Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) A permit for on-lease commercial solid
oil and gas waste recycling issued pursuant to this division shall contain
requirements the Commission determines to be reasonably necessary to ensure
that:
(1) only wastes and other materials
authorized by the permit generated on-lease, including requirements that the
permittee test incoming oil and gas waste and keep records of amounts of
wastes; and
(2) the processing
operation and resulting recyclable product meet the environmental and
engineering standards established in the permit.
(b) A permit for on-lease commercial solid
oil and gas waste recycling issued under this division may require the
permittee to perform a trial run in accordance with the following procedure.
(1) The permittee shall notify the Commission
district office for the county in which the facility is located prior to
commencement of the trial run.
(2)
The permittee shall sample and analyze the partially treated waste that results
from the trial run, and submit to the director for review a report of the
results of the trial run prior to commencing operations.
(3) The permittee shall demonstrate the
ability to successfully process a 1,000 cubic yard batch of solid oil and gas
waste.
(A) The Oil and Gas Division in Austin
and the appropriate District Office must be notified in writing at least 72
hours before waste processing begins.
(B) Samples of the partially treated waste
shall be collected from every 200 cubic yards of an 800 cubic yard batch and
analyzed for wetting and drying durability by ASTM D 559-96, modified to
provide that samples are compacted and molded from finished partially treated
waste. The total weight loss after 12 cycles may not exceed 15
percent.
(C) A written report of
the trial run shall be submitted to the Oil and Gas Division in Austin and the
appropriate district office within 60 days of receipt of the analyses required
in this section. The following information must be included:
(i) the actual volume of waste material
processed;
(ii) the volume of
stabilization material used;
(iii)
copies of all lab analyses required by this section; and
(iv) the results of the analysis required
under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
(D) The final processed material must meet
the limitations of this section.
(4) The director shall approve the trial run
if the report demonstrates that the recyclable product meets or exceeds the
environmental and engineering standards established in the permit.
(5) The permittee shall not use the
recyclable product until the director approves the trial run report.
(c) A permit for on-lease
commercial solid oil and gas waste recycling issued pursuant to this division
shall include any requirements, including limits on the volumes of oil and gas
waste, partially treated waste, and recyclable product stored at the site, that
the Commission determines to be reasonably necessary to ensure that the
permittee does not accumulate oil and gas waste, partially treated waste,
and/or recyclable product at the facility without actually processing the oil
and gas waste and putting the recyclable product to legitimate commercial
use.
(d) Excess rainwater collected
within a bermed area shall be removed and disposed of in an authorized
manner.
(e) Appropriate measures
shall be taken to control dust at all times.
(f) Processed material meeting or exceeding
process control parameters listed in §
4.222(d) of this
title (relating to Minimum Permit Provisions for Monitoring) is suitable for
use on lease roads, drilling pads, tank batteries, compressor station pads, and
county roads.
