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DAQC-PBR147620001-25
Site ID 14762 (B1)
MEMORANDUM
TO: FILE – UINTA WAX OPERATING, LLC – ULT 12-36-3-1E
THROUGH: Rik Ombach, Minor Source Oil and Gas Compliance Section Manager
FROM: Stephen Foulger, Environmental Scientist
DATE: February 26, 2025
SUBJECT: OIL AND GAS PERMIT-BY-RULE EVALUATION
INSPECTION DATE: February 6, 2025
SOURCE LOCATION: Lat:40.17684, Long: -109.838221
Uintah County
Business Office:
Uinta Wax Operating, LLC
6000 Western Place, Suite 1000
Fort Worth, TX 76107
SOURCE TYPE: Tank Battery
API: 4304752044
SOURCE CONTACTS: Josh Morgan, Field Contact
Phone: 817-231-8756, Email: JMorgan@finleyresources.com
Karen Pratt, Corporate Environmental Contact
Phone: 720-990-9927, Email: kpratt@finleyresources.com
Kaylene Bridwell, Corporate Environmental Contact
Email: kaylene.bridwell@uintawax.com
OPERATING STATUS: Operating
PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Oil and gas products are brought to the surface by a pumpjack
powered on-site by an engine with less than 150 HP. All
products are then piped off-site to a central tank battery at a
different location.
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 IIII, 40 CFR
60 Subpart JJJJ, 40 CFR 60 Subpart ZZZZ.
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SOURCE EVALUATION: Site Type: PBR – Uncontrolled
No Flare Controls, Site powered by Engine.
DOGM current 12 month rolling production is: 3,206.
Utah Statute R307-506 requires a source with throughput
greater than 8,000 BBLs to have controls.
REGISTERED EQUIPMENT: Engine
Associated Gas Flaring
Associated gas is routed to a process unit for combustion, a sales pipeline or an operating VOC control
device, except in an emergency.
An emergency release is unanticipated, temporary, infrequent, unavoidable, =24 hrs. and is not
due to operator negligence.
Low pressure gas from working loss, breathing loss and oil flashing is not
"associated gas". [R307-511-4(1)]
In Compliance. Associated gas found properly routed at the time of inspection.
Emission Inventory
An emissions inventory has been submitted within the past three years. [R307-150-9(1)]
In Compliance. Source found properly submitted in the 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.
Certified and non-certified engines are regularly maintained according to the Engine manufacturer's
Schedule or the Maintenance Plan. [40 CFR 60 Subpart IIII, JJJJ, 63 Subpart ZZZZ]
In Compliance. Engine maintenance records found to be compliant at the time of inspection.
Applicable Federal Regulations
NSPS (Part 60) JJJJ: Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion
Engines [40 CFR 60 Subpart JJJJ]
In Compliance. Engine maintenance records found to be compliant at the time of inspection.
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PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS: None in the past 5 years.
COMPLIANCE STATUS &
RECOMMENDATIONS: In Compliance.
RECOMMENDATION FOR
NEXT INSPECTION: Recommend to decrease inspection frequency.
ATTACHMENTS: None.