1. Program Compliance with Degradation Protection and Pay-Use Protection – Where pollution or other environmental problems have arisen as a result of current or past practices, the objective of the Commission is to prevent adverse effects on the surface and groundwater of the State and to prevent significant risks to humans, livestock or other ecological receptors related to vapour inhalation. Direct contact or ingestion. If it is determined that the pollution has affected defined beneficial uses of the state`s surface or groundwater, the Corm Commission acts to restore water quality whenever possible. One. Commission staff, led by O&G staff, sample (monitor) groundwater and surface water in response to complaints. e. If pollution remediation or other remedial actions are deemed necessary, O&G staff at the Corp Commission will determine or approve appropriate soil and water measures and sanitation levels. Remediation of oil pollution issues monitored by Pollution Reduction is done either through a risk-based corrective action process (RBCA) that models risks to human receptors and considers risks to pets or other receptors, or by using the guidelines listed below); 8.Assess the effectiveness of the Agency`s EQP activities (in meeting water quality standards). – The Commission reviews regulated activities to ensure that state waters are protected and will propose changes to the rules if problems arise. If necessary, on-site monitoring will be conducted for surface and groundwater pollution remediation to confirm the effectiveness of remediation measures. This can be integrated into the 303d/305b flow monitoring program. Program management, staffing levels and monitoring, staff training, forms, procedures, equipment and information availability are also reviewed to determine their impact on the overall effectiveness of the program.
The Directive on the Control of Deterioration of Water Quality, SAC 785:45 Subchapter 3, transposed into SAC 785:45-5-25 and SAC 785:46 Subchapter 13, is not specifically addressed above. It is the policy of the Commission to identify existing defined beneficial uses for surface and groundwater throughout the state (levels 1 to 3, surface water; Class II General groundwater). Very few oil and gas activities regulated by the Commission are located where they could affect high-value Crown waters and sensitive water supplies or waters of environmental and/or recreational importance (Tier 2) or Class I groundwater with special sources (SAC 785:45-7-3). Given that the Commission does not regulate point discharges and does not have significant oil and gas operations with Tier 3 waters of exceptional resources, Tier 3 should be applicable, but rarely, if ever, applied to oil and gas operations. Salinity of surface water not used directly for irrigation or drinking water The numerical criteria in Appendices C and F are used. As part of its cooperative activities to protect water quality with other agencies, a representative of the O&G Corp Commission participates: Heavy metals in surface water not used as a drinking water supply OWRB WQ standards for PPWS, F&W and other beneficial uses are used Utah water utilities must comply with Utah Rule R309-200. Drinking water standards. Utah`s quality standards are consistent with federal standards. However, please note the following: c.
TMDL/303d Working Group meetings and management of water quality monitoring, listing and sampling of 303d lists and 305b report of alleged oilfield wells; (3) If it is not possible to remediate a water body listed as useful uses, the O&G Board may require that the listed beneficial uses (a) be downgraded by the OWRB to a lower use (e.g. HLAC instead of WWAC) or (b) that the listed useful uses be completely removed (SAC 785:45-5-2(b)). d. In cases of pollution control monitoring and/or in response to a complaint of surface or groundwater pollution, if it is determined that there is a responsible party, the Commission may, if necessary, require a thorough site study, including an assessment including observations and measurements of soil and/or groundwater and/or surface water; and/or sampling and laboratory analysis in the area(s) most likely to be affected. Sampling of different substances upstream and downstream or above and downstream of the likely source(s) is often necessary to determine whether there is an adverse effect on the water body. The Commission may choose to carry out its own investigation or to accompany the reference and split samples or to carry out a check in some other way; Foaming is usually caused by detergents and similar substances when the water has been agitated or aerated as in many taps. An unpleasant taste described as oily, fishy or fragrant is often associated with foam. However, these tastes and smells may be due to the decomposition of the waste rather than the detergents themselves. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has exclusive jurisdiction, power, and authority over environmental regulations, and it is its duty to establish and enforce rules and issue and enforce ordinances in the following 12 areas, called I-XII.
Technical and technological measures already included in the Corp Commission`s O&G regulations for the prevention of possible pollution, as listed in column 3 of Table 1, and which do not use or are not directly related to water quality standards, are described in the guidance document on technical measures available from the Commission. *mg/L is in milligrams of substance per litre of water. These pollutants are not hazardous to health in the SMCL Public water systems only need to be tested on a voluntary basis. So why is it necessary to establish secondary standards? The Petroleum Storage Tank Division (DVT) oversees pollution site investigations, risk assessments and remediation resulting from backfilling, spills and leaks of fuels, antifreeze and other substances from underground and aboveground storage tanks and related pipelines, as well as spills at intermediaries selling non-retail storage tanks. including those that result in: Refineries are located at upstream or midstream shipping points of pipeline operations, and farms are not under the jurisdiction of the Corp Commission. Historic and abandoned PST landfills without viable water pollution managers are being rehabilitated by PST`s leaking underground storage tank, the LUST Trust Fund. The PST Division follows its Oklahoma Risk-Based Remedial Action Guidance Document (ORBCA), which has been formalized as a rule. This list of contaminants that are not subject to a proposed or enacted National Primary Drinking Water Ordinance (NPDWR) at the time of publication is known or likely to be found in public water systems and may require regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
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