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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDAQ-2024-0118791 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 2 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. 3 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.