# U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34981`
- **Case Number:** 06-1990-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $78K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- U.S. WEST (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

US WEST COMMUNICATIONS ( US WEST ) OWNS AND OPERATES EIGHT   ENGINE-GENERATORS IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.  FOUR ENGINE-  GENERATORS WERE INSTALLED IN 1980, TWO IN 1983 AND A FINAL   PAIR IN 1989.  THE ENGINE-GENERATOR COMPLEX IS A MAJOR       STATIONARY SOURCE OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND NITROGEN OXIDES     LOCATED IN A CARBON MONOXIDE NONATTAINMENT AREA.  US WEST    HAS CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED ENGINE-GENERATORS 1-6 IN        VIOLATION OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY PROVISION OF THE       PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY (PSD) FOUND AT 40 C.F.R. SECT. 52.21, & THE STATUTORY RESTRICTION  ON NEW SOURCES IN NONATTAINMENT AREAS (NEW SOURCE REVIEW OR  NSR), FOUND AT 40 C.F.R. SECTION 52.24.  US WEST HAS ALSO    INSTALLED ENGINE-GENERATORS 7 & 8 AN VIOLATION OF PSD AND    POSSIBLY NSR REQUIREMENTS.  EPA SEEKS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO   RELIEF TO ORDER US WEST EITHER TO COMPLY WITH PSD AND NSR    REQUIREMENTS OR RESTRICT THEIR POTENTIAL EMISSIONS TO ESCAPE PSD AND NSR APPLICABILITY.  EPA ALSO SEEKS A PENALTY FOR THE PAST VIOLATIONS.

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