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Home My WebLink About1984-10-29 Council Packet - Work Session, Drilling Mud HearingKenai City Council Drilling Mud Hearing October 29, 1984 a 50, .., I-, 60 M- 115� o 00 44;,p oil W.O."OR , AAJ4s' r V a Z4.Z� 41 f .(�g co� ri, I { 7 c t,/ oj? • � � v � v ;el�oo amek- -01� '1 row r r•. L f = � � � ..44pM.e4 A"O� r•. L f = � � � ..44pM.e4 A"O� r ,4A- �-Ile, to,A- 4:0&T ,s,0oC)-+ `� d 4' c. l �� 00 �wp 6 1 7 F P a - r i �,. t °C .,. a LW .4 a491 ,0; 3o i J ►eninsuls Olson Osbber 21, IM pip e U ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRIES, INC. induutf" vu(,uum Pumrxuu Porrnarty Mar Enterpn969 Parer VliSM2 Wwto DirpoNt Box i060 • tiafdoan, Alaska 99"0 PWWAI)outS Tank CIaLning Tsnk Uners Bee; 283.6060 or 283.4M Power wmow a Of i CMnNoq So CNtutup Res; 262.4798 Manor/ails, 6"" $01*41 8 Melia To Bob Martin, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation To James P. Wonder, Drilling Superintendent, Union 04 Company of California and To the People of the State Of Alaska, Bob and Jim, I am a Attie tired of the two of you ftwlkrp the intsAigence of the Poo& of the State of Alaska by b►o&ft fie taw and beri ft the rules to Solt your own purposes, Since You both seem to have a problem SLOW In reading or interpretation, lot me bring the rules as OW are written, to your attention and to the attention of ohs People of the State of Alaska. The People have a right to know where they do or do not stand, and batlwe me, the People Do Stand, AINIM Statutes • the Law Of our State, Whbh by the way can be changed only by the AIaSM State :.gtatature and not by Bob Martin, EM Lamouraux and or Bob Flint, Title 46 Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation ArtbN 1 Declaration of Policy Sec, 40,03.01 OA. it Is the policy of the state to conserve, Improve and protect Its natural resowe" and environment and control water, Wd and AV pollution, In order to enhance the health, ago* and welfare of the people of the stets sad their overso soonom c and social woo being, it Is the poky of the state to knprove and coordlnats the environmental plans, functions, powers and programs of the state, In cooperation With ft faderal government, regions, 10aat governments, other public and private organlsatlons and conewned Irrdividtals► and to develop and maape ilw basic reowan of water, fmd and air to ow end that the state may fulfill Its responsibility a trustee of the environment for the presets and future gmwstlons, Bob and Jim, the Statutes ay for the People of the Sate and fa Present and Future 0m rs0ons, They do not say for Oil Compsnia, Now 1 know Jim, that oil ropreanets a major We of our economy, but 1 also know that our number on., resource Is our people. 1 know too that 00 S der are a nonrenewable resotwom and that after Union 09 Is We that the People will still be two. Lets leave there People *1M a Clean A Green State and a good late In their mouth. Jim Callender Isla clean up the Union OA as Field, so that we can start again to see fathers out there, on fie birds and not Wet on your cowboy fat. The marsh Is not too far gone, it can be restored. Bob Martin, If you allow either of them union 09 disposal pwNto to be Issued you will have violated the Public Trust, and you and the OW will be hit with tM bloat law suit 1n the history of the State of Alaska, one that will reverberate round the world. Lot me assure you that 1 will not be the only 00011 In VW lawsuit. It will be the POO& of the State of Alaska vs, Bob Metier, the Alaska Oeparbiwd of En *wwmmwW ConssrvWon and union ON, To go on a bit with the Man &elutes, the law of err► state, Its me rofer you to; $e00n.48.03.110 Waste disposal permit proomdure. Application for perrtat shah be made at least 00 days before commencement of a proposed dioeflsrgo. Now Jim Cmi @fWw, I suppose you can rand that any way you wanf to but 1 know how 1 read It, send 1 hops your fsvalfe friendly vacuum trucks reads It before he blows off his next bad. For the record the Alaska Statutes can not be amnended, chanced or ahmrad by ihw OW or by Union ON. After fie Atsska Statutes we next run to spakat the: Solid Waste M mWoment I;epulstions / SAAC60 State of Alaska • Department of Environmental Conservation 1983, Effsctive October 1084 The" reputations replaced the ortptrtat State Solid Waste regulations which wren In affect from July 19?4 to October i984, Under I SAAC80.076 1. A ft*m m vs" seperation of six fast to keg! between ibswaste application surface and the ground wsiw table • Inpoubt In Ow Carnwy Loop Ara and impossible in the On Field, 2. A mktlmum horisontal separation of 100 feet Is kept between the disposal era and surface waters, Impoatble In the On Field, Woos" at Cannery Loop 3, gWsMWO d Cannery Loop 1, 3, Surfaas runoff don not enter or leave the disposal arse, it is woofs and leaving now in both area and has been for Yaws. Under I SAAC(3) W Mud disposal of on land Is confined in a pit, tronch, or diked area that provenb erosion, or mesa flow of the mud, Authority AS 40,09,020110) emleritm erode every time a vacuum truck discharges Ns bad, or it rains hard, there Is erasion betwsm the BOW& and ft native soil, in area of loot Porous act such ar Cannery Loop and Be an Field Bmtonb wiN prdm*, not work, but even N it did you are it violation of the Regulations and ft Statute. UW* I SAAC60,200 A permit Is required by any person wfo Constructs, nioNW, or opwstes a solid wage site. And fw shall do so In wowdsrtae WIM a waste dtposih Own* Issued to that person by Ow deperdnsnt. A prnt is not rs**sd for a sine famlly or duplex residence or a farm whore am waste Is generated Serb disposed of an the prrmae. I haven't am eery cows, pips, or down In the Union ON an Flold so 1 don't ft* the Union ON On Field mssb three aribria, but they Pays been dW* tp of mold mid not storing for years roWdbss of what stain they tell to the coftxy. Under 18AAC 00,210 B The AppAaallon must show how the proposed W%* will comply with this Cftaptar and must Itoknde Iwo won of a certiflcab of mWil flas wuh boat ordk18000 union ON • Is tie City of Katal happy with ft way you have eamplisd with Wal ordnacs ? A written statenwM from lien landowner, N a person other Own the applicant, 9WV the a~ permission to oorwW the proposed =06*, two ON • do you have ft, and N trim Wndownar Mows how unhappy the Cleo* are, would that landowner the grant you the required permission to conttrwm adding to dw Peoples Urdy"lrass0 Also Bob and Jim how can you show OW the proposed saMvily *9 comply *0 this Chapter whm: A. You can't keep six vertical feet between the water table and the bottom of your mud pit B, You am't ksp 100 feat between your disposal area and the SWAN waterer. C, You as yet have not sipped surface runoff from enWft or loving the disposal era, f m not eaytng you can't, but you Mwat't done it yes, 1 have not as yet gone into any doW on RogMo s or Statutes for fie Federal GovanmerN, the Kermal Pw*mM Borough and or the City of Kenai, I will go into these N and when 1 fool to 4 Is nac"wy. At the present time 00 kmsue b WN Inwostibatmd and or being looked IrW by: A, Jack Chonowsth, the ombudsman in Juneau B. AIsske State Dpa l mwnt of Fish and Game, Hsbkd Ovlalon C. CAT" krveaflgatlon Division of the E.P.A., Region X The Issue has been durnpod INo tie kips of the top 100 nswpeprs in the United States by circdAm. The issue has now been dumped into Ow imp of the Aasooimted Press, Before WV we will be on TV, and I haven't even begun to fight yet, You are bro" the Statute and the Regulstforw. You we going against the will of the People of the State of Ah*M, You are vtoi*V Oren PL" Trust. N you caawe Bob Martin to iris third, senseless, Moo dlrectiorn you are now headed in, you may (W that you amberrom aovrnar Sheffield sulit @n* so 00 to mega for your resignation, Politics, money, and krbbyk►p are fkw for a whale, but then comes a Gme who its wire to retreat than N to to sdvancm, Bob and Jim its been good blift to you. I knew you'd understand, I'll see you both at the packed Put k Hearing In Kenai tonight. To the People on the Konal PaNnsula, thanks again for Astenkp and I'll we you In Kenai at 210 FW.AW St, to N N, Th er" tar all your beers, and Owns nails, and Voter otters of support. Si ewsty, Dave Brown KesW4 Alaska Clean, For Your Kids and like P S.: 1 SAAE 60 010 (8) "Oriel Muds" mearce the Roils Composed of clay&, 04, water, and chem iW addiUvas used by oN well wW Other dap drifting operations to kAwleate the dr'bing W. maintain hydrosti to pressure control It the WON, remove drill cuf fts from the wets and stobfte the waits of the WON dwirw d/'ilift, (30) "Solid Waste" means garbage, refuse, Midge, and other discarded material, indudlcg solid, kii0d, sem "dd or cadalted gaseous nWWW roullfrr<f from Indidtritt, Conn mWeW and agricultural operations and from Community &uiivities Thanks again. r 7 17] 41 rf, MpNpAY, Uct. 2l1, 1t1li�{ Vol. 15, Is11ue 2a r(.) The Peninsula Clarion/U.S.P.S. 438410 Kenai, Alaska Drill mud hearing tonight 'Rig guns, plan criticism of Union Oil waste disposal E~* note. rtus is pet of is sons of stories sbW diAnp mud diepoua) on the poninu ft By Jas1 untuss, area winref A local Investigator and a Valdez lawyer are puling out the big nuns for a public hearing to sm Concerning Union Oil Co.'s permit to dispose of drilling mud in the Kenai an Fields. Kenai Investigator John Parker and at- torney William Bixby say the puns they will use are state laws regulating drilling muds. Tlxcir targets are Unkm Oil and the Alauka Depertment of zavironrnental Conserva• Lion (Ai EC). Though Porker aid he's heard rumors that the state wards to limit nubile com• mend, be and Bixby are determined to be heard. "1 won't let !Item take control of the malbtg," he said, "We'll sat them in court," if they refuse to listen Bixby ssid. Bixby is attorney for Dave Drown, operator of the sterling Special Waste Stir, The public baring begins at 7 p,m. in the Kenal cotmcil chambers at Clt, :fall, Bob Martin, spwial assistant to the ADW Coo• miseWner, will be tie tearing officer, said a state worker. Dan Wilkerson, a state Plana ft* officer will present his study on bow drilling mods are disposed. Regional ADd,+I; Supervisor Bill lAnweaux is scheduled to exiau�ant!expin re permit and review union sp(iirattman Bob Anderson also ex- pects to attend the tiring. Parker sod Bixby intold to attack the Union permit on legal grounds, the two said. Paskar aid Union claims that the drilling trod has cop been stored are'ludterous," Parker sold the company wants to walk away fron the sits the way trey are. 