SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 91.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (2) "Gas" means natural gas. (3) "Oil" means crude oil and crude petroleum oil....
- Texas Section 91.002 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person who wilfully or with criminal negligence violates Section 91.101 of this code or a rule, order, or permit of the commission issued...
SUBCHAPTER B DUTIES RELATING TO OIL AND GAS WELLS
- Texas Section 91.003 - Additional Enforcement Authority
(a) In addition to other authority specifically granted to the commission under this chapter, the commission may enforce this chapter or any rule, order, or...
- Texas Section 91.011 - Casing
(a) Before drilling into the oil or gas bearing rock, the owner or operator of a well being drilled for oil or gas shall encase...
- Texas Section 91.0115 - Casing; Letter Of Determination
(a) The commission shall issue, on request from an applicant for a permit for a well to be drilled into oil or gas bearing rock,...
- Texas Section 91.012 - Water In Wells
(a) In boring any well for oil or gas, if a person pierces any cap rock or other geological formation in a manner that will...
- Texas Section 91.013 - Plugging And Shutting In Wells By Others
(a) If the owner of a well described in Subsection (a) of Section 91.012 of this code neglects or refuses to have the well plugged...
- Texas Section 91.014 - Petition To Restrain Waste
(a) In addition to any other penalties, a district judge, in term time or vacation time, shall hear and determine any petition that is filed...
- Texas Section 91.015 - Prevention Of Waste
Operators, contractors, drillers, pipeline companies, and gas distributing companies that drill for or produce oil or gas or pipe oil or gas for any purpose...
- Texas Section 91.016 - Confining Gas To Original Stratum
(a) If gas located in a gas-bearing stratum known to contain gas in paying quantities is encountered in a well drilled for oil or gas...
- Texas Section 91.017 - Using Gas In The Open Air
(a) Any person who uses gas in lights in the open air or in or around derricks shall turn off the gas not later than...
- Texas Section 91.018 - Illumination
No person, copartnership, or corporation may use gas for illuminating purposes in flambeau lights. The use of "jumbo" burners or other burners consuming no more...
- Texas Section 91.019 - Standards For Construction, Operation, And Maintenance Of Electrical Power Lines
An operator shall construct, operate, and maintain an electrical power line serving a well site or other surface facility employed in operations incident to oil...
SUBCHAPTER C STANDARD GAS MEASUREMENT
- Texas Section 91.020 - Electronic Geologic Data
The commission shall work cooperatively with other appropriate state agencies to study and evaluate electronic access to geologic data and surface casing depths necessary to...
- Texas Section 91.051 - Title
This subchapter may be cited as the Standard Gas Measurement Law. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2561, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 91.052 - Definition
(a) The term "cubic foot of gas" or "standard cubic foot of gas" means the volume of gas contained in one cubic foot of space...
- Texas Section 91.053 - Commission Determination
The commission shall determine the average temperature of gas as produced in each oil and gas field in Texas, other variable factors necessary to calculate...
- Texas Section 91.054 - Notice And Hearing
On request of any interested person, the commission shall give proper notice and hold a public hearing before making a determination under Section 91.053 of...
- Texas Section 91.055 - Findings And Rules
On making the determination, the commission promptly shall make its findings and shall adopt reasonable field rules that may be necessary to effectuate the provisions...
- Texas Section 91.056 - Use Of Findings And Field Rules
(a) Any person may use the findings and field rules of the commission for any purposes under this subchapter. (b) If the findings or field...
- Texas Section 91.057 - Method Of Reporting
A person required to report volumes of gas under the laws of this state shall report the volumes in number of standard cubic feet calculated...
- Texas Section 91.058 - Sale, Purchase, Delivery, And Receipt Of Gas
(a) Each sale, purchase, delivery, and receipt of gas by volume made in this state by, for, or on behalf of an oil and gas...
- Texas Section 91.059 - Constitutionality
If the provisions of Section 91.058 of this code or any part of that section are held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the courts,...
- Texas Section 91.061 - Civil Suit
None of these provisions shall prevent an aggrieved person from maintaining a civil suit for damages in the county or counties in which the gas...
