[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69285-69286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28851]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on November 1, 2011, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Williams Four Corners, LLC, Civil Action 
1:11-cv-02846, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Colorado.
    In this action the United States seeks civil penalties and 
injunctive relief for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act 
(``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., at Four Corner's Ignacio Gas Plant 
(``Ignacio GP'') and Ute E Compressor Station (``Ute E'') located in La 
Plata County, Colorado, and situated within the exterior boundaries of 
the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. County, Utah. Specifically, the 
United States alleges that Four Corners failed to timely repair four 
leaks at its Ignacio GP in violation of the New Source Performance 
Standard at 40 CFR part 60, Subpart KKK, implementing Section 111 of 
the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 741, and violated Title V of the 
CAA and 40

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CFR part 71 by failing to apply for a federal operating permit for the 
Ute E Compressor Station and pay annual emission fees and file related 
reports. The proposed consent decree would require Four Corners to pay 
a civil penalty of $50,000, implement an enhanced leak detection and 
repair program at the Ignacio GP using optical gas imaging, and obtain 
minor source permit coverage for Ute E under EPA's new Federal 
Implementation Plan for Indian country that was finalized on July 1, 
2011 so that the facility is no longer a ``Part 71 source.''
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either emailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Williams Four Corners, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
06938/4.
    The consent decree and associated appendices may be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the consent decree and the associated 
appendices may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611 or by faxing or emailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or 
fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at 
the stated address. All requests for documents should refer to United 
States v. Williams Four Corners, LLC, Civil Action Number 1:11-cv-
02846, and D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-06938/4.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-28851 Filed 11-7-11; 8:45 am]
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