'if it still is storage, why are they asking fora it to dispose of It?" be asked, six said union's intent to dispose of the drilling Laud is clear from two standpoints. The first, he said, Is the time factor. Bixby said Milling stud Oft soar within two weeks. " It will not function — do what they want It to do after a cmuin amount of time,- he said, Tits reserve pits and their use is also on in, dfeatioa that Union doesn't intend to recycle the Milling mud, Bhsty said. "l:vPrythfng goes in there (the pits), it's n► huger the Milling mud composition once used, it can't be used in the &filing wells again,' 1w said. sin" the mid either spoils naturally or becornes tainted with other 1Wrb2ge• tie argument of stored Milling mid Is weak, Bixby aid. Bixby said tiF in c4wAYrwA that Union's permit applicatwn lists no provisions for monitoring ibh prs)VwA diipowl sites or Ito following rvr;uireuwnta imprae4 uprm tow 01 ...::�, Close quarters K"If Kim Rpelding. right, takes a swing at a skot by a Reword player, The N*rdl sal thys sad l0rU oadetbsll tearas started Shelf sawn over the weekend. Nee Sports, Patio it, (Plowe by Hato Tkemas) Man, so In Sterl house 1 A Soldotna•ares man si old son were killed Satur destroyed their partially ( Gary U. Anderson, I Rodney, were trapped space of the home when i according to the Alaska St house was on Gin Labe h division at Mile M of the I Anderson's wife, JaNes with their six -monde -a mother received first del face and second degree Ix She was taken to Centro munity Hospital before b burn unit at Providence chorage. Initially she i critical condltlon, but on listed as stable. The fnfen The Soldoins Fire Depo trat Peninsula ENS re troopers were celled to i p.m, ulccaamg to a trA house was engulfed I firefighters arrived. Mel Anderson. tisry's G was caused by a propane said his son might not hai pane in the crawl space, i could have drawn in the t He said his am went t years at Wings MUM graduated from Resur, Academy in Cooper Land Chamber concerned about sales tag Two Kenai city officials raised concerns PrWay before the Kenal cUmber of Com• meree board regarding RWad changes in the borreghwide new tax Cade. Councilman Jess hall, a builder, and City Manager sin Brighton said the propnred changes eoul9 have major effects on city tax revenues and increase the cost of home CAW strucatin by perhaps f2,000. Representatives of the Borough Assembly, the trrxaugh's cities and the borough administration met as a committep during the last few months to review the borough sales tax code and recommend possible changes. The cities and the borough tub levy sales taxes, which are collected by the borough adrninistratton. The committee's recommendations were summarized by Assistant Borough Attorney Phil Reeves in a six -page report, coded as memorandum win. There will be a Kenai public bearing on the proposals, Tuesday, Nov. ?A, st 7 p.m. at City Mali, Councilman Hall pointed out that the pro- pueals include changing the point of taxation from the point of delivery business, He said that In d In Kenai fronts business v ample, on Kaliforasky I reverpue tat by the city e(rl He also saki provislow f contract work for taxinl add as much as $2 000 to I home. Current soles tax law 6= of any purchase, and tractors utx:er an exempt 1110100 Candidates address environment is vironuuental issues... Possibly the Kenai River would came ruder that." He also add- ed protection of the wildlife refuge as an issue. His oppnriertt, Sen. Paul Fischer, noted that the Kenai River. Sterling dump and the Soy atna landfill were an concerns needing attention Libertarian House candidate Jahn Davis said the peninsula was "pretty free of en- vironmental danger," but said the Sterling waste site, septk waste problems and air pollution need to be watched. lino. of Davis, opptr sots. Democrat hike r4avarre, said the Sterling dump and water anif weer pr(ddems In firm" top the list Of lice Guts:, tw peW 'before I Sinn t knmv we had any big i n topho rM --- Sports Page 10 Homesteader Amanda Walker Inside today: Pasfi, 'i C4nnmurnty Galenditr Page 13 honored as 'Woman of Year.' Alaisra r)Priu,n Paige 4 Wfold Page 14 699 Pape 2. Nation Pay" 8 TV Lisshrogi.) Page 2Q Sr "01 "all. IAen 1q E11401 Yor one of the first times M the long cam, paign for state office, candidates for tow. House and senate Saturda' y dbse=cd ar, viro mtental issues on the Kenai Pednsula. WAt Canilidatez Cited the sterling Special Waste site and the disposal of hazardous and toxic wastes as the prune, concern. Tfno forum was sponsored by the IAVW of Women Voters aid held at the borough building. AaiweA what is the, most impnrtart err viroamprdal uxxwn on tow Kenai Perrin, stela, t)ernxrsti!• inmate can k le Justin Mail- said "I haM't uaisWered that tole Republican Merrill Sits ing against Davis and N the Kenai River is receiv pressure and is a probla address, not run away develop.., but use care si Senate candidate Barb opponord,Jay KaxtdAa,( 'as a senator I'll sit dowt borough and ask what h trees" near the refinerfe Paxton Oborn, who it House district w 4ch ine. ..tbe NOW problem Is government' is in the a fee Oita) Abby Comics Crosswords Classifieds Postings Pape 12 October 29, 1tt4 Peninsula Clarion Experts, residents disagree on drill mud BY JAN MIRII M, Staff Writor While area residents question the possibility of drilling mud toxins Infiltrating the Kenai water supply, state officials and an An- chorage hydrologist say there is no im- mediate danger of contamination. "I live off of K•Beach Road" near the gas fields, said Bob Cannon an environmental engineer with the state. "I don't think there's an Immediate threat to anyone's water supply." Cannon, district manager for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conserva- tion (ADEC), admitted the department needs to conduct more studies, but said state laws may promise Union a prompt permit review. Environmentalists with the Alaska Center for the Environment are asking the state to delay considering the permit until a non- partisan commission develops guidelines for drilling mud disposal. Cannons said time are "no obvious problems," with UWWo proposed disposal sites. "Tots Isn't a Love Coast situation," he said. 111ene b a concem tat the ADEC) for drilltrtg mud disposal." Rssldtnts wW have an offer to WNW their concerts and testimony ...State plans drilling - mud hearing tonight Coapauokmpspei only approved drilling coed disposal site — tbe Stair spsclal Waste Site, The Alaska Administrstive Cade MOM •�. wrw wow .w.rw. r.»w.w ...�.�� •,descrfptioo of proposed devslopmed and epastloaaf procaduns alxl ofthe ways that uvatsr potidiso, dkosso vedors, wildlife so- osss, safety harards sad utter, odor and ttebtr atdsonees will be cod:011W." Bixby aatiorprob that to mean permit applleaum boufd Includle a modtoedAQ system. The Staf tg Spatial Waste Site also Is sa6W to • regWatlon that extatrob bowtbt� isdktpcsed.Thtpamit requires "lute' be used, but Bixby said the Urllorlpa�� makes no menf ion d ctmstruo- Ltts r� two layersreserya oompseted materials, in the case of mft muss, the lassie are inked with natural loom com• stEach layer =W be SoN enough to y t heavy equipmed before another lift can be addtii. Baby also plats to question the date's abiuty to Mettler additional disposal sites. "The DEC says it doesn't have enough ,,IfW e � two haivemmultiple disposal sitar, bwtr are they going to keep up with tb=?" Padrer red Bixby maintain their br ,VddWUon b" Ualon's drift mud prao- floes show UNoo has violated state law and that the ADZC has kaowlagly iooked the other way. about Union's permit application it) dispose of drilling mutts in the Kenai wetlands at it public hearing tonight. The hearing begins nt 7 p m In the eounell ehnn►hers of the Keno1 City Hail. State and Union officials will be at the hearing to answer questions and explain their approaches to handling drilling mud. In the meantime, Mary Partner is wondering why bar well water is getting worse. Partner lives Just north of Union's Kenai gas fields and said she can see from her window workers burning excess gas in the fields. Portner's well is 40 feet deep Into the water table. She said she can walk into the wetlands water table 100 feet from her house. Though she has been using the well for six years, Partner said tho water has deteriorated rapidly the lost two years. The water, she said, smells bad and tastes bad. "There is a lot of sulfur and natural metals in the area," she admitted, "but the odor is more than a sulfur smell. We've been wondering if it's due to contamination." Portrier is looking for a firm to test water samples, but said the W to W price range she's been quoted Is too expensive. "I'm suspicious enough I'd like to get it tested, Just to be sure," she said. Though 1w also Is concerned about con - lamination problems, Anchorage hydrologist Paul Meyer sole! It IN unlikely drllling nuui toxins have umaped Inlet nren wells. etydrologtots study the properties, distribution and circulation of water on the surface of the land and underground. "The