DAQ-2025-002815

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DAQC-PBR041870001-25
Site ID 4187 (B1)
MEMORANDUM

TO: FILE – SM ENERGY COMPANY – Powell 1-21B1

THROUGH: Rik Ombach, Minor Source Oil and Gas Section Manager

FROM: Chris Jensen, Environmental Scientist

DATE: May 7, 2025

SUBJECT: OIL AND GAS PERMIT-BY-RULE EVALUATION

INSPECTION DATE: May 1, 2025

SOURCE LOCATION: Lat: -110.004402, Long: 40.292579
Duchesne County

Business Office:
SM Energy Company
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3200 Suite 390
Denver, CO 80203

SOURCE TYPE: Shut in well
API: 4301330621

SOURCE CONTACTS: James Lebeck, Corporate Environmental Contact
Phone: [phone], Email: [e-mail]
Ryan Sokolowski, Field Contact
Phone: [phone], Email: [e-mail]

OPERATING STATUS: Shut in

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.

SOURCE EVALUATION: Site Type: PBR-Uncontrolled
No Flare Controls, The source registered: 2,600 Estimated Oil
BBL.

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DOGM current 12 month rolling production is:
Utah Statute R307-506 requires a source with throughput
greater than 8,000 BBLs to have controls.

REGISTERED EQUIPMENT Engine - Pneumatic, Tank
General Provisions Oil and Gas Industry Registration Requirement The source is registered with the DAQ. [R307-505-3(3)] In Compliance. 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. The 30 days for notification have not passed.
PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS: None in the past 5 years.

COMPLIANCE STATUS &
RECOMMENDATIONS: In regards to the site, the overall status is: In Compliance.
Crews are simultaneously removing the last of the production
equipment and moving on equipment for a work over rig to plug
the well. The DAQ did not enter the well pad for safety reasons.

RECOMMENDATION FOR
NEXT INSPECTION: None

UNDER EPA DECREE: No

ATTACHMENTS: None