Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Subchapter A - OIL AND GAS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Division 4 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PERMITTED WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Section 4.132 - Closure
Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code § 4.132
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Application. A permit application shall include a detailed plan for closure when operations at the facility or pit terminate. The closure plan shall include a general plan to:
(1) remove all wastes;
(2) demolish and/or remove any liners;
(3) remove dikes;
(4) backfill any excavations and contour and
reseed disturbed areas;
(5) sample
and analyze soil and, if applicable, groundwater throughout the facility;
(6) if applicable, plug
groundwater monitoring wells; and
(7) have financial security released once
post closure activities are completed and approved by the Technical Permitting
Section.
(b) Closure requirements. The permittee shall close the facility or pit in accordance with the following requirements.
(1) The permittee
shall notify the Technical Permitting Section and the District Office in
writing at least 45 days prior to commencement of any closure operations.
(2) The permittee shall submit a
detailed closure plan to the Technical Permitting Section at least 30 days
prior to commencement of any closure activity. The Technical Permitting Section
must approve the detailed closure plan before the permittee may initiate
closure operations. The permittee shall comply with the closure plan approved
by the Technical Permitting Section. The closure plan shall include the
following information:
(A) the processing and
removal of all wastes, chemicals, and waste-related materials from the facility
for authorized reuse or disposal in an authorized manner;
(B) the removal and salvage of all equipment,
if possible, or disposal of all equipment in an authorized manner;
(C) unless otherwise authorized, the cleaning
and demolishment of all equipment and storage areas, including concrete pads,
at the facility; and the disposal in an authorized manner of all rubble,
wash-water, and rinsate;
(D) the
excavation, removal, and disposal of all contaminated soils from beneath the
liners and concrete pads;
(E) a
soil sampling plan; and
(F) if
required by the Director, a post-closure monitoring plan.
(3) Once the permittee has removed all waste,
equipment, concrete pads, contaminated soil, and any other material in
accordance with the closure plan, the permittee shall conduct soil sampling in
accordance with the approved soil sampling plan. Soil samples shall be analyzed
for the parameters in the permit and/or soil sampling plan and submitted to the
Technical Permitting Section no later than 30 days after the permittee receives
the laboratory results. The Technical Permitting Section may require the
permittee to conduct additional closure operations if the soil sample results
exceed the authorized limits and/or the Technical Permitting Section determines
that additional remediation is required to prevent pollution caused or
contributed to by operations at the facility.
(4) The permittee shall grade the pits, on
site storage tanks, on site storage areas, and any other facility location to
prevent rainfall from collecting at these locations.
(5) If the Director required a post-closure
plan, the permittee shall conduct post-closure monitoring in accordance with
the post-closure monitoring plan approved by Technical Permitting
Section.
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