The TCEQ has updated the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Tier 1 Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs).  You can access these tables at: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html The 2019 PCL table update is a single Microsoft Excel workbook with each table on a separate worksheet and as a print only Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF) file.  The Excel file and the PDF file each contain PCL tables 1 through 10 and the supporting tables in the following order: Summary of Updates Table 1 – Tier 1 Residential Soil PCLs Table 2 – Tier 1 Commercial/Industrial Soil PCLs Table 3 – Tier 1 [...]

The Railroad Commission of Texas proposes amendments to §3.40, relating to Assignment of Acreage to Pooled Development and Proration Units. The amendments are proposed to allow the same surface acreage to be assigned to more than one well in an unconventional fracture treated (UFT) field when mineral ownership is severed at different depths below the surface. Currently, §3.40 prohibits acreage from being assigned to more than one well in a field, except in limited circumstances. The Commission recognizes significant changes have occurred in the exploration and production industry in Texas, and certain rule changes are needed to uphold the [...]

The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §§851.20, 851.22, 851.23, 851.40, and 851.41, concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists in Texas, and also adopts the repeal of 22 TAC §851.24, concerning references. The amendments and repeal are adopted to comply with statutory changes to Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1002, the Texas Geoscience Practice Act (the Act). These amended rules and the repeal are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the July 12, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 3516), and will not be republished.  These changes [...]