DSHW-2025-001160

Attachment #1
Water Recovery, LLC - Pleasant Valley
Plan of Operation
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Division of Waste Management and
Radiation Control
Solid Waste Management Program

Mailing Address Office Location Phone [phone]
P.O. Box 144880 195 North 1950 West Fax [phone]
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-488 Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 www.deq.utah.gov

APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO OPERATE AN
EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION WASTE FACILITY

In 2019, the Utah Legislature made changes to the Solid and Hazardous Waste Act, Utah Code § 19-6-
101 et seq., which required jurisdiction over the disposal of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
Waste move from the Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining (DOGM) to the
Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC).
In preparation for this regulatory shift, DWMRC has proposed a temporary permitting mechanism for
existing Exploration and Production (E&P) facilities as defined in the proposed Utah Admin. Code R315-
301-2(22)(a).

The proposed rules state that the Director of DWMRC may issue a temporary permit for the purposes of
facilitating the owner’s or operator’s good faith transition from regulation under Utah Admin. Code R649-9
to regulation under Utah Admin. Code R315-321 or R315-322. Applications for temporary permits must
be received by the Director of DWMRC no less than 30 days before October 1, 2024. The temporary
permits will expire one year from the effective date, which is the date the financial assurance mechanism
held by DOGM is transferred to DWMRC.

To complete a temporary permit application to operate an E&P facility, an owner or operator of an existing
E&P facility must:

1. Register the company in DWMRC’s Community Portal and complete facility information within the
Community Portal.

2. Complete the attached Exploration and Production Waste Facility Temporary Permit Application
Form.

3. Provide DWMRC with the following required documentation, to the extent it has not already been
provided to DWMRC or is not already in DWMRC’s possession:
a. Facility map with each landfarm cell, landfill cell, and surface impoundment labeled;
b. Copy of Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Permit;
c. Copy of Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Permit Approval/Issuance Letter; and
d. Copy of Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Bonding (financial assurance).

4. Submit the Application Form and required documentation to DWMRC through the Community
Portal Miscellaneous Document Submission.

5. Within 120 days of DWMRC’s issuance of a temporary permit, the financial assurance
mechanism held by DOGM must be transferred to DWMRC. If the Director issues a temporary
permit, it shall not become effective until the financial assurance mechanism held by DOGM is
transferred to DWMRC. An effective temporary permit is required to operate an E&P Facility
under DWMRC’s jurisdiction.
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Exploration and Production Waste Facility Temporary Permit Application Form
I.Facility Name and Location
Name of Facility:
Pleasant Valley
Facility Address (Street or Directions to Facility)
7400 W BLM Fence Road
County
Duchesne
City
Myton
Zip Code
84052
Telephone
[phone]
Township
4S
Range
2W
Section
30
Quarter Section Quarter/Quarter
Section
Main Gate Latitude: 40.103297 Longitude: -110.151140
II.Existing E&P Facilities
☒Open Landfarm Cell(s)
☒Evaporation Pond(s)
Number of Open Landfarm Cells: 2
Number of Evaporation Ponds: 4
III.Facilities to be Permitted by DWMRC
☐Landfill Cell(s)
☒Surface Impoundment(s)
Number of Landfill Cells:
Number of Surface Impoundments: 4
III.Facility Owner(s) Information
Legal Name of Facility Owner
Water Recovery, LLC
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1389
City
Roosevelt
State
Utah
Zip Code
84066
Telephone
[phone]
IV.Facility Operator(s) Information
Legal Name of Facility Operator
Water Recovery, LLC
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1389
City
Roosevelt
State
Utah
Zip Code
84066
Telephone
[phone]
V.Property Owner(s) Information
Is the property leased? No
Name of Property Owner:
Water Recovery, LLC
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Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1389
City
Roosevelt
State
Utah
Zip Code
84066
Telephone
[phone]
VI.Designated Contact Information
Facility Owner Designated Contact (if different than
above)
Title
Mailing Address
City State Zip Code Telephone
Email Address Alternative Telephone (cell phone or other)
Facility Operator Designated Contact (if different than
above)
Title
Mailing Address
City State Zip Code Telephone
Email Address Alternative Telephone (cell phone or other)
Property Owner Contact (if different than above) Title
Mailing Address
City State Zip Code Telephone
Email Address Alternative Telephone (cell phone or other)
VII.Waste Types to be Disposed of (check all that
apply)VIII.Facility Area
☒Exploration and Production wastes that are exempt from
hazardous waste rules (R315-260-4(b)(5)).
☐Very Small Quantity Generator hazardous waste
Facility Area: 100 acres
Disposal Area: 50 acres
IX.Application Documents
Indicate documents attached to this application (all are required):
☒Facility Map with each landfarm cell, landfill cell, and surface impoundment labeled
☒Copy of Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Permit
☒Copy of Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Approval/Issuance Letter
☒Copy of Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Bonding (Financial Assurance)
Water Recovery, LLC
Pleasant Valley Facility
Sundry Number: 103555 File: Detailed Site Description
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WR Produced Water and Oil Recovery:
Location: South of US Hwy 40, (Land Farm is 2 miles north and WR is 3.5 miles north), off
Wellington Road, just west of New Field’s and Badlands office complex, 40 +- acres all fee.
Water Disposal Unit/ Adjacent Land Farms:
1. Tank farm 2 (650bbl) 45 (400bbl) 1 (300bbl) tanks with operational capacity of 17,200
bbls to process and separate a large variety of oil, all with heat tubes and all piped into a
manifold with the ability to transfer liquids anywhere in the facility.
2. Four lined ponds with redundant leak detection systems in place, that are checked and
documented weekly.
3. Evaporation Pond # 1 Capacity 268,940 bbls Evaporation Pond #2 283,715 bbls
Evaporation Pond #3 199,630 bbls Evaporation Pond #4 267,280 bbls
4. Four skim ponds with 10,000 bbl. capacity each. with redundant leak detection systems in
place, that are checked and documented weekly.
5. Ability and system in place to evaporate ponds and condition water to mitigate
environmental concerns most notably odor problems.
6. Loading/unloading facility with the ability to handle up to 12,000 bbls of water per day.
7. Four unloading below ground cement vaults that remove film oil and some solids from
the water prior to placing in lined pits. All bunker tanks have a sturdy weather proof
canopy in place with man doors and shop doors on either side.
8. Steam/high temp glycol assisted procedure to remove solids from slop oil, eliminating
other time consuming and costly procedures.
9. Two centrifuges, of different types and applications tuned for slop oil.
10. Land Farm used to remediate solids. One 18-acre facility adjacent to centrifuges and solid
handling station, and original.
11. We only use the land farm for internal use only, when we clean out cement vaults and
skim ponds. We spread the solid waste out on the farm then we will till it in every 15
days we will turn the soil tell it is remediated.
12. Total acreage completely fenced and with closed circuit video covering the entire facility.
13. With the exception of the load lines all other lines are above ground so that leaks of any
kind can be visually monitored and repaired.

