Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality
Chapter 28 - STANDARDS FOR ISSUING PERMITS FOR COMMERCIAL OILFIELD WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Section 28-2 - Applicability

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 28-2

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) This Chapter contains the minimum standards for the design and construction of commercial oilfield waste disposal facilities that are required to obtain a permit under W.S. § 35-11-301(a)(iii), W.S. § 35-11-306, and Water Quality Rules and Regulations Chapter 3. In addition, this Chapter contains operation, monitoring, and reporting requirements for commercial oilfield waste disposal facilities.

(i) All applicants for a Water Quality Rules and Regulations Chapter 3 permit to construct, install, modify, or operate a commercial oilfield waste disposal facility shall meet all minimum standards of this Chapter.

(ii) No permit to construct, install, modify, or operate a commercial oilfield waste disposal facility shall be issued to a facility that does not meet the minimum standards of this Chapter.

(iii) All commercial oilfield waste disposal facilities shall be constructed, installed, and operated in accordance with permits issued pursuant to this Chapter.

(b) The installation of any component of a commercial oilfield waste disposal facility requires a permit to construct.

(c) Commercial oilfield waste disposal facilities are authorized to accept exempt exploration and production (E&P) wastes.

(i) Non-exempt, non-hazardous waste may be approved on a case-by-case basis, at the permittee's request.

(ii) The Division requires hazardous waste characteristic analysis of all non-exempt wastes proposed to be disposed of at a commercial oilfield waste disposal facility. Additional or reduced sampling may be required by the Division based on the type of waste to be disposed and the generator's knowledge of the waste, including waste origin, composition, the process producing the waste, feedstock, and other reliable and relevant information. If any of the hazardous waste regulatory levels are exceeded, the wastes shall be disposed at a facility approved to accept hazardous wastes.

(d) Pursuant to the provisions of W.S. § 35-11-109(a)(ii) and W.S. § 35-11-1104(a)(iii), while subject to the requirements of the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act, noncommercial oilfield waste disposal facilities permitted by the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, are exempt from the requirements of this Chapter.

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