wetlands are acidic to begin with," he said. "You can gat real nasty water Into your well even before pit toxins show up, Just because of natural developments." Meyer, however, said It would be best for the state to hold off on reviewing Union's disposal permit until more information Is available. Meyer sold the state claims that the lower aquifer under the Kenai wetlands, where Kenai draws Its water, Is safe from drilling mud toxins. According to the state position, pressure from the lower water table would force any leakage upward Into the wetlands. Meyer Is uncertain what effects increased water wage or continued development might have on the aquifer's pressure. By drawing on a water supply, he said, you decrease pressure upward. "Historically It's better that you don't pollute the upper aquifer because you don't know what's going to happen later," he said, Although Meyer acknowledged that ben• tonite capping IN a art" technology, do to use only a two t Meyer nnid It woe m►soing spots "The integrity of No one can be sure he said. Meyer said It see been overfilled and wetlands. "It's cle, nasttes into the wet Any toxins in the long time, Meyer s time, he added, reach the Kenai RI more rain falls in each year, "TI somewhere," May, Into the pits and it the river. All the wetlands will even AM estuary." Assurances iron impermeable do n "It's a led aasiei paper than it Is to E Ing diagrams an don't jibe." ...Chamber considers sales tax props Confined Uas papa 1 sake made only for later resale. In addition, the recommended changes provide for assessing contructlon materials sates mon- thly up to $IAA. Brighton aid the location recommends• tfon in particular would cause "a substan• #101 YMMAwr n/ iftPA~ Hew» 00 sales tax„ away from the cities. He said his greatest question, however, was whyy then was any amid perceived for lnereaslag tax revenues; at a time when the borough's budget shows a large surplus. Roger Holt, a Kenai lawyer and a member of the chamber board, urged that the d ambtr's Legislative Affairs Committee look into the sales tax proposal. 11116111. a member of the newly appointed committee, was them uasdmousty named to chair the The Borough Assembly has yet to fold its public bearings on the proposals, and neither Borough Mayor Stan Thompson nor any of the titles have made public their poll - it= on any of the proposed chariges. Among other changes proposed are an in crease from three to five percent In the amount of sake tax a business may keep a an aecounif g fee, it it fibs its returns in time; a limit of one year on the validity of each "resettle card" exemption Issued, pro- vision that business sake tax records "mAy W, disclosed to the public, If a delinquent seller does not report after due warning, and provisions to prevent transient businesses, touch as summer fireworks sellers, fron ig- noring sake taxes, to an attempt to explain one proposed change, the "place of sale,'. Reeves' memo River restrictions proposed Among tot proposed race tdnanges W be Cc 11br A by Alaska's Board of Fitherles next month are several fiat would affect fishing on the Kenai River, is available for A Itsting a tltt proposals polute review, The Anchorage Times reported guaday. The board will took at the proposals at ifs November 27 meeting in AndwW One proposal, submitted by the Kenai Peninsula Pilbermen's Co-op Defense Fund, would prohibit fishing for red salmon on the upper Kenai River until WOW fish get by Fish and Game counters 19 mites up the river. Such a regulation, the proposal says, would assure it minimum escapement of reds each year. Another proposal, written by the Kenai River AportfWting Association, seeks to limit the catch of late -run kings by setnet. Ws on the east beaches of the Cook Inlet to to percent of the total harvest. Tramonal. ly, commercial fisherman have caught a greater amount of kings than aportstWiermen. There are at lead two proposals directed at the restriction of motor boat use on the river. One calls for a ban on fishing from motor beau between May 1 and July 31. Another would keep jet boats off the river and its tributaries from the bridge in Soldob nos to Skllak lake. Anchorage sport fisherman Bob Penney submitted a proposal to allow only catch - and -release fishing of rainbow trout from the Moose River to Skilak lake until IW Another proposal would put it five fish per season limit for rainbows over 20 inches. Another proposal would prohibit the catch and release of king salmon anywhere below Skilak lake. The proposal's author claims some fishermen catch and release kings un- til they tart Ma ones to keep. says, "For example, an attorney provides services in this office, in an courthouse, and within and without the borough all In work- ing on one case to one customer. DOW1111in- ing which part of the charge was 9911)kablc to which taxing territory was, In the view of the Sala Tax Committee, an imreassnable burden." 0n outer matters Friday, tot ehamber's board of directors: • Yard from Jim tarter that fife state was about W boon its study Into the feasibility and sit Horne project, TM site. • heard a repot tickets were near] German wine tat steed by the Retal He sUd fire eveAt as AAA Heard a raper nominations are e for ties next than will be conducted' CLUES SOUGHT IN THEFT OF BUILOINI This month the Central Penktsuta CrknstWpars is cons Me theft of building supplies that has oce"ed In the area r we Is paying up to $1,000.00 for this informatlon. On approx. 8.20.84 $200,00 In rough out lumber and pane bottles were stolen from a construction SW at Mite On approx. 8.30.84 $500.00 worth of oak trim was take construction on HW%ujah TraN. On approx. 9.1.84 a residence on Peddersoo Rd in Ste a propane stove and wood stove were taken. Estknated Anyone havekg Infornatiort on this or any other felony a Stoppers at 283•TIPS. The information you provide a K000.00 if it leads to the arrest and indictment of th Callers to Crime Stoppers do not have to give their n Crime Stoppers has been resonpsible for the recovery merchandise, $400 In Illegal drugs and solving of an al CRIMI STO F Zs3-Tips t fjfW n. r , i , v.. /1' _ � _1, pr G .. •_— - ____ _•P—. SP - �r--� _ — - _ - _ I _ � _ ic-St__¢�` __ _ _ , .c 111 �Yt, Mier nr D1191.1r, HEARlnr, STATE of ALASKA Uri DFPARTMF.NT OF ENViOMMENTAL r,O'45FIVATMN ' !`p�'0 f) r Qfl ' The Department of Environmental Conservation has received a racluest'16'r:b' � public hearing on an appllcatlon for a Solid Waste Management Pormit under Alaska Statutes 46.03. Applicant: Union Oil of California P.O. Box 6247 Anchorage, AK MO? Proposed Activity: Disposal of non pumpable drill mud and drill cuttings. Location of Activity: Cannery Loop Unit and K nal Gas Field in Kenai, Alaska.r This Activity is Identified as 8493-RAO001 and A423-8009 The request for a public hearing has been granted. A copy of the Appll- catlon may be reviewed at the Department of Environmental Conservation at the Southcentrol Regional Office, 437 E Street, Suite ?011, Anchorage, Alaska or at the Kenai Distrlet Office in the 8182y matt, Soldotne, Alaska. Any persdn interested may submit written statements relevant to this application to the alcove address on or before the hearing date, or may appear and offtr oral or written testimony at the public hearing scheduled for: City: Kenel, Alaska City: Anchorage, Alaska Place: City Hn11'Chaebers Place: Pioneer School House 210 Fldalgo and Lower Level Time: 7:00 p.m. 3rd and Eagle Street Date: October 29, 1964 Timp: 7:0n p^ [late: October 30, 1964 Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this day of �J , 1994. e I/ a- e_4 L a .tore x Q0.410nrl Sapervisnr � I {.AW 40 V WIVS Ulf Wu t.JAM MY13Y VALDEZ. ALA:SI'.A W)Wj(; TfLOPOW40 l0(O/) OJo 4770 Oct. 26, 19f,14 Door xonai voni noula Itcoiaor►t ss: Attached to thin letter ifs a copy of an article from the October 23, 1904 inouo of the VIP.LL .1,111.EX'T JOUIUJAI, rr•rjarding L110 disposal of drilling mud in Luui.rana. Thio timely article doocribou a true horror atory resulting from the improper di.rspo;al of drilling mud. Unfortunately you & your family may face the oame danger au the pooplo doacribed in thin article. T1INR41 ARB AT LEANT 100 Y.IOWN b ILLEGAL DIEPOUAL PIT: IN THE KLNA1 AREA. Big oil money and inefficient government have teamed up horn in Alaska as they have in Louivann. The result could po:oibly kill you or your loved onou, Union Oil Co. hen applied i:or a permit to dioprua of thin potentially lethal waste in your "backyard". On Monday night Oct. 29, 1984 at 7:00pm. a public hearing will be hold at Nonai City Hall, 210 Fidalgo at., Ronai, on Union Oil permit application. If you do no want Union Oil to engage in this activity ploace attend this hearing and strongly voice your oppoottion to the granting of thin permit. If you can not attend pleauc call Governor Sheffield at 463-3000 to voice your op ouiti.on. I would also auggoat that• you contact your local Soorrough Asnambly fseprcrcnt ative, State Legiolatora and Sonatorss. Thank you for your time and con;lderat•ion of thin important iusue. Lent Regardo, � J _ Y aov I �J ♦ t� f�j �— �V• S �V t� t ►2 n, H r�r' • i 611'S Lezac;v In Louisiana, Pollution Aud Caliccr Are 161`c In the Pdrolcum Area Itegioa Is Littered With fits Of the Clicllticuls Poured , lii Wells During Wiling A Sawll-1'uwll 1)o'dUr'a TUIC lfy Ttistasiilts 1'rriiracru Jx, Auld tit iftox towlist'1itow iIMJJtn�ynlly// o/YIIM WAIA, Ilimmy /OVNVAI, PATON MUGS, ills, -At lire lake next to lle gnvorilor's mlaf►ahn► Isere, "rut h5ldng" signs havu,sprullg lip, Tfle Vepartnumt of Y,nvitouofeu{sil Wnality pmsiwl llseml, Tile guveroor'b lake ronlafns MIN, ; It Isn't ullwual to find co lalnlfali'd wa• ter here to low slate's udslattlal, u►I'rvfinfng and lietruchendial rorliitor. Tuns of waste coandflfflg piteiltfullyy tuxle (wavy metals aril organic ch rulleals are generated drily, and lIavo l ven tilt deeadus, fiat IAsuWassa's water problvi rs aren't confused W life hmlustrial Stiles, In olw town In Use coastal nlaralnes of &AII; latrtsfalla, a Will of ill water welts foABah Ulat tit eemlaled (wavy lilelals,'rise water In another commni• till, is in brill, that drinkiol, foujilatns art stalssed Willie, iII $()lilt iilaillys, groves of cypress stand dead, 'flow are areas of hseavy fill slid gas pro, du dim, where thousands of oven waste R4 V1NIi IIIIH Y//IK IIVIII far walvrgreausd alit will) the MMIp ul ► card of s serks tfseufk'als poured into dsrtkWGn l ouWSU wells during drllllox, srxltiseofl ; (Ifier waste fudge Is out* fit utd wells fur dlslpossll, Byjsroad uver >♦ 1 adloliing Wlid or, If • list driul►g irie b oil• strure,ilnlpt,dwllprd hlto fife water, , Ifolw energy vow petrut'htlla"I eumpjaks Is tuulslana have Won ip take more care In disposing Vt.' wastes, A few are spending mfliknrs to clean up Mr worst du)nps, Ufa mlwrhl waste con I lows to he di¢pmvd of lea�raaardly, anol twernup eflurfs can der Mlle it a deeadvs'old waste u has ltrlthtd sops low, , , „ , , ales(1 i I bra ;leanwWir, wlut5ual best, of filar.