The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice announced a settlement with Marathon Oil Company on July 11, 2024, resolving Clean Air Act violations at the company’s oil and gas production operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota .

The settlement includes the following key points:

– Marathon will pay a civil penalty of $64.5 million, the largest ever for violations of the Clean Air Act at stationary sources.
– Marathon will invest in compliance measures estimated to cost $177 million.
– The settlement will result in the reduction of over 2.3 million tons of pollution.
– Marathon will implement extensive measures to reduce harmful emissions from over 200 facilities across North Dakota.
– The company will eliminate nearly 110,000 tons of VOC emissions.
– The settlement is the largest ever civil penalty for violations of the Clean Air Act at stationary sources and the first of its kind against an oil and gas producer for violations of major source emissions permitting requirements under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration program.

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