EPA Order Denying Bonanza Creek Energy Permit Objections

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ACTION:

Notice of final order on petition.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated December 10, 2025, denying a petition dated
May 19, 2025, from the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD). The petition requested that the EPA object to Clean Air Act
(CAA) operating permits issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to Bonanza Creek Energy
Operating Company, LLC for its Antelope CPF 13-21 Production Facility, State Antelope O-1 Central Production Facility, State
North Platte 42-26 Central Production Facility, and State Pronghorn 41-32 Central Production Facility located in Weld County,
Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matt Pollard, Air and Radiation Division, EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Mail Code: 8ARD-AP-P, Denver, CO 80202, telephone
number: (303) 312-6878, email address: pollard.matthew@epa.gov. The final order and petition are available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The EPA received a petition from CBD dated May 19, 2025, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating permit
nos. 20OPWE417, 20OPWE418, 20OPWE419, and 20OPWE420 issued by CDPHE to Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC in Weld
County, Colorado. On December 10, 2025, the EPA Administrator issued an order denying the petition. The order itself explains
the basis for the EPA's decision.

Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner may request judicial review of those portions of an order
that deny issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the United States Court of

  Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later than June 9, 2026.

Cyrus M. Western, Regional Administrator, Region 8. [FR Doc. 2026-06910 Filed 4-9-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

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