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# Memorandum
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### David W. Snyder Section Head Industrial Waste S #ection Linda M. Shadier Supervising Civil E ne Industrial Waste ction**KaiE.Kuo ~**  

### Civil Engineer Industrial Waste Section Districts' PretreatmentProgram for Oil Production GRACE ROBINSON CHAN ChiefEngineerand General Manager



### Date: 

### June 14, 2013

The purpose ofthis memorandum is to provide an overview and current status ofthe Districts' Pretreatment Program for oil production. In addition, the nature ofthe wastewater generated from the oil production activities and the common pretreatment system implemented are also discussed. The Districts currently have a total of 66 oil production dischargers with active Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits (See Attachment A). Seventeen ofthese permittees are classified as significant dischargers with flow rates greater than 25,000 gpd. The remaining permittees, with flow rates less than 25,000 gpd, are categorized as non-significant dischargers. The majority of these oil production facilities are located in Long Beach (33%), Signal Hill (17%), Los Angeles (9%), and Harbor City (8%). Discharge rates span from 192 gpd to 546,000 gpd with an average discharge rate of47,249 gpd. The total permitted quantity ofwastewater discharge is 3. 12 MGD. All but two ofthe oil fields discharge their wastewater to the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant (JWPCP). The significant oil production dischargers are required to submit a Self-Monitoring Report (SMR) to the Districts on a semiannual basis. The required reporting parameters include: flow rate, COD, SS, pH, soluble sulfide, total oil & grease (O&G), flash point, and benzene. In addition to the Phase I Local Effluent Limits, the significant and non-significant oil production dischargers are also required to meet the total O&G limit of75 mg/L and non-polar O&G limit of60 mg/L, respectively. Table 1 presents the average COD, SS , total O&G, and nonpolar O&G self-monitoring results for wastewater generated by the oil production dischargers during 2012 : Table 1: 

### Self-Monitoring Results for Oil Production Dischargers (Calendar Year 2012) Parameters Avg. Cone. Standard Max. Detected Min. Detected Number of (mg/L) Deviation Cone. (mg/L) Cone. (mg/L) Samples COD 

### 2128 1540 6240 50 50



## ss 65 41 231 15 50 Oil & Grease 

### 16 11 52.2 2.8 28

Non-Polar 

### 15 12 42.8 1.6 23 Oil & Grease Note. Raw Self-Momtormg data presented m Attachment BDavid W. Snyder 2 June 14,201 3 Districts' Pretreatment Program for Oil Production 

### All permitted oil production facilities are required to be on the Districts' Flow Meter Program regardless of the discharge rate, since the wastewater generated is from an unmetered source. Any oil production facilities having wastewater discharge of 25,000 gpd or more, and any facilities that are determined by the Districts to be a potential discharger offlammable substances are also required to be on the Districts ' Combustible Gas Monitoring Program. Flammable substances are defined by the Districts as : any gasoline, benzene, naptha, solvent, fuel oil or any liquid, solid, or gas that would cause or tend to cause flammable or explosive conditions to result in the sewerage system. When oil is brought to the surface through a well either by pump or natural reservoir pressure, it is a mixture of liquid petroleum, natural gas, and formation water. The mixture is separated using a free water knockout tank. The free water, defined as water that separates within five minutes, is transported to storage tank for further clarification before reinjection or discharge. The remaining oil, called emulsion, is then processed with a heater treater. A heater treater is a vessel that introduces heat to promote the breaking ofthe emulsion; and as a result, yields an oil of minimum water content. Small quantities of chemicals can be added to facilitate the separation process. The separated oil is then transported to an oil storage tank for sale and the brine water is directed to reinjection or discharge.