SUBCHAPTER D PREVENTION OF POLLUTION
- Texas Section 91.062 - Applicability Of Certain Provisions
None of the provisions of Sections 91.058 through 91.061 of this code affect or apply to purchases or sales made on any basis other than...
- Texas Section 91.101 - Rules And Orders
Text of section effective until delegation of RCRA authority to Railroad Commission of Texas (a) To prevent pollution of surface water or subsurface water...
- Texas Section 91.101 - Rules And Orders
Text of section effective upon delegation of RCRA authority to Railroad Commission of Texas To prevent pollution of surface water or subsurface water in...
- Texas Section 91.1011 - Oil And Gas Waste
Text of section effective until delegation of RCRA authority to Railroad Commission of Texas (a) In this subchapter, "oil and gas waste" means waste...
- Texas Section 91.1011 - Oil And Gas Waste
Text of section effective upon delegation of RCRA authority to Railroad Commission of Texas (a) In this subchapter, "oil and gas waste" means waste...
- Texas Section 91.1012 - Access To Property And Records
Members and employees of the commission, on proper identification, may enter public or private property to inspect and investigate conditions relating to the quality of...
- Texas Section 91.1013 - Application Fees
(a) With each application for a fluid injection well permit, the applicant shall submit to the commission a nonrefundable fee of $200. In this section,...
- Texas Section 91.1015 - Groundwater Protection Requirements
The commission shall adopt rules to establish groundwater protection requirements for operations that are within the jurisdiction of the commission, including requirements relating to the...
- Texas Section 91.102 - Additional Personnel
The commission is directed to employ additional personnel necessary to administer this subchapter and related laws and rules and orders adopted by the commission. Acts...
- Texas Section 91.103 - Persons Required To Execute Bond, Letter Of Credit, Or Cash Deposit
Any person, including any firm, partnership, joint stock association, corporation, or other organization, required to file an organization report under Section 91. 142 of...
- Texas Section 91.104 - Bonds, Letters Of Credit, Cash Deposits, And Well-specific Plugging Insurance Policies
(a) The commission shall require a bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit to be filed with the commission as provided by Subsection (b). (b)...
- Texas Section 91.1041 - Individual Bond
(a) A person required to file a bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit under Section 91.103 who operates one or more wells may...
- Texas Section 91.1042 - Blanket Bond
(a) A person required to file a bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit under Section 91.103 may file a blanket bond to cover...
- Texas Section 91.105 - Bond Conditions
Each bond required by Section 91.103 shall be conditioned that the operator will plug and abandon all wells and control, abate, and clean up pollution...
- Texas Section 91.106 - Execution Of Bond
Each bond shall be executed by a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state and shall be renewed and be continued in effect...
- Texas Section 91.107 - New Bond, Letter Of Credit, Or Cash Deposit
If an active or inactive well is transferred, sold, or assigned by its operator, the commission shall require the party acquiring the well to file...
- Texas Section 91.108 - Deposit And Use Of Funds
Subject to the refund provisions of Section 91.1091, if applicable, proceeds from bonds and other financial security required pursuant to this chapter and benefits under...
- Texas Section 91.109 - Financial Security For Persons Involved In Activities Other Than Operation Of Wells
(a) A person applying for or acting under a commission permit to store, handle, treat, reclaim, or dispose of oil and gas waste may be...
- Texas Section 91.1091 - Refund
The commission shall refund the proceeds from a bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit required under this subchapter if: (1) the conditions that caused...
- Texas Section 91.110 - Oil And Gas Waste Reduction And Minimization
To encourage the reduction and minimization of oil and gas waste, the commission shall implement a program to: (1) provide operators with training and technical...
- Texas Section 91.113 - Investigation, Assessment, Or Cleanup By Commission
(a) If oil and gas wastes or other substances or materials regulated by the commission under Section 91.101 are causing or are likely to cause...
- Texas Section 91.1131 - Risk Assessment Standards
(a) The commission by rule may establish risk assessment as the guide for: (1) conducting site investigations and environmental assessments; and (2) controlling and cleaning...
