On June 5, 2000, the EPA gave notice that on May 11, 2000, two proposed Consent Decrees ("Decrees") in the United States v. Natural Gas Processing Company and KCS Resources, Inc. d/b/a/ Mountain Resources, Inc., Civ. Action No. CV 00-65-RFC, were lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Great Falls Division. The United States filed this action pursuant to Section 1423(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ("SDWA"), 42 U.S.C. §300h-2(b), seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties for the Defendants' violation of various provisions of Part C of the SDWA and of 40 CFR part 144.

The proposed Consent Decree with the Natural Gas Processing Company ("NGP") requires NGP to pay a civil penalty of $54,000, including interest. The proposed Consent Decree with KCS Resources, Inc. d/b/a/ Mountain Resources, Inc. ("KCS") requires KCS to pay a civil penalty of $25,000, including interest, and to perform a Supplemental Environmental Project involving the plugging of one or more abandon Class II Underground Injection Control wells in Montana.

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