ITED TATE

E ONME TAL PROTE Tl0 AGEN Y

DOCKET 0.: CAA-08-20lJ-0019 2 II OCT 27

SLAW ON EXPLORATIO COMPA Y, IN .)

THE MATTER OF:

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REVI ED ORDER 0 JOINT

MOTIO TO AMEND

ADMINT TATTVE COMPLAINT

ND ON. ENT AGRE ME T

On October 27,201L Respondent filed a Joint Motion to Am nd Administrative

omplainL and Consent Agreem nt. The Motion requ ts. pur uant t paragraphs D.I.a and .. 13

of til Agre ment, that th Complaint and ons 'nt Agreement b am nd d to inc/ud . a Revis d

App ndix and modificati n f the p na/ty.

The R vised Appendix A substitutes the original Appendix A by deleting one source

that was incorrectly included aggregating two sources to constitute one source and aggregatin

an additional thr e ouree to a eonstitut O.11 source.. This am ndm I1t reduces the number of

'j ting emission source from 9-, to 60 and ther by r due s the penalty to $273,000 as

e nt mplated by paragraph E.1 ofthe original Admil1i trative omplaint and .onsent

Agreement.

The court hereby approves the Motion to Amend to include th Revised Appendix A and

lh modification to paragraph E.] based on th t ffilS oftbe Complaint and C ns nt Agre m nt

and [I r good cau hown pur uant to 40 .F.R. §§22. J4 c), 22. J6(c and 22.J &b)(2). The

Re pondent is h reby ORDERED to comply with all ofthe terms ortb Consent Agr ernent.

which was effective on August 29 2011 by Final Order.

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Elyana R. Sutin

Regional Judicial ffleer
Tina Arlemis

Regional Hearing Clerk

U.S. EPA-Region 8 (8RC)

1595 Wynkoop street

Denver, CO 80202-1129

Via Hand Delivered Courier and Email

2011 OCT 27

Monday, October 24, 2011

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Re: Joint Motion to Amend Administrative Complaint and Consent

Agreement

Dear Ms. Artemis,

Attached for filing is a Joint Motion to Amend Administrative Complaint

and Consent Agreement filed by Slawson Exploration Company, Inc. and the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency in connection with the Administrative

Complaint and Consent Agreement filed in this matter on August 29,2011.

Please contact me if you have questions or need further information. I

would be grateful if you would send me a copy of the related

o rd e r up 0 n approval of the motion.

If you need any further information regarding this issue, please contact me

at (801) 799-5956 or via emai~ at mbdurran1 hollandhart.com.

Sincerely,

Marie Bradshaw Durrant

HOLLAND & HART LLP

222 S. Main Street, Suite 2200

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

801-799-5956

Attorney for Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.
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UNITED STATES

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCV

REGION 8

1595 WVNKOOP STREET

DENVER, CO 80202-1129

Phone 800-227-8917

http://www.cpa.gov!region 08

DOCKET NO.: CAA-08-2011-0019

2011 OCT 27 PH 2: 3S

, C' , ::G'OiI i-I • f Frl

In the Matter of:

Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.

Respondent.

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.IOINT MOTION TO AMEND

ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT

AND CONSENT AGREEMENT

Respondent. Slawson Exploration Company. Inc. ("Slawson"), and Complainant.

United SU\lCS Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") hereby lile this joint motion to

amend the Administrative Complaint and Consent Agreement:

I. On August 29. 2011, the COlin approved an Administrative Complaint and

Cunsent Agreement ("Agreement") inlhis matter (see August 29,2011 Order Granting

Filing of An Electronic Consent Agreement and Final Order).

2. Pursuant to the terms of Paragraphs O.l.a and F.13 of the Agreement, the

purpose of this Motion is to request that the Court approve a revised and amended

Appendix A to the Agreement ("Revised Appendix A") and approve a revision to

Paragraph E.l Of the Agreement to renect the revised and amended Appendix A.

