Texas Register, Volume 10, Number 36, Pages 1459-1518, May 10, 1985 Page: 1,464
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Proposed
R 8U l Before an agency may permanently adopt a new or amended rule, or repeal an existing rule, a proposal
detailing the action must be published in the Register at least 30 days before any action may be taken.
The 30-day time period gives interested persons an opportunity to review and make oral or written comments on the rule.
Also, in the case of substantive rules, a public hearing must be granted if requested by at least 25 persons, a governmen-
tal subdivision or agency, or an association having at least 25 members.
Symbology In proposed amendments. New language added to an existing rule is indicated by the use of bold text.
[Brackets] indicate deletion 6f existing material within a rule.TLE 16. ECONOMIC
SULATION
I. Railroad Commission
S NTexas
pter 3. Oil and Gas Division
Conservation Rules and
Regulations
* 16 TAC 3.56
(Editor's note: The text of the following rule
proposed fir repeal will not be published.
The rule may be examined in the offices of
the Railroad Commission of Texas, 1124 IH
35 South, Austin, or in the Texas Register
office, Room 303E, Sam Houston Building,
201 East 14th Street, Austin.)
The Railroad Commission of Texas pro-
poses the repeal of 3.56, concerning
scrubber oil and skim oil. This section is
being repealed because Statewide Rule
56 is undergoing enough revisions that it
is being proposed ac a new section. To
propose a new Statewide Rule 56, the cur-
rent Statewide Rule 56 must be repealed
simultaneously.
Kimberly L. Kiplin, staff attorney, has de-
termined that for the first five-year period
the repeal will be in effect there will be
no fiscal implications for state or local
government or small businesses as a
result of the repeal
Ms. Kiplin also has determined that for
each year of the first five years the repeal
is in effect there is no public benefit an-
ticipated as a result of the repeal. There
is no anticipated economic cost to indi-
viduals as a result of the repeal.
Comments on the proposal may be sub-
mitted to Kimberly L. Kipiin, Legal Sec-
tion, Oil and Gas Division, Railroad Com-
mission of Texas, P.O. Drawer 12967, Aus-
tin, Texas 78711-2967
The repeal is proposed under the Texas
Natural Resource Code, 81.052, 865.042,
and 85.059, which provides the Railroad
Commission of Texas with the authority
to make rules to require accurate record
keeping and to regulate persons and their
operations under the jurisdiction of the
commission..56. Serbber Oil and Skim Oil,
This isency hereby certifies that the pro-
posal has been reviewed by legal counsel
and found to be within the agency's au-
thority to adopt.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on May 3, 1986..TRD-86324
Walter Earl Lille
Special Counsei
Railroad Commission
of TexasProposed date of adoption:
July 10, 1965
For further Information, please call
(512) 4451188.The Railroad Commission of Texas pro-
poses new 3.56, concerning scrubber oil
and skim hydrocarbons. The new section
eliminates an Inequity between oil and
gas operators regarding allocation of liq-
uid hydrocarbons recovered by the salt-
water disposal system to their respective
allowables. This new section also in-
creases the tolerance or amount of hydro-
carbons not required to be allocated to
the allowable of the oil and gas operators
so that this amount can be realistically
measured.
Rita Percival, systems analyst, has deter-
mined that for the first five-year period
the rule will be in effect these will be fis-
cal implications as a result of enforcing
or administering the rule The anticipated
effect on state government is an estimat-
ed additional cost of $6,750 in 1986 There
is no additional cost past the first year
because the cost incurred establishes
this additional record keeping in the com-
puter system. There is no anticipated
cost for local government. The cost of
compliance for small business is negligi-
ble because the information required to
be filed will be reported on a form which
currently is required to be filed with the
Railroad Commission of Texas. Although
minor programming will be required for
those companies that file magnetic pro-
duction reports to include allocations to
gas leases, the cost will be negligible.Ms. Percival also has determined that for
each year of the first five years the rule
is in effect the public benefit anticipated
as a result of enforcing the rule is the
elimination of an existing inequity be-
tween oil and gas operators. The new sec-
tion provides better accuracy in record
keeping for both the state and business-
es which are required to comply with the
new section. The economic cost to indi-
viduals required to comply with the rule
as proposed is negligible because only
minor record keeping will be experienced.
Comments on the proposal may be sub-
mitted to Kimberly L. Kiplin, Legal Sec-
tion, Oil and Gas Division, Railroad Com-
mission of Texas, PO Drawer 12967, Aus-
tin, Texas 78711-2967.
The new section is proposed under the
Texas Natural Resources Code, $81.062,
85.042, and 85.059, which provides the
Railroad Commission of Texas with the
authority to make rules to require ac-
curate record keeping and to regulate per-
sons and their operations under the;uris-
diction of the commission.
3.56. Scrubber Oil and Skim Hydrocar-
bons.
(a) Definitions. The following words
and terms, when used in this section, shall
have the following meanings, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise.
(I) Scrubber oil-Oil that is accu-
mulated in the operation of a casinghead
natural gasoline plant processing casinghead
gas.
(2) Skim hydrocarbons--Oil and
condensate accumulations that result from
saltwater disposal skimming operations.
(3) Allocation-Charging scrubber
oil/skim hydrocarbons recovered by the
plant/saltwater disposal system operator
back to the producing properties connected
to the plant/saltwater disposal system.
(4) Tolerance-The amount of
scrubber oil/skim hydrocarbons that may
be recovered before the plant/saltwater
disposal operator must allocate to the pro-
ducing property.
(5) Identifiable slug of liquid hydro-
carbons-Volume of liquid hydrocarbons
that is received at the disposal facility where
the origin of such liquid hydrocarbons can
be clearly identified.10 Tur 146 Ma 10 195Txs qse
10 TexReg 1464 May 10, 1985
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