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Home My WebLink AboutDAQ-2024-0119471 DAQC-PBR041940001-24 Site ID 4194 (B1) MEMORANDUM TO: FILE – UINTA WAX OPERATING, LLC – WINDY RIDGE-LIVSEY 25-15 THROUGH: Rik Ombach, Minor Source Oil and Gas Compliance Section Manager FROM: Stephen Foulger, Environmental Scientist DATE: November 27, 2024 SUBJECT: OIL AND GAS PERMIT-BY-RULE EVALUATION INSPECTION DATE: October 29, 2024 SOURCE LOCATION: Lat:40.2764, Long: -109.9411 Uintah County Business Office: Uinta Wax Operating, LLC 1308 Lake Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 SOURCE TYPE: Tank Battery API: 4304740605 SOURCE CONTACTS: Kaitlin Meszaros, Corporate Environmental Contact Phone: 720-614-5598, Email: meszaros@pinyon-env.com Kaylene Bridwell, Field Contact Phone: 405-496-7308, Email: kaylene.bridwell@uintawax.com OPERATING STATUS: Operating PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Oil and gas products are brought to the surface. These products go through a separator where the oil and any water products are sent to storage tanks and the gas is used to power equipment on site (pump jack engine, tank heater, separator, flare, combustor, etc.) Any remaining gas is sent to a pipeline that feeds a local gas plant. The oil and process water in the storage tanks is loaded into tanker trucks and hauled off-site for processing and disposal. 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 DOGM current 12 month rolling production is: 4,455. 2 Utah Statute R307-506 requires a source with throughput greater than 8,000 BBLs to have controls. REGISTERED EQUIPMENT: Pneumatic, Tank 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 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. The combustor was removed from this location after production levels dropped to appropriate levels. Emission Inventory: An emissions inventory has been submitted within the past three years. [R307-150-9(1)] In Compliance. This source was found properly reported in the last emissions inventory. 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. 3 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. Records for each of the following are kept for three years: Monthly storage vessel vent system inspections (openings, thief hatches, pressure relief devices, bypasses, etc.), if controlled. Monthly crude oil throughput Emission calculations, actuals and sampling data when used to justify an exemption to storage vessel rules Emergency storage vessel usage (dates used, emptied, and volumes), if not controlled. [R307-506-5] In Compliance. These records were reviewed at the time of inspection and were found to be compliant. NSPS (Part 60) OOOO: Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Transmission and Distribution [40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO] In Compliance. PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS: This source was found not in compliance in 2022. 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.