The Uintah and Ouray Reservation is among the beneficiaries of Clean Air Act settlements announced on Thursday. “Today’s settlements will significantly reduce harmful emissions of ozone forming pollution and greenhouse gases in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation,” shared EPA Region 8 Administrator KC Becker. “[The] EPA will continue to hold companies accountable as we deliver cleaner air for communities across our region.” In the third settlement, the company MPLX LP will have to address noncompliance and strengthen air pollution controls including at the Ironhorse and Redwash/24B gas plants on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. MPLX also agreed to additional relief for three compressor stations on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation and a plant in North Dakota. Each settlement will be published in the Federal Register and will accept public comment for 30 days.
