Enforcement Update: Oil and Gas Still on Top

The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division just posted its 1st quarter 2007 summary enforcement report. Some findings of note:

• The oil and gas industry dominates the Division's clean air enforcement work. Of the 53 enforcement cases in Colorado, 22 (43%) are against oil and gas facilities, more than any other industry.
• Canyon Gas Resources had more facilities violate clean air laws than any other oil and gas company, with three of its natural gas compressor stations or processing plants in western Colorado violating clean air laws.
• The Suncor oil refinery in Denver paid a total of $335,000 in fines for violating clean air laws.
• Other oil and gas companies that violated clean air laws include EnCana, Noble Energy, Pioneer Natural Resources, Transcolorado Gas, ExxonMobile, and Colorado Interstate Gas Company.
• Transcolorado Gas violated formaldehyde emission limits at one of its facilities in Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
• Sand, gravel, and asphalt companies were also big time violators of clean air laws.