint was filed, the United States also lodged a 
proposed Consent Decree that would settle the claims asserted in the 
Complaint. Among other things, the proposed Consent Decree would 
require Gulfport to implement appropriate injunctive relief to control 
air pollutant emissions from storage tanks at the Facilities, undertake 
additional mitigation measures to help offset unauthorized past air 
pollutant emissions, and pay a total of $1,700,000 in civil penalties 
(plus interest) to the United States.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States v. Gulfport Energy Corporation, D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-12026. 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 proposed 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 proposed 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 $25.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-01358 Filed 1-27-20; 8:45 am]
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