& art shu'Kl►; sip fit much of Usti lindsfana, Net o t tau ofenlr►i►5lratt wiwflwr Nu( of flits ill• . mess b 1ls" to off and gas *Alvity or to Uw area's eateirAve water pullulMi, Put ran' CM la Mutai ft'sud mile W Wt; tan are • strlkulg. , • • •• , .. I 'i be alr,t ntnnnn{ 1,•Ildan, I.,f,, whole ,fe• ' rnwv 19ficefit Ives. Ill it 1.114. fit rlauty fild soul now fill and gar, %ells, nupel lia sod Of. ssulk I unotller fine, a very deep illy hole, its UIe fire hold behtrld h►n breane 111111 yearr, agr1, It left felowl o„u1e leaky hetrela wiff three „p-11 A.I . - I.W. it, Al,sy twit, a private Iahln.Itnry 1e'4trd Mr, Voirew's well wider nod (mind it cum' � t;dned rhrominrll, a metal 111,11 It, seunennu•a dungllal Its fill wells dnrmfg sliding ai►d 111.11 M11,11logy n1,lfivals 11111; Willi cancer, Ilia well's i hrululuftl level was 011;1141y hls;hcr Ihan tie fedesal lismit tar public, drinking water wMell►s, Te101s try IIIe Male be•nlib dop,utne"ut found chrmadoul rift► nlods;e In Air, Vin• refil's water well p►lie, The private hilt touted etuduv bums oar• of the waste plN awd ffiunrl Ion cloon►iusls level br lip mare than 2; ,flu ifloub U►V coliceutruhol ►a Mr. Vha'ent's water. lit Juov I1043, Air, Vairent'a 10 year old wife died ill lessAeflsla, Two nu,ftll►a lafi,r, bill w year old fatter, win lived next debt►, died fit p;nlrre;ltle eallrer, Them tits year Ilia Yl• ' yeat•ald ►fill sled of rarsifipohnonaly Brrent siastlriated with fatty Infiltration of the liver, It►1lseror, now, a Atubil Corp, unit, tventu• silly Inred contractors to clean till its pits, It says In a written rvsill,Inse to tin ingtilry that Its records "du nod reveal any evnlvuev of tivoths or Il/yss" train oil field contarnins' Min In fulnatsuw, , Analluer Cluster , to ndjnlollg Vanseron I'arinh lceunty►, Alnwite, Ilartsigalup) worries abinit an mil• waste offs) Imsal well a tt}v f► indrad yalsis lrofn 114•1 alone, a well the, stsite lealloorarlly )'hosed tins year Iwcauw of jArsalble lvaka, Nor anxiety sve►sls undersitandahlp, lit lie {�first several years, cancer has taken lire 1►vNs of her fader, her Path er•hl•law, tier hrr,tlier•In Paw aril hor dsflahlow's falher•Irl• law, all from list sane area, Her umelwrin' law 11sls cancer fviw, slid four si sollser slid a cuu5►n have had eaorrrr operallins*, , flown flu Arad, lwtfose'llwruA says that recently, within that weeks, Isar nait1wr died of pillerealw tauter slid her father of leukellna, Statewide, cancer dealh5 are 9.Yi higher, than tlw 11,8, avtrige, using the figilre our, while irlalt'i, Till, problem 15liwoe severe In a tlw mayor oil praluring slid refining region, fit &xd l LoolMa sa, Teti ronlntles llwn rank In ille top ✓s mativmwhle for cancer &allss, . tier rapitr anwng widle mlak's, A I99,A Attaly pubbilted In 11w Journal of wupati final' Medlefsfe showed that pun►pers, (ill -field Is,, borers and certain refinery w.srisvrs were ' Inert loan twice as likely to g••l long calwer as other South tAoalillanians, iSusuking rates apj*ared to lie sl illar.l Yet tlw stAfe 11=03 stlsalt any 6y5te111311c , effort to dvtvrssllrw wbMlwr (tooth l/pilit', islia's twsllU► p►ublerns are finked to the corn rentratioms of otiftVW wamr, Aid what Is , known dali't always passed slung to real• dents, Yor Instance, state tests last year fossmil Ufe gritomol water in Use flown of Volt L'arre to be of ysoe5lmn►Ilb1t quality, trot rP51• I7vnsst' Tian lit PnNr 1�, Caluusn I 6 ) till's hcogacy: The Aw Alsu Places V Voistillunl Nola Fold JhryJe d1•ata weren't luld altlnn lla' testa, It Its hardly s111111 lag that taull,huut 01s11lil have it Witter 1,lublvill. givell the vul' fifty, fit harsdl elu'In1cs115liplead alrsut doring till anal ►corn Il('t►vily, I;ufisrder what hiVlxslla Whenever u flew well govo Ill, t Cla'nllrul cutllucupiu There Its aftm'h nlury to d►ifllul; as oU fir gau well fll;u► dlgglot" is hole slid lowering a pllw, Thrulrgbfiul the pro versa, overdub) Ill- )erl lulu the ludo ti1I1t1 fit vh,ctnla sll;Iterlill calk•rl d111tm11,1 food, It blelnl ill cIlsyls 40111 wvp;1111ng altr'llta 11rit fiublwn cuttiupa to the aurfare and keep'., Ups Iwly Iron► ctilln1*111g, '1'he "niud" Islay cohWl► any n1'A1u J11101'Bt clus►s►Iri►!r, Ihat net vallooMy as loan►Ing Vox Iflerofirlrmulallleraulsl►t5, ihhuwla, Tlw dm•►aical corimncoldA often Inehltles swat tnalfiri,da Ills a5ln•slu5, iulu1;111k'hydv, carlsolk Brut also$ cawla, W" Ilisc' sc{Ive ►ugredlvnts in Uralail, Aftmrng the Bolan• , dully tusk slwiidrl 11141, drilling lm► $stay voldafll are barstall, rlltlll111fi1n, al liefile, alit' sulpr seaaure tut slatplm iroand n bluwlug mil, IIv fi l or $ran Islay IN alkled to flicreaw tiler Wright, 'fit leduce pit* sold drill'1111. frictirsm, ►yell In, 1 brivints as artphalt faced With plieswJs nary be 'sat4lvd, ' If low well 15 a produrer. for y,lrs after, ward 111s operator) adminf5ter rvgolAr tbsat'a ill corruSMo► lillowfors, such as annlonllonl Idf,ulflte and Lulu• chruulate, and aflthtsaate ;, ',turllalVhydn, ' Nowhere Is tow use of uww eta'ndral, ' loorti, extetsoo tints► ill Ilse deep pocket fur- illatbn►5 of Iuufafalla, Willi their high tern• peratures, fstaw prMures and urwwal strata, ')There's ttwre Into, In tins bull• ' Hess Itferel tli;u) anywhere tlw In Use , wand," nays Tait parker, a nlatsiger our a' e wilt of lit, lsidustries lac., a lending maker fit drilling "hill I The state', oil alai g,'wi Industry apen'b shout $1 bl11Wu a year on drilling cum, � jetullila, nwre lllaul Use total fur lfw real lit t lite country, in.ksutb houl:,boa, wlsere wells I temp tri ire enpitislly det'p, drilling a typw.al olfe of IOAQ feet falght rertufre a null m ; jxrissnln of "snuff," in all, oil snea drill afxojt AW flow (Oil and gas welt, to fire slate every i y�A, issiuh us one third of limp drilling Inold poured us rtlsialis: underground, The mr.t rt• • ', turso to sow, surface for reryellow or dos'; s peal, What clines up Islay be even harsher , than what went dvwn, as It tin plot up now • ratlyticcurilnl;sutntar►rtsUkernvrcury,aa ut►lufly, cotralt, MIIIIflnn, tfr tlusn, sett' shun, gild radlrrrctive I,uWW of Yam' i U s well !z a dry la,1e, an,y used drilling susml 01.41 can't be recycled is eousslsonly, , don►ped hslu It, Ilia it Ilse well Is a producer, Isaubng away all Ulf watee material cool tasty a4t f1WJJW, As a rnult, over flit year* srruah of It has stuffily i sea abaildualyd 1 , ill eartbea pit, of al acre or go, In addition, flit asal gnu coofilrrnlw, off6'n uqA saunter pits Its twill waste oil and other Aolob during the ills, of lite wt.'11. Am vatusrrted 330-4 ost'GeW j pd5 later fire Lnd.lasi,► huulvaw ta1:1y, au i ullk►aAStI lnusidwr of thealt le adflog ths',vn to • wn9e.rgroulml wafer supplfe,, iJftem jot oil etlfttjilany Aprwrds than IIIAd didiing pool ovt r Use hearty Taal, "A lift of i Jume5 ilwy'ie sfa«,ultuy, I;tmff 013t stunsbhi t I,v nprvsu$ at all," sayss Jortl Yrn►tv►ssot of f sf,rysttr, :era agrr,rurnrf .i wtmt halo ""oullsed hmallteib of sites, Sor fariers alnsl oil cofilip pU•o aliko, "They mmrre tiff, snit tow farswl b belt with iotr's hie M4 fur ye.,r•� " b-41 fry soulless t.furw Ib;er l4 fmt;, r';Ill t•IYe ep te'alvy smelals, I141o1 drilling foo'l :lsse;ifj fill flu I land, No Fillleral Ovt,rhigtit lisle Iedeial 1':asirnnmrntai 1'rutertion Agency mart/ prolosit,ed to relpilaIe dt Ilhstl warder, 1111t Inblr,l•,f, fuf Illy all hnlu'.ItY 1'finllrp,14A :.1,. h Irl;ul•,IIIm uv111.1 t "•,I bslUou In Ilse MA year, mid 1'unt:I1^,n fit l'tl,u exelupled u►t and gas Waste trtirn tel;ul;►11un, It fn,teaA uldv(cd the ICI 'A to study Whether sis•h WMty landed a Instills' health halmd, but Ilse VIIA hat, never dune the ,lusty. Tilt - agency "doe'son't consdder It,1s high a prior- Ity or, other prfiject " mien; a, Mudle:, fit utility of ulfnusg wmte, cxidalas John ilel• felfinger, an 1.31A official, huulalana (169%113 cl;u.,lfy drilling waste as hazurdtjus, and the Industry Says Ibis Only slakes seared willlatn Halley. on offs• cial of Dpo l'untlnent Oil & Gas Aimm iafi,ul, a trade group, says that while lie Nouldu't want to "pick It up and Inake a „nndwlt'll" fit she Malf. "I'm nut aware of anything its drililag Insist that's haaarduus." Isut allmther lllajor fill primiurmg slate, t'ahh,rrila, taken a far different view, It re• 4ulits Ulat all drilling Celnllm,uotls with rer• tali levels of awlals and ilthrr hlxie mated' ass lie dislmlaed 4#1 as carefully as wablen classed as hatardmiu, David .13orm, a Call, forma slate tuxicolaglst, ebbnlates that as nluct► as 21/1, of what Is lit drilling ►nod may be haurdous, Vs 1111n1; coinpnsndx, he sayn, *'we a very crumple. x problem in tertlla fit Ilse