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Waste Water Recovery
1. Facility Location
• GPS (40.1033723,-110.1513911)
2. Facility Function Description
• Inbound material
• Customers Drive into facility stop at ticket booth fill out a ticket of what they are bring
into the facility, and how much.
• Then they will drive to the truck racks where they will be met by an operator that will
determine the kind of water, they have on so they can off load in the right vault.
• Driver gets out of truck and hooks off load hoses up opens valves pushes the water out
of truck in to cement vault.
• Wastewater Processing
• We have operator work with the water that is in the vaults so they can pull solids and oil
out of the water.
• Operators transfer water to the clarification ponds
• Water will then sip from clarification pond one to clarification pond two from there the
water will sip into evaporation pond #1 from #1 to pond #2 into pond #3 into pond #4
• Then we will run evaporation sprinklers when weather permits.
• Note: The land farm is only used when we clean out cement vaults, which at that time
we will fallow the same procedures as EEI
3. Land Farm Sample Results
• Rim labs sent sample results in Jun if you cannot find them let me know and they can be
sent to you.
4. Monitoring Protocol for Facility
• When waist comes into the facility Operators will find out what kind of wastewater is
coming in and will at that time determine whether it goes into the cement vault or
reject it.

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Environmental Energy Innovations
1. Facility Location
• GPS (40.1345681,-110.1491357)
2. Facility Function Description
• Inbound material
• Customers Drive into facility stop at ticket booth fill out a ticket of what they are bring
into the facility, and how much.
• Then they will drive to the location where they are directed to by the operator in the
loader.
• If they have any thing that has liquid in it, they be directed over to the cement vault and
dump their waist in the cement vault.
• If it is dry, they will be directed to the mix pile where they will dump their waist.
• EEI Material Processing
• After waist is in the cement vault the operator in the loader will start mixing seed stock
material with the solids that were left after the liquid has run down the concrete away
from the solids. As we mix the seed stock, we transport the waist over to the dry pile on
the pad.
• Material that is stacked on pad is loaded into a spreader and moved out to a cell to be
spread out on the cell.
• Once we have spread material out on the cell, we will take a ripper and rip the waist
into the cell.
• When cell is ready to be worked operator will run a disc over the cell (This process is
repeated over and over tell cell has been remediated.
3. Land Farm Sample Results
• Rim labs sent sample results in Jun if you cannot find them let me know and they can be
sent to you.
4. Monitoring Protocol for Facility
• When waist comes into the facility Operators will find out what kind of waist is coming
in and will at that time will determine weather it goes into the cement vault the dry pile
or reject it.
• After waist is mixed with seed stock, we take a sample of material.
• Samples are kept in freezer through out the month. BlackRock Consulting services come
out once a month and collect samples and will take them to be processed.
• BlackRock Consulting will send report each month of the prior month testing
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State of Utah
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
GARY R. HERBERT
Governor
SPENCER J. COX
Lieutenant Governor
MICHAEL R. STYLER
Executive Director
Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
JOHN R. BAZA
Division Director
Permit to Operate
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Facility Name:Pleasant Valley
Facility Type: Commercial Waste Disposal Facility
Location: Section 30, Township 4S, Range 2W
County:Duchesne
Approval Date:April 14, 2020
1. Issued to:
Water Recovery, LLC (104636)
2. Authority:
Pursuant to Utah Code Ann. §§ 40-6-1 et seq., and Utah Admin. Code §§ R649-9 et seq., the
Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining (“Division”) issues this Permit to operate an E and P waste
disposal facility.
3. Duration:
This Permit shall expire five years from the Approval Date. The Division may revoke, suspend,
or impose additional operating conditions or limitations on a disposal facility permit at any time,
for good cause, after notice to the operator. The Division may suspend a waste disposal permit or
