[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19531-19532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07038]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 29, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Utah in the lawsuit entitled United States and the State of Utah v. 
EP Energy E&P Company, L.P., Civil Action No. 2:22-cv-00225-DBB.
    This is a civil action for injunctive relief and civil penalties 
brought by the United States and the State of Utah against EP Energy 
E&P Company L.P. (``EP Energy'') under the Clean Air Act. The Complaint 
alleges unlawful emissions of volatile organic compounds from storage 
vessels and their associated vapor control systems that were part of EP 
Energy's oil and natural gas production systems in the Uinta Basin oil 
and natural gas production well operations in Utah. The Consent Decree 
requires EP Energy to institute a comprehensive injunctive program to 
help ensure it will design, operate, and maintain approximately 250 
production facilities in compliance with federal and state law. EP 
Energy will also pay a $700,000 penalty, to be split evenly between the 
United States and Utah, and implement a mitigation project at a cost of 
approximately $1.2 million that will reduce EP Energy's volatile 
organic compound and methane emissions.
    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 and the State of Utah v. EP Energy 
E&P Company, L.P., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-12299/1. 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.

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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 $26.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-07038 Filed 4-1-22; 8:45 am]
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