number of chenUculb u:td, the types of . elendcals and the number of drilling sites they're generated at, The putential Ilatard n of oll'ffeld Waste 1015 been undetstudfed lie' cause of the complexity of the problem," What research Ile lsdu stry h:rs ante isr►'I especially roassurinif. A nludy sfmnlwred by file Alnerican ri,trolcuill la#ditute sampled 1 ground water at Saint(frfiihig,wabti, sf vii around Uw country and Island arrealc. r baritun, Chforlde, zinc, eadnlhnn. sud►um, lead and sawreury In the water at every Wit, At a SiM11 Oil Co, dr1111ng 1111ul wale pit In South taulslana, the researchers found arsenic In fist ground water at roughly twice the ftltvral fluent for public drinking water, + aII well as lead arid mercury .11 roughly three piles It* limit, The "tulld" u:ied In • i , drilling Ilse well contained L" poutNls of • asbnSttis. lfeverllwless, the study Cut►cluded Ilse dt111111g•inud pits dul►'t present a hazard tin huluan lealth or the envirutnrient, Wino of Ilse graunts water eullfuIlloathm occurs very surely, and the test usually dvcthses to sale leveis w1tllla "Several hundred few, of Ilse pit, the study said, It aly, speculated that suns of the lwavy motnls might have curve frotrl pestirhles or tertihzers bpreJd on neartri farals, ' lalarla's streams and forests are ala, • culounon du1►g'lul: pion os• It 1111MI, a b;lully of 4I111e141viahil. was r,In1:b1 dumpilq: a 111,111 lulu vive hill(, creeit near Illr.,il•u. ui. Wil'n It'• 111.1 I, 1. I oil. I.;• ' 'It,w Ili•' in th.• . wAv, the Iola-, la,c11 d":,n Ills• 111•6....,•I d"Miliyetl a Iu1Jt;1'. III all,l1111.1 row. Lest year a wade haulml, firm tiprrated l,y .Nall dru Thfilolpsua, It fill Mel. he,Id of ljnu:dana'h Tourism tlo:lld,'1'rath, tanu1011u1d lleluddl' rations l'uuunt alma, watt tiucd for 41111111111111 drilllnit mud Into is W,mnb:d area 111;11 Iltalu", Into tilt, We"'I 11eatl River, !;Ile :.:lya she w:11,11't awale fit the ►Ih11:111 duitplmg. Olf the rfidst. lis Ilh'i:i dump n►urb fit their us;cd tit ►11h►g 1111111 and rock cuttings Into lilt sea, It plat'llo. they 1u111ntabl Ili lwllisb•bs to sutualic hft.'11111 all executive of llul:lses Ul IUttq; Fluids, a major supplier, Weill;, lu 1t rereally publl►hed pai,er that small 1111:111ti- tle, of une rtilumuo di IlUog 1u111►rlud, dte:,el, fuel, Call Cling to rutthu:r, even otter they are wui.he0 and kill the Atybld I,brltup, '•n bable link h; Ula cultiplex timid rb,1h1 of lolarhle life." t lugbPs .and otler,upplferto of, fist Slocial fluid, stir "erwlrfim►neidaliy ben' hitive" areas, but they cu'..l more amd awke up only a ru►;rll past ill rab,L. tiiulWatia's siging oil fields Abdo product surge vuluuies of salt water-un :wel,Ige ut eight 111114l► Ss Iuuch as ail or gas. This was ter pun► deep underground Its raltler than the uceaa, soltlelhlow; Level► 111111'S as: rally. It 1111;u Contain, naturally occurs lilt: hilt toitle Sllb,ta ice:t suetl us arbeafC, as Willi us taint, (11 the organic Cheadcods tousd in crude fill; the hitter clu,pllcals "create the rlwst s11;n11• kcant toxicity problems," acrulding to a re• purl conducted fur 1114 CU3 Ww"arch IM11• lute, n trade gloup, ' wine of Uds brlise 11, stultified 11114,1;ally) lilt() btrQam:, t►wthillas and road:dlM ditcher. 11111 nw,t of It slow is Injected law dh;Pmmil . wells, of Willell tiro rotate has about 4,5MI, , ....1.,wwo .n,i"•, 1.�uI" uundiurluv Ai<urt•.>rA I Welts Wild 19LI litl years af4t Texas tw1w (filing sill; when It did btatt, ll found ll/yls.of Maw clW1*4 W lit, urn; Und, unperi iltied of III vtolatiun fit Use new rules. Ont• 11r sm'tloo reliuri s;dd a eemil t hust ehokl'I+ dMIMIllt water was uluted by a uvarby dispwsal Wall that was sally d pipe ill the ground. witlwut any Calling to prutect ground w,ster, I Cteaulut: flu Iilts I Anulller Otlne J;,pu;;,11 uu'tluml, lilts lalge ollt•11 lilt, list:; Lertt rrgtil.►Ird tut' 11, year:; fit TI-xal, 11111:.till iwl't In 11uu:.Lus.i. V Inc:: joen• .1•I'..1 u••rl Irp111.11•,I 11'.Y.1,' lw!r- lilt;, Ill', v; rI., fill 1 111'q•4''A In Irid, :•It,' IL" plls, :.:ly:, 111,ll aL1n►t tiller 141111Ilr, fit ulapo• fill ruulll:utb•s have tdnpimll 11•3111: lids tilt' Ili Inv eticept In elner gene-1w.. AiA r,uuu, h.►ve plogr.►tlos under way tt► clean up wade l",r.lit Ill (.'fit p.:.,tys It It; vi all, lilt .fi"Nil f irld ptlb, bottle drr:ult,:, tied, lstii When It have:; a 1 pitmlartloll bite It Pleal 1. lilt, jolt:,. 11 wlyb It 11,1e1,ti t have ally ub,uuloartl Isllu. Standard 011 l.'u. 1111(haual says It ls.tb alnoul lull "tint In,l'Itllly uba►ulfilied" 111113 lit tiny little bill Pieaw. theta all up within a year for two, gull Oil c'orp, I,ayb tbat Iur Ilse past r11;111 its, b► yeals It ha:, keen 11111ltg Its ill Ins, p►lb with vlltyl to I'leveut lrucbhlt:; it bay'•, it Ji1t,1,11'11, knuwl how Iuauy I►lsallonPd lost:) It lull, bill i:. curr ally hying lu find out, Auwulp. de.u►ul► elforls, Mub:l Corp, rays It has t;field Is I'dl,uaa bI iveL1tt 12 old pis hu 1.1r :old has budgeted Inuat'y to Ow f. all ill Ali 11111;:11 prodat•t1e11 "Itea, Texaco nuns. Latin It will rpeall ill t1111n►ll Ilufiugh lulls to eleam up mutt! than :uti lilts Its Iondtolmia, all of whlt,h "could pose a loulisatial erivirun• mental probleill,' Still, Mr. Sln,neer, Ilse regulAtir, ruusld• el's lilt# halnstry'h ellusts only 11 bolall Mal-t. "'1'ls1re t:i all exll•v►ne loved ill rens'Jl.t ae. t1fiJl fill many. In;lay pith," be I.,Iys, Not all totals, 0111CL•Il:. bh;ue 11111, level of cfinrerls, liuv, Hilwu► ISdwaldio, erhuh►g the view tit nlaay Ill lilts indin,try, soya 1114 "you could live a tul►g, happy life" next to a lilt of ull11r14 waste., , Farwell: Colnplahrts Uuf W.T. Milgiey, a beg Blain and buy. ln'aa I'll mar In St,ull►1.Ind:,lJna, rlabll:•, that drilling n►ud spread by StattiLid oil Co. of •,YIII//1 too,# 11'4ob ,V "�.. o VI /11•, .40./I Is~ M„M' Iebto. He IIa, Surd, u,khig that Sut'al :4.1th re Ilse tainted dirt will new 1011155011. lltm'at 111sllydahCi lit a ruurt filing that tlw d;tllwrge w;n,111 41141 of file uldinary. Kuhn Uupse's problem teal, ball enter. The ex•fanne/r fioul Fraakhu, U. says ru,ly pliK/Uney that hullan:l Standard lists tit link mil Weill, Willi iliqur d well:, !caked list his sug it-r tie land fur years, d ►maging more each year. Twit years ago, be says. Willi 2,A) Jere, ptih.ullyd. he gave up .lord t{sut tariaing. Indi; lm standar,l duel,u't deny Most ualiwaler daitiage mcurrcd but wun's con- silent further, Mr. itilpre bslyr 11.0e11 cent:uufllalluu "is all thiough bi,utls luuiclaiia where I zcis mil prlmluctlun, What kllml ui lu lt'e did toasisllalla have Gs pay to Avei, UIe ml of Use ualfull warm?" Helghbors of fill fleld wa#,te lilts ullel► tell of wrist, left to deal with meh I'tobtelola af- ter all lost cumy:tny Istuve:; out, "We cone - Pistils and t'uu►pla►ll alu,ul lieu, bnleliy 1{lta, tort lot we well take 1es11111I:.11nlity fur theal 'Lay:, Dial hill Sellers; ofAlsLtvillr/la. Ito built a two limit hlP;l levee aruusid his ItsJU a in all effurt to keep b.lck water rutwff trusts all atuts►doned dusito, Tfili, psmucular site W;I:, tot two ye:►fl, a cuJutnetrJ;st 411s1I,p for w15te lruln t:xxu►t, t;uif, Uulua Oil 0), fit C illfutnl:t .till more lbau a dorva others, l4elg11lmns allio trlt ill lilPl:al "sulduight dulispilig,•' Seine fit the m4ghtull" have surd ktsuWn u:e'r of the pit, 2 - , e -. - rh;ultuq; lbrm u,U1 ront,uut,l,duq; Ib1'u' v,.1 i:: ' ;dlu � IL.. , �.�•.,. ,!.Lr,, •u: , • ..In, lluo ILu jillf. I':J'o5 11J , Alllll'l .:I 1.1Ill 1.111 .I,III+'"'• Ill 11111111141111141 fill! 11 aPle Jdly (,',nl 11w, I01'e1i It.gil,l fit tkA,-r it -,lot ..1 ': •IIt- I',' tt, Il Al NIA' f,vUl,u, 11.1111 III. -Ill -Ay lit.'„ alit, for lit, t'11I11Ifell ba;,h1d)it lalllou'a,If: it1,411111-1Iwit cfiildsya bavv Jralulu}; thi.eblllAl o, ;:fill.' other nrll;hbu}huull 1e;,611.1stl; I'mnplafa lo( 01114ltic /11.111h1•a of uau',ra :lull lit pet:, ;111-1 livrOwk dying aly:drllua'.1y, Dr. Buller's Story ! Sutall•tnwa dtx'ttirt, often -III' It'll to' I:1 ap �fdo wills tuell prublynr) till ibv11' oval, In Op.,. utisax, L1., bury;eon I laulel I lullrr limit I". fiy treats, elluugh ra'.ItI, of 4,I)IO ► saucer fit 6erp IQ fsurgyoim busy. ' ' Or. 13111lier 11i'm gay:, I►o d1aJ tit,',, for brat, ail avers„t' of am r: x cif I'mirte:We cancer a week. Ili fact, fill, drtsbe%t 0111,11'r of panvu'alfr r:uuv'r dy1111% In tilts If,:;. la flotilla la Siuntil 1A)W 3114, TO ISM' the 119410 for Whilt' sl'bbh'uth, file death mW lsunt Ow. eaurle routs 51' ju flu• area b1 seen Ow early l;llRo and fill, bate jrtu;,, , Or. Buller wurtivtl al,f lit ruin:ua►u.duut of at ulfe►s, which auppiy b! % of Iry rdalc'P public water syrtems, "!t's a ply Irtylden'' Ing Litufulua:' life nayr., "You can rnvtflitns J;oller"Alulls Ill4nJl rxpo:,rd bJ e1sN htuJ;ruri Will, van nyver lti.• telmovvil." ituf brdrad lit w;traiug file public, lie conlemki, outilin till,;; titters try to cover a ptohlvau up, 'If sal,, they have privolent, '1'wl,nty live """'ago Isere wz as uudi•rgruuud oil well canllr $tit coat tluoydan, La., Plitt a local hcalils eparlulolit elupluyr'e IuU.I Ill.$ liowm's Ill 11.1foll I4ntge that growid wfster sulybt be t:,lnted fur udlfa Irffuull, 71tr1r ytractvd Ulns "out Its ttlaktl ally public I,tuly ► I11eld on 1111E L1tllatlua.." t'vrt Wrye'u Water , 1 A fil.,r0 r,.eortl .ateo em".Orm. 1110 IuWil Of Post Harrel, Ln„ which lies: next U, a peirw !curt WimtelaW of Waking dh:llo,nl pits, It' jectiou wells sulJ lastlog rwilaratpn► laaass. Tile Mte heatlb dcp31111100t tulyld the towa's water supply to cmualli prole wilt thud tlw L11'.