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### In the Matter of :

Respo ndenl. UNITED STAT ES E**YI ON** **~l ENT** **\I. I'** **ROT ECT** **IO** 

### A ,ENCY 

## "29 

## 01'\ 2: 23 REG IO N 8 

# 20\ INO, r 

### Docket No. CAA- 08

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### JO INT MOTION TO**A~lEND** 

### AD 'II NIST RATIYE COMPLAI 

### T AN D C O NSENT AG REEMENT


### RC$pondt.:nt QEP Energy Company ("QEP") and Complai nant. U nited Stales Environmental Protection Agency ("c PA " ) 

### herl.:by file this joint motion to amend th...: 

### AdminisLrative Complaint and Consent Agreement 1. 

### On**Augu~t** 

### 29. 2011, the Court appro\'Cd an Admini tnllive Comp laint and ConSt:nl**~r~l·ltlCnt** 

### ("'Agreemcnt") in 

### this maHer (sec August 29. 2011 Order Grant ing Filing 

### of an Electronic Consenl grcemem Final Order). 2
. Pursmlllt to the terms of I )nragraph F
. 13 of' the Agreement. the purpose of thi s Motion 

### is to request that the Coun approve a revised llod amended Appe ndix A. 

### Tables A-I
. 2. A-3 and**A-~** 

### to the Agreement which was provided to EPA by QEP and entitled "APPENDIX A to Consent Agrc-cOlent dated August 26
. 2011:**E~ IJSSION**  

### OURCE INV ENTO RY Revised**1O 1~-2011**  

### ("Re\' ised Appendix t\")

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### t\ddi.ionaJlj'
. as a result of the proposed revision, 

### Respondent al so seeks to revise St:t.:tion E. Paragraph I ("·E. r') 

### of the Agreement to rcflecl the dccrc;lsed civil penulty amollnt 

### resulting frolll the 

### Revi sed Appendix A
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. 

### incc. for the purposes or 

### this Agrcl.:11lcnl. EPA agrees that QEP's individual 

### \\1:11501 a well pad shou ld be 

### grouped together as (I 

### single SOll rl:c. 

### Respondenl seeks to subsl itute Revised Appendix A for the orig inal Appendix A In 

### rcncct the following chlUlgcs:
a. Table A·I sources will 

### be reduced from 23 to 15: b. Table 1\-2 sources II 

### ill be reduced from 8 to 4;


### c. Tnblc 1\-3 

### sources will 

### be reduced from 22 to 6: and d. Table**A~** 

### sources will be reduced from 74 to 17.

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### result of decreasing the loml number of emission sources IisH
.. 'd 

### in Appendix A by 85. 

### from 1:!7 to -12. the ci\ t il 

### penalty amount identified in lhe Agreement al E.I should correspondingly be amended to S 126.000 instead of $381.000 as currently in the Agreement. Re spondent. therelbre. respectfully se eks to amend E.I of .he Agreement to rcneel the

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TABLE A- 1,: ExlstinlJ (-eel "by ':It,**2011~** FIrst II SIte I Tanir b."lt'tl'("f SOUR Co 01\1" H COn ol

.Caiil\Oh T kB ry control 0 IDENTlFlCAT10N •• 1.,
. ... Lonuitudc ISrCT10N TOWNStllP RANGE DDtl! «COpturod contrc;d devl<:c! Control Oelflcc Install date**l-1A~O** 47.747518 · W2.SOS592 31 150 92 6/t/201O cal)tUredJamttoUed ground pit tlare IUOWld olt flore lJ./WJU 1&-16E 47.747291

- 102.365626 G 149 92 9/1J!2..0llJ QlDtumd,'con1rolled cround olt nare llTOund ;lit flare 09/18/11 4-5J 47587337 ·102 .435301 5 1. 1\7 92 6/23/2011 C4lp I ured/ cQ ntrolled ground pIt flate &round pit nare J.l/14/11 1 · 3-1BC 47.816000 -102.249930 18**~o** 90 10/7/2009 caPtured/controlled ground Pit flare Iground plt nare 09/28/11**1·14~C** 47.833951