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# Attachments

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·: Permit Number Facility ID 20496 9244199 20072 9241884 14694 2015806 14693 2015474 12779 1942964 17219 2112950 12767 1937042 5168 1767953 17218 2110691 17112 1958912 12289 1929122 15206 2037105 20077 9241897 14740 2015513 15181 2037083 20458 9244029 15839 1798471 4795 1682255 15204 2037095 15252 2036821 21214 9247005 15994 2063313 15180 2037071 16612 2065293 15177 2037042 15175 2037025 15110 2037013 15253 2036833 16878 2098804 Attachment A Permitted Oil Production Dischargers As of June 12, 2013 Effective Expiration Facility Name Date Date City LCW Oil Operations, LLC. 1/22/2010 1/21/2015 Long Beach BreitBurn Operating, L.P . 12/13/2012 12/12/2017 Santa Fe Spring Oil Operators Inc. 1/6/2012 1/5/2017 Signal Hill Oil Operators, Inc. 1/4/2012 1/3/2017 Signal Hill Brea Canon Oil Co, Inc. 3/6/2013 3/5/2018 Harbor City OXY USA Inc. 4/11/2013 4/10/2018 Commerce BREA CANON OIL COMPANY 4/3/1996 12/31/2050 Harbor City Southern California Gas Company 3/30/2009 3/29/2014 Los Angeles Oxy USA, Inc. 4/18/2013 4/17/2018 Commerce Southern California Gas Company 12/2/2008 12/1/2013 Montebello The Termo Company 7/9/2008 7/8/2013 Long Beach Oil Operators Inc. 12/8/2011 12/7/2016 Signal Hill Breitburn Operating L.P . 2/20/2010 8/11/2014 Santa Fe Spring E & T Limited Liability Co
. 6/10/2011 6/9/2016 Long Beach Oil Operators Incorporated 12/14/2011 12/13/2016 Long Beach Oxy Long Beach, Inc. 3/28/2009 3/27/2014 Long Beach Axis Petroleum Company 5/23/2013 5/22/2018 Signal Hill J B Graner (Sur La Brea Tank Farm) 11/26/2008 12/31/2050 Torrance Oil Operators, Inc. 1/13/2010 12/31/2050 Signal Hill BreitBurn Operating LP 4/22/2008 12/31/2100 Uninc Gardena Baker Hughes Oil Field Operations, Inc. 12/19/2012 12/31/1950 Uninc Gardena Matrix Oil Corp
. 9/12/2008 12/31/2050 Long Beach OIL OPERATORS INC 8/19/1999 12/31/2050 Long Beach BRAYTON-HODGES PETROLEUM INC 7/31/2006 12/31/2050 EISegundo OIL OPERATORS INC 8/19/1999 12/31/2050 Long Beach OIL OPERATORS INC 8/20/1999 12/31/2050 Long Beach OIL OPERATORS INC 8/19/1999 12/31/2050 Signal Hill BreitBurn Operating LP 9/11/2009 12/31/2050 Los Angeles O'Donnell Oil , LLC 6/3/2008 12/31/2050 Wilmington

1 of 3 Zip Code Flow Rate WRP (GPO) 90803 546000 JWPCP 90670 532000 JWPCP 90755 290000 JWPCP 90755 225000 JWPCP 90710 210000 JWPCP 90040 202000 JWPCP 90710 190080 JWPCP 90293 115000 JWPCP 90040 89000 JWPCP 90640 87800 JWPCP 90803 81000 JWPCP 90755 61000 JWPCP 90070 58443 JWPCP 90803 47000 JWPCP 90807 36000 JWPCP 90803 30800 JWPCP 90755 27000 JWPCP 90501 23288 JWPCP 90755 22000 JWPCP 90248 21200 JWPCP 90248 21200 JWPCP 90601 20400 JWPCP 90807 15750 JWPCP 90245 12700 JWPCP 90807 11340 JWPCP 90806 11130 JWPCP 90755 10500 JWPCP 90248 10000 JWPCP 90744 8400 JWPCPII 

