2394 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 5 / Monday, January 9, 1995 / Notices

Region 6 issued National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

Permits No. LAG290000 and

TXG290000 with an effective date of

February 8, 1995. These permits

prohibit the discharge of produced

water and produced sand derived from

Oil and Gas Point Source Category

facilities to ‘‘coastal’’ waters of

Louisiana and Texas in accordance with

effluent limitations and other conditions

set forth in Parts I and II of these

permits. Facilities covered by these

permits include those in the Coastal

Subcategory (40 CFR 435, Subpart D),

the Stripper Subcategory (40 CFR 435,

Subpart F) that discharge to ‘‘coastal’’

waters of Louisiana and Texas, and the

Offshore Subcategory (40 CFR 435,

Subpart A) which discharge to ‘‘coastal’’

waters of Louisiana and Texas.

III

Respondents herein are permittees

subject to General NPDES Permit Nos.

LAG290000 and/or TXG290000 and

who:

A. Discharge produced water derived

from an existing Coastal, Stripper or

Offshore Subcategory well or wells to

‘‘coastal’’ waters of Texas or Louisiana

on the effective date of LAG290000 or

TXG290000.

B. Discharge produced water derived

from an existing Coastal Subcategory

well or wells located in Louisiana or

Texas to waters of the United States

outside Louisiana or Texas ‘‘coastal’’

waters on the effective date of

LAG290000 or TXG290000.

C. Are required by Permits No.

LAG290000 or TXG290000 to meet the

requirement of No Discharge of

produced water and are taking

affirmative steps to meet that

requirement.

D. Have submitted an ‘‘Administrative

Order Notice’’. Such Notices shall be

sent to: Enforcement Branch (6W–EA),

Region 6, U. S. Environmental

Protection Agency, P.O. Box 50625,

Dallas TX 75270. Upon submission of

such an Administrative Order Notice, a

permittee shall be a Respondent under

this General Administrative Order. The

terms of each Administrative Order

Notice submitted shall be considered

terms of this Order and shall be

enforceable against the Respondent

submitting the Administrative Order

Notice. Each Administrative Order

Notice must include:

1. Identification of the facility by

name and its location (by lease, lease

block, field or prospect name), the name

and address of its operator, and the

name, address and telephone number of

a contact person.

2. A certification signed by a person

meeting the requirements of Part II,

Section D.9 (Signatory Requirements) of

Permits LAG290000 and TXG290000

stating that a Compliance Plan has been

prepared for the facility in accordance

with this Order. A copy of this plan

shall not be included with the

Administrative Order Notice, but shall

be made available to EPA upon request.

3. A Compliance Plan shall include a

description of the measures to be taken,

along with a schedule, to cease

discharge of produced water to waters of

the United States as expeditiously as

possible.

IV

To maintain oil and gas production

and comply with the permits’

prohibition on the discharge of

produced water, a significant number of

Respondents will have to reinject their

produced water. A lack of access to the

finite number of existing Class II

disposal wells, state UIC permit writers,

and drilling contractors may cause noncompliance for a significant number of

Respondents. In addition, time will be

required for some Respondents to

reroute produced water collection lines

to transport the produced water to

injection wells.

V

Respondents may reasonably perform

all actions necessary to cease their

discharges of produced water no later

than January 1, 1997.

Order

Based on the foregoing Findings, it is

Ordered that Respondents:

A. Fully comply with all conditions of

NPDES Permits No. LAG290000 and

TXG290000 except for the prohibition

on the discharge of produced water and

except for the requirement that all

discharges of produced water be

reported within twenty-four hours.

B. Complete all activities necessary to

attain full and continuance compliance

with NPDES Permits No. LAG290000

and TXG290000 as soon as possible, but

in no case later than January 1, 1997.

C. Operate and maintain all existing

pollution control equipment, including

existing oil/water separation equipment,

in such a manner as to minimize the

discharge of pollutants contained in

produced water at all times until such

time as respondents cease their

discharges of produced water.

D. Submit notice to the Water

Enforcement Branch of EPA Region 6

when produced water discharges subject

to this Order have ceased.

E. Subject to NPDES Permit

LAG290000 comply at all times with

Part I. Section B.1.b of said permit,

requiring that Respondents meet any

more stringent requirements contained

in Louisiana Water Quality Regulation,

LAC: 33,IX,7.708.

Nothing herein shall preclude

additional enforcement action.

The effective date of this Order shall

be the effective date of NPDES Permits

No. LAG290000 and TXG290000.

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