3. R",spondcllt seeks to substitute Revised Appendix A for the original Appendix

A to reflect the following changes:

a. lhe deletion of un incorrectly included emission source in Table A·I (Armada

Feder.12-14-1311);

b. aggregation of two emission sources in Table A-I to constitute a single

emission source for 52 (fifty·two) original emission sources. which are now 26 (twenty·

six) emission sotlrces:

c. aggregation of three emission sources in Table A·l to constitute a single

emission source for 9 (nine) originul emission sources. \vhich are now J (three)

em ission sources;
d. bus c.1 on lh~ above changes r vi j n of lhe tOlal number of exi ling em i sian

ure . in Table A-I from 93 to 60.

4. To retlect the deletion ofth incorrectly included emission source and the

aggregalion of 61 oure inlo 29 sourc ill Tabl A-I. Re pondent uks to revi e

Paragraph E.I of the Agreement to reduce th penalty amount to reflect the net del tion

of (thirty-thr c) cmi ion Qurces. As prop ed, revis d Paragraph E.l w ult! read in

its entirety as follows:

"I. Pursuanl to an analysi of lhe facts and circumstances oftnis case with the

tatutory factors d rib din s tion 113(d (1)(8) fth AA. 43 U. .C.

&7413 d)(I)(B), EPA has determined that an appropriate civil penalty to cttle this

action is he am unl of $ ,000 pCI' cmis-i n our e lis! d in App ndix A f r a lotal of

Two Hundred eventy Three ThoLlsand Dollars ($273 000).'

5. Pursuant to the terms of Paragraph .13 0 f the Agreement EPA approves the

propo 'cd hang . to Paragraph E.I llnd R vis d pp ndi of lh Agrccm I1t a 't

forth in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Motion.

REQUE T

For lhe above-mentioned reasons, Respondent and Complainant rcsp tfully

reque t thatlh our1 approve the revi ion f Paragraph E.l .and approvl; ubstitution

of Revised Appendix 1\ into the Agr em nL

Re peel/ully submitted,

lawson Exploration 'ompany. Inc.

Re 'pondent.

2nJI

Marie Bradshaw Du lTant

HOLLAND & HART loll'

22_ . Maitl Stre t, uitc 2200

Salt Lake City. UT 84101

801-799-59 6

ATT RNEY FOR LAWSON E PLORATION

PANY, I .
Unit d States Envir nm ntal Prot tion

Agency, Region 8

omplainant.

Andrew M. Gaydosh

A si tant Regional Administrator

Office of En forcement, ompl iance and

Environm ntal Justice

Date
MODIFICATION TO PARAGRAPH E.l AND REVISED APPENDIX A

Paragraph E.l:

1. Pursuant to an analysis of the facts and circumstances of this case with the stallltory

factors dcscrihed in section 113(d)(I)(B) of the CAA. 43 U.S.C. §7413(d)( i)(B). EI'A

has determined that an appropriate civil penalty to settle this action is the amount of

$3.000 per emission source listed in Appendix A for u tolal of Two Hundred Seventy

