North Star Energy
South Belridge, Kern County
PROFILE PACKET
For CLASS II INJECTION
Table of Contents
General
Information about Southern California Waste Water (SCWW)
D.O.G. Requirements on Profiling into NSE
Criteria and Standards
General Waste Acceptance Criteria
Specific Wastes Acceptable (Exempt Waste)
Specific Waste Not Acceptable (Non-Exempt Waste)
Required Documents
Profile Sheet
Analytical Requirements
Credit Application
Payment Agreement
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GENERAL INFORMATION
About
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WASTE WATER
Southern California Waste Water (SCWW), formely known as Santa Clara Waste Water, is
a California C-corporation. The company has been in operation since 1959. SCWW’s main
office is located in Ventura County, west of Santa Paula, on Mission Rock Road at the Briggs
Road exit off State Highway 126. The Class II injection well, owned and operated by
Northstar Energy, is located at 1234 Contractor’s Road, Bakersfield CA 93307, just west of
Highway 33 in the South Belridge Area.
SCWW was established to provide an environmentally safe and legal means of treating,
disposing and recycling of contaminated but non-hazardous waste, thus, preventing the
disposal of these untreated wastes, into municipal sewer systems, the water supply, or the
ocean.
Class II fluids are normally transported to the facility via vacuum or tanker trucks. Upon
arrival, the waste is inspected for acceptability in accordance with applicable regulations
and compatibility for injection by the facility.
SCWW currently provides service to over 30,000 generators. Over two billion gallons have
been received and processed since 1959.
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D.O.G. REQUIREMENTS
on
PERMITTING of PROFILES
at
North Star Energy
1. Waste must generated from a process approved for Class II injection.
2. Waste must be tested by certified laboratory.
3. Generator must complete the profile packet.
4. Generator must submit analysis and profile packet to SCWW.
5. SCWW will submit analysis to NSE, who will send the profile packet and a cover letter
to the D.O.G.
6. D.O.G. will respond with approval, denial or incompleteness letter.
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GENERAL WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
1. Waste acceptable at Southern California Waste Water’s Kern County Facility:
Fluids associated with oil and gas exploration and production operations.
2. Referred regulations governing generating waste processes and pollutant levels:
In California, all Class II injection wells are regulated by the Department of
Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, under provisions of
the state Public Resources Code and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Class II
injection wells fall under the Division’s UIC program, which is monitored and
audited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 1983, the Division received
EPA primary authority, primacy, to regulate Class II wells. The main features of the
UIC program include permitting, inspection, enforcement, mechanical integrity
testing, plugging and abandonment oversight, data management, and public research.
3. Referred documents which govern profiling and acceptance of waste:
A. Profile Packet
B. Generator Approval Letter from D.O.G.
C. Non-hazardous Waste Manifest
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Specific Wastes Accepted
Non-Hazardous wastes from the following processes:
A. Oil and Gas Exploration and production
B. Drilling Fluids
C. Drilling Cuttings
D. Rigwash
E. Drilling fluids and cuttings from offshore operations disposed onshore
F. Geothermal production fluids
G. Hydrogen sulfide abatement wastes from geothermal energy production
H. Well completion, treatment, and stimulation fluids
I. Basic sediment, water, and other tank bottoms from storage facilities that hold
production and exempt waste
J. Accumulated materials such as hydrocarbons, solids, sands, and emulsion from
production separators, fluid treating vessels, and production impoundments
K. Pit sludges and contaminated bottoms from storage or disposal of exempt wastes
L. Gas plant dehydration wastes, including glycol-based compounds, glycol filters, and
filter media, backwash, and molecular sieves
M. Workover wastes
N. Cooling tower blowdown
O. Gas Plant sweetening wastes for sulfur removal, including amines, amine filters, amine
filter media, backwash, precipitated amine sludge, iron sponge, and hydrogen
sulfidescrubber liquid and sludge
P. Spent filters, filter media, and backwash (assuming the filter itself is not hazardous and
the residue in it is from an exempt waste stream)
Q. Pipe scale, hydrocarbon solids, hydrates, and other deposits removed from piping and
equipment prior to transportation
R. Produced Sand
S. Packing Fluids
T. Hydrocarbon-bearing soil
U. Pigging wastes from gathering lines
V. Wastes from subsurface gas storage and retrieval, except for the non-exempt wastes
W. Constituents removed from produced water before it is injected or otherwise disposed
X. Liquid hydrocarbons removed from the production stream but not from oil refining
Y. Gases from the production stream, such as hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, and
volatilized hydrocarbons
Z. Materials ejected from a producing well during blowdown
AA. Waste crude oil from primary field operations
BB. Light Organics volatilized from exempt wastes in reserve pits, impoundments, or
production equipment
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Specific Waste Not Acceptable
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
T.
