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Home My WebLink AboutDAQ-2024-0071221 DAQC-PBR046160001-24 Site ID 4616 (B1) MEMORANDUM TO: FILE – UINTA WAX OPERATING, LLC – 5-31D-36 BTR THROUGH: Rik Ombach, Minor Source Oil and Gas Compliance Manager FROM: Paul Bushman, Environmental Scientist DATE: March 21, 2024 SUBJECT: OIL AND GAS PERMIT-BY-RULE EVALUATION INSPECTION DATE: March 20, 2024 SOURCE LOCATION: 5-31D-36 BTR Lat: 40.17812329 Long: -110.61268427 Business Office: 5128 Apache Plume Road, Suite 300 Fort Worth, TX 76109 SOURCE TYPE: Tank Battery Duchesne County API: 4301351146 SOURCE CONTACTS: Aimee Cole, Local Contact Phone: 720-384-7365, Email: acole@finleyresources.com Kaylene Bridwell, Corporate Environmental 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, and 40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO. 2 SOURCE EVALUATION: Site Type: PBR-Uncontrolled Voluntarily controlled by flare Site has Line Power The source registered: 2,000 Estimated Oil BBL. DOGM current 12 month rolling production is: 7,166 BBLs Utah Statute R307-506 requires a source with throughput greater than 8,000 BBLs to have controls. REGISTERED EQUIPMENT: 8 Pneumatic Controllers 9 Continuous bleed natural gas-driven pneumatic controllers are in compliance with 40 CFR 60.5390 or 60.5390a as applicable. Exemptions to tagging and record keeping requirements apply to controllers existing before 12/1/2015. [R307-502-4] In Compliance. There are no continuous bleed natural gas-driven pneumatic controllers. 15 Oil and Gas Industry Registration Requirement 16 The source is registered with the DAQ. [R307-505-3(3)] In Compliance. 17 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. 18 Storage Vessels 19 Thief hatches are kept closed and latched. [R307-506-4(1)] In Compliance. Thief hatches were found closed and latched during the inspection. 23 Upon modification, the well site was re-evaluated against the thresholds of R307-506-4(2). [R307-506-4(6)] In Compliance. No modifications were observed during the inspection. 46 Visible Emissions 47 Visible emissions, except for unavoidable irregularities that do not exceed three minutes, are within the following opacity limits: Installations constructed on or before 4/25/1971 40% Installations constructed after 4/25/1971 20% Gasoline engines 0% Diesel engines manufactured after 1/1/1973 20% Diesel engines manufactured before 1/1/1973 40% Note: Required VOC control devices shall have no visible emissions per R307-508-3.[R307-201-3] In Compliance. No visible emissions were observed during the inspection. 3 55 Emission Inventory: 56 An emissions inventory has been submitted within the past three years. [R307-150-9(1)] In Compliance. An emissions inventory was submitted for the 2020 emissions inventory. 60 NSPS (Part 60) OOOO: Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Transmission and Distribution [40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO] In Compliance. The source is below the 6 TPY PTE and is no longer an affected facility under this part. PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS: No enforcement actions within the past five years. COMPLIANCE STATUS & RECOMMENDATIONS: In regards to 5-31D-36 BTR: In Compliance – The source appears to be well maintained and operated. The source was surveyed with an OGI camera and no fugitive emissions were detected. The source is set up for submerged loading, however the source is still equipped with the capability for overhead loading from the storage tanks. RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT INSPECTION: Inspect at the regular inspection frequency for this type of source. ATTACHMENTS: None.