Hilcorp Alaska has paid fines totaling $180,580 for nearly three dozen Clean Air Act violations at its facilities across the state, according to the EPA
Pan ice flows past Hilcorp's Granite Point platform in the Cook Inlet on Sunday, April 2, 2017.
The cumulative penalty is for 35 individual violations at the Prudhoe Bay and Milne Point oil fields on the North Slope and at several of Hilcorp’s properties in the Cook Inlet basin. Adated Feb. 7 and signed by Hilcorp Alaska Senior Vice President Luke Saugier and EPA Region 10 Enforcement and Compliance Director Ed Kowalski lists all 35 violations.
Many of the individual violations stem from not repairing identified leaks within 30 days of discovery. Several were fixed within 40 days, but others took up to 150 days to receive proper attention based on the consent agreement. “Hilcorp is committed to safely and responsibly developing Alaska’s resources. We have implemented procedures to strengthen our air emission monitoring and reporting processes to ensure we timely and accurately report our completed inspections,” spokesman Luke Miller wrote via email.