OIL CENTER BOOSTER STATION

Oil Center Booster Station is a single-facility natural gas extraction site operating approximately 5.3 miles south of Monument, New Mexico, in Lea County [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. The facility is privately held, carries no SEC reporting obligation, and is classified under NAICS 211130. EPA ECHO data as of May 4, 2026 records zero violation quarters during the trailing 24 months, zero active permits, and a derived 24-month penalty total of $12,641,946 — calculated from a five-year penalty base of $31,604,866 prorated across a 24/60 window [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip] [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. The latest permit action of record is dated March 12, 2021 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The Clean Air Act governs the facility. One historical formal enforcement action and one evaluation sit on the compliance ledger. PollutionScan assigns a compliance grade of C, placing the facility above roughly 40% of its peers, with 1,815 days elapsed since the last evaluation [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. That gap matters: it means no on-site inspector has visited since early 2021. No sustainability report, 10-K, 10-Q, NGO complaint, or state-level violation disclosure specific to Oil Center Booster Station surfaced in the research bundle. The EJ index average reads 0.0 in the ECHO-derived dataset — a null field reflecting absent or unpopulated demographic data, not an affirmative finding of low environmental-justice exposure [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The dominant compliance signal is therefore a large historical penalty concentrated in a single formal action, with no new violation quarters recorded in the recent window.

EPA ECHO attributes one inspection, one formal enforcement action, and zero violation quarters over the trailing three-year compliance history window to Oil Center Booster Station (FRS ID 110007020696) [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. The program of record is the Clean Air Act. The five-year aggregate penalty figure of $31,604,866 drives the derived 24-month penalty total of $12,641,946 under ECHO's exporter methodology of total_5yr × (24/60) [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The exporter derivation also caps quarterly-noncompliance counts at eight, which here resolves to zero [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The chronology is straightforward. The facility's most recent permit-related date on file is March 12, 2021 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. PollutionScan records 1,815 days elapsed since the last EPA evaluation as of the data snapshot, placing the most recent on-site inspection in early 2021 [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. Across calendar 2024 and 2025 — the full trailing 24-month window — ECHO records no new violation quarters and no newly initiated formal actions against this FRS ID [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The large penalty total therefore reflects a legacy formal action whose monetary component is amortized by ECHO's rolling derivation rather than a stream of recent violations. No court filing, consent decree, or CAFO document in the research bundle directly names Oil Center Booster Station. Two documents surfaced by neural search — Docket OPA-09-2019-0045 (U.S. Lubricants, Inc., signed July 17, 2019) and an unrelated SPCC settlement (Martin Oil & Gas, Docket CWA-06-2025-4302) — are not tied to this facility [source: https://19january2021snapshot.epa.gov/sites/static/files/2019-07/documents/opa-09-2019-0045-us-lubricants-inc-cafo-final_signed-2019-07-17.pdf] [source: https://yosemite.epa.gov/OA/RHC/EPAAdmin.nsf/Filings/561E3FFFB62FF1AA85258C0B007917E9/$File/2025-4302.pdf].

State-level context adds texture. The New Mexico Environment Department has been active in air-quality permitting for Lea County oil-and-gas infrastructure, as reflected in its PSD permit statement-of-basis documentation for comparable installations [source: https://www.env.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2023/03/SOB-195-M40-draft-pn.pdf]. Federal land-tenure activity continues in parallel: BLM published proposed reinstatements of terminated oil-and-gas leases NMNM128371 and NMNM128376 in the Federal Register on May 4, 2026 [source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/04/2026-08563/proposed-reinstatement-of-blm-new-mexico-terminated-oil-and-gas-leases-nmnm128371-and-nmnm128376]. Separately, a civil complaint unsealed in April 2026 in New Mexico district court alleges that ExxonMobil and other operators underreported debts by $194 million — this action does not name Oil Center Booster Station but illustrates the broader regulatory climate for Permian Basin operators [source: https://sourcenm.com/2026/04/07/oil-companies-accused-of-massive-accounting-fraud-in-new-mexico/].

Per-action breakdown for the trailing 24 months (ECHO as of May 4, 2026): zero violation quarters and zero newly initiated formal actions are recorded against FRS 110007020696 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The only formal action on the facility's compliance history is a single Clean Air Act proceeding predating the 24-month window. PollutionScan's program summary captures it as 'Formal Actions: 1' alongside 'Evaluations: 1' [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. Program: CAA. Facility: Oil Center Booster Station, 5.3 miles south of Monument, NM 88265 [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. That action resolved, with its monetary component contributing to the five-year $31,604,866 penalty base [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm].

The ECHO-derived 24-month penalty attribution of $12,641,946 is a proration artifact of that legacy action — not a record of fresh 2024–2026 assessments [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. No RCRA or CWA formal actions against this FRS ID appear in the bundle. The two EPA settlement documents surfaced by neural search involve other respondents entirely. U.S. Lubricants (OPA-09-2019-0045, signed July 17, 2019) and Martin Oil & Gas (CWA-06-2025-4302, filed December 2024 following an October 18, 2024 inspection of the Masters 27-1 & 27 facility) are not attributable to Oil Center Booster Station [source: https://19january2021snapshot.epa.gov/sites/static/files/2019-07/documents/opa-09-2019-0045-us-lubricants-inc-cafo-final_signed-2019-07-17.pdf] [source: https://yosemite.epa.gov/OA/RHC/EPAAdmin.nsf/Filings/561E3FFFB62FF1AA85258C0B007917E9/$File/2025-4302.pdf].

