EPA v. Halcon Resources aka HRC
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Halcon Resources Corporation and Halc?n Holdings, Inc. (collectively Halc?n) signed a negotiated administrative consent agreement with EPA Region 8. This settlement resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations of the Federal Implementation Plan at oil and natural gas production operations located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation). EPA inspectors observed emissions utilizing a forward looking infrared (FLIR) camera from 11 storage tank systems at Halc?n?s oil and natural gas production operations during field inspections. As a result, EPA issued a Notice of Violation to Halc?n Resources Corporation on January 31, 2018.
Defendants (1)
- Halcon ResourcesNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
SNEFFELS PAD
47.58890758, -102.6235523, MANDAREE, ND, 58757
Registry ID: 110070106580
Statutes cited
- CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Halcon Resources aka HRCentered 2018-09-17
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $110,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2018-09-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2018-09-17Final Order Issued
- 2018-09-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2019-05-23Enforcement Action Closed
- 2019-05-23Air Resolved
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601561309
- Case number
- 08-2018-0073
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2018-0073 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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