U.
V.
W.
Unused fracturing fluids or acids
Gas plant cooling tower cleaning wastes
Painting wastes
Waste Solvents
Oil and gas service company waste such as empty drums, drum rinsate, sandblast
media, painting wastes, spent solvents, spilled chemicals, and waste acids
Vacuum truck and drum rinsate from trucks and drums transporting or containing
non-exempt waste
Refinery wastes
Liquid and solid wastes generated by crude oil and tank bottom reclaimers (see note)
Used equipment lubricating oils
Waste compressor oil, filters, and blowdown
Used hydraulic fluids
Waste in transportation pipeline related pits
Caustic or acid cleaners
Boiler cleaning wastes
Boiler cleaning wastes
Boiler refractory bricks
Boiler scrubber fluids, sludges, and ash
Incinerator ash
Laboratory wastes
Sanitary wastes
Pesticide wastes
Radioactive tracer wastes
Drums, insulation, and miscellaneous solids
Note: Although non E&P wastes generated from crude oil and tank bottom reclamation
operations (e.g. waste equipment cleaning solvent) are non-exempt, residuals derived from
exempt wastes (e.g. produced water separated from tank bottoms) are exempt. For a
further discussion, see the Federal Register notice, Clarification of the Regulatory
Determination for Waste from the Exploration, Development, and Production of Crude Oil,
Natural Gas and Geothermal Energy, March 22, 1993, Federal Register Volume 58, Pages
15284 to 15287.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WASTE WATER
CLASS II INJECTION
PROFILE SHEET
Please fill in completely all areas. This is an application, not an approval.
GENERATOR:
______________________________________________________
FACILITY ADDRESS:
______________________________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS:
______________________________________________________
TECHNICAL CONTACT: _________________________TITLE:______________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _________________________
Waste Type:
____________________________________
Quantity:
____________________________________
Well/Tank#:
____________________________________
Lease Name:
____________________________________
Generating Location County:
___________________________________
Generator’s Non-Hazardous Certification
I hereby certify that the wastewater proposed to be processed at Northstar Energy located at 11234 Contractor’s Road in Bakersfield, California
93307, is non-hazardous according to criteria contained in Article 11 of Title 22, California Administrative Code.
I hereby certify that the wastewater profiled herein is representative of materials to be delivered to the Northstar facility. Each load shall be
accompanied by a non-hazardous waste manifest which certifies that the material contained there-in is non-hazardous.
I hereby certify that the information provided is true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge.
AUTHORIZED AGENT SIGNATURE: __________________________________________
PRINTED NAME: __________________________________________
TITLE:
__________________________________________
DATE:
___________________
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Analytical Requirements
Generators are required to submit the following analytical results (tested by a
state certified laboratory) with the profile:
Parameter / Test
Test Method
Alkalinity (CaCO3) *
Bicarbonate (CaCO3) *
Carbonate (CaCO3) *
Hydroxide (CaCO3) *
pH
Total Hardness *
Chloride *
Fluoride *
Nitrate as N *
Sulfate *
Conductivity
T.D.S. *
Boron
Calcium
Iron
Magnesium
Potassium
Sodium
310.1
310.1
310.1
310.1
150.1
130.2
300.0
340.1
300.0
300.0
120.1
160.1
6010
6010
6010
6010
6010
6010
* Sample analyzed as 1:10 soil water extract. Results reported based upon the original soil
sample weight.
Generators are also required to submit the following additional analytical
results (tested by a state certified laboratory) with the profile if the waste
stream contains solids:
Title 22 Metals
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WASTE WATER
CUSTOMER CREDIT APPLICATION
CUSTOMER NAME:___________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
PHONE NUMBER: ____________________________
DUN & BRAD #: ______________________
CONTACT:
FED TAX ID #: ______________________
____________________________
Usual Payment Terms: ________ Expected Purchases/Year: _______ Amount Applying for: _______
BANKING INFORMATION
NAME OF BANK:
___________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
PHONE NUMBER: __________________________________ Bank Officer: ____________________________
VENDOR REFERENCES (3)
VENDOR NAME:
___________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:
____________________________________________________________________________
PHONE NUMBER: ________________________________
CONTACT: _______________________________
VENDOR NAME:
___________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:
____________________________________________________________________________
PHONE NUMBER: ________________________________
CONTACT: _______________________________
VENDOR NAME:
___________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:
____________________________________________________________________________
PHONE NUMBER: ________________________________
CONTACT: _______________________________
I authorize Southern California Waste Water, its agents, and their employees to contact the above
named references for credit verification.
