Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations
Subpart 1 - Statewide Order No. 29-B
Chapter 5 - Off-Site Storage, Treatment and/or Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste Generated from Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas Wells
Section XIX-523 - Permit Application Requirements for Land Treatment Systems

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XIX-523

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. In addition to the information requested in §519. C above, the information required in this Section must be provided in duplicate in each application for approval of a commercial facility incorporating the use of land treatment cells.

B. A detailed description of the site considered for land treatment with relation to the following:

1. past and present land use;

2. geology/soil properties/hydrogeology;

3. drainage and flood control;

4. hydrologic balance; and

5. highest seasonal groundwater level.

C. A detailed description of the facility design including maps and drawings and a discussion of the following:

1. site layout;

2. proposed waste application technique;

3. drainage control;

4. proposed waste loading rate; and

5. expected facility life.

D. An explanation of the proposed E and P Waste management and operations plan with reference to the following topics:

1. sampling and testing of incoming waste (waste acceptance procedures);

2. method of receiving waste;

3. waste segregation;

4. application scheduling;

5. waste-soil mixing;

6. proposed land treatment cell and groundwater monitoring plan;

7. reuse stockpile management plan (see §565 G); and

8. an air emissions (odor) reduction and monitoring plan that addresses such sources as:
a. the volatilization of organic materials and/or hydrogen sulfide in the E and P Waste;

b. particulate matter (dust) carried by the wind;

c. periodic removal and subsequent handling of free oil; and

d. chemical reactions (e.g., production of hydrogen sulfide from sulfur-bearing E and P Wastes).

E. Detailed information concerning closure and post-closure activities and monitoring as follows:

1. proposed closure procedures;

2. post-closure maintenance; and

3. closure and post-closure monitoring.

F. Documentation of compliance with the location criteria of §507. A 4

G. Documentation that the land treatment facility operation requirements of §549 can be met.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.

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