# E Facility 10 8934 1859044 20680 9244708 9157 1863120 2462 1437680 20253 9242601 15891 2055945 12877 1946915 20487 9243973 21124 9246580 5885 1410775 13860 1985462 13036 1958832 15333 2037214 10291 1890985 14662 2015462 13042 1956101 15176 2037030 12660 1936484 14792 2024611 14113 1987062 20252 9242600 20246 9242596 20250 9242598 20636 9244566 15771 2054915 20255 9242607 20505 9244214 20606 9244487 17093 2106390 Attachment A Permitted Oil Production Dischargers As of June 12, 2013 Effective Expiration Facility Name City Date Date LANSDALE COMPANY, THE 7/15/1999 12/31/2050 Long Beach Guzman Energy, Inc. 5/11/2010 12/31/2050 Signal Hill HIWA PETROLEUM CORP 9/28/2000 12/31/2050 Signal Hill ED MITCHELL E 9/22/1999 12/31/2050 Santa Fe Spring Charles ECather Trust 5/2/2008 12/31/2050 Long Beach CATHERS PRODUCTION COMPANY 5/22/2002 12/31/2050 Long Beach COOPER AND BRAIN INC 9/15/1999 12/31/2050 Los Angeles Oxy Long Beach, Inc. 2/3/2011 1/11/2041 Los Angeles Asioco 2/15/2013 12/31/2050 Los Angeles S& COIL CO 9/28/1999 12/31/2050 Torrance FOUR TEAMS OIL PROD & 5/13/2002 EXPLORATION 12/31/2050 Commerce GRANER OIL CO (BIG BEAR #4) 3/4/2002 12/31/2050 Long Beach BREITBURN ENERGY CO LLC 12/9/1999 12/31/2050 Long Beach COOPER & BRAIN INC 7/13/1993 12/31/2050 Signal Hill Oil Operators, Inc. 10/7/2009 12/31/2050 Signal Hill COOPER AND BRAIN INC 9/28/1999 12/31/2050 Los Angeles OIL OPERATORS INC 8/19/1999 12/31/2050 Long Beach COOPER AND BRAIN INC 9/23/2005 12/31/2050 Carson OIL OPERATORS INC 7/12/1998 12/31/2050 Long Beach ASIOCO INC 8/16/2000 12/31/2050 Uninc Gardena Finco Oil Company 5/2/2008 12/31/2050 Long Beach Cather Production Company 5/1/2008 12/31/2050 Long Beach Ocean Oil Company 5/1/2008 12/31/2050 Long Beach Herley Kelley Company 5/13/2010 12/31/2050 Long Beach O'DONNELL OIL LLC 2/2/2004 12/31/2050 Harbor City Cather Production Company 5/2/2008 12/31/2050 Long Beach Pacific Palms Petroleum, LLC 9/29/2010 12/31/2050 City of Industry Imperial Occidental, Inc. 12/30/2009 12/31/2050 Signal Hill O' Donnell Oil , LLC 11/3/2009 12/31/2050 Harbor City

2 of 3 Flow Rate Zip Code WRP (GPO) 90814 8329 JWPCP 90755 8200 JWPCP 90755 7842 JWPCP 90670 7626 Los Coyotes 90807 6900 JWPCP 90807 5000 JWPCP 90248 4055 JWPCP 90744 3900 JWPCP 90061 3900 JWPCP 90501 3890 JWPCP 90040 3700 JWPCP 90807 3142 JWPCP 90804 3140 JWPCP 90804 3087 JWPCP 90755 3000 JWPCP 90247 2959 JWPCP 90807 2436 JWPCP 90745 2400 JWPCP 90804 2270 JWPCP 90248 2199 JWPCP 90807 1681 JWPCP 90807 1680 JWPCP 90807 1680 JWPCP 90807 1600 JWPCP 90710 1300 JWPCP 90807 1260 JWPCP 91744 1000 SJC-East 90755 1000 JWPCP 90710 700 JWPCP

