[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45803-45804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16259]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On July 25, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Colorado in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of Colorado
v. DCP Operating Company, LP, et al., Civil Action No. 1:22-cv-01829-
NRN.
The United States and the State of Colorado jointly filed this
lawsuit under the Clean Air Act against Defendants DCP Operating
Company, LP; DCP Midstream Holding, LLC; DCP LP Holdings, LLC; DCP
Partners Colorado LLC; DCP Assets Holding, LP; and DCP Lucerne 2 Plant
LLC, alleging violations of leak detection and repair requirements at
seven natural gas processing plants in Colorado. The complaint seeks
injunctive relief and civil penalties for the defendants' alleged
failures to monitor and repair leaking equipment across the seven
natural gas processing plants. The consent decree requires the
defendants to perform injunctive relief to address the alleged
violations, implement a mitigation project to help offset excess
emissions caused by the alleged violations, and pay a $3,250,000 civil
penalty. The civil penalty will be split evenly between the United
States and the State of Colorado.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States and State of Colorado v. DCP Operating
Company, LP, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-12335. 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
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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 $23.50 (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. 2022-16259 Filed 7-28-22; 8:45 am]
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