- Texas Section 91.1132 - Prioritization Of High-risk Wells
The commission by rule shall develop a system for: (1) identifying abandoned wells that pose a high risk of contaminating surface water or groundwater; (2)...
- Texas Section 91.1135 - Oil And Gas Regulation And Cleanup Fund Advisory Committee
(a) In this section, "committee" means the Oil and Gas Regulation and Cleanup Fund Advisory Committee. (b) The committee is composed of 10 members as...
- Texas Section 91.114 - Acceptance Of Organization Report Or Application For Permit; Approval Of Certificate Of Compliance; Revocation
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the commission may not accept an organization report required under Section 91.142 or an application for a permit...
- Texas Section 91.115 - First Lien On Equipment And Stored Hydrocarbons
(a) If a responsible person fails to clean up a site or facility that has ceased oil and gas operations under the commission's jurisdiction on...
- Texas Section 91.116 - Notice Of Commercial Surface Disposal Facility Permit Application
(a) In this section, "commercial surface disposal facility" means a facility whose primary business purpose is to provide, for compensation, surface disposal of oil field...
SUBCHAPTER E BOOKS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS
- Texas Section 91.117 - Public Information Hearing On Application For Commercial Surface Disposal Facility Permit
(a) In this section, "commercial surface disposal facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 91.116. (b) The commission may hold a public meeting to receive...
- Texas Section 91.141 - Books And Records
(a) Owners and operators of oil and gas wells shall keep books that show accurately: (1) the amount of sold and unsold stock; (2) the...
- Texas Section 91.142 - Report To Commission
(a) A person, firm, partnership, joint stock association, corporation, or other domestic or foreign organization operating wholly or partially in this state and acting as...
SUBCHAPTER F UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE AND CONSERVATION
- Texas Section 91.143 - False Applications, Reports, And Documents And Tampering With Gauges
(a) A person may not: (1) make or subscribe any application, report, or other document required or permitted to be filed with the commission by...
- Texas Section 91.171 - Short Title
This subchapter may be cited as the Underground Natural Gas Storage and Conservation Act of 1977. Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1996, ch....
- Texas Section 91.172 - Declaration Of Policy
The underground storage of natural gas promotes the conservation of natural gas, permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand,...
- Texas Section 91.173 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Person" means any natural person, partnership or other combination of natural persons, corporation, group of corporations, trust, or governmental entity. (2)...
- Texas Section 91.174 - Findings Of Commission
(a) Any storer desiring to exercise the right of eminent domain for the acquisition of a storage facility shall, as a condition precedent to the...
- Texas Section 91.175 - Commission Jurisdiction
The commission shall have jurisdiction to supervise the construction and operation of all storage facilities formed pursuant to this subchapter, and in addition to the...
- Texas Section 91.176 - Withdrawal Of Native Gas
A storer may withdraw from storage injected and stored gas as market demand dictates. However, any time a storer's withdrawals from a storage facility equal...
- Texas Section 91.177 - Storage Operations Must Be Bona Fide
(a) A storer must initiate injection operations for gas storage within 12 months after the condemnation order of the court becomes final and storage operations...
- Texas Section 91.178 - Relocation Of Facilities
In the event the acquisition or operation of a storage facility acquired through the exercise of the power of eminent domain requires the relocation or...
- Texas Section 91.179 - Appropriation Of Storage Facilities; Limitations
After an order of the commission is issued approving a storage facility, a storer may condemn without further attack as to its right to condemn,...
- Texas Section 91.180 - Institution Of Condemnation Proceedings
(a) The finding by the commission that underground storage is in the public interest is binding on all persons whose property the storer has the...
- Texas Section 91.181 - Exercise Of Right Of Eminent Domain
All proceedings in connection with the condemnation and acquisition of storage facilities shall be in accordance with Articles 3264 through 3271, Revised Civil Statutes of...
- Texas Section 91.182 - Ownership Of Stored Gas
All natural gas in the stratum condemned which is not native gas, and which is subsequently injected into storage facilities is personal property and is...
- Texas Section 91.183 - Rights Of Purchasers Of Native Gas
(a) In the event there are remaining reserves of native gas in the storage facility which are dedicated to a purchaser and the purchaser and...
