BARRY T. SMITHERMAN, CHAIRMAN 

DAV ID PORTER, COMMISSIONER 

BUDDY GARCIA, COMMISSIONER 

GIL BUJANO, P.E. 

ACTING DIRECTOR, OIL AND GAS DIVISIO~ 

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS 

OIL AND GAS DIVISION 

ATTN AMY HANSEN 

PURESTREAM TECHNOLOGY, LLC 

510 SOUTH 600 EAST 

SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102 

Re: Permit No. MR-00 12, 

Authorization to Treat by Produced and Frac Flow-back 

Water for Re-use 

State ofTexas 

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7B, 7C, 8, 8A, 9, and 10 

Based on information contained in your application received March 22, 2012, and subsequent information 

received to date you are hereby authorized to store, handle, treat, and recycle the following non-hazardous 

oil and gas wastes: produced water and fracture flow-back water. 

The Purestream Technology's mobile water treatment process shall include two distinct elements, an 

Induced Gas Floatation (IGF) module for high TSS removal and hydrocarbon recovery, and an 

Accelerated Vapor Recompression (AVARA) module for produced water purification/fresh water 

recovery and brine concentration. This authority is granted in accordance with 16 T AC Chapter 4, 

Subchapter B, and subject to the following minimum conditions: 

I. GENERAL PERMIT CONDITIONS 

A. The effective date of this permit is June 20, 2012 

B. The authority granted by this permit expires on June 19, 2017 

C. Only non-hazardous oil and gas wastes subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission 

of Texas and exempt from RCRA, Subtitle C may be treated. The permittee may store, 

handle, treat, and process only produced water and fracture flow back water at well sites. 

D. The permittee is responsible for: storing and managing of recyclable fluids generated by the 

treatment process and stored on-site until custody of the fluid is either transferred to the 

original generator of waste or it is disposed of in an authorized manner; ensuring the proper 

storage, management and disposition of any waste products generated by the treatment 

process until the waste products are disposed of in an authorized manner; remediating any 

soil, surface water or ground water affected by spills or leaks resulting from activities 

associated with the treatment process; and diverting stormwater away from the treatment area 

and/or collecting and disposing any stormwater that is contaminated as a result of contact 

with recyclable fluids or wastes generated by the treatment process. 

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E. No oil and gas NORM (naturally occurring radioactive material) waste, as defined in 16 TAC 

§ 4.603, or waste from a facility that is licensed by the Texas Department of State 

Health Services to process oil and gas NORM waste may be treated by this process. 

F. The Commission may consider this permit for administrative renewal upon review. 

G. Any request for renewal should be received at least 60 days prior to the permit expiration 

date. 

H. This permit is not transferable without the consent of the Commission . Any request for 

transfer of this permit should be filed with Technical Permitting in Austin at least 60 days 

before the permittee wishes the transfer to take place. 

I. The permittee shall submit a Semiannual Report containing the applicable information 

required in Condition IV.A. of this permit. 

The first Semiannual Report shall cover the period beginning on June 20, 2012 and ending 

December 31, 2012. The reporting periods shall thenceforth be January 1 through June 30 

and July 1 through December 31 of each year. 

The Semiannual Report shall be submitted to Technical Permitting in Austin no later than the 

31 st day of the month following the end of each reporting period, or each January 31 and each 

July 31, respectively. 

J. This permit does not authorize the discharge of any oil and gas waste from the treatment site, 

including contaminated storm water. 

K. Material Safety Data Sheets must be submitted to Technical Permitting in Austin for any 

previously unrepresented chemical to be used in the treatment of waste. Use of the chemical 

is contingent upon Commission approval. 

L. Any soil, media, or other debris contaminated by a spill of waste or any other materials at the 

treatment sites shall be promptly cleaned up and processed through the treatment cycle or 

disposed of in an authorized manner. 

M. The permittee shall make all records required by this permit available for review and/or 

copying during normal business hours upon request of Commission personnel. 

N. Any pits to be used in conjunction with this facility not specifically authorized by 16 T AC § 3.8 

must be permitted separately by the filing of Form H-11 and the supporting data. 

0. An independent laboratory neither owned nor operated by the permittee must conduct any 

analysis of sampling required by this permit. 

II. SITING 

A. When placed at a well site, the mobile water treatment system and all storage areas associated 

with the treatment process may not be located: 

I. Within a I 00 year floodplain. 

2. In a streambed. 
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3. In a sensitive area. 

B. When placed at a well site, the mobile water treatment system and all storage areas associated 

with the treatment process must be located: 

I. At least I 00 feet from any surface water. 

2. At least 150 feet from any water wells. 

III. OPERATION 

A. The permittee must notifY the surface owner prior to moving the mobile water treatment 

system onto any oil or gas lease. 

B. The appropriate District Office must be notified at least 7 days prior to placing the on-sitemobile water treatment system and all associated above-ground storage equipment on an oil 

and gas lease and provide the name of the operator who generated the oil and gas waste to be 

treated, the lease name, the lease number and the well number for the lease on which the 

treatment unit will be placed. 

C. A site layout plan must be prepared and submitted to the appropriate District Office at least 7 

days prior to placing the on-site-mobile water treatment system on an oil and gas lease. The 

plan must include the layout of the recycling facility showing the location and information on 

the design and size of all receiving, processing, and storage areas and all equipment used in 

the recycling process. 

D. The size and identification number of the recycling unit to be used at the site must be 

submitted to the appropriate District Office at least 7 days prior to deployment. 

