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Cleanup slated at the Ignacio Gas Treating Plant on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
By Summit Voice
FRISCO — A Texas-based energy company has been hit with a $207,150 Clean Air Act fine after polluting the air around Ignacio, Colorado for more than 10 years.
After working with the EPA to resolve the alleged violations, Texas-based Elm Ridge Exploration Company, LLC will clean up its act at the Ignacio Gas Treating Plant located on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. The company will also pay $67,850 in unpaid permit fees.
The plant has been in operation since 1999, accepting low-pressure raw and untreated natural gas from about 140 surrounding wells in the Ignacio Blanco Gas Field in La Plata County. The plan became a major source of nitrogen oxides and formaldehyde in 2000.
A 2010 inspection showed that the plant failed to show continuous compliance with various emissions standards and that the operators failed to obtain a required permit. (more…)
Filed under: air quality, Colorado, energy, Environment, gas drilling | Tagged: Clean Air Act, Colorado, EPA, gas drilling, Ignacio gas treating plant, Natural gas, Southern Ute Reservation | 2 Comments »
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