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NPDES Self Monitoring Program
Berry Petroleum Company Poso Creek/McVan Facility Poso Creek Oil Field

Organization

Berry Petroleum Company
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Program website

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Plan contact

Robert E. Boston
661-616-3900

Start date 08/11/2007
End date None
Objectives The Discharger owns and operates crude oil producing wells and a produced wastewater treatment and disposal system within the Poso Creek Oil Field. The Discharger operates in eight (8) oil field leases (Enas Fee, Desert Glow, Fitzhugh, Leo, McVan, Poso, USL-14, and USL-35) owned and managed by the US Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Facility is in the southwest quarter Section 14, T27S, R27E, MDB&M. Oil and water produced from each wellhead is brought to the Facility via a pipeline. The Discharger currently operates 85 active wells that produce approximately 1000 barrels (bbl) of oil per day and 45,000 bbl of water per day.
Annual budget None

Basins & sub-basins monitored

  • Tulare Lake (Tulare Lake)
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Sites Monitored

Name Code Latitude Longitude Map
Unnamed tributary to Poso Creek, 250 ft US from the point of discharge
RSW-001 35.58053 -119.043086 locate
Unnamed tributary to Poso Creek, 250 ft DS from the point of discharge
RSW-002 35.57949 -119.045781 locate

Parameters Monitored

GroupParametersFrequency
General Water Quality Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Hardness, pH, Specific Conductance [EC @ 25 deg C], Temperature Monthly
Metals & Trace Elements Lead , Molybdenum , Zinc Monthly
Nutrients Ammonia NH3 Quarterly
Pathogens & Bacteria Fecal Coliforms Monthly
Water Toxicity Toxicity (chronic) - Ceriodaphnia, Toxicity (chronic) - Fathead minnow, Toxicity (chronic) - other Quarterly

Data Products Available

ItemAvailable OnlineURLAvailable by RequestComment
Monitoring Plan Yes http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/... Yes
Annual Report No Yes discharger self report
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