Utah Admin. Code R649-9-6 - Specific Permit, Application and Operation Requirements Applicable to Waste Crude Oil Treatment Facilities
(1) Waste crude oil treatment facilities
shall be designed, constructed and operated to meet the following specific
requirements in addition to Section
R649-9-3, General Permit and
Application Requirements for E and P Recycling Facilities.
(a) To promote regulatory consistency, the
division will not approve permits for waste crude oil treatment facilities that
are located within, or work in conjunction with, a solid or hazardous waste
disposal facility that is not regulated by the division. If an operator wants
to permit a waste crude oil treatment facility for use with a waste disposal
facility they will require a permit from the Utah Department of Environmental
Quality, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, or the agency
designated to regulate such facilities.
(2) Before the construction of a waste crude
oil treatment facility, an application shall be submitted to the division
describing the ownership, location, type, and capacity of the facility
contemplated; the extent and location of the surface area to be disturbed,
including any land associated with the facility; and a reclamation plan for the
site. Approval of the application must be issued by the division before any
ground clearing or construction shall occur.
(3) The applicant shall submit a topographic
map and drawing of the site, on a suitable scale, that identifies all geologic
cross sections, side slopes, equipment, secondary containment, test borings,
roads, fences, gates, wells and springs, drainage patterns, pipelines, surface
area to be disturbed, buildings and chemical storage areas within one mile of
the site perimeter and location relative to other site facilities. The drawings
shall be of professional quality.
(4) Any waste crude oil treatment facility
permitted after February 2025 shall be located a minimum of one-half mile from
residences or occupied buildings not associated with the facility unless a
waiver is signed at the time of application by the owners of the residences and
buildings within one-half mile.
(5)
Geologic and hydrological requirements for waste crude oil treatment
facilities.
(a) The facility may not be
located in a geologically or hydrologically unsuitable area, such as aquifer
recharge areas, protection zones for public drinking water sources, flood
plains, drainage bottoms, and areas on or near faults, within 1,000 feet of a
wetland, water-course or lakebed, permeable soil where groundwater is less than
50 feet below the lowest elevation at which the operator will place waste crude
oil, or within the area overlying a subsurface mine.
(b) Regional and local geologic information
shall include bedrock strike and dip, fracture patterns, slope stability,
faulting, folding, rockfall, landslides, subsidence or erosion potential, and
surface water features that may affect the design and operation of the
facility.
(c) Representative
analysis of waste crude oil treatment facility surface and subsurface soils
submitted to the division shall include Electrical Conductivity, Exchangeable
Sodium Percentage, Sodium Adsorption Ratio, or other analysis determined
necessary by the division for establishing background soil
concentrations.
(d) Geologic cross
sections submitted to the division shall include depth to shallow ground water,
formation names, and type and name of the shallowest fresh water aquifer
beneath the proposed site.
(e) If
determined necessary by the division, applicants shall submit ground water
analysis of the aquifers beneath the proposed site.
(f) If determined necessary by the division,
monitoring wells shall be constructed in a manner that will provide the ability
to measure or observe the level, quality, quantity, or movement of subsurface
water.
(g) If determined necessary
by the division, applicants shall submit potentiometric maps of the shallowest
aquifers.
(6) Waste
crude oil treatment facility applicants shall submit detailed construction or
installation diagrams of tanks.
(a) The
facility shall be designed, maintained and operated to separate waste crude
oil.
(7) Waste crude oil
treatment facility applicants shall submit detailed construction or
installation diagrams of unloading facilities.
(8) Engineering and design requirements for
waste crude oil treatment facilities and modifications.
(a) The facility shall be designed and sealed
by a Utah Licensed Professional Engineer and inspected by a Utah Licensed
Professional Engineer as needed to ensure the facility is constructed in
accordance with the approved plans.
(i) A
construction certification shall be submitted, by the engineer, before the
division issuing an operation permit for the facility.
(b) The facility shall be designed,
constructed and operated so as to contain liquids and solids in a manner that
will protect freshwater, public health and safety, and the environment for the
life of the operation.
(i) The facility shall
be designed with secondary containment to capture 110% of the largest potential
release in the event of a catastrophic failure. Secondary containment shall be
bermed and lined to withstand a tank failure.
(9) The facility shall be kept free of any
spills and waste materials.
(10) No
waste crude oil treatment facility operator shall accept delivery of crude oil
obtained from any tank, reserve pit, disposal pond or pit, or similar facility
unless the delivery is accompanied by a run ticket, invoice, receipt or similar
document showing the origin and quantity of the crude oil.
Notes
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