 Regulating oil and gas facility stormwater discharge: An assessment of surface impoundments, spills, and permit complianceKhadeeja Abdullah, Michael Stenstrom, Suffet, I.H. (Mel), Xavier Swamikannu and Timothy Malloy Environmental Science & Policy, 2017, vol. 76, issue C, 139-145 Abstract: Contaminated stormwater runoff from oil and gas (O&G) operations can pose a significant threat to surface waters. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent of this threat and identify more specific permitting requirements to protect surface waters. To better understand the extent of the threat, this paper identified and characterized the use of waste surface impoundments at O&G facilities as well as the threat level from O&G spills in California. To assess the efficacy of the current federal and California state-permitting regime, the paper evaluated stormwater permit compliance in two California counties. It also reviewed selected spill cases and associated Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plans and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans to identify the adequacy of current industry practices. Keywords: Oil and gas; Stormwater runoff; Clean Water Act; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System; Industrial Stormwater General Permit (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:enscpo:v:76:y:2017:i:c:p:139-145 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.06.016 Access Statistics for this article Environmental Science & Policy is currently edited by M. Beniston More articles in Environmental Science & Policy from Elsevier |
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