%'1; rv/'yuluu'su4v! lbubs -soul 11 lUsin a il►►wil ar, ts;t.kvel• ilia W'A efislydd err bptitlutn,'111e water ttrblii alztt LI►owed iss%ily, twtre file level of dirt ilved wibl', that kdfltal 11 :ll►(larifs p,111111, The t,lult, livaltil rlvp:utldeu! dldn't a.1uufillro Ill)' If," milts, tiovievvt; ufllrlafs lute fled they aren't refiosired tip III) so, Vur cliff Porte Hart? (1111•I:IIe tell rey'l, fields WI811 the tv"'w flail Wind, "'Pill, drrh LW11 vlaes il,nlb, to keep lx,fiple lit life 1411k, says Ittiy Thilrtlleaux, a furusot G,wll I;uau' ellututs will) atf,adcd :lit uaaamutir i'll ►:mill• ell llwetug fit fluveisdmr 1963 Olson the leA resial4, were ditcinvil, Use explatuthwi of fervd by tort llarre'a Putyht, IyJy Cotsuril, is that Qveryuae knew tW Watt'r war, bold ,.Poll. ,., I 1. I' 1. ,1.. 1.1. n. ,. J•, I .Irll4lor 5'Ib.•'ul It.r' Uu' .,;.I;b",1111 1I„ I . D,u l,tl,•„I lull. ,f n I ylihll' 1••nl . uul'n' 11 ', ay 55'llloCl li4Lld, tibia 11II,', 1 b'1 •.I 'rab'I' L,Ir, � I ,.' ,'i ,q 1i I,iJ i I •.Ili 111'.I Ii' 1 ; 1 I'll .11A ,; I I...tll. fill; .IIr 11 r.,"I, 0. .. Ow wili'l anyway, (hit• {eon„q 1„ ILA till, ,,1.11• b''.11111d.11u1111will'."a! II-I1111144,1 .lit nl,luy 111 11 on► M.11.1ll; Of it ' ';11111 :,.tint 1 , 411 bdll'uJ,hallly Ih1'11111,IJ 1llalldy 1•,i' d1.lJp;,1e: flit, 11, p.111l11'I.I ,. , II Il,r,l 1 Ib1' I'll.'f U1111buwllwa114 t'';.1:.!dWTIJI;;t•ufil.th1111.1111,, lit be vrlibu, e1'1v)A,11,;n JI•)r;., AI :I Ira rase;, uDrf r the 11,"It. 1,0111111 till. !tafety 1,tve1, hifel Il'Af, Wlw/ ell b,,,rl II' I,Illt:l, IIs'! ag, 1,•'y 1,11n11vil 14111,;vt ;Adolf IJ11W.l.In 1'', Iw 11111 ; 1•,fll„1111 b;floe I•ut Ilx' lu',.lib 41.'1 ,11 {►or1,I !aul"v boll nn fin• dI•(,'lo;,n, but uSA1IaiL f;a/ 111"y it') all Il,vy Ic;us wllblu fill, budyl,J Ibl• l";;r.i„lit„' I;I%''. Ib, n1, hl,ai•:ill+ill, LayL::u' 1:111•n le vd,-, flit, brad lit the fIJ;I'll$ Y'r, pnfl111"Afait•, 6,11111 , "ytNl (lave to umb•1„buuf %,flit f all'i tilt• lmio," AJ,ketj LperJfJraJiy alnnd .11:''ury A.u, dllug lit water ruut.ulfb,.ltb,n ptuhlriu'., LDIt Irly;,, "Yurl'll have fir hit:,r 111,11 pur!,buu b/ ;,uupuueNLI-,'Ibetaly"' Il.illll'I:,1{'1't;l{s1'"'1 Ward' Fur till, pall. (;1,v, KIl'u:► I!, ;Itllfi,tlh';, :ii,fllh IAlliil,l.t►Gi 1,1111"11 ra►lrvr 1 all, to IN I',t' )nn rrt,i'b'nh: Ilk11tl; fur Ialfy bnnJ+, and 111:4• u,Urr,, 'flu, rdalr'If rhl•uur.11 bolu;,lly, v,hu91 bjNlll'ulCd a Mildy of Caplllt; ble Ltylf J>, 1d.IJort51111'b' t,11110kis►1;, dtusl,iu;, ;tuff lu'll fill' troy ttin,r fill, ibv rrl'It4i A callrrl Autf'ilr4111'vU111e11111 111AIbiti%ll u.^dfi a1 Ili' I p, fin'. linil 5'i,';1;'P(, ;*,:; lie 1'11)'1 '1',, or„ 94 ' :my epilivll;lUfu;;i,'al :41I,111% 11x,og'sslf fob bvaltl► :nlif ail Ju Ill v ante, A few ti,ui»i,,ulaur, I,Iv ill Ib 1,119#1a140 for asutuerli $fifty IWVP unib•1 I'll,, I'll ,'rpilr foludlw' oil 1114•1/ U011, ,,,. 1,0,. ,.r;,,, " .., ... .......1. . .. a rtsfiu,►uf'11t bau►e ill lstayvtlo, h:i trafyt:rJ Ihtunf;h S'lnttl► l�,ul•,f.ma vutruuun; ilea 6rlflwlhtJ' blblr: a►t,l Lib Y. fll;up't. fill !$ally,, tit 11►.Ilk l'111;,1ef fi lot i';111''1'f • ;1'.f"„ "Ill!' tp�ly eft,¢ 15 duinit allytbbly", ',lsts Im 1114114 s11111tdh11,g I"111 vat,y, W111,11 the ,dfAe plahuh;jf WIWI, a;:dllu"1 I.:IWri't{sr' 1 /nrl; to call lill, IW2 ":;lair lot list! 1;t.1te" tejxnl, be luvlullvd i'ailver r,Av d,ib1 au)f 3 Watabld Illxn;J "te'rbnr, , p► fold"air, Ill jilt, W.s, fer:lad t;rutltul pfdluti141," IIm I,"•!. ill !t S. tail 1G,uge reh"v' d hula ill li1r; anti"'. Will Sheri publi"N" 1 the reliont, t'etrucl►elutcul Wa'fa 1'f,flutlou ClllirOrn': Ill tl:," L.l'•t:ll If,a$'wl0", ill luul.iau:1 frx u, feu wl 111,111 pA5 uud dumje4, bill Milli? 1:, ;nitAh"J' ;;►anti ta,urr,' lit ,•i; IL'lu,;l S ...r fr In {It ".t tl• -Illy' I,IIi;n Iv• ., . .., .I, LU 1'1114'11 lolrl ll ,q t•,rIP,, bill 11"1 ,111 "1 it. III Ole ):ILU'1 Blhl 1'.Illy I';11•,, ;1 1'"IIJIi,'1 Ilm••I , foil,, .I gl.ull )•ll Ll'L.,! ,, ulul: lit {h" i •tl'l,I:b., l'1'1 ISIY.'1 11•+,,,1 J': Itll .,b"vl, IL1I1111 4111, fit It bll,;1•11".1 11.1•, a ha r'll I. II11''1 IL'Yll'4 :1'A.flltl,, 11•1v! .111 e).l1,t11:14. lit ile:tQ ry(41':.!; Urr',. 1 JIxn1'b,lle►;, rluunxally A wl's II os till' !by 1'N11111,Illif'o" ;,1„ fill 11,11,rer ,IUJJ1;,r,1 ;It fill, I'll. A! ►1:,)•"n!,v to a :,lilt Ity fill' 1-TA: tb"y lia ore trrtl At eara'la s, fill• ;,,,d Mvit, t•o a d• Idh lit foAe b,"t. A 0. ,', I'u►l, ,L.ntl', fdudY, L,rArvrt, ",:,Id flail .t it 11,11-31 '.:Il•I;;l, II ,,1 !••IA;Gl11 .1 !,uUll' ': III a:, de,'jt d;, , 11,u1111111;; •d r;l"uswoll tt,xje, v,bt If th.- VI'A r11;1111le', if:, "11.1/4;1Un1'.;' IIX, loss' )fill%"d Ili ►i'u{r,I;N1a, lout till, a;;rw y IWO$. IL•41', lfalt Ill, rtf 1111, O"I1•'ri 111.11.4 11:1/'i111,o1rr NaMs. 411"'1•'''•11 lal it.: 1.". Yllshv A 111,1:J1 lo't:ul,,liuu',• 11,11, 1:: ruligIlly duultb lim avelagv for ;ill :,fate;;, 1a :11 u11v lettl r Go file Mate, till, MIA 1,314 It bold 1t,uh4 trveial d' Su'b'urll,:, lit ytuliu,l v:aA r In'anto►u1J; fit q,ryr ruutfuu:uatr,j de,IONA :,Ile;; lit IAJ4JW' ;IJIY,;fill Ity 111,11111:, 1:l:'flt":N1p'l:t:;J;irr:irnr. Jill'., Tesule,41 for, ult'l ldattal ,AlarleN,t i is lt, All ,levy With Llv,f tcollAslI", 411111 fWY Ibey me r'lemmig, tfp ;ttl wvlb,auu,uda. lit ud11UUJu, ;$ ;.It $4 file ill), 11,11lissig. I ;.Il,res!,uJl; uud lulu;,flail p1.snk, III it y;i,ui•r. ail, K.,:.le:. 1'16'r'•t91 lt:, lla/ 11111/114 IIaYr .111 vl'.l,11the Al.itefor J !l,Ilttl,;;lunbll'113fnr(1.0• lal;;lhatlust at ony or lufire of Iliv;r IllA: ll't' tluu:„ ',in' rx;uapk', I'i'I; ludlw,lrim, hue, lin,i,,l {toil A,xic Vix ts'1: buru'a al lf!, rbvlul' r;1J 11ahl line Is, t%w d"t.ni";, ;);.I$ brit' feu• I!►ululit un,lergroilnd a11.1 eult•rio„ '1 :,lop rbussfirl f11 sJ tail, ill 14) l,'ulris;t d,iy, It L:/y:, III', Ill:det;al lcft,tl't lai'Mog''trll ally drb;hlfig VIASuf. ' �'listt fttl��lrt�l;tlft's) t.`at(:r lit/ea Is.Ji CIluu IJ rsrtue' it ',:.cot" l;,lv dry wells) I"Il't flxtlprimf, 011e u,Jvru'm wl'!i, wxd I,y Telulero fur sodws'ty a%,►sG :,, lit:, lt';f1,rd mdailllu,lat;; Is;Gf tiff' 'sir!„ri t':!!"t 1"Isid,5 fti,iti v,llich ilm, riraub W4,ullf draw ;sit vi;I ;;'•ui y dliukhi watt: Lupjdy, accord' litg 11) repl,lt5 by a Tel, wm) ctinnull,sot au4 till, t t;sA•, lenus'l o softyti !fiat the 'l, I'll only omi'l ;ltuatrd a M1;,i;lrwr 'a11at11:•r 304 t1;It :1 rb;ulfill ptu;'WIll 1, u114111' clay, tlrll';tfi:, 'r Iss.lnf J/,imW I,f %,;toff, II►t' !fiver, L's a Iluu,dils; 1,10V fur CI ufit ru 'foul auJre tb.Jsl M sAlivr reliaf•r.,• � u•lJ:i;,v td:uli:,, p'ttushltudK.t1 pnnl►u•t•rt,:u,+l 1 'otbi•r l►alto+,utal uluraU,t: In L,sil:l:ttal, It Ir t/'t k}u,•Xu whother Ifw river flistapbs ; iL rw tatv4, but a llatlfisall C allver Ifr,titute Lta•ly I$$ the mid IVAk. L wlml Isew Othsns' calf cur ds;lth ratf) to W tlifr f1.3, av' rr; ;1, stiff tilt' Ifr^It':.! Yf/rd, M1,1e, tfcUhty,r 4W •roll' t"r �)x'/, f;lbota ts'yatl fulSu„ evbs;,vt of car• Kitu,;;l;f1:: la Ilia rJori:t Nwif 1s,11 J,1ua is; ',: mriu 1;'e F,1'A Ili i• l snit four;fert•lizer pl,"Im to) dlu ip iJ;,u tor: '.l1'hro!.!(•pJ ell It j{':Il i1t1{Il ifSi lot !•JJt i lot sl,d otiv,t $nail ueiteri.11s, Au Lt'A a,il uvirw GJ fv3tt.ihl!,tr,iSur V;1fltanf lilt'':."Iri b,,11'i t i:';,Afilnitl,'15 appt IJv;11 gYi':; tl: dt,;l: t11r iff'„ fit 1':,1;,',ts tier I, rero %,t �,'Y, ft'•,N, tit YV4aty flit frdtra1 J;1r:'.'tl,tl,t'at'L /,,;tilt• fi Y•vJ y''ata :, �u, ;s rulu;o,lay raie •1 I'1' 1'•,1;,. J,f'•;• rA',I i 114;I-J 1a tbb,:4• 4 ti.! wusl'►'L '.,t lil:.l tr,:Jt plafd 4,t 1,.l oil. nsa fool 11 "/'t fO"-1V1?4 It .11111/I'll tv'1�J I. :i1Jl;ily J..;1y W"'I;r,l'11',t ! ', W a '. :t, jl!' 1'4r,:,,1Nf:.', irr�''•, :, ':W I S , • !I• J:.: .; 1; t!, ;,tn!, �l,tvlll' f.<',,; ', I,G:1 t. i/,.t ' ,•., a.i,:•• t.,,i",.,:i 1,,. CA, f a =c a OVERALL DESCRIPTION OF PROPONEO Y;oK✓ Kenai Gas Field. Union Oil Company of California is presently operating the Kenai Gas Field with six active drill site locations, five reserve pits and a waste disposal well, wD #1 (please refer to field map). The reserve pits have been used for the storage of drill solids/cuttings, drill fluids, and workover fluids. The last 3 to 5 Years have seen the most drilling and workover activity since the original field development. The five reserve pits are located on five of the six drill pads. Union also has two approved permits from the Corps of Engineers for two pad extensio6 and two new reserve pits. Union Oil Company proposes to dispose of four of the reserve pits by burial in place and to rehabilitate the remaining reserve pit as a permanent reserve pit for future drilling and workover operations. this permanent reserve pit will be located at the office site, 34-31 for better security and ease of disposing of fluids into the waste disposal well, wD pl. Cannery Loop Unit. Union Oil Company of California is presently the operator of the Cannery Loop Unit with two drill site locations, and two reserve pits. Both drill sites are presently in a suspended or shut-in mode. The reserve pits have been used for the storage of drill solids/cuttings and drill fluids. Union Oil Company proposes to dispose of one of the reserve pits by burial in nine• 0^4 fA WAb%01%11 4 #&#A +hA Aiho• •O.--.,- .4 * �. .. ...•........r ......... ..t r �.� future C•iilin and-w �-k-v� -- • _ g or o er operations. Abandonment Procedures. All pum;sole fluids will be removed from the reserve pits proposed to be buried and disposed of into the waste disposal well, sD #1. Some reshaping of the contents may be necessary to provide a dome effect. A bentonite seal of 2-3 inc�es thick will be provided as a cap across the reserve pit. The edges of the reserve pit will then be excavated inward in order to eliminate any remaining bentonite on the sides of the reserve pit above the cap or seal layer. The bentonite cap and the removal of any bentonite frorr. the edges above the ca; will allow water to be shed away from the sealed contents and prevent weter f::n possitly percolating through the abandoned material. ,A soil cloth will then be placed over the bentonite to prevent tie g:awe: and bentcn.te from displacing edcn ctrler threug�i hydraulic action. T-,::ese:ve pit will t`+en be covered with soil one gravel tc a level Slightly *:r"e: :?