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### OWc- S003 3 America n Petroleu m Institute 1220 I Street , Northwest Washington , D.C

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# 9 Ti mSampso n Productio n Departmen t 202/682-805 7 January7 , 199 1 Mr . Rober t Tonett i Offic e o f Soli d Wast e Wast e Managemen t Divisio n Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y Mai l Stop OS-323 W Washington , D.C . 2046 0 Dea r Mr . Tonetti : Severa l week s ag o yo u requeste d tha t th e America n Petroleu m Institut e (API ) suppl yEP Awit hinformatio no nproductio nwaste s tha t ar e representativ e o f waste s "reclaimed " a t crud e oi l reclaiming facilities . I nrespons e t o you r request , AP I i s please d t o provid e result s o f analysi s o f tank bottom s an d vesse l solid s fromoi l productio noperation s t o us e i nyou r assessmen t o f crud e oi l reclaiming operations . Becaus e o f concern s ove r possibl e Toxicit yCharacteristic s (TC ) rul e complianc e issues , man yo f thes e reclaiming operation s ar e n o longe r i n business . Thi s ha s resulted , unfortunately , in on e les s disposa l optio n fo r oi l producer s an d a los s i nrecoverabl e crud e oi l resources . Crud e oi l reclaiming operation s exis t t o reclai mcrud e oi l fro m E& P vessels , produce d wate r and/o r produce d wate r skimmings , oi l contaminate d soils/produce d sand , an d t o blend off-spe c crud e wit hhighe r gravit ycrud e fo r th e purpos e o f producin g salabl e petroleum . Th e operation s perform reclamatio nthrougha combinatio n o f gravit yseparatio nand/o r therma l treatmen t t o temperature s o n th e orde r o f 150-20 0 degree s Fahrenheit . An emulsio n breakin g surfactan t mayb e use d t o improv e oil/wate r separation . Suc hsurfactant s als o ar e typicall yuse d i n othe r E& P operations . Reclaimin g operation s usuall ygenerat e tw o wast e streams . On e streami s water , whic hqualitativel yshoul d resembl e produce d water , and th e second streami s th e untreatabl e water/solid s (formatio n solids , surfac e soil , o r productio nsystemcorrosio n byproducts)/petroleu m emulsio n whic hremain s whe nreclamatio n processin g i s complete . Th e wast e wate r stream i s usuall y dispose d throug hdownhol e injection , vi a a permitte d Clas s I I well , and/o r i s discharge d t o a line d pi t fo r evaporation . Th e solid s wast e streami s typicall ydiscarde d o r store d fo r furthe r

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Mr . Rober t Tonett i January7 , 199 1 Pag e tw o processing i n a lined surfac e impoundment , or , i s discarde d a t a permitte d disposa l facility . Th e reclaime r wast e stream s hav e no t bee n sample d b yAPI . However , AP I t o dat e ha s analyze d seventee nwast e stream s tha t hypotheticall ycoul d serv e a s a feedstoc k t o th e crud e oi l reclaiming operation . Attachmen t 1 i s th e ful l analytica l dat a suit e performe d b

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yMountai nAnalytica l Laboratories . Figur e 1 show s a frequencydistributio n fo r TCL P benzen e level s i n th e crud e oi l tank bottom s directl yfro mtanks , prio r t o an y weathering . I f w e ca n assis t yo u furthe r onthi s issu e o r i f yo u hav e additiona l question s o n th e data , pleas e le t m e know . Sincerely ,

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