Utah Admin. Code R649-3-16 - Reserve Pits and Other On-site Pits
1. Small onsite oil field pits including, but
not limited to, reserve pits, emergency pits, workover and completion pits,
storage pits, pipeline drip pits, and sumps shall be located and constructed in
such a manner as to contain fluids and not cause pollution of waters and soils.
They shall be located and constructed according to the division guidelines for
onsite pits. See Ranking Criteria for Reserve and Onsite Pit Liner
Requirements, on the Oil, Gas and Mining web page.
2. Reserve pit location and construction
requirements including liner requirements will be discussed at the predrill
site evaluation. Special stipulations concerning the reserve pit will be
included as part of the division's approval to drill.
3. Following drilling and completion of the
well the reserve pit shall be closed within one year, unless permission is
granted by the division for a longer period.
4. Pit contents shall meet the Division's
Cleanup Levels (guidance document for numeric clean-up levels) or background
levels prior to burial.
5. The
contents may require treatment to reduce mobility or toxicity in order to meet
cleanup levels.
6. The alternative
to meeting cleanup levels would be transporting of material to an appropriate
disposal facility.
Notes
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