[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 26335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08963]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On April 20, 2023, 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. WES DJ Gathering LLC f/k/a Kerr-McGee Gathering LLC, Civil Action
No. 1:20-cv-01931-RMR-MEH.
The United States and the State of Colorado jointly filed this
proposed consent decree pursuant to the Clean Air Act against Defendant
WES DJ Gathering LLC f/k/a Kerr-McGee Gathering LLC to resolve
allegations of violations of leak detection and repair requirements at
three natural gas processing plants that the company owns and operates,
known as the Fort Lupton Complex, located in Weld County, Colorado. The
complaint in this case, filed previously on July 1, 2020, seeks
injunctive relief and civil penalties for the defendant's alleged
failures to monitor and repair leaking equipment across the three
natural gas processing plants. The consent decree requires the
defendant to perform injunctive relief to address the alleged
violations, implement mitigation projects to help offset excess
emissions caused by the alleged violations, and pay a $3,500,000 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. WES DJ Gathering
LLC f/k/a Kerr-McGee Gathering LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-11710. 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 $25.75 (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. 2023-08963 Filed 4-27-23; 8:45 am]
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