[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-824]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 30, 2010, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Gasco Energy Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 2:10-CV-01282-PMW, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Utah.
    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 Gasco Energy Inc.'s (``Gasco'') 
Riverbend compressor station in Uintah County, Utah. Specifically, the 
United States alleges that Gasco failed to control the emission of 
hazardous air pollutants (``HAPs'') as required by Section 112 of the 
CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7412, and 40 CFR part 63, subpart HH (applicable to 
certain glycol dehydrators at natural gas production facilities) and 
subpart ZZZZ (applicable to certain reciprocating internal combustion 
engines at natural gas production facilities). The proposed consent 
decree would require Gasco to pay a civil penalty of $350,000, comply 
with regulatory requirements, and make additional reductions in 
emissions through a requirement to retrofit or replace certain high 
bleed pneumatic controllers with ``low bleed'' components.
    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 e-mailed 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. Gasco Energy Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09483.
    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 e-mailing 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 $16.75 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail 
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. Gasco Energy Inc., D.J. Ref. No., Civil Action Number 2:10-
CV-01282-PMW, and D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09483.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-824 Filed 1-14-11; 8:45 am]
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