SIGNATURE:
________________________________________
DATE: ____________________________
PRINTED NAME: ________________________________________
TITLE: ___________________________
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WASTE WATER
PAYMENT AGREEMENT
Page One
Southern California Waste Water is a private corporation. There is no “right” to utilize our facilities and
services for the off-loading of waste, except upon your agreement to abide by our rules, price schedules,
and payment terms.
All of our customers must agree to fully and accurately complete our Non-Hazardous Waste Profile
Package. If a customer wishes to obtain credit and be billed, the customer must also fully and accurately
complete our Customer Credit Application. All corporate and LLC accounts will require a personal
guaranty. Customers who do not have approved Customer Credit Application on file must pay in full (by
cash or check) upon each use of our facility and services.
Credit-approved customer’ use of the facility and services of Southern California Waste Water will be
invoiced twice-monthly. Invoices are due and payable upon receipt, but we grant a 30-day grace period
from the invoice date within which we must receive payment. Invoices bear interest at 18% per annum
(1½%) from the invoice date, but we will waive interest if payment in full is received during the 30 day
grace period. When payment is received after the 30-day grace period interest will be assessed from the
invoice date. We do not look at postmark dates; the date that matters to us is the date that we actually
receive payment. If you are concerned that the mail is too slow or that your check may get lost in the mail,
you should bring your payment to our office. If a check is received from you which does not clearly
identify which invoice it pays, we will apply it to your earliest unpaid invoice. If any check is rejected by
your bank, for any reason, (1) a penalty in the amount of $50.00 to cover our accounting and re-billing
costs will be assessed, and (2) interest from the date of invoice, even if previously waived upon receipt of
the dishonored check, will be assessed.
We reserve the right to revoke credit for any customer at any time. We reserve the right to deny waste offloading to any customer at any time. We reserve the right to change our rules and our prices at any time.
Credit customers whose accounts remain unpaid after 60 days can expect their off-loading privileges to be
revoked. In the event an unpaid account is referred to collections or to an attorney for collection, the
customer agrees to pay all reasonable costs incurred by us, including reasonable attorney’s fees, in
connection with the collect effort.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WASTE WATER
PAYMENT AGREEMENT
Page Two
Our South Belridge facility is for Class II fluids wastes only. You are notified that Southern California
Waste Water will incur substantial costs should you off-load non permitted waste, and you hereby agree,
and the guarantor guarantees, that you will indemnify us for any and all costs, including but not limited to
site remediation and loss of business, we incur in connection with the cleanup of unpermitted wastes offloaded by you at our facility or spilled on our premises.
Corporations:
LLC’s:
Partnerships:
This payment agreement must be signed by a corporate officer.
This payment agreement must be signed by a Member-Manager.
This payment agreement must be signed by a partner.
CUSTOMER:
On Behalf of the Customer listed to the left,
__________________________________________
agree to this Payment Agreement
__________________________________________
By:__________________________________
__________________________________________
Printed Name:_________________________
Title:________________________________
Date: _______________________________
GAURANTOR:
I guaranty the Customer’s financial obligations
__________________________________________
under this Payment Agreement:
__________________________________________
By:__________________________________
__________________________________________
Printed Name:_________________________
Title:________________________________
Date: ________________________________
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Profile Cover Sheet
TO:
WITH:
FAX:
Mr. Richard Thesken
DOGGR
661-861-0279
FROM:
WITH:
FAX:
DATE:
RE:
Charles Mundy
SCWW
805-525-1756
Number of Pages:
(including this cover)
Class II Disposal Approval
Southern California Waste Water, in conjunction with Northstar Energy Ltd, hereby
requests, that Division review for approval, the following Class II fluids for disposal in
the “Northstar Energy” 3-24 WD well:
Generator Name:
Mailing Address:
Type of Waste:
Quantity:
Well/Tank #:
Lease Name:
Generating County:
Profile Number:
Analytical is attached.
Thank you for your consideration to this request.
Charles R. Mundy
Vice President / General Manager
SCWW
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