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# · . Permit Facility 10 Number 15255 2036850 20765 9245166 14843 2024606 13966 1986623 20827 9245348 15256 2036862 9284 1894551 15435 2042276 Attachment A Permitted Oil Production Dischargers As of June 12, 2013 Facility Name Effective Expiration City Date Date BREITBURN ENERGY CO LLC 4/29/2000 12/31/2050 Uninc Gardena E& B Natural Resources Management 2/25/2011 12/31/2050 Harbor City Corporation OIL OPERATORS INC 7/10/1998 12/31/2050 Long Beach WEATHERFORD U.S
. INC 1/9/1996 12/31/2050 Uninc Compton E& B Natural Resources Management 2/28/2011 12/31/2050 Carson Corporation Breitburn Energy Co LLC 4/29/2007 12/31/2050 Uninc Gardena UTILE JEWEL-TORRANCE OIL WELL #3 5/27/1982 12/31/2050 Lomita POWER RUN OIL LLC 11/16/2000 12/31/2050 Torrance

3 of3 Zip Code Flow Rate WRP (GPO) 90248 555 JWPCP 90710 430 JWPCP 90807 420 JWPCP 90221 300 JWPCP 90745 210 JWPCP 90248 210 JWPCP 90717 200 JWPCP 90503 192 JWPCP

# · . IW Permit No. 

### 17218 17218 17112 17112 12289 12289 12289 12289 15206 20077 20077 14740 14740 15181 15181 20458 20458 20496 20496 20072 20072 14694 14694 14693 14693 17219 17219 5168 5168 Attachment B Self-Monitoring Results for Oil Production Dischargers Calendar Year 2012 COD (mg/L) SS (mg/L) Total O&G Date (mg/L) 

### 11/3/2012 738 77 23 .3 7/3/2012 861 63 19.1 4/11/2012 1590 45 9 10/5/2012 1710 148 24 2/1/2012 2240 48 10 5/17/2012 1730 132 12 7/12/2012 2600 24 13 11/1/2012 1920 26 14 9/26/2012 2270 231 21 .6 2/14/2012 

### --- --- 34.9 7/10/2012 162 17.8 10.4 6/1/2012 2200 96 11.4 8/14/2012 3455 64 12.3 1/17/2012 2370 65 9.7 7/18/2012 2030 60 9.8 1/19/2012 368 73 .5 40.9 12/12/2012 280 26.3 9.3 5/17/2012 1060 50 9 8/9/2012 929 48 .3 18.4 5/23/2012 518 31 ND 

### 8/8/2012 500 28 ND 

### 1/17/2012 1540 108 14.7 7/19/2012 1615 175 2.8 1/17/2012 2830 79 11.8 7/19/2012 1975 72 14.4 1/4/2012 3440 50.5 17.4 7/3/2012 2870 77.8 52.2 4/3/2012

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### 4759 4759 15994 15994 15175 15175 8934 8934 9157 9157 2462 2462 14792 14792 14113 14113 20636 13966 13966 15256 15256 15435 15435 Attachment B Self-Monitoring Results for Oil Production Dischargers Calendar Year 2012 Date COD (mg/L} SS (mg/L} Total O&G (mg/L} 

### 8/13/2012 2510 63

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### 2/7/2012 2335 49 

### --- 8/9/2012 1615 73 

### --- 2/7/2012 1660 71 

### --- 7/19/2012 6055 48 --- 

### 1/18/2012 5290 48

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### 12/19/2012 4345 125
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### 6/19/2012 3705 68

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### 11/2/2012 550 48 

### --- 5/16/2012 665 38 

### --- 9/12/2012 530 18

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### 3/14/2012 500 38 

### --- 7/18/2012 2990 65 

### --- 1/18/2012 4990 83 

### --- 11/2/2012 2605 64
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### 5/30/2012 2835 54 

### --- 9/18/2012 6240 33

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### 12/20/2012 320 67

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### 6/19/2012 89.3 15.3 

### --- 11/28/2012 3610 99 

### --- 5/18/2012 3650 53.7 

### --- 8/10/2012 1345 65 

### --- 2/7/2012 50 36 

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2 of 2 Non-Polar O&G (mg/L} 

### 9.2 14.1 40.1 13.5 1.6 8.4 39.5 16.9

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0 0 8.5 10.9 17.2 15.7 30 8.2 14.7

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### 42.8 10.9