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In the Matter of:

Respondenl.

UNITED STATES

E YI ON~l ENT \I. I' ROT ECT IO A ,ENCY "29 01'\ 2: 23

REG ION 8 20\INO, r

Docket No. CAA-08-20 11 -0026 •

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JOINT MOTION TO A~lEND

AD 'IINISTRATIYE COMPLAI T

AN D CONSENT AG REEMENT

RC$pondt.:nt QEP Energy Company ("QEP") and Complainant. United Stales

Environmental Protection Agency ("cPA") 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 Complaint and

ConSt:nl ~r~l·ltlCnt ("'Agreemcnt") in this maHer (sec August 29. 2011 Order Granting Filing of

an Electronic Consenl grcemem Final Order).

2. Pursmlllt to the terms of I)nragraph F.13 of' the Agreement. the purpose of this

Motion is to request that the Coun approve a revised llod amended Appendix 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 INVENTORY Revised

1O 1~-2011 ("Re\'ised Appendix t\"). t\ddi.ionaJlj'. as a result of the proposed revision,

Respondent also 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 Revised Appendix A.

J. . incc. for the purposes or this Agrcl.:11lcnl. EPA agrees that QEP's individual

\\1:11501 a well pad should be grouped together as (I single SOllrl:c. Respondenl seeks to subslitute

Revised Appendix A for the original 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.

... /\.5 0 result of decreasing the loml number of emission sources IisH'd.. in Appendix

A by 85. from 1:!7 to -12. the ci\til penalty amount identified in lhe Agreement al E.I should

correspondingly be amended to S126.000 instead of $381.000 as currently in the Agreement.

Respondent. therelbre. respectfully seeks 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 ITanir 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 pittlare 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 C4lpIured/cQntrolled 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 -102.251996 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 32 149 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 TOWNSHIP 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 11/15/11
TABLE A-3: New Emission Sources (commencing construction between January 1~ lOUand Mar~h 31, 20U)

EJcpeeted

SOURCf Comm n

IOENTlRCATION 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-SH 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 TOWNSHlP iRAHGE Construction Date

4-26E 26 1119 91 04/15/12

13-26E 26 149 91 05/15/12

2· 5-Z9C 29 150 90 00/15/12

1·27A 27 150 92- 06/15/12

5-10E 10 1.49 91 06/15/12

5-33C 33 150 90 00/15/12

I-21m 2B 148 92 06/15/12

112-4E 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 24 148 92 6/29/12

116-24G 24 148 92 61?S112

16·21 Z1 152 92 6/29/12

114-328 32 150 91 6/29/12

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Inc undersigned certifies that the originol and a copy of the ultuched Joint Motion to

Anwnd Adminis1r.uivc Complaint and Consellt Agreement 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 Ryan. Senior Environmental Engineer for QEP Energy

Company <It Indcpcndcnc~ I)!u;t..n 1050 1t h Street. Suite 500 Denver. <':0 80265.

Date: NOV 29 211 tJ!~ J!l6r.:SlJ:Ej)pl;rs /

Senior Enforcement Attorney

U.S. En\ ironmemal Protection Agency