Section 4.173 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Minimum Permit Provisions for Reporting(a) An operator of a reclamation plant shall file a monthly report documenting the volumetric throughput of waste and reclaimed hydrocarbons. (b) The Commission may establish a form or electronic system for filing monthly reports for reclamation plants. (c) For wastes taken to a reclamation plant the following provisions shall apply. (1) The net crude oil content or lease condensate from a producing lease's tank bottom as indicated by the shakeout test shall be used to calculate the amount of oil to be reported as a disposition on the monthly production report. The net amount of crude oil or lease condensate from tank bottoms taken from a pipeline facility shall be reported as a delivery on the monthly transporter report. (2) For other oil and gas wastes, the net crude oil content or lease condensate of the wastes removed from a tank, treater, firewall, pit, or other container at an active facility, including a pipeline facility, shall also be reported as a disposition or delivery from the facility. (d) The net crude oil content or lease condensate of any tank bottoms or other oil and gas wastes removed from an active facility, including a pipeline facility, and disposed of on site or delivered to a site other than a reclamation plant shall also be reported as a delivery or disposition from the facility. All such disposal shall be in accordance with this subchapter and §§ 3.9 and 3.46 of this title (relating to Disposal Wells; and Fluid Injection into Productive Reservoirs, respectively). Operators may be required to obtain a minor permit for such disposal pursuant to §4.182 of this title (relating to Minor Permits). Prior to approval of the minor permit, the Commission may require an analysis of the disposable material to be performed.16 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.173
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 01, January 3, 2025, TexReg 0084, eff. 7/1/2025