Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for HighPoint Operating Corporation's Anschutz Equus Farms 4-62-28 NWNW Oil and Gas Production Facility
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated July 31, 2024, granting in part and denying in part a petition dated April 1, 2024, from the Center for Biological Diversity. The petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) operating permit issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Air Pollution Control Division (Division) to HighPoint Operating Corporation for its Anschutz Equus Farms 4-62-28 NWNW oil and gas production facility located in Weld County, Colorado.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 83878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24179]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-12304-01-R8]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petition for
Objection to State Operating Permit for HighPoint Operating
Corporation's Anschutz Equus Farms 4-62-28 NWNW Oil and Gas Production
Facility
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on petition.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an order dated July 31, 2024, granting in part and denying in part a
petition dated April 1, 2024, from the Center for Biological Diversity.
The petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA)
operating permit issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment's Air Pollution Control Division (Division) to HighPoint
Operating Corporation for its Anschutz Equus Farms 4-62-28 NWNW oil and
gas production facility located in Weld County, Colorado.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Merkel, EPA Region 8, telephone
number: (406) 457-5042, email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3cec6d1c8c6cf8dc9d6cfcac6e3c6d3c28dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb6bea9b0beb7f5b1aeb7b2be9bbeabbaf5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>. The final
order and petition are available electronically at: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database">https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA received a petition from the Center
for Biological Diversity dated April 1, 2024, requesting that the EPA
object to the issuance of operating permit no. 20OPWE423, issued by the
Division to HighPoint Operating Corporation for the Anschutz Equus
Farms 4-62-28 NWNW oil and gas production facility in Weld County,
Colorado. On July 31, 2024, the EPA Administrator issued an order
granting in part and denying in part the petition. The order itself
explains the basis for the EPA's decision.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner
may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny
issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the
United States Court of Appeals for the 10th circuit no later than
December 17, 2024.
Dated: October 9, 2024.
KC Becker,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2024-24179 Filed 10-17-24; 8:45 am]
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