{In Archive} RE: McElmo Creek Unit 

Shaheerah Kelly to: Dwight Mallory 04/16/2007 12:43 PM

Cc: Patrick Flynn, wilsonlaughter

From: Shaheerah Kelly/R9/USEPA/US

To: Dwight Mallory <dmallory@rnrc.net>, 

Cc: Patrick Flynn <pflynn@rnrc.net>, wilsonlaughter@navajo.org

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Thank you for your responses. I just need to check a few other items. 

1. Based on your response to question 3, it sounds like the gas at the gas compression plant is not sent to 

a natural gas processing plant and the gas is not later sold/sent to an end user or stored. Please let me 

know if this statement is correct. 

2. Are there any natural gas processing plants at the gas compression plant?

3. Is the main flare only used during upsets, malfunctions and emergencies, or is it currently used or will it 

be used in the future during regular operation at the gas compression plant? 

************************************

Shaheerah Kelly

U S EPA Region 9

75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: 415-947-4156

Fax: 415-947-3579

Dwight Mallory <dmallory@rnrc.net>

Dwight Mallory 

<dmallory@rnrc.net>

04/12/2007 04:16 PM

To Shaheerah Kelly/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Patrick Flynn 

<pflynn@rnrc.net>

cc wilsonlaughter@navajo.org

Subject RE: McElmo Creek Unit

Please see the numbered responses below. Also, we would like to change

the Facility Name on the application to remove the term "gas plant" if

possible. I've revised the appropriate page of the Application Form and

it is attached. Sorry I didn't catch it on the last update.

If we need to submit another certification of truth and accuracy with

the change, let me know. I'm out of the office tomorrow and next week,

but I can get one signed and to you if need be.

Let me know if there's anything else.

1. No. There are no crude oil storage tanks located at the MCU gas

compression facility. 

2. Yes. There are five small aboveground storage tanks at the MCU gas
compression facility. There is one 500 gallon tank, one 400 gallon tank

and one 250 gallon tank all of which contain lube oil for the

compressors. There is also a 1,000 gallon tank that previously contained

diesel fuel, but it has been removed from service. 

3. No to both questions. There are no NGLs extracted at the MCU gas

compression facility and none of the gas is sold. All of the gas that is

processed by the facility is field gas that is re-injected to the

producing reservoir. Produced water and crude oil that are removed by

free water knockouts or "scrubbers" installed upstream of the facility's

compressors and are sent back to the tank batteries via a closed drain

system. 

Dwight Mallory

Environmental, Health & Safety Coordinator

Resolute Natural Resources Company

1675 Broadway, Suite 1950

Denver, CO 80202

Phone (303) 534-4600 X 165

Fax (303) 623-3628

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-----Original Message-----

From: Kelly.Shaheerah@epamail.epa.gov

[mailto:Kelly.Shaheerah@epamail.epa.gov] 

Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:11 PM

To: Dwight Mallory; Patrick Flynn

Cc: wilsonlaughter@navajo.org

Subject: McElmo Creek Unit

Hi. Please answer the following questions regarding the McElmo Creek

Unit Gas Plant. This would help in writing the permit. Let me know if

you have any questions. Thanks.

1. Are there tank batteries where oil is stored at the Gas Plant? If so,

how many?

2. Are there other storage tanks at the Gas Plant? If so, how many and

what materials are stored in the tanks?

3. Besides injecting field gas into the reservoir, is the gas diverted

to be sold at times? Is the field gas processed in a manner in which

natural gas liquids are extracted from the field gas?

************************************

Shaheerah Kelly

U S EPA Region 9

75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: 415-947-4156

Fax: 415-947-3579

OMB Control No. 2060-0336 

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT, 40 CFR PART 71 

APPLICATION FORM GIS - GENERAL INFORMATION AND SUMMARY 

Instructions: Complete this form once for the part 71 source (facility). 

A. Mailing Address and Contact Information 

Facility name ______________________________________________________________________ 

Mailing address: Street or P.O. Box _______________________________________________________________ 

City __________________________________________ State _______ ZIP ___________ - ________ 

Contact person: _________________________________________ Title ____________________________________ 

Telephone ( ______ ) ________ - ___________ Ext. _________ Facsimile ( _______ ) ________ - ___________ 

B. Facility Location 

Temporary source? ___ Yes ___ No Plant site location __________________________________________________ 

City __________________________________ State _______ County ____________ EPA Region ________

Is the facility located within:

Indian lands? ___YES ___ NO OCS waters? ___YES ___ NO

Nonattainment area? ___ YES ___ NO If yes, for what air pollutants? __________

Within 50 miles of affected State? ___ YES ___ NO If yes, What State(s)? _____________

C. Owner 

Name _______________________________________________ Street/ P.O. Box ________________________________ 

City _________________________________________ State _______ ZIP ____________ - ________ 

Telephone ( _______ ) ________ - ____________ Ext. _________ 

D. Operator 

Name _______________________________________________ Street/ P.O. Box ________________________________ 

City _________________________________________ State _______ ZIP ____________ - ________ 

Telephone ( _______ ) ________ - ____________ Ext. _________