SUBCHAPTER G UNDERGROUND HYDROCARBON STORAGE
- Texas Section 91.184 - Abandonment
(a) When a storer has permanently abandoned the storage facility, the storer shall file with the commission a notice of abandonment, and shall file an...
- Texas Section 91.201 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Underground hydrocarbon storage facility" or "storage facility" means a subsurface sand, stratum, or geological formation used for the underground storage of...
- Texas Section 91.202 - Policy
It is the policy of this state and the purpose of this subchapter to prevent the waste of oil, gas, and products of oil or...
- Texas Section 91.203 - Authority; Rules
(a) The commission shall supervise or monitor the construction, operation, maintenance, and closure of storage facilities. (b) The commission may adopt reasonable rules or issue...
- Texas Section 91.204 - Permits
(a) The commission by rule may require a person who creates, operates, maintains, or abandons an underground hydrocarbon storage facility to obtain a permit from...
- Texas Section 91.205 - Authority To Enter Property
Members and employees of the commission may enter public or private property at reasonable times to inspect and investigate conditions relating to the creation, operation,...
- Texas Section 91.206 - Authority To Examine Records
Members and employees of the commission may examine and copy during regular business hours records pertaining to the creation, operation, maintenance, or abandonment of an...
SUBCHAPTER H UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES FOR NATURAL GAS
- Texas Section 91.207 - Notice Of Noncompliance
(a) On receipt of notice from the commission that a person creating, operating, maintaining, or abandoning an underground hydrocarbon storage facility has violated this subchapter...
- Texas Section 91.251 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Intrastate gas pipeline facility" has the meaning assigned by the United States Department of Transportation under 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et...
- Texas Section 91.252 - Commission Jurisdiction
(a) The commission has jurisdiction over: (1) natural gas underground storage; and (2) surface and subsurface equipment and facilities used for natural gas underground storage....
- Texas Section 91.253 - Commission Enforcement
(a) In addition to other authority specifically granted to the commission under this subchapter, the commission may enforce this subchapter or a rule adopted or...
- Texas Section 91.254 - Inspection; Examination; Credentials
(a) The commission may inspect a storage facility for compliance with the safety standards and practices and the recordkeeping requirements adopted under Sections 91.255, 91.257,...
- Texas Section 91.255 - Safety Standards And Practices
(a) The commission by rule shall adopt safety standards and practices for natural gas underground storage and storage facilities. The standards and practices must: (1)...
- Texas Section 91.256 - Limitation On Powers Of Municipalities And Counties
A municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance that establishes a safety standard or practice applicable to a storage facility that is...
- Texas Section 91.257 - Safety Procedure Manual
The commission may require the owner or operator of a storage facility to prepare a safety procedure manual for each storage facility and to: (1)...
- Texas Section 91.258 - Records; Reports
(a) An owner or operator of a storage facility shall: (1) maintain records and make reports relating to construction, operation, or maintenance of the facility...
- Texas Section 91.259 - Damage To Storage Facility; Disabling A Safety Device
A person may not: (1) intentionally damage or destroy a storage facility; or (2) disable a safety device in a storage facility except to: (A)...
- Texas Section 91.260 - Injunction; Civil Penalty
(a) The attorney general, at the request of the commission, shall bring a civil action against a person who has violated or is violating this...
- Texas Section 91.261 - Administrative Penalty
(a) The commission may assess, as provided by this section and Sections 91.262, 91.263, and 91.264, an administrative penalty against a person who violates this...
- Texas Section 91.262 - Administrative Penalty Assessment Procedure
(a) An administrative penalty may be assessed only after the person charged under Section 91.261 has been given an opportunity for a public hearing. If...
- Texas Section 91.263 - Payment Of Administrative Penalty
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the commission's order imposing an administrative penalty becomes final as provided by Section...
SUBCHAPTER J PAYMENT FOR PROCEEDS OF SALE
- Texas Section 91.264 - Judicial Review Of Administrative Penalty
(a) Judicial review of a commission order imposing an administrative penalty is: (1) instituted by filing a petition as provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 2001,...