impose additional conditions or limitations in an emergency to forestall an imminent threat to
fresh water, public health, or safety of the environment. Suspension of a disposal facility permit
may be for a fixed period of time or until the operator remedies the violation or potential
violation. If the Division suspends a disposal facility permit, the disposal facility shall not accept
E and P waste during the suspension period.
4. General:
4.1 Effect on Prior Permits. This Permit supersedes any existing E and P waste disposal permit
previously obtained for the Facility and provides the terms that govern operations at this
Facility.
4.2 Incorporation of Application.The Division issues this Permit in response to Water Recovery
LLC’s “Permit Renewal Application” dated 11/28/2018 and received by the Division on
1/17/2019, including the supplement received on 11/13/2019 (“Application”). The Facility
shall operate in accordance with the best management practices described in the Application.
4.3 Compliance with Applicable Laws. The Facility shall comply with Utah Code Ann. §§ 40-6-
1 et seq. and Utah Administrative Code §§ R649-9 et seq..
5. Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements:
1594 West North Temple, Suite 1210, PO Box 145801, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5801
telephone [phone] x facsimile [phone] x TTY [phone] x www.ogm.utah.gov
Sundry Number: 103555
RECEIVED: Apr. 14, 2020
The Facility shall comply with the reporting and recordkeeping requirements in Utah Admin.
Code § R649-9-11.
6. Modifications:
This Permit only applies to the Facility as it is described in the Application. Any additions to the
Facility or modifications of the waste treatment processes described in the Application are not
allowed and require a permit modification.
7. Enforcement:
The issuance of this permit does not supersede local ordinances, county planning and zoning
requirements, or other permits required to conduct business at the Facility. A copy of this
approval should be kept at the Pleasant Valley field office, and field personnel shall be aware of
the Conditions of Approval.
8. Approval:
Therefore, having met all the technical permit requirements of Utah Admin. Code §§ R649-9 et
seq., final approval to operate the Facility in accordance with this Permit is hereby granted.
9. Contact Information:
The following are Division of Oil, Gas and Mining contacts and their telephone numbers:
Dayne Doucet, Permit Manager: 801-538-5303
Bart Kettle, Operations Manager: 435-820-0862
Ammon McDonald, Environmental Scientist: 801-538-5337
Approved By:
________________________
By: Dayne Doucet
Title: Permit Manager
Dayne
Doucet
Digitally signed by Dayne Doucet
DN: cn=Dayne Doucet, o=DNR,
ou=DOGM,
email=[e-mail],
c=US
Date: 2020.04.14 12:34:52 -06'00'
Sundry Number: 103555
RECEIVED: Apr. 14, 2020
Conditions of Approval:
1. Evaporation Facilities
1.1 A minimum of 2 feet of freeboard shall be maintained in the pit(s) at all times, and that a
method of obviously displaying the freeboard shall be devised and implemented. Utah
Admin. Code § R649-9-4.6.4.
1.2 Pit(s) are to be maintained such that hydrocarbons will not collect on the surface.
Hydrocarbon accumulations, other than de minimis quantities, shall be removed within 24
hours. Utah Admin. Code § R649-9-4.6.4.
1.3 Spraying water to accelerate evaporation should be closely monitored. Overspray outside the
lined pit area is considered a violation. Utah Admin. Code § R649-9-4.9.2.
1.4 The leak detection system must be checked weekly. Any leak must be reported to the
Division immediately, and corrective measures must be taken as directed by the Division.
1.5 The compacted secondary containment berms at the Facility shall be inspected quarterly and
after a major rainstorm or windstorm to ensure integrity Utah Admin. Code § R649-9-11.3.2.
1.6 Evaporation ponds are permitted to accept produced water.
2. Landfarms
2.1 E and P waste accepted by the landfarm shall be sufficiently free of liquid content to pass a
60-mesh liquid paint filter test (i.e., no produced water or drilling mud).
2.2 Pooling of liquids in the landfarm is prohibited.
2.3 Within 72 hours after receipt of E and P waste, the operator shall prepare materials for
remediation.
2.4 Soils shall be turned regularly, a minimum of once a month.
2.5 Additional materials shall not be added until the soil concentrations of the current lift meet
the Division’s salinity and hydrocarbon cleanup standards.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE LISTED CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL MAY RESULT IN CLOSURE OF THE FACILITY.
Sundry Number: 103555
RECEIVED: Apr. 14, 2020