Utah to receive over $1M from 2 companies involved in EPA air quality settlements

Through the settlements, Crescent Point Energy and EP Energy resolved allegations that they did not control the emission of pollutants from facilities in the Uinta Basin.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Book Cliffs near State Road 45, south of Vernal, the largest city in the Uinta Basin, in 2012. Two oil and gas companies settled lawsuits with the Environmental Protection Agency this week, agreeing to pay Utah over $1 million in civil penalties for alleged air quality violations in the Uinta Basin.

Utah to receive over $1M from 2 companies involved in EPA air quality settlements

Through the settlements, Crescent Point Energy and EP Energy resolved allegations that they did not control the emission of pollutants from facilities in the Uinta Basin.

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