- 101.204545 

# " lSO 90 9/2112010 caPtured/controlled lJ:TOund olt Oare IBrOund " It nan! 10/24/11 U · 18C 47 .804898 -102.2 51996 18 1SO 9I. 5/1/2010 ClIptured/controlle<1 Rround pIt flare ground c t flam 10/18/11 1-4--8F 47.745836 l02.23U3S 8 149 90 U!1712.009 ClIpt\lred/controlled 'round pit flare Rround t Oare 10/14/11 1·1-32C 47.774689 -102.2l.6086 U 150 90 2/ !/20U capturedjconttolled grOl.lJld pit ftnf1l ground Il il flare 10/08lU 16-32C 47.761611 -102. 216617 32 1SO 90 3/1 120U aJPlured/controlled :rrround pit nare wound 0 It nare 10/05/U 1-8 ·29C 47.183313 ·102.215975 29 150 90 5/1 1{20U .captured/control!ed ground pIt flare ground pit nare 10/12111 1-4-23 47.945988 -102 ,449063 3S 152 92 6/'1./2.010 captured/controlled ground pit flare ground pit flare J.1/3()/11 1-4-21 47.965055 ·101.451226 21 152 92 3/3O/20U Gllpwred/controlled ground pIt Oafe ground pIt flare 11/30/11 1-7-GF 47.755261 ·102.245428 6 149 91 5/3O/20U C41Dtured/conlrolled ground pit flare ground pit flare 09/25/11 16-32.8 47 .7GlGS1 ·102.343555 32 1 49 91 lO/llzOU ClIPtured!controlled ground pit Dare ground pIt flare 09/15/11 1S-6F 47.141045

- 102.242185 6 150 90 8/27/2OU lcaplured/controlled Icround pit flare Iground pit flare 08/2"/11
TABLE A-2: New Emission Sources (commencIng construction between Augllst 

### 31, 2011 and December 31, 2011) Ex, p SOU Comm IDENTIFICATION SEatON TOWNSH IP RANGE ConstruCtion Datc 6-32 Pad 32 148 92**U/1~** /11 U-BCPlId 18 150 90**U1~** 

### 111 a·GF Pad 6 149 91 U/l!: /11 1·5F rod 5 149 90 11/15/11TABLE A-3: New Emission So u rces 

### (commencing co nstruction 

### between Ja nuary**1~** lOU and**Mar~h** 31, 20U) EJcpeeted SO UR Cf Comm n IOENTlRCATI ON TOWNSHIP .RANGE IOate lone Fed Pad 3<1 152 92 1/11/12 U

- 31G 31 148 91 1/11/12 16-318 31 150 91 2/U/U 12-S H 5 148 91 2/11/12 16-SF S 149 90 2/U/12 16-31G 31 148 92 3/U/12



### TABLE A-4; New Emlssion 

### Sources (commencing**eon~** 

### ruction between April 

### ,2012 and June**~O~** 

### IOU) Expected SOUR Commen IDENTlFtCATlON Sl:cnON TOWNS HlP iRAHGE Construction Date 4-26E 26 1119 91 04/15/12 13-2 6E 26 149 91 05/15/12 2 · 5-Z9C 29 150 90 00/15/12 1·27A 27 150 92- 06/15/12 5-1 0E 10 1.49 91 06/15/12 5-33C 33 150 90 00/15/12 I-21m 2B 148 92 06/15/12

1 12-4E 4 149 91 06/15/12 14-35E 35 149 91 06/15 {12 5-33F 33 1118 90 06115/12 4-266 26 148 92 OG/1S/12. In-3D 3 1.49 92 6/29/12 1G·23G 23 148 92 6/2JJ111 13-24G 24 1 48 92 6/29/12 116-24G 2 4 1 48 92 61?S112 16·21 Z1 152 92 6/29/12 114-328 32 150 91 6/29/12

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### C ERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Inc undersigned 

### certifies that t he originol an d 

### a copy of the ultuched Joint Motion 

### to Anwnd Adminis1r.uivc Complaint and Consellt Agreemen t in the mutter of QEP Encrg) Company: Docket No. CAA

-08

-20 11

-0026
. was filed \\; th the Regional Hearing Clerk on November 29. 2011. 

### Further. Ihe undcrsigncd certifies lhat u copy of the document was 

### c·ffioilcd b) 

### pdf**~lm.J** 

### I1Hlilcu by 

### firsl-dass U.S. Mail 10 Daniel R yan. Senior Envi ronmental Engineer for QEP Energy 

### Company <It

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### Str eet. Sui t e 500 Denver. 

### <':0 80265.
Date: 

## NOV 29 211

# tJ!~ J!l6r.:SlJ:Ej)pl;rs / Senior Enforcement Attorney 

### U.S. En\ ironmemal Protection Agency