312 IAC 29-31-2 - Management, treatment, and disposal options for commonly encountered oil and gas waste materials
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) This
section establishes requirements for the management, treatment, and disposal of
commonly encountered oil and gas waste materials.
(b) An owner's or operator's use of disposal
methods other than those specified in this section, shall be considered a
violation of this article subject to enforcement action, unless:
(1) prior written authorization is received
from the division director after consultation with the department of
environmental management; or
(2)
the owner or operator demonstrates that the disposal method is permissible
under local, state, and federal waste management laws and
regulations.
(c) Except
as otherwise required in this article, oil and gas waste materials:
(1) shall be stored in above ground tanks,
vessels, or other containers that are leak-free and suitable for the storage
and containment of the waste material;
(2) of different types shall not be mixed or
commingled except as expressly authorized in this article or as allowed under
local, state, or federal waste management laws and regulations;
(3) shall be covered or otherwise protected
from exposure to precipitation or surface water runoff; and
(4) may only be stored temporarily until
arrangements can be made for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal.
(d) Produced water, including
produced water recovered during spill response operations and well blowdown
fluids, shall be managed and disposed of by any of the following methods:
(1) Recycled into existing produced water
storage tanks.
(2) Underground
injection into a permitted Class II well.
(3) Treated at a facility authorized to
accept this type of waste by the department of environmental
management.
(e) Crude
oil, including crude oil recovered during spill response operations and
hydrocarbons skimmed from drilling, completion, production, workover, or
plugging pits shall be managed and disposed of by the following methods:
(1) Recycled into existing crude oil storage
tanks.
(2) Underground injection
into a permitted Class II well.
(3)
Application to lease road or county road for dust suppression in accordance
with 312 IAC 29-25-6.
(4) Treatment at a permitted waste oil
recovery facility authorized to accept this type of waste.
(5) Disposal at a solid waste landfill or
other waste management facility permitted by the department of environmental
management to accept this type of waste.
(f) Crude oil tank bottoms, bottom sediments,
and paraffin shall be managed and disposed of by the following methods:
(1) Underground injection into a permitted
Class II disposal well.
(2)
Application to lease road or county road for dust suppression in accordance
with 312 IAC 29-25-6.
(3) Treatment at a permitted waste oil
recovery facility authorized to accept this type of waste.
(4) Disposal at a solid waste landfill or
other waste management facility permitted by the department of environmental
management to accept this type of waste.
(g) Storm water that accumulates inside crude
oil storage and production tank batteries shall be managed in accordance with
the requirements of
312 IAC 29-24-2(c)(6)
and disposed of by the following methods:
(1) Recycled into existing produced water
storage tanks.
(2) Underground
injection into a permitted Class II well.
(3) Where authorized under
312 IAC
29-24-2(e), discharged in accordance
with the requirements of
312 IAC
29-24-2(f).
(4) Treatment at a facility authorized to
accept this type of waste by the department of environmental
management.
(h) Water
resulting from hydrostatic testing of casing, tubing, flow lines, or other
pipelines shall be managed and disposed of by the following methods:
(1) Recycled into existing produced water
storage tanks.
(2) Recycled or
reused at another well site or testing site.
(3) Underground injection into a permitted
Class II well.
(4) Land application
if the fluid meets the following criteria:
(A)
Chloride shall be less than one thousand (1,000) milligrams per
liter.
(B) Total dissolved solids
shall be less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) milligrams per
liter.
(C) pH shall be greater than
6.5 and less than 9.0.
(D) No
visible sheen shall be present on the fluids prior to land
application.
(i) The following types of oil and gas waste
materials shall be managed and disposed of at a solid waste landfill or other
waste management facility permitted by the department of environmental
management to accept this type of waste:
(1)
Spent filters or filter media resulting from treatment of produced
water.
(2) Used absorbent pads and
absorbent materials.
(j)
The following types of oil and gas waste materials shall be managed and
disposed of in accordance with subsection (h) or be reclaimed or recycled for
reuse:
(1) Iron sponge, molecular sieve, and
other solids resulting from gas treatment operations.
(2) Spent amine, glycol, and other gas
treatment fluids.
(3) Spent
charcoal or other solids used in conjunction with vapor recovery or vapor
control processes.
(4) Used
solvents, motor oil, gear oil, lubricants, compressor oil, and hydraulic
oil.
(5) Unused treatment chemicals
or products used in drilling, completion, workover, or plugging
operations.
(6) After being cleaned
of any residual product, unused drums, totes, and other containers.
(k) Tanks, process or treatment
vessels, casing, tubing, rods, well heads, valves, flow lines, pumps, pumping
units, cables, tools, and all other metallic equipment that are unusable,
unserviceable, or otherwise considered to be oil and gas waste material shall
be managed and disposed of by any of the following methods:
(1) After being cleaned to remove residual
soil or other contamination, transportation to metal recycling
facility.
(2) Disposal at a solid
waste landfill or other waste management facility permitted by the department
of environmental management to accept this type of waste.
(l) The division shall issue notice of
approval or denial of an application submitted under subsection (b) in
accordance with
312 IAC 29-3-5.
(m) A decision to approve or deny an
application is subject to IC 4-21.5.
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