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Hot Topics forOil & Gas Production
Authorizations
Anne M. Inman, P.E.Manager, Rules Registration Section
Erin Selvera, J.D.Special Assistant to Director
Air Permits DivisionTexas Commission on Environmental
QualityAdvanced Air Permitting Seminar 2014
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Topics for Discussion
Workload
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Authorization Processing
o Submittals – Complete applications:- Include site-specific or justification
o Pre-application meetingso e-Permitso Enhanced Application Review o AIROGo Electronic replies
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ePermitting
o Currently available through e-Permitting (STEERS) for Barnett-Shale:
- Historical notification (deadline Jan 5, 2015)
- New/existing notifications for PBR or SP
- New/existing Level 1 and 2 registrations
- New/existing Non-rule SP registrations
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e-Permitting(continued)
o Newly available in e-Permitting:- New/revision §106.352(l)
- New/existing SP §116.620
- PBR §106.359
- APD Certifications
- NSPS OOOO well completion/flowback notifications
- Change of Ownership
- All other PBRs and many SPs
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Enhanced Application Review
o Purpose
o AIROG notification
o Expectations – necessary or critical items
o Reply
E.A.R
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Electronic Documents & Replies
Electronic submittalse-Permits
[email protected] or .xls
Agency correspondenceFaster repliesEasily distributed
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Authorization Types
o Notifications
o Certifications
o Voluntary registrations
o Registrations
o Registration & certifications (PBR and SP)
o Case-by-case permits (state & federal NSR)
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Authorization Tools
o Authorization Processing:
- Spreadsheet updates
- Quality/Quick/Quantity processing
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Small Crude Oil Sites
o Default emission estimates available
o Production of primarily crude oil
o Equipment = atmospheric separation, tanks, loading
only
o Must meet all of the following:
1. 10 bbl/day crude oil
2. 150 bbl/day water
3. Max 10,000 ppm H2S (1/4 mile limit)
4. Loading: submerged and dedicated normal
5. Minimum vent heights (> 20 feet)
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Oil Field Waste Water Recycling and Recovery
o Need detailed process description:
- Wide variety of equipment configurations
o Identify air contaminant:
- Mixtures, concentrations
- Varies by source and type
o Possible authorizations under PBR include §§106.261,
106.262, 106.183, 106.472, 106.478, 106.352, 106.351
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Flares & Combustion Devices
o Document type of control & efficiency
o Flares DRE 98% & 40 CFR §60.18
o “Sonic” flares
o “Combustors” - NSPS requires certification of
combustors by manufacturer or site-specific
sampling demonstration, DRE range 90%-99.9%
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MSS Implementation
o Claim, register, or certify
o Default calculations for maintenance
o Guidance is now available:
- Inclusive of all emissions related to
root-cause
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Pending Updates to NSPS OOOO
o Proposal published in Federal Register on July 17, 2014
o EPA refers to this as NSPS 1.5
o Final rule scheduled prior to January 1, 2015 REC compliance date
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Pending Updates to NSPS OOOO
o Identify 3 distinct stages of well completions
o Clarify requirements for storage tanks
o Define low-pressure wells
o Clarify certain requirements for leak detection at natural gas
processing plants
o Update requirements for reciprocating compressors
o Update definition of “responsible official”
o Remove affirmative defense (from civil penalties) provisions
from startup, shutdown and malfunction
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Pending Updates to NSPS OOOO
o 3 Distinct Stages of Well Completions:
1. Initial Flowback Stage
2. Separation Flowback Stage
3. Production Stage
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Initial Flowback Stage
o Can use open top tank, frac tank, lined pit,
or other vessel
o No control requirement
o Gas can be vented
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Separation Flowback Stage
o Route gas to flow line or collection system
o Re-inject gas, use as fuel, or for other useful
purpose
o No direct venting – flowback emissions must be
combusted using completion combustion device
o Liquids directed to completion vessel, storage
vessel, re-injected into the well or another well
(not required to route to “storage vessel”)
o May revert to initial flowback stage if flowback
becomes insufficient to maintain operation of
separator
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Production Stage
o Separated crude oil, condensate, and
produced water must be routed to storage
vessels
o Begin 30-day process of estimating storage
vessel VOC PTE
o Must control no later than 60 days
o NO venting or flaring of gas
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NSPS OOOO Strategy per EPA
o EPA is currently addressing the NSPS and NESHAP issues separately:
- NSPS-1, Storage vessel implementation revisions
- NSPS-1.5, Time-critical clarification of well
completion requirements
- NSPS-2, Remaining issues
- NESHAP
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Greenhouse Gas Regulation
o Supreme Court decision effect on permitting
o EPA White Papers
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Greenhouse Gas Permitting
o June 23, 2014 opinion:
- EPA may only require BACT for “anyway” sources if the
source emits more than a de minimis amount of GHGs
- 75,000 tpy may in fact be a reasonable de minimis level,
but EPA has to justify it on proper grounds
o July 24, 2014 EPA memo:
- “Anyway” sources – business as usual
- “Non-anyway” sources – permitting requirement no
longer enforced
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EPA White Papers
o April 15, 2014: Released for external peer review
o June 16, 2014: Deadline submission of technical information from the public and for peer review to be completed
o Fall 2014: EPA will determine how best to pursue further methane reductions
o End of 2016: If EPA decides to develop additional regulations, complete those regulations
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EPA White Papers
o Targets 4 key sources: Landfills Coal Mines Agriculture Oil and Gas:
• Compressors • Completions and on-going production of hydraulically
fractured oil wells • Leaks • Liquids unloading • Pneumatic devices
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Expedited Permitting
o Implementation tools and guidance expected soon
o Oil and Gas PBRs and Non-rule Standard Permit do not require sites to wait for confirmation of authorization to operate
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Where to Find More Information
Air Permits Main Line: (512) 239-1250
www.texasoilandgashelp.org
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The Finish Line