- Texas Section 91.401 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Payee" means any person or persons legally entitled to payment from the proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas...
- Texas Section 91.402 - Time For Payment Of Proceeds
(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas production from an oil or gas well located in this state must be paid...
- Texas Section 91.403 - Payment Of Interest On Late Payments
(a) If payment has not been made for any reason in the time limits specified in Section 91.402 of this code, the payor must pay...
- Texas Section 91.404 - Nonpayment Of Oil And Gas Proceeds Or Interest
(a) If a payee seeks relief for the failure of a payor to make timely payment of proceeds from the sale of oil or gas...
- Texas Section 91.405 - Exemptions
This subchapter does not apply to any royalties that are payable to: (1) the board of regents of The University of Texas System under a...
- Texas Section 91.406 - Attorney's Fees And Minimum Award
If a suit is filed to collect proceeds and interest under this subchapter, the court shall include in any final judgment in favor of the...
- Texas Section 91.407 - Notice Of Change Of Payor
(a) Following a change in payor, the new payor shall give written notice to each payee to whom the payor is responsible for distributing oil...
SUBCHAPTER K SALTWATER DISPOSAL PITS
- Texas Section 91.408 - Information For Payees Of Proceeds Of Production From Certain Gas Wells
(a) A payor of proceeds from the sale of gas produced from a tight formation as defined by Section 29(c)(2)(B), Internal Revenue Code of 1986,...
- Texas Section 91.451 - Definition
In this subchapter, "saltwater disposal pit" means a collecting pit on the surface of the ground used to store or evaporate oil field brines, geothermal...
- Texas Section 91.452 - Prohibited Activity
Except as provided by this subchapter, a person conducting oil and gas development or production operations, geothermal operations, or underground hydrocarbon storage operations may not...
- Texas Section 91.453 - Commission Authorized
(a) On written application, the commission or its designated employee may administratively authorize a person to use a saltwater disposal pit on a temporary emergency...
- Texas Section 91.454 - Removal Of Authorized Pits
(a) A person who is authorized to operate a saltwater disposal pit under Section 91.453 of this code shall close the pit within 45 days...
- Texas Section 91.455 - Rules, Standards, And Specifications
(a) The commission shall adopt rules that: (1) define the procedures for obtaining authorization to operate a saltwater disposal pit; (2) define the conditions under...
- Texas Section 91.456 - Injunctive Relief
If a person is operating a saltwater disposal pit in violation of this subchapter or the commission's rules, standards, or specifications, the commission may have...
- Texas Section 91.457 - Removal Of Unauthorized Pit
(a) The commission may order a person who is operating a saltwater disposal pit in violation of this subchapter to close the pit in compliance...
- Texas Section 91.458 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person who violates Section 91.452 of this code or an order of the commission under Subsection (a), Section 91.457, commits an offense. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER L ROYALTY REPORTING STANDARDS
- Texas Section 91.459 - Civil Penalty
(a) A person who violates this subchapter or a rule, standard, or specification of the commission or who fails to close a saltwater disposal pit...
- Texas Section 91.5001 - Definition
In this subchapter, "payor" has the meaning assigned by Section 91.401. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 824, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
- Texas Section 91.501 - Information Required
If payment is made to a royalty interest owner from the proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas production pursuant to a division...
- Texas Section 91.502 - Types Of Information Provided
Each check stub, attachment to a payment form, or other remittance advice must include: (1) the lease, property, or well name, any lease, property, or...
- Texas Section 91.503 - Lease, Property, Or Well Description
If a division order is not provided that includes the information required by Section 91.402(c)(1)(B), the payor must, at a minimum, provide prior to or...
- Texas Section 91.504 - Providing Information About Payment Deductions And Adjustments, Heating Value, Or Lease Identification
(a) If the payor does not explain on the check stub, attachment to the payment form, or other remittance advice, or by a separate mailing,...
- Texas Section 91.505 - Providing Other Information
If a royalty interest owner requests information or answers to questions concerning a payment made pursuant to this subchapter, other than information requested under Section...
- Texas Section 91.506 - Exemption
If the information required by Section 91.502 is provided in some other manner on a monthly basis, the payor is not required to include the...
