EPA v. EL PASO MIDSTREAM BLUEBELL GAS PLANT
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
FINAL ORDER ISSUED; VIOLATIONS INCLUDE: FAILING TO CONTROL ADEQUATELY THE HAPS EMISSIONS FROM ITS ETHYLENE GLYCOL DEHYDRATOR AND FAILING TO IMPLEMENT A LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR (ldar) PROGRAM This Clean Air Act enforcement case involves alleged violations of the National Emission Standards for (1) Hazardous Air Pollutants from Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities (40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart HH) at the Blue Bell Gas Plant owned and operated by El Paso Midstream Group LLC (El Paso) operated in the Uinta Basin located northwest of Roosevelt UT. The facility holds a Title V operating permit with the State of Utah.
Defendants (1)
- EL PASO MIDSTREAM GROUPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
EL PASO FIELD/COASTAL FIELD - BLUEBELL
SEC25 T15 R2W, BLUEBELL, UT, 84007
Registry ID: 110046340688
Statutes cited
- CAA 112D — MACT Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
EL PASO MIDSTREAM BLUEBELL GAS PLANTentered 2012-05-10
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $20,000 · SEP: $235,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2012-05-10Final Order Issued
- 2012-05-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2012-06-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2017-02-06Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000026408
- Case number
- 08-2012-0060
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- MACT Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2012-0060 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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