E. The permittee must place and keep the on-site mobile water treatment system on an oil and 

gas lease owned by the operator who generated the oil and gas waste to be treated, and the 

permittee/unit may only accept and treat produced water and fracture flow-back water 

generated by the operator on whose lease the treatment site is located. 

F. All above-ground storage vessels must be maintained in proper working condition. 

G. The recyclable product, as defined in 16 T AC Chapter 4, Subchapter B, shall consist of the 

water processed through the mobile water treatment system, which will subsequently be used 

for the makeup of fracture fluids. 

H. Oil and gas waste to be processed in the treatment unit must be stored in above-ground tanks 

or a pit authorized to store it and pumped into the mobile water treatment system equipment. 

I. A maximum volume of 25,000 barrels of oil and gas waste to be treated may be stored at the 

well site at any given time. 

J. Oil and gas waste utilized in the recycling process must be treated in the on-site mobile water 

treatment system units. 

K. The mobile water treatment system may not be kept on one well location for more than one 

year. 
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L. The recyclable product must be stored in an above-ground storage tanks or authorized or 

permitted pits at the well site where it will be re-used in the well completion process. 

M. A maxi!llum volume of 25,000 barrels of recyclable product may be stored at the well site at 

any given time. 

N. If custody of the recyclable product is not given to the original generator of the waste with in 

60 days of its creation or disposed of in an authorized manner, the permittee is responsible 

for its disposal in an authorized manner. 

0 . The recyclable product may only be used in the makeup of fracturing fluid at the well site at 

which it was generated or at another well site within the same field owned or leased by the 

operator who generated the oil and gas waste prior to its treatment. Any excess recyclable 

product that is not used in the makeup of fracturing fluid must be disposed of in an author~zed 

manner. 

P. A maximum volume of 10,000 barrels of concentrated brine generated from the mobile water 

treatment system may be stored at the well site at any given time. 

Q. The permittee must have personnel onsite at all times when the mobile water treatment 

system is in operation on an oil or gas lease. If personnel are not on site, the treatment system 

must be in a non-operational state and secured to prevent unauthorized access. 

IV. RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

A. RECORDKEEPING 

1. Records must be kept of all waste treated for a period of three (3) years from the date 

of treatment. These records must include the following for each treatment unit and 

treatment site: 

a. Date appropriate district office was notified. 

b. Name of the generator of the waste to be treated. 

c. Name of the waste hauler, if applicable, that transported waste to the treatment site. 

d. Lease Name, Lease Number or Gas 1.0. Number and Well Number, or API 

Number where the treatment unit was placed. 

e. Lease Name, Lease Number or Gas I.D. Number and Well Number, or API 

Number where the oil and gas waste that was treated was generated. 

f. Lease Number or Gas 1.0. Number and Weil Number, or API Number where the 

recyclable product was re-used. 

g. Classification of the water from each lease as frac flow-back water, produced 

water, or a mixture of the two. 

h. The total dissolved solids, total suspended 'solids, conductivity, pH, calcium, 

magnesium, barium, strontium, sodium, potassium, iron, manganese, aluminum, 

ammonia, chloride, sulfate, bromide, and boron concentrations of the frac flowback or produced water used as feedstock to evaluate the treatment system. 
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i. Volume of produced water and frac flow-back water treated in the treatment 

process. 

J. The total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, conductivity, pH, calcium, 

magnesium, barium, strontium, sodium, potassium, iron, manganese, aluminum, 

ammonia, chloride, sulfate, bromide, and boron concentrations of the recyclable 

product resulting from the treatment system. 

k. Volume of recyclable product resulting from the treatment process. 

I. Volume of solid waste generated from the treatment process. 

m. The location at which the solid waste generated by the mobile water treatment 

system was disposed. 

n. Volume of concentrated brine generated by the mobile water treatment process. 

o. The location at which the brine generated by the mobile water treatment system 

was disposed. . 

p. Date(s) the oil and gas waste was processed through at the treatment unit. 

q. Date(s) the recyclable product was re-used. 

B. REPORTING 

I. A copy of the records required in Permit Condition No. IV.A. must be submitted to 

Technical Permitting in Austin as part of the Semiannual Report required in 

Condition No. IV.C. of this permit. If no waste was stored, handled, treated or reused within a reporting period, a written statement indicating that no waste was 

stored, handled, treated or re-used must be submitted to Technical Permitting in 

Austin as part of the Semiannual Report required in Condition No. IV.C. of this 

permit. 

C. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT 

V.CLOSURE 

1. Beginning January 31, 2013 and every six (6) months thereafter, permittee shall 

submit a Semiannual Report containing applicable information as required m 

Conditions IV.A. and IV.B of this permit for the previous six (6) month period. 

A. All equipment associated with the treatment of oil and gas waste and the storage of recyclable 

product must be removed from the site within 120 days of the completion of the treatment 

process. 

B. The contents of any vessels or other containers, including unused recyclable product, shall be 

disposed of in an authorized manner within 120 days of completion oftreatment process. 

Failure to comply with any provision of this permit shall be cause for modification, suspension or 

termination of this permit. This permit may be canceled if Technical Permitting determines that the 

permittee is in violation of the conditions of this permit or if the permittee's operations pursuant to the 

permit are causing or allowing pollution of surface or subsurface water. , 

Michael 

~J4 Sims, P.E., Manager 

Environmental Permits and Support 
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cc: RRC - San Antonio/0 1 & 02 

Houston/03 

Corpus Christi/04 

Kilgore/05 & 06 

Abilene/07B 

San Angelo/07C 

Midland/08 & 08A 

Wichita Falls/09 

Pampa/10 

Technical Permitting