SUBCHAPTER M ELECTRIC LOGS
- Texas Section 91.507 - Enforcement
(a) A royalty interest owner who does not receive the information required to be provided under Section 91.502 or 91.503 in a timely manner may...
- Texas Section 91.551 - Definitions
(a) In this subchapter: (1) "Well" means a well drilled for any purpose related to exploration for or production or storage of oil or gas...
- Texas Section 91.552 - Electric Logs Required To Be Filed; Criteria
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, not later than the 90th day after the date a drilling operation is completed, the operator shall...
- Texas Section 91.553 - Availability Of Electric Logs
(a) Except as specifically provided by this section, each electric log filed with the commission under this subchapter is not confidential and is public information...
- Texas Section 91.554 - Availability Of Confidential Electric Logs
If the commission requires an electric log to be filed before the expiration of a period of confidentiality, the commission shall make that electric log...
- Texas Section 91.555 - Management And Storage Of Electric Logs
The commission may contract with any person for the management and storage of the electric logs filed with the commission. Added by Acts 1985, 69th...
SUBCHAPTER N OIL AND GAS HAZARDOUS WASTE
- Texas Section 91.556 - Enforcement
If an operator fails to file an electric log as required by this subchapter, the commission may: (1) if the well is completed as a...
- Texas Section 91.601 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Oil and gas hazardous waste" means oil and gas waste that is a hazardous waste as defined by the administrator of...
- Texas Section 91.602 - Rules
(a) To protect human health and the environment, the commission shall adopt and enforce rules and orders and may issue permits relating to the generation,...
- Texas Section 91.603 - Access To Property And Records
(a) A member or employee of the commission, on proper identification, may enter public or private property to: (1) inspect and investigate conditions relating to...
- Texas Section 91.604 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person who knowingly violates a rule, order, or permit of the commission issued under this subchapter commits an offense. (b) An offense under...
SUBCHAPTER O RAILROAD COMMISSION VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM
- Texas Section 91.605 - Hazardous Oil And Gas Waste Generation Fee
(a) An annual fee is imposed on each operator who generates hazardous oil and gas waste. (b) The commission by rule shall set the fee,...
- Texas Section 91.651 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Contaminant" includes a waste, pollutant, or substance regulated by, or that results from an activity under the jurisdiction of, the commission...
- Texas Section 91.652 - Purpose
The purpose of the voluntary cleanup program is to provide an incentive to remediate property by removing the liability to the state of lenders, developers,...
- Texas Section 91.653 - Eligibility For Voluntary Cleanup Program
(a) Any site that is contaminated with a contaminant is eligible for participation in the voluntary cleanup program except the portion of a site that...
- Texas Section 91.654 - Application To Participate In Voluntary Cleanup Program
(a) A person who desires to participate in the voluntary cleanup program under this subchapter must submit to the commission an application and an application...
- Texas Section 91.655 - Rejection Of Application
(a) The commission may reject an application submitted under Section 91.654 if: (1) a state or federal enforcement action is pending that concerns the remediation...
- Texas Section 91.656 - Voluntary Cleanup Agreement
(a) Before the commission evaluates any plan or report detailing the remediation goals and proposed methods of remediation, the person desiring to participate in the...
- Texas Section 91.657 - Termination Of Agreement; Cost Recovery
(a) The commission or the person in its sole discretion may terminate the agreement by giving 15 days' advance written notice to the other. Only...
- Texas Section 91.658 - Voluntary Cleanup Work Plans And Reports
(a) After signing a voluntary cleanup agreement, the person shall prepare and submit the appropriate work plans and reports to the commission. (b) The commission...
- Texas Section 91.659 - Certificate Of Completion
(a) If the commission determines that a person has successfully completed a voluntary cleanup approved under this subchapter, the commission shall certify that the action...
- Texas Section 91.660 - Persons Released From Liability
(a) A person who is not a responsible person under Section 91.113 at the time the person applies to perform a voluntary cleanup: (1) does...