�S- tr-e ey!s:ing pad levels. to to so KE NAI (C,-;43 Revisions 119721 -26.1 :771�1 a" I r KLt193s4141 j�",'. ~,—. :�y%]"ir :.' i _ ..' _ ��- t ._ R�vl►Kwf tyiZ• . I Ir' I , 'M f �i /1 ; 1WIwA••i�� •;. ! I • ...,..' •;•for 14Nri Pon j.. - K�tdAY ilea - /` i �-i %fir ^•� � �Ir i" • • :`i��r'.4•' L�'—�• I y : ...` Awl/ i 00 i /� " ; •- : • •0• SRB:(11-98 - ate,. `(�/��/ '�� '�,��'�•� t f , �• 6/'� fir:"� •r •l ' Os .. � r •ISM••• /.' r ',�` `•r Q,1� �O./�•b� p /. �• 1?frlfi/rr 1966 ' • x•orarll '� R t'1 W R 11 Y/ III SITE 33.30 EXISTING CROSS-SECTION of RESERVE PIT nd 100 O' A.C. ^.fin •.►. ,;; t �r.'tvrtt' �; o,, n° 11`..AM.,� Cur'HUir! JQ ?' A.C. tN ' /1 .� � p �',� � N � //,G� M /i M 0 ; � ,OfKt./,. �/ .. x e�C, 4 y � 9 " y /i •'/ I/ ' ` /r V4 0 �' o„ tl o x• q / �x /,N// M vNl//^/� 7 U�MI►dI Will CufJ0511041 n 10 nil1�'t.lfl(!f" , . q y ,� .'/ .0 \1 // {tf!tr � //� • ,11 It .� . II �11 p �..1 , �y dPwa y • 1i� n irl / Off ^I holri note tjAll IC.. „ c, o': /i_ 'iio�s' /i //y /j .�. / 2 i,/ic'' '/ /io oro a// r ' Tn 11I.5 A •.A• NO SCALE A.C. : A!.ca►nu!d (:tr!valson F . SITE 33-30 PROPOSED ABANDONMENT CROSS-SECTION of RESERVE PIT Flad Lovel J1 . ... ...... .1; 1.0 bill/ a 1;('311" b I0 I'll" 6 Gal) . .. • n nun j.... . is of Drill Cullsmj4 and q IV Is A A' NO SCAIX IF - v 0 , •I P, P. 0. Box 1326 Kenai, Alaska 99611 October 270 1984 Mr. Bob Flint , A.D.E.C. Regional Program Coordinator 437 •E' Street Anchorage, Alaska 99501 REFERENCES Union Oil Company of California P. 0. Box 6247 Anchorage, Alaska 99502 Application for solid waste management permit 8423-DA008/8423-BA009 , Dear Die. Flints As a long time resident of the city of Kenai, Alaska, I must state my opinion and ask the noted questions directed to the D.E.C. pertaining to the pending request of Union Oil Company of California for the above noted waste management permit. At this time there are too many open questions as rsgafds the environ- mental security of the now existing tamo�or�a ►,drilling mud pits. My prime concern is the protection of our groir�and surface voters. By this letter I mist request that this permit net be granted and that the question of long term storage of the subject drilling mud and residua in the existing tempor- ary pits be Immediately addressed by the D.E.C. •_••tI•.•• •f I••..�t� •t..t� t_ ��_ «._t. tea__ I a _• .._ �•� �• ..•� ••..j ••. •.•� .» •.av�� r:vwrr.�� wi. .toff •.i1 .�t.•�w r&W— posal area have opposed the continued operation of this site. This I can accept assd support if they have sufficient grounds to claim that their aquifers have been poluted by, the issahing of toxic materials from the dump site. As a result of complaints by area residents test wells were drilled and cased as a means of monitoring for possible leaching of questionable materials. This was done after the site was certified. I do ask if tests are run at these sample points on a regular basis? Are the test results readily available to the Sterling residents? It is my understanding that the Sterling site was chosen due to its low water table and the existence of a sutural clay sealing lens. Is this the came? If the Sterling site was chosen in part for the above reasons than I must ask the D.E.C. to take a good bard look at the temporary pits used by'. Union Oil within the city limits of Kenai and in the gas field adjacent to Kolifoasky Beach Road. Our water table within the city is vaty high, 41 - 11 -z- there are many individuals depending on shallow wells. Also consideration must be &Ivan to our Municipal water supply which has been developed at great expense using existing aquifers that are not renewable. In respect to the Sao field, it is in a very extensive wet land area evidencing considerable surface water. This area must receive reasonable protection enforced by the D.E.C. I do ask the D.E.C. if they monitored the construction of the subject temporary holding sites from their inception to completion in regard to •_ their construction, and in respect to the lining of the pits with synthetic materials or natural organic materials. In my opinion the D.E.C. should, without question, be able to satifify the residents of this area that the D.E.C. action is correct and in the best interosta of the residents before any after -the -fact permit be issued. Looking at the present growth rate in the arts we must do all possibis to protect the subsurface aquifers and sur- face waters. Do these temporary sites evidence adequate cased in test wells? If so, when were they installed? If such walls are in place, or are to be installed, vill the D.E.C. monitor them on a regular, basis?-Ynr'bW many years to come? I may wall be ill advisad, but it is my understanding that when a drilling operation is completed at a wall site the drilling mud, its addi- tives and chip residue are not considered reusable. If this is the case why is Union Oil Company taking the stand that they are holding this material in storage? Are they not, by law, required to remove the used mud to a certi- fied dump site, to date the Sterling site? Is it the intent of storage to Indicate three years or forever? I do ask the D.E.C. why this situation has been allowed to exist for more than three years without a concerted effort on the part of D.E.C. to correct the problem in the best interests _• -•• _•-- -• in my opinion to issue this requested permit now or at a later date could well open a Pandora's Sox by establishing a precident - for all oil cospaniss and drillers to obtain an after -the -fact or before -the -fact permit to dispose of their drilling mud and residue on site. Can the State of Alaska and the D.Z.C. afford to monitor the construction of possibly one hundred more such sites and than, for many years, monitor the required test walls for aquifer contsminstion? to personally, do not believe that we as a State can afford such a commitsent to any industry. I do urge the state and the D.E.C. to imssdiatoly locate and establish a second certified waste dump site on the Rani Peninsula, one that is readily available to all in- dustry and safe to the environment. The life span of the existing site is sost certainly questionable. We can not expect the 'support, of the oil, gas and pstroehamical industries on the peninsula unless we provide the needed safe sits or sites. Let us face it, they are the economical backbone with- in the state and on the peninsula. These industries can not develop, pro- duce or exist without producing toxic wastes. With the exception of a few toxic by-products we agn not expect them to ship it all "outside". We must a work with them In providing the needed facilities and maintain control of them. It oust be a fair balance In both diractionst but these by-products can not be spread all over the peninsula or around the statis, largely at the expense of the taxpayer. Ws, an residents,, must demand that the deval- opera of our oil and gas resources carry their fair burdon in maintaining the ecological balance for years to cores. Coal, oil or gas, once removed from the state, are not renewable. Should we all accept the need of pro- tecting the ecology of Alaska we mot accept the added costs at the Sao pump• hose gas eater and electric aster. We can not have our asks and "t it, I wish we could do so. Thank you for accepting my Input and opinion, and for consideration of those Ideas expressed In my letter. Respectfully, moron M. Dayorest P. O. Box 1326 Must, Alaska 99611 283-4780 Cm Bill tworeauxo Itestonal Supervisor Department of Environmental Conservation Distribution FLU U ALASKA DEPARTW OF ENVIROiVOTAI CONSERVATION OWNW Z25b PUBLIC HEARING ON UNION OIL'S APPLICATION TO DISPOSE OF DRILLING MUD ON THE KENAI PENINSULA Monday, October 29, 1984 7t00 p.m. Kenai City Chambers at Kenai City Hall Kenai, Al+aka The purpose of this public hearing is to solicit and carefully consider technical information regarding environmental and public health concerns about Union Oil's application to dispose of drilling muds on the Kenai Peninsula. Bob Martin, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Depart- ment of Environmental Consorvation (DEC) will preside as hearing officer. Martin will briefly describe the public hearing process and outline how tonight's meeting will proceed. Dan Wilkarson, a planner with DEC, will summarize the results of his recent study about how other states handle and dispose of drilling muds. 0111 Lamoreaux, DEC Southcentral Regional Supervisor, will review the events leading up to Union Oil's disposal permit application. Lamoreaux will also outline the criteria that will guide the DEC's review o: the application. DEC's Deputy Commissioner Christopher Noah will be in attendance and will represent Commissioner Richard A. Nevd at the hearing. DEC expects that a representative of Union Oil Company will describe their proposal. Information, comments and suggestions from the public will then The solicited. ,a-•-:%.lk'�a-s'x.. ert--ate- ...,.y._. �. N MII(1 SYSTEMS DESCN I vT ION6 Functions: Mud systems have a number of functions in drilling practice includ. ing as follows: I. Primary A. Removal of cuttings from the hole; A. Cool, lubricate and support the drillstring; C. Control suhsurface pressures; D. Stabilize the wall of the wellbore. 