Three Thousand Dollars ($273.000).
REVISED APPENDJX A' Table A-1

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Table A·2

Seedon. To....n.hl.. RlnE.Jl:peclH ComnMInce

WeclName ConstnlC:tlon Date

C tel2.J2H SS-T1S2N-R92W 1WII2Qll

Jend>o ".'" M-T151N-R92W 1011/2011

Panzet 12-2OH S20-T151N·R94W 1WI/2011

Pal'lZl!f &4-2OTf S1O-T151N-R94W 101112011

~nzer'1·2OH S20-T15IN·R94W 101112011

12..fi.7H S6-T151 N-R92W lOf1512011

r='2..J1H S6-T151N-R92W lOfI512011

T 0 Federa' Fadll S29-TI52N-Ri1W 1211/2011

Table A·3

Foxr.!-28H S11-T152N-R92W 1/112012

Zulu 12-21H S21·TI52N·R92W 1/112012

Wotverlne Federal.1·31..:l0H S31-TI53N-R93W Z/1/2012

Wolverlna FltCler.I ....·31·30TFH S31-TI53N-R93W 2/1/2012

R r Federal '2·22H S22-T152N-R92W 31112012

Tarantula Federal '2·16H SI6-TI52N·R92W 3/112012

Tarantula Feder.I'3·16H S16·T152N·R92W 3/112012

Table A-4

WalertxHK!'2·27·34H S27-151N·R92W 4/112012

Almada Fedelll-a·14-13H SI5-TI5IN-R92W 41112012

Phoenix .2-18H SI8-T152N-R91W 411512012

VIxen Federal.2·19-JOH Sl8-T152N·R91W 4/1512012

W"'" .1.12·11M S7·T152N-Ri3W 5/112012

Moou IZ·Za-2OH S29-T152N-R92W 511512012

River ~I F~a1.'·23-14H S23-T152N-Ril3W 5122/2012

River Rat Fedaral'2-23-14H S23-T152N·R83W 5IW2012

Rebel Fedetaln·J2-SH S33-T152N-R91W 81112012

Rebltt Fedefaf r.!.32·,SH S29--T152N-R91W 81112012

Fedefal.'·3lJ-31H S35-T151 N-R92W 611512012

Loon Fedefall2-24.25H SZ....T152H-R92W 6I2tlI2012

r"" U2·14H S23-TI52N-R82W 612512012

Ora FI!defIII.2·23-36 523-T152N-RQ1W llrnI2012

~2OH 529-TI51N-R92W """"12

M If ,z·3G-18H S3G-T152N-RGZW """"12
CERTIFIC

Th und r ign d certifies that the original th aach d Joint otion to Amend

dministr 11i' mplaint anti onseot gre m 'nl in lh maHer or la 11 Explorali n

ompan In. 0 ckct o. -08-_011-0019, w fil d 'th th R giooal Hearing C rk n

lober 27, 2 II,

J. urthcr, the under igned certifi s that tru an !T·t op f lh do urn 01 was handd Ii red t 'ynthi R ynolds, Dir ctor. EPA ir I TiT hni al "nD rc mcnt Program,

159 Wynk op treet, Denver CO 80202 and mail db I1rsl- + . U.. mail to Marie Brad haw

Durrant, c uns I r r 'lawson E ploration omp ny. In .. at HoJIand & Ilart, LLP. 222 . Main

.ir l, 'uit ..200 ,all LakeCity,UT 84101.

at: Oc+ II

David R chlin

'nior .n~ rcem mAn m

. . En ir run nl I Pr t· tion g nc
CElnlFICATE OF S~:llVICE

The undersigned certifies that the original of the allached REVISED ORDER ON

JOINT MOTION TO AMENDADMINISTRATIVE COMI'LAINT AND CONSENT

AGREEMENT in the matter of SLAWSON EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.,

DOCKET NO.: CAA-08-2011-00 19 was tiled with the Regional Hearing Clerk on October 27.

2011.

Further. the lmdcrsigncd ccrtilies that <l. true and correct copy orlhe documents were

deliwred to. David Rochlin, Senior Enforcement Attorney. U. S. EPA - Region 8. 1595

Wynkoop Street, DenVl:f, CO 80202-1129. True and correct copies ol'thc aforementioned

documents were plal:cd in the United States mail ccnifiedJr~turn receipt requested all October

27.2011. to:

Maric Bradshaw Durrant

Holland llnd I-Iurt. LLP

222 S. Main Street, Suite 2100

Snit Luke City. UT

mbdurrant@hollundharLcom

E-mailed to:

Honorable Elyana R. Sutin

Regional Judicinl Oflict.:r

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

1595 Wynkoop Street (8RC)

Denver, CO 80202

Elizabeth Whitsel

U. S. Envirollll1cntal Protection Agency

Cincinnmi rinuncc Ccnh.'r

26 W. Martin Luth('f King Drive. (MS-0002)

Cincilllll.Hi. Ohio 45268

October 27.2011 Jui2L~-- Tina Artemis

Paralegal/Regional Ileafing Clerk