Exemption of oil and gas exploration and production wastes from federal hazardous waste regulations

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Page 6 - Fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste, and flue gas emission control waste generated primarily from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels. (5) Drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal energy.
Page 27 - Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act (CWA), is the Federal program designed to restore and maintain the integrity of the nation's surface waters.
Page 28 - ... adjoining shorelines or cause a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines.
Page 11 - Refinery wastes: • Liquid and solid wastes generated by crude oil and tank bottom reclaimers; • Used equipment lubrication oils; • Waste compressor oil; filters, and blowdown: • Used hydraulic fluids; • Waste solvents; • Waste...
Page 10 - Produced water, drilling fluid; drill cuttings; rigwash; drilling fluids and cuttings from offshore operations disposed of onshore; well completion, treatment, and stimulation fluids; basic sediment and water and other tank bottoms from storage facilities that hold product and exempt waste; accumulated materials such as hydrocarbons, solids, sand, and...
Page 11 - Unused fracturing fluids or acids: • Gas plant cooling tower cleaning wastes: • Painting wastes: • Oil and gas service company wastes, such as empty drums, drum rinsate. vacuum truck rinsate. sandblast media, painting wastes, spent solvents, spilled chemicals, and waste acids: • Vacuum truck and drum rinsate from trucks and drums transporting or containing non-exempt waste; . • Refinery wastes: • Liquid and solid wastes generated by crude oil and tank bottom...
Page 30 - Act (CERCLA), a 1980 law commonly known as Superfund, authorizes EPA to respond to releases, or threatened releases, of hazardous substances that may endanger public health, welfare, or the environment. CERCLA also enables EPA to force parties responsible for environmental contamination to clean it up or to reimburse the Superfund for response costs incurred by EPA. The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act...
Page 10 - ... production impoundments Pit sludges and contaminated bottoms from storage or disposal of exempt wastes Workover wastes Gas plant dehydration wastes, including glycolbased compounds, glycol filters, filter media, backwash, and molecular sieves Gas plant sweetening wastes for sulfur removal, including amines, amine filters, amine filter media, backwash, precipitated amine sludge, iron sponge, and hydrogen sulfide scrubber liquid and sludge Cooling tower blowdown Spent filters, filter media, and...
Page 10 - Accumulated materials such as hydrocarbons, solids, sand, and emulsion from production separators, fluid treating vessels, and production impoundments Pit sludges and contaminated bottoms from storage or disposal of exempt wastes Workover wastes Gas plant dehydration wastes, including glycolbased compounds, glycol filters, filter media, backwash, and molecular sieves...
Page 10 - Pipe scale, hydrocarbon solids, hydrates, and other deposits removed from piping and equipment prior to transportation; • Hydrocarbon-bearing soil: • Pigging wastes from gathering lines; • Wastes from subsurface gas storage and retrieval except for the...

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