11. Secondary A. Provide melium for wireline logs; B. Deliver hydraulic energy beneath the bit to underlying formation; C. Prevent corrosion of the drillstring and casing; 0. Prevent sticking of drill pipe against wellbore walls; E. Prevent seating of the producing formations or otherwise damaging well productivity. Comp To achieve the functional objectives of the mud system, a variety of components are utilized, typically ten (10) to twelve (12), each having one or more performance functions as follows; 1. Water (fresh, salt, brakish) provides continuous phase for suspension of other components; 2. Weighting agents (barite/barium sulfate), provides high specific density and reduces mechanical shrasion; 3, viscosifiers (bentonite, attapulgite clays) provides carrying capacity for lifting cuttings up wellbore and controlling pressures; 4. Thinners (Lignosulfonates, Chrome Lignosulfonates) provides thinning and reduction of viscosity as mud system takes up natural clays from wellbore; -9- i • i J- ;P� 5. Fluid 1os5 Agont5 (p(lymers eg, pnlynr,yllmido� r)r pr,1y_ acrylAtes) serves to prevent mud t)y5tem fluld migration 6. pli and ion control agents (Sodium hydrnxfde,/cAustfc soda) provides ability to adjust mud 5yst,em p1l (pH 10.0 - 11,0), decreasing corrosion and maintaining fluid properltes; 7. Specialty products (lubricants, defoampet; h,',-ogen sulfide scavengers, corrosion inhibitors, hiocides, lost circluation materials, temperature control) serve to counteract downhole problems which usually occur when drilling at depth. Generic Mud Systems:' There are a variety of generic mud systems utilized to perform certain drilling functions or achieve specific performance objectives as follows, , 1, Spud mud is used to initiate a well, drilling the surface zone and is designed to control the unconsolidated near surface ma. terials and avoid contaminating the critical water bearing zones (bentonite or premium clay); Natural muds are generally used for for surface drilling and fast drilling under the surface pipe; 2. Phosphate muds are used where soft water is available and mud building formations (which add to the mud) are drilled, with the phosphate serving as a thinning agent; 3. Organic muds are used, often with the addition of caustic. quehracho, where the formations do not build mud, provid- .. « iv.►�rV ijsronr n,�n oinivs� bNt►m{,Orr6 yteyer)bea, whch Is resistant to contamination; 4, Chre" !Ignosuifonate Is used as a temperature stable mud thinner, resisting salt contamination (calcium or sodium chloride ions), functioning effectively at high bottom hole temperatures and Inhibiting natural clay formations (mud building); S. Calcium treated muds or barite are used where a heavlly weight- ed mud Is needed to counter farmation pressure and to repress swelling of clays and shale. Serves to Inhibit sloughing of shales, excessive viscosity, damage to clay -bearing productive SOMS a^d flocculation by contaminants; 6. Salt water mud systems may be used where salt is not a contam. Inapt, where fresh water Is not readily available, eg, offshore drilling, or where an Inhibitive system is needed; requires the use of attapulgite clay (Fuller's earth); -10- 10 i 4 / I 1 i I %' ter. - - ... -, - w • * ,, . qi ,ew �rirrr... � . . " " . 7. (11 emulsion muds are water based mud systems with oil sus- penrlod In the water based mud; oil emulsion muds reduce drill- ing torque twenty to fifty percent. prevont stuck pipe, in- crease bit life and increase drilling rates; 8. Surfactant mud systems are tr4ated with highly surface active, ionic or non ionic -anionic emulsifiers, to provide high temp- erature stability, good flow properties with high solids, and Increased lifting capacity. g. 011-based muds, including conventional oil -based and emulsion muds (invert and water -In -oil) utilize the oil as the contin- ous phase fluid, which may involve crude, diesel or stove oil with asphalt additives. 011-hased mud is also used as a per- forating fluid and packer fluid, in coring, special reservoir studies, well completion, directional drilling, slim hole drilling and for high temperature or shale problems. Note: There are also EPA approved generic drilling mud compounds which are in general use (see Tables 1 A 2) reflecting an appllcation or modification of the mud systems reviewed here.8 ' 1 i 17 _71 29 ,rn. i.rr. �'i.i*. . r T .r--1` _ r+r.• .,r.._,s .. . ._.. ir- .�-.�. c-... „ _ _ cM.-,' c= f--. _ _ _ - .....y_ _ TABLE 1 - Approved Dri Ili ng COMPONENTS Mud Types - EPA MAC1 pounds -Pr barrel 1. Seawater Potassiumymer Mud KCi 50 Starch 12 Cellulose Polymer 5 XC Polymer 2 Drilled Solids 100 Caustic 3 Barite 450 Seawater (2) 2. Seawater/Lionosulfonate Attapulgite or bentonite 50 Lignosulfonste 15 Lignite 10 Caustic 5 Barite 450 Drilled Solids 100 Soda Ash/Sodium Bicarbonate 2 Cellulose Polymer 5 Seawater (2) 3. Lime Lime 20 Bentonite 50 Lionosulfonate 15 Lignite 10 Caustic 5 Barite ISO Drilled Solids 100 Soda Ash/Sodium Bicarbonate 2 Seawater (2 ) 4. Nondispersed S entonite 15 Acrylic Polymer 2 Barite ISO Drilled Solids 70 Seawater (2) 1) MAC - Maximum allowable concentration 2) As needed 3) 1.1 approximate - 12 - I • I 0 i air TA14LF l - Apprays rf Dril ling turf Type, - FPA (Conti nued ) C OMPONENTS MA6 oounds per barrel S. .1 me 1 Attapulgite or Bentonite s0 Caustic 2 Rarite s0 Soda Ash/Sodium Bicarbonate 2 Seawater (2) 6. Seawater Gel Lime 2 Attapulgite or Bentonite s0 Caustic 3 Barite ' so Drilled Solids 100 Soda Ash/Sodium Bicarbonate 2 Cellulose polymer 2 Seawater (2) 7. Lightly Treated Lignosultonate Freshwater/Seawater Lime 2 Bentonite s0 bi,nosultonste 6 Lignite 4 Caustic 3 Barite 180 n.a��.w e..�a•. »A Soda Ash/Sodium Bicarbonate 2 Cellulose polymer 2 Seawater to Freshwater Ratio (3) 8. Lignosultonate Freshwater Lime 2 Bentonite s0 Lignosultonate is Lignite 10 Caustic S Barite 450 Drilled Solids 100 Cellulose polymer 2 Soda Ash/Sodium Bicarbonate 2 Freshwater (2) 1) MAC - t4axinim allowable concentration 2) As needed 3) 1.1 approximate 1 r � i y i ,r J . II I _ - MALE 2 - Approved Mud Component-i - EPA !Ppi-ciality Additives MAC' Additive Function Generic nescrlptlpn_1_,.___pounjs -r barrel Lost Circulation Material Mica Flakes of naturally occarr, ng 46 " silicate mineral mica Nut Shells Crushed granular nut hulls (3) Vegetable plus polymer 50 fibers, flakes and granules Friction Reducers Inert Spheres Plastic spheres; provide R lubrication in all systems; insoluable in oil A water Organic Liquid Trigylcerides 6 in vegetable oil Oleates in mixed alcohols 6 ..: PhoWaric acid esters 0.4 and triethanolamine Defoamer Aluminum stearate 0.2 I°)l D�ersant !. 1 % t 1) Any proprietary formulation that contains a substance which is an ' intentional component of the formulation, other than those specifically described, must be approved by the Regional Administrator, 2) Maxinum allowable concentration 3) As needed Sodium polyphosphate . 14 - 0,5 e � TABLE 3 Mud 3 m Additives in Use in Alaska with Toxicity! P©tenti8118 enor a Nama ro ueT?lame Comoo`nenls `__Tozf —ii"fv �ti-en <a 5., ;c .j OXICITY: Toxicant C1666ifICRIOn LC ba value. Practically nontoxic 5,10,000 Slightly toxic 11440-10,000 Moderately toxic 100-1,000 Toxic 1-100 Very toxic <1 Source: Sprague, J.2. 1973; 1MCO/FAO/ Note; Toxicity indicated based UNESCOAMiO, 1969, on freshwater analysis. -17- f • i, aluminum sterate Al(CISH35003 (ST) Defoamer Bactericides Wide, Bara 8-33 NaCl/chlorinated Control bacterial Imco Cide, Magco phenol, poly- growth/sulfate Poly Defoamer alkylene glycol corrosion bit cube Bit Lube, Imco EP, reacted & neutralized Extreme pressure EP Mud Lube, Lubri- phenolics lubricant Film 61 chrome/ferrochrome- Spersene, Uni-Cal Chrome & Lignosul- (ST) Thinner lignosulfonate Q-Broxin fonate .austic soda NaON (MT) Adjust pH bactercide and calcium remover lime Calcium hydroxide (MT) Corrosion Inhibitor, Filtrate Reducer Bactericide polysaccharide Barazan, Dextrid Xanthan gum (MT) Viscosifier, Emulsi- Duovis, XC Polymer fier, Filtrate Reducer quebracho Mcpuebracho, Tannex Tannin, Tannic Acid (MT) Thinner, Dispersant Filtrate Reducer salt Sodium Chloride (HT) Flocculent, Bacteri- cide zinc chromate Zn Cr 04 (MT) Corrosion Inhibitor � I i T, i � October 24, 1984 ,X ' TOs KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS KENAI CITY ADMINISTRATION SUBJECTs WALL STREET JOURNAL'S ARTICLE ENTITLED "OIL'S LEGACY. Oct. 23, 1984 UNION OIL CO. APPLICATION FOR DISPOSAL OF NON VU14PABLE DRILLING MUD WASTES BRON$ Loretta Broaden, 1602 Barabara, Kenai phone 283-4279 Attached is a copy of the Oct. 23, 1984 Wall Street Journal's article entitled Oil's Legacy. In view of the problems that have occured in the "lower 14811, an exemplified in this article in tho Journal, I don't fool the City of Kenai has the right to allow drilling mud wastes to be dumped or stored in Kenai, and play ru00ian roulette with the health, safety and lives of its present or future citizens. We do already have ordinances protecting the people from solid wastes, toxic and hazardous materials don't we ? Are they being enforc4d? Please don't lot Kenai become the Love Canal of the north. I would like Kenai to remain a good place to live -..not as a waotLdump of questionable materials in and adjacent to residential lands not to speak of the wotlanda.Will Oil Capitol of Alaska bo a term to be regretted? I don't understand why you...the city were so vociferous on the Boroughs incineration waste site proposal, and yot are to obviously quiet on the dumping of wastes in Kenai, which you have allowed to present.,,waatos that are also very que,.csonablo. The Citizens deserve better. Z would appreciate your reading this article and subsequently make recommendations and attend the public hearing regarding Union Oil's application for the disposal of non- pumpable drilling mud and drill cuttings, a0 this affects the rosidonta of the City of Sincerely, Loretta Breeden, r , I m 1 >yh w7 .ww,�rsww O-J"s Legacy itt 1 rollisiana• PoIl11t1Url .. .� ., Anit Canver Are Hife :�::. �. ':.. •, In the Petroleum Area ,... I ittered With Pit, .. ..r » ..�'r: �•r••r� -": .. Of 1114• ('1'anit•als I/0ured ' C :..".i• ? IIl We% Pitrtrlq Dfillulq ••^ „"; . •• " A Sfmall''Powis i),wwr s Talc By fit m. Ynrfo,.tr Jn. 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