Oil Center Booster Station (Monument, NM, Lea County) is the single facility in scope. Its address of record is 5.3 miles south of Monument, NM 88265. Regulated under the Clean Air Act, the site carries one inspection and one formal action on its three-year compliance history ledger, with zero violation quarters in the trailing 24 months [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. The ECHO-derived EJ index average is 0.0, which in the exporter schema reflects absent demographic overlay rather than a measured zero-exposure finding [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

One geographic peer is worth noting. PollutionScan lists Monument Plant — located within the same municipality — as a nearby facility with $0 in recorded penalties, providing a local reference point for penalty-scale comparison [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. No additional facilities fall within the scope of this company record. Because the operator holds a single FRS ID, the standard top-five-facilities framing collapses to this one site.

State-level air-permitting context for Lea County and surrounding Permian Basin installations is captured in NMED PSD documentation, which details emission unit categorization and best available control technology determinations for comparable gas-processing infrastructure [source: https://www.env.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2023/03/SOB-195-M40-draft-pn.pdf]. No client-side facility from the NMELC Honstein Fuel Depot matter is affiliated with Oil Center Booster Station. That case concerned an Albuquerque fuel depot and the San Jose neighborhood; it is cited here only for its methodological relevance to cumulative air-impact analysis in New Mexico [source: https://nmelc.org/our-work/cases/honstein-fuel-depot/].

ECHO's top_pollutants array for Oil Center Booster Station is empty in the current export, meaning no TRI or DMR-reported pollutant tonnages are associated with this FRS ID in the snapshot [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The facility is regulated as an active Clean Air Act source [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm]. That regulatory status points to a well-defined pollutant profile even where specific tonnage figures are absent.

For natural-gas extraction and compression stations in the Permian Basin, NMED's PSD actions typically assess nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and hazardous air pollutants — notably formaldehyde and benzene — emitted from compressor engines, dehydrators, and flares. NMED's PSD statement-of-basis documentation walks through best available control technology determinations and emission-unit inventories for this class of source [source: https://www.env.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2023/03/SOB-195-M40-draft-pn.pdf]. Three exposure pathways are most relevant to a booster station. NOx drives inhalation risk and downwind ozone formation. VOCs — benzene in particular — present inhalation hazards at the fenceline and in nearby residences, with established carcinogenicity at chronic exposure levels. Methane is a greenhouse gas; its co-emitted VOC fraction is the proximate health driver for nearby populations. None of these figures are quantified in the ECHO record for this specific facility, and no TRI filings appear in the bundle [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The ECHO EJ index average of 0.0 is a null value in the exporter field, not a demographic finding [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Lea County's rural character and the facility's 5.3-mile offset from Monument's population center reduce fenceline residential density. Even so, cumulative-impact analysis — of the type advanced in the NMELC Honstein matter — is not reflected in this facility's compliance record [source: https://nmelc.org/our-work/cases/honstein-fuel-depot/] [source: https://pollutionscan.com/facility/110007020696/oil-center-booster-station-monument-nm].

Within the NAICS 211120/211130 peer set, Oil Center Booster Station's 24-month derived penalty of $12.64M sits below all three comparators: Greka Bell Compressor Plant at $26.16M, Red Hills Gas Processing Plant at $19.13M, and Azalea Battery at $16.13M [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The split that matters is between penalty scale and recent activity. Oil Center and Greka Bell carry their totals with zero violation quarters in the 24-month window — both figures are legacy-action prorations. Red Hills and Azalea Battery, by contrast, show eight violation quarters each, hitting ECHO's cap and signaling active noncompliance signals rather than amortized history [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. EJ index averages are 0.0 across all four records, reflecting a consistent null-field pattern in the exporter rather than a demographic finding [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

Oil Center Booster Station is privately held with no CIK, no 10-K, and no Item 1A risk-factor disclosure of record; the SEC 10-K and 10-Q objects in the research bundle are empty [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Forward-looking environmental risk must therefore be inferred from state and federal regulatory posture rather than from issuer disclosure. Two signals are worth tracking. BLM's May 4, 2026 Federal Register notice proposing reinstatement of terminated New Mexico oil-and-gas leases NMNM128371 and NMNM128376 signals continued administrative activity around lease tenure in the state [source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/04/2026-08563/proposed-reinstatement-of-blm-new-mexico-terminated-oil-and-gas-leases-nmnm128371-and-nmnm128376]. The April 2026 unsealed New Mexico district-court complaint alleging $194 million in underreported debts by ExxonMobil and co-defendants illustrates the litigation backdrop now facing Permian operators more broadly [source: https://sourcenm.com/2026/04/07/oil-companies-accused-of-massive-accounting-fraud-in-new-mexico/]. Neither development names Oil Center Booster Station directly, but both shape the regulatory and legal environment in which the facility operates.