# NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51166`
- **Case Number:** 08-1999-0042
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $215K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY (complaint)
- HIGH PLAINS GATHERING SYSTEM (complaint)
- NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE DEFENDANTS IN THIS REFERRAL, NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO.,   HIGH PLAINS GATHERING SYSTEM, LLC, AND COLORADO INTERSTATE   GAS COMPANY, CONSTRUCTED AND/OR OPERATED A NATURAL GAS       COMPRESSOR STATION LOCATED IN EASTERN COLORADO WITHOUT       OBTAINING THE NECESSARY PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT            DETERIORATION (PSD) PERMITS.  EPA PROPOSES TO RESOLVE THIS   CASE VIA A CONSENT DECREE CALLING FOR CIG TO OBTAIN THE      NECESSARY PERMIT AND COMPLY WITH ALL PSD REQUIREMENTS, HIGH  PLAINS TO WITHDRAW ITS STATE CONSTRUCTION PERMITS OR OBTAIN  THE NECESSARY PSD PERMIT, AND ALL THREE COMPANIES TO PAY A   MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTY  OF $976,935 ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS:       NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO - $793,934                           HIGH PLAINS             -  133,760                           CIG                     -   49,241

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