[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 81941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23306]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On September 30, 2024, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Utah in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of Utah v. 
Ovintiv USA Inc., Civil Action No. 2:24-cv-00723-CMR.
    The United States and the State of Utah have filed a complaint 
concurrently with the proposed Consent Decree. The Complaint (ECF No. 
1) alleges that Defendant Ovintiv violated requirements of Section 111 
of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7411, and its implementing regulations 
at 40 CFR part 60, subparts OOOO and OOOOa; the Utah Air Conservation 
Act, Utah Code Ann. section 19-2-101 et seq., and its implementing 
regulations at Utah Administrative Code r. R307-101-1 et seq.; and 
approval orders issued pursuant to a permitting program in Utah's 
federally-approved State Implementation Plan, for unlawful emissions of 
volatile organic compounds (``VOCs'') from certain storage vessels and 
their associated vapor control systems that are or were part of 
Ovintiv's oil and natural gas production systems in the Uinta Basin. 
The Consent Decree will require Ovintiv to take specified actions at 
139 of its facilities in Utah and pay a civil penalty of $5,500,000.00 
and take pollution mitigation actions to reduce volatile organic 
compound emissions.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States and State of Utah v. Ovintiv USA Inc., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-12416. All comments must be submitted no later 
than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cababfa8a9a5a7a7afa4bee7afafb9e4afa4b8ae8abfb9aea5a0e4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b5b5e49484446464e455f064e4e58054e45594f6b5e584f4441054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    Any comments submitted in writing may be filed by the United States 
in whole or in part on the public court docket without notice to the 
commenter.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. If you require assistance 
accessing the Consent Decree, you may request assistance by email or by 
mail to the addresses provided above for submitting comments.

Jason A. Dunn,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-23306 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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