Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 10 - Oil And Gas Conservation › Subchapter 7 - Pollution Abatement › Part 3 - STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF FLUIDS › Section 165:10-7-27 - Application of waste oil, waste oil residue, or crude oil contaminated soil by oil and gas operators and pipeline companies

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Scope.
This Section shall
				  cover the application of waste oil, waste oil residue, or crude oil
				  contaminated soil by oil and gas operators and pipeline companies to lease
				  roads, pipeline service and tank farm roads, well locations, and production
				  sites. Hazardous waste as defined at
				  40 CFR
				  261.3 is regulated by the Oklahoma Department
				  of Environmental Quality.
(b)
Permit by appropriate Conservation Division District Office.
A
				  District Manager for the Conservation Division may issue to an oil or gas
				  operator or pipeline company within the District a permit for road application
				  of waste oil, waste oil residue, or crude oil contaminated soil to lease roads,
				  pipeline service and tank farm roads, well locations, and production sites
				  within the District. This subsection prohibits any operator from applying waste
				  oil, waste oil residue, or crude oil contaminated soil without a permit. Any
				  operator or pipeline company violating this subsection may be fined up to
				  $2,000.00.
(c)
Permit
				  requirements.
(1)
Use of Form
				  1014X.
The application to apply waste oil, waste oil residue, or crude
				  oil contaminated soil shall be made on Form 1014X, which shall be submitted by
				  electronic mail to the Manager of the appropriate Conservation Division
				  District Office.
(2)
Landowner permission.
Attached to the application shall be written
				  permission by the surface owner to allow the operator or pipeline company to
				  apply waste oil, waste oil residue, or crude oil contaminated soil as per this
				  Section to a specific portion of real property as designated by legal
				  description.
(3)
Telephone
				  permits.
In case of an emergency, a District Manager may issue a permit
				  by telephone. If an operator or pipeline company obtains a permit by telephone,
				  the operator or pipeline company shall file Form 1014X and attachments within
				  five business days after receipt of the permit by telephone.
(4)
Conditions for permits.
(A) Waste oil, waste oil residue, and
				  contaminated soils applied under this Section shall consist of crude oil and
				  materials produced with crude oil only. Hazardous waste as defined at
				  40 CFR
				  261.3 is regulated by the Oklahoma Department
				  of Environmental Quality.
(B) If
				  required by the District Manager, a hydrocarbon analysis shall be submitted
				  with Form 1014X. The analysis shall be performed by a laboratory that is
				  operated by the State of Oklahoma or certified by the Oklahoma Department of
				  Environmental Quality in accordance with OCC-approved methods.
(C) Waste oil, waste oil residue, and crude
				  oil contaminated soil shall be applied in such a manner that pollution of
				  surface or subsurface waters will not likely occur and public and private
				  property adjoining the application area will be protected.
(D) During application, any necessary signs,
				  lights and other safety and warning devices shall be used as traffic requires
				  to alert users to conditions. A sign shall be posted with the contractor's or
				  operator's name and phone number to contact in case of an emergency.
(E) No application shall be conducted:
(i) When the temperature is less than 45
				  °F.
(ii) In any area where
				  water collects and stands.
(iii)
				  Where conditions such as grade, soil moisture content, soil type, tight soil
				  conditions, or packed soil conditions cause runoff or prevent rapid absorption
				  of the oil.
(F)
				  Following completion of the project, there shall be a uniform soil/oil base
				  (all liquids worked in), with no visible free-standing oil.
(G) Proper care shall be taken to avoid
				  runoff of oil into borrow ditches or adjacent areas.