The Wise Report
Henry M. Wise, P.G.
September 3,
2011
The Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is publishing a proposed revision to permitting in
the Texas Register amending the
current non-rule standard permit for the construction and/or modification of oil
and gas production facilities. This non-rule standard permit became effective on
April 1, 2011 and applies only in the following counties making up the Barnett
Shale region of the state: Archer, Bosque, Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell,
Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague,
Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, and Wise.
The TCEQ
is proposing a correction to the standard permit that would amend subsection
(m), table 8 to remove unnecessary, repetitive language under the heading
Control Devices, Control with process combustion or heating devices (for example
reboilers, heaters and furnaces), and make other administrative, non-substantive
corrections to numbering and references.
A public meeting on the proposed standard
permit will be held on October 3, 2011,
at 2:00 p.m. at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Building E, Room
201S, 12100 Park 35 Circle, 78753 in Austin. Call the TCEQ’s Air
Permits Division at 512-239-1250 for copies of the proposed standard permit for
oil and gas production facilities, or go to the TCEQ website at: http://www.tceq.texas.gov/rules/prop.html.
Comments may be mailed to Blake Stewart, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality, Air Permits Division, MC 163, P.O. Box
13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or faxed to 512-239-1070. All comments should
reference the standard permit for oil and gas production facilities. Comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on
October 3, 2011. For further information, contact Mr. Stewart at
512-239-6931.
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At its open meeting on August 29, 2011,
the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) approved the publication of proposed new
§3.29, relating to Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosure Requirements. The
rule implements House Bill 3328 from the 2011 regular session. The proposed new
rule will be published in the September 9, 2011, issue of the Texas Register,
but can also be found at: http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/rules/prop-new-3-29-frac-disclosure-Aug29.PDF.
The comment period ends at noon on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. As stated
in the preamble, the Commission will hold a public comment meeting on the
proposed new rule on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. at the
Commission's offices at the William B. Travis Building, 1701 N. Congress Avenue,
Room 1-111, First Floor, Austin, Texas.
Henry M. Wise, P.G.
The Wise Report
9/3/2011