Clean Air Act violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice have announced a more than $16 million settlement with Ovintiv USA Inc., resolving Clean Air Act violations at the company’s oil and gas production facilities on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah and on Utah state lands.

The settlement requires Ovintiv, a Denver-based petroleum company, to pay the United States and the state of Utah a civil penalty of $5.5 million. It also requires Ovintiv to implement extensive compliance measures to achieve major reductions in pollutants emitted from Please log in to see the rest of this story.