API G00004:2001 pdf download

API G00004:2001 pdf download.Guidelines for Commercial Exploration and Production Waste Management Facilities.
• Identifying potential community issues, ‘such as odor or visible emissions: and
• Identifying potential safety or environmental ha,ards to the site employees or surrounding area.
Specilic testing criteria may be established by state or local regulation, or by permit conditions. Facilities may also want to consider the potential to limit future liability through prudent testing. For many established customers, knowledge of the process or source of the wastes, or an initial waste profile. may be all that is necessary. For other cuslolners or for new waste streams, spot checks or an analysis may be required. Spot checks could include the following:
• Visual observations:
• pH checks:
• Conductivity or chloride tcsting:
• Testing of the vapors for flammability or hydrocarbon content: and
• Testing of vapors or liquid for reactive sullides.
There are a variety of published data ivces that may provide an indication of the constituents of various E&P waste streams. While these cannot substitute tx knowledge of the specific waste being treated, they may assist facilities in determining the types of wastes to be accepted and which waste streams, if any.
may he appropriate for testing. During 1998. the State of Louisiana required several months of testing of all E&P waste streams. Thc results from these tests arc available at www.dnr.stne.la.usJconsJ
CONSERINIWasm,k/ntzstruk.ssi. Another data source is API Pub, No. DR53 “Characteri,ation of
Exploration and Production Associated Waste,” which can he ordered from API by calling 202-682-80(X) or through the Internet at wssw.apLorg/car.
2.3.12 Cross-media impacts
The overall goal of waste Ireatnient is to reduce the volume or the toxicity of waste that has been delivered to a facility so that the waste can he disposed without harm to human health sw the environment. In treating a waste stream, facilities should assure that the potentially harmful components are not inadvertently being transferred from one media to another. Numerous treatment options exist. Selection of the appropriate treatment method depends on the waste type and volume, the planned ultimate disptisal method, and other factors (such as economics). Accounting for these factors will allow for safer and more eflective waste management. resulting in decreased exposure of waste components to human health and the environineni
2.3.13 Secondary disposal
Sonic waste treatment processes result in residual material. This residual, post-treatment waste should be disposed of in ways tha niinimis’c any adverse impacts to human health and the environment, Re-use or recycling of residual material is desirable, where feasible. State regulations may specify constituent levels that must be met kir residual material to be re-used. Potential re-uses of residual material include landfill cover and fill dirt for rood building or other construction activity. It is recommended that facilities keep records of the volume of residual material moved off-site, any analyses of the residual material, its intended use, and ultimate location.
Concentrations of potentially harmful or merely foul-smelling components of cmissions arc rcduccd through dispersion in air. As a result, the greatest potential risks or nuisance will exist closest to the facility and in the direction of thc prevailing wind. Windy days may also increase the potential for concern, as will certain types of waste management or treatment practices. Because of the complexities involved. assessing the potential risks posed by air emissions requires an evaluation of a number of faciors, Perceived risks due to odors or visible emissions should also be considered when evaluating whether additional controls arc Warranted.
Because it is not directly part of the facility’s operations and may not be within the control of the facility. this assessment does not consider the potential air emissions associated with transportation of wastes to the facility. Truck transportation. particularly on dirt roads, can also create emission concerns. In cases where transportation.related emissions can affect a nearby community. facility operators may want to consider the impacts of this secondary source of emissions when assessing the risk and perceived risks associated with the facility’s operations.
Air emissions typically have not been a major source of concern with F&P waste management. Facilities with significant emissions, if any. have already complied with the permitting provisions of Title V of the Clean Air Act. However, emissions — particularly dust and nuisance odors — can create concern. Thus. it is valuable for a facility to conduct a screening-level assessment of emissions. Facilities with higher rclative) emissions may want to consider mitigation options to reduce emissions,
3.1.1 Air Pathwa, S.cnrcning TooLs
Figures 3.1 and 3.2 provide the tools necessary to conduct a screening-level sensitivity analysis based on I)pical annual operations. To use these tools, perform the following steps.