# ANTERO RESOURCES APPLACHIAN CORP (37 FACILTIES)
> **Judicial** · FY2011 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2600060668`
- **Case Number:** 03-2011-7008
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- ANTERO RESOURCES APPLACHIAN CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On May 17, 2019, the United States filed an Unopposed Motion for Entry of Consent Decree entered with Antero Resources Corporation (Antero).  The Consent Decree resolves violations under Section 301 of the Clean Water Act, ( CWA ) or  Act+), 33 U.S.C. ' 1251, et seq., as a result of the unauthorized discharge of dredged and fill material into waters of the U.S. in violation of Section 404 of the CWA at Sites in Harrison, Doddridge and Tyler counties in West Virginia where Defendant has constructed well pads, compressor stations, impoundments, pipe crossings, access roads and other structures associated with Marcellus Shale natural gas extraction operations.  Antero, a Delaware Corporation, holds 484,000 leasehold acres in the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.  EPA was first notified of Antero's discharging without a permit in violation of Section 404 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ' 1344, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2010.  The agreement settles violations at 32 Antero Sites, 15 of which were identified through self-audit. Each of the sites varies with regard to the extent of impacts to wetlands and streams.  The unauthorized activities include:  stream impoundments; filling wetlands and streams for compressor station pads; realigning and culverting stream reaches; failing to fully restore temporary impacts; and the deposit of dredged and fill material into wetlands via land clearing, grubbing, filling, rerouting and compacting and grading of jurisdictional 

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