Okla. Admin. Code § 165:10-7-32 - Application to reclaim and/or recycle produced water for surface activities related to drilling, completion, workover, and production operations from oil and gas wells

(a) Authority to reclaim and/or recycle produced water. No person shall use produced water for any other purpose except as provided by this section. Any operator failing to obtain a permit may be fined up to $500.00.

(b) Scope. This Section shall cover the reclaiming and/or recycling of produced water from oil and gas wells for a single well location for the purpose of water supply for surface activities used for a specific permitted use. This does not include the use of produced water for down- hole operations referred to as weighted water under OAC 165:10-7-24(b)(2).

(c) Quality of produced water. For the purposes of this rule shall be limited to Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) or Total Soluble Salts (TSS) content not to exceed 5,000 mg/l and oil and grease content not to exceed 1,000 mg/l.

(d) Storage of produced water. If the produced water is stored in tanks, the tanks shall be legibly marked "recycle" water.

(e) Log of load tickets. The operator shall maintain copies of the load tickets from wells that the produced water was obtained. Such copies shall be made available to the OCC Inspector upon request.

(f) Notification to OCC District Office. The Operator shall orally notify the District Office when produced water is to be initially hauled to the permitted facility.

(g) Application for permit.

(1) The operator of the well must apply for the permit for the reclamation of produced water.

(2) Required Application. Each application for the reclaiming and/or recycling of produced water shall be submitted to the Field Operations District office on Form 1014D.

(3) A copy of written notice to the surface owner that the applicant intends to use produced water as per 165:10-7-32 to a specific portion of their real property as designated by legal description. For purposes of notice, a written waiver from the surface owner may also be submitted.

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Okla. Admin. Code § 165:10-7-32

Added at 20 Ok Reg 1479, eff 4-24-03 (emergency); Added at 20 Ok Reg 1543, eff 7-1-03; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2229, eff 7-1-06

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 23, August 17, 2015, eff. 8/27/2015.