[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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