SUBCHAPTER P CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
- Texas Section 91.661 - Permit Not Required
(a) A state or local permit is not required for removal or remedial action conducted on a site as part of a voluntary cleanup under...
- Texas Section 91.701 - Well Owners And Operators Certificates
The owner or operator of any well subject to the jurisdiction of the commission under this title, Section 26.131, Water Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter...
- Texas Section 91.702 - Prohibited Connection
No operator of a pipeline or other carrier shall connect with any well subject to the jurisdiction of the commission under this title, Section 26.131,...
- Texas Section 91.703 - Temporary Connection
The provisions of this subchapter do not prevent a temporary connection with a well in order to take care of production and prevent waste until...
- Texas Section 91.704 - Cancellation Of Certificate
The commission may cancel any certificate of compliance issued under the provisions of this subchapter if it appears that the owner or operator of a...
- Texas Section 91.705 - Effect Of Cancellation On Operator Of Pipeline Or Other Carrier
(a) On notice from the commission to the operator of a pipeline or other carrier connected to a well that the certificate of compliance pertaining...
- Texas Section 91.706 - Effect Of Cancellation On Owner Or Operator Of Well
(a) On notice from the commission that a certificate of compliance for a well has been cancelled, it shall be unlawful for the owner or...
SUBCHAPTER Q NOTICE OF PERMIT FOR CERTAIN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
- Texas Section 91.707 - Fee For Reissued Certificate
(a) If a certificate of compliance for a well has been canceled for one or more violations of provisions of this title, Section 26.131, Water...
- Texas Section 91.751 - Definition
In this subchapter, "surface owner" means the first person who is shown on the appraisal roll of the appraisal district established for the county in...
- Texas Section 91.752 - Applicability
This subchapter applies only to the drilling of a new oil or gas well or the reentry of a plugged and abandoned oil or gas...
- Texas Section 91.753 - Notice Required
(a) Not later than the 15th business day after the date the commission issues an oil or gas well operator a permit to drill a...
- Texas Section 91.754 - Address For Notice
The notice must be given to the surface owner at the surface owner's address as shown by the records of the county tax assessor-collector at...
SUBCHAPTER R AUTHORIZATION FOR MULTIPLE OR ALTERNATIVE USES OF WELLS
- Texas Section 91.755 - Commission Permits And Rights Of Owner Of Mineral Estate Not Affected
(a) This subchapter does not affect the status of any rule of law to the effect that the mineral estate in land is dominant over...
- Texas Section 91.801 - Rules Authorizing Multiple Or Alternative Uses Of Wells
The commission shall adopt rules allowing: (1) a person to obtain a permit for a well from the commission that authorizes the well to be...
SUBCHAPTER S DISCLOSURE OF COMPOSITION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS
- Texas Section 91.802 - Law Applicable To Geologic Storage Facilities And Associated Injection Wells
(a) In this section, "anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well" has the meaning assigned by Section 27.002, Water Code. (b) If a well is authorized as...
SUBCHAPTER T SALTWATER PIPELINES
- Texas Section 91.851 - Disclosure Of Composition Of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids
(a) The commission by rule shall: (1) require an operator of a well on which a hydraulic fracturing treatment is performed to: (A) complete the...
- Texas Section 91.901 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Saltwater pipeline facility" means a pipeline facility that conducts water that contains salt and other substances and is intended to be...
- Texas Section 91.902 - Pipeline On Public Road
A saltwater pipeline operator is entitled to install, maintain, and operate a saltwater pipeline facility through, under, along, across, or over a public road only...
- Texas Section 91.903 - Relocation Of Saltwater Pipeline Facility For Certain Purposes
(a) Except as provided by Section 203.092, Transportation Code, the Texas Transportation Commission, the commissioners court of a county, or the governing body of a...
- Texas Section 91.904 - Construction Of Subchapter
This subchapter may not be construed to: (1) limit the authority of a saltwater pipeline facility to use a public right-of-way under any other law;...
- Texas Section 91.905 - Application Of Other Law
Section 212.153(e), Local Government Code, and Sections 203.092, 224.008, and 502.1981(c)(4), Transportation Code, apply to saltwater pipeline operators and saltwater pipeline facilities in the same...