DSHW-2024-006119

E&P Proposed
Draft Rules
Brian Speer, Solid Waste Program Manager
The Division of Waste Management and Radiation
Control will regulate the disposal of solid and
hazardous wastes generated from the exploration,
development, or production of crude oil and gases,
including drilling fluids, muds and other liquid wastes.
Introduction.
Permiing
Proposed modifications to the Solid Waste
Permiing and Management Rules have been
drafted for the regulatory shift of Exploration &
Production Waste (E&P) from the Division of Oil, Gas
and Mining to the Division of Waste Management
and Radiation Control.
Regulatory Changes
Landfarms
Disposal
Evaporation
Ponds
R315-321 for Class VII Landfills
R315-322 for Class VII Solid Waste Surface Impoundments (Evaporation Ponds)
Closure of all or part of the existing
footprint prior to transition date.
DOGM Permit Closure
DWMRC Permit Closure
Closure of all or part of the existing
footprint under Post Closure Permit.
DWMRC Solid Waste Permit
Permit all or part of a facility to comply
with standards under new rules.
Landfarm and
Evaporation Pond
Options.
Corrective Action
Standards
●Meet background or
risk-based concen-
tration levels
Landfill Closure
●Soil Cap
●Vegetation
●Monitoring and
repair of erosion
DWMRC
Closure
Requirements
Facility Status
Existing Facility
A facility that had a DOGM or DWMRC permit on [Date]
New
A facility that did not have a DOGM or DWMRC permit on [Date]
Laterally Expanding
An expansion of a facility outside of the approved boundary in its DOGM or DWMRC permit.
Draft Rule Highlights
Location Standards Plan of Operation
Recordkeeping Reporting and Fees
Design Standards
Operation Standards
Design Standards
Run-On / Run-O Control
Groundwater Monitoring Liners
Tank Secondary Containment
●Required for landfills accepting VSQG waste
●Existing surface impoundments must
maintain existing groundwater monitoring
and may not be in assessment or corrective
action to accept VSQG waste
●Required for new or laterally expanding
surface impoundments
●When location standards are met, no liner
required for landfills
●Surface impoundments must have either a
liner that meets R315-303-3(3) and
groundwater monitoring wells, or a dual
lined system with leak detection
Permiing and
Financial Assurance
Applications due no later
than December 1, 2024.
Temporary Permits
Application deadlines estab-
lished in temporary permit.
Permit Applications
Funding must meet financial
assurance estimates before a
full permit is issued.
Financial Assurance
Proposed Timeline.
Find more information on our website.
Updates will be made available on the Division of
Waste Management and Radiation Controls website
under the E&P Waste page.
www.deq.utah.gov/waste-management-and-radiation-control
Thank you.
Solid Waste Program Manager
[e-mail]
385-499-0010
Brian Speer