# CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION LLC
> **Judicial** · FY2016 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3600810303`
- **Case Number:** 05-2016-5056
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION LLC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

The consent decree addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) violations by Chesapeake, specifically, the alleged violations include the requirements of the Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Transmission, and Distribution found at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart OOOO (?NSPS Subpart OOOO?), the Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Transmission, and Distribution for Which Construction, Modification, or Reconstruction Commenced After September 18, 2015 found in 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart OOOOa (?Subpart OOOOa?), and the federally-enforceable general permits to install and operate (PTIOs).   On December 21, 2016, EPA issued a Finding of Violation (FOV) for violations of NSPS OOOO for 15 well pads. The NSPS Subpart OOOO violations include the following:
1.	failure to ensure that the covers on its storage vessels meet certain requirements, including that the covers and all openings shall form a continuous impermeable barrier or the entire surface area of the liquid in the vessel and that each cover opening shall be secured in a closed, sealed position except when certain activities were ongoing
2.	failure to design its closed vent systems to route all gases, vapors and fumes emitted from the material in the storage vessels to a control device, and to design and operate closed vent systems with no detectable emissions, as determined using olfactory, visual, and auditory inspections
3.	failure to demonstrate initial compliance at its st

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