014.04.18 Ark. Code R. § 002

• Library: Arkansas Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, December, 2023
• Citation: 014.04.18 Ark. Code R. § 002
• Year: 2023

CHAPTER 1 : GENERAL PROVISIONS

Reg. 1.101 Title This regulation shall be known by and may be cited as "Regulation No. 1: Prevention of Pollution by Oil Field Waste."

Reg. 1.102 Authority The legal authority for this regulation is the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, Ark. Code Ann. § 8Title8-4-101 et seq.

Reg. 1.103 Purpose The purpose of this regulation is to prevent any oil field waste, including without limitation salt water, from entering any water of the State.

Reg. 1.104 Applicability This regulation applies to any surface facility associated with a disposal system for oil field waste.

CHAPTER 2 : DEFINITIONS

Reg. 1.201 Definitions As used in this regulation: "ADEQ" or "Department" means the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality or its successor, unless otherwise specified. "AOGC" means the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission or its successor. "APC&EC" means the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission or its successor, unless otherwise specified. "Class II Well" means a well in which Class II Fluids are injected. "Class II Fluids" is defined by the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC) and means: " (A) Produced water and/or other fluids brought to the surface in connection with drilling, completion or fracture treatments workover or recompletion and plugging of oil, natural gas, Class II or wells that are required to be permitted as water supply wells by the [AOGC]; enhanced recovery operations; or natural gas storage operations, or (B) Produced water and/or other fluids from (A) above, which prior to re-injection have been used on site for purposes integrally associated with well drilling, completion or fracture treatments workover or recompletions or plugging oil, natural gas, Class II or wells that are required to be permitted as water supply wells by the [AOGC]; enhanced recovery operations; natural gas storage operations; or chemically treated or altered to the extent necessary to make them usable for purposes integrally related to well drilling, completion, workover or recompletions or plugging oil, natural gas, Class II or wells that are required to be permitted as water supply wells by the [AOGC]; enhanced recovery operations; natural gas storage operations, or commingled with fluid wastes resulting from fluid treatments outlined above, provided the commingled fluid wastes do not constitute a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or (C) Waste fluids from gas plants (including filter backwash, precipitated sludge, iron sponge, hydrogen sulfide and scrubber liquid) which are an integral part of oil and gas production operations; and waste fluids from gas dehydration plants (including glycol-based compounds and filter backwash), unless the gas plant or gas dehydration plant wastes are classified as hazardous under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery...