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DAQC-PBR045130001-24
Site ID 4513 (B1)
MEMORANDUM
TO: FILE – UINTA WAX OPERATING, LLC – Duncan KM Interconnect
THROUGH: Rik Ombach, Minor Source Oil and Gas Compliance Section Manager
FROM: Stephen Foulger, Environmental Scientist
DATE: November 26, 2024
SUBJECT: OIL AND GAS PERMIT-BY-RULE EVALUATION
INSPECTION DATE: October 29, 2024
SOURCE LOCATION: Lat: 40.27359, Long: -109.94478
Uintah County
Business Office:
Uinta Wax Operating, LLC
1308 Lake Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
SOURCE TYPE: Tank Battery
API: None
SOURCE CONTACTS: Kaylene Bridwell, Corporate Environmental Contact
Phone: 405-496-7308, Email: kaylene.bridwell@uintawax.com
OPERATING STATUS: Operating.
PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Gas is transferred at this location from various Uinta Wax well
locations into Kinder Morgan possession.
APPLICABLE REGULATIONS: Utah Administrative Code (UAC) R307-500 Series for the Oil
and Gas Industry, and UAC R307-201: Emission Standards:
General Emission Standards; and UAC R307-150: Emission
Inventories. Federal Subpart: 40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO.
SOURCE EVALUATION: Site Type: PBR – Uncontrolled. The source registered: 511
Estimated Condensate BBL.
DOGM current 12 month rolling production is: 0.
Utah Statute R307-506 requires a source with throughput
greater than 8,000 BBLs to have controls.
REGISTERED EQUIPMENT: Tank
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Visible Emissions
Visible emissions are within the following opacity limits: VOC Control Devices and Gasoline engines
0%, Diesel engines 20%, Natural Gas Engines and Boilers, Treater burners & Tank burners 10%, Mobile
source dust 10%. [R307-201-3]
In Compliance. No visible emissions were observed at the time of inspection.
VOC emissions are, at all times, minimized as reasonably practicable by equipment design, maintenance
and operation practices. [R307-501-4(1)]
In Compliance. VOC emissions found properly controlled and minimized at the time of
inspection.
Pneumatic Controllers
Truck loading is done by bottom filling or submerged fill pipe [R307-504(1)]
In Compliance. Truck loading found properly engineered at the time of inspection.
Storage Vessels
Thief hatches are kept closed and latched. [R307-506-4(1)]
In Compliance. Thief hatches found closed and latched at the time of inspection.
Upon modification, the well site was re-evaluated against the thresholds of R307-506-4(2).
[R307-506-4(6)]
In Compliance. Source found unmodified at the time of inspection.
Oil and Gas Industry Registration Requirement
The source is registered with the DAQ. [R307-505-3(3)]
In Compliance. Source found properly registered at the time of inspection.
Registration has been updated within 30 days of a company name change, removal or addition of control
devices, or termination of operations. [R307-505-3(3)]
In Compliance. Source registration found properly updated at the time of inspection.
NSPS (Part 60) OOOO: Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production,
Transmission and Distribution [40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO]
In Compliance.
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PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS: Found not compliant in 2021.
COMPLIANCE STATUS &
RECOMMENDATIONS: In regards to the site, the overall status is: In Compliance.
RECOMMENDATION FOR
NEXT INSPECTION: Recommend to decrease inspection frequency.
ATTACHMENTS: None.