{"id":"SEC-23-002","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"23","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division","authority":"Tex. Nat. Res. Code ch. 81; Governor\u0027s State of Disaster declaration of Mar. 13, 2020","instrument":"Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: State of Disaster in Texas Waiver Requests","title":"State of Disaster in Texas Waiver Requests","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"\u0027During the State of Disaster\u0027 (the disaster declaration continued through and beyond Sept. 30, 2021; TX-038)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["all Texas oil and gas operators"],"clause":"On March 13, Governor Greg Abbott declared a State of Disaster in Texas for all Texas counties in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. During the State of Disaster, oil and gas operators may request a waiver for regulatory requirements from the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC). The waiver requests will be reviewed on a case by case basis. Any waiver requests pertaining to a district office\u0027s regulatory requirements should be emailed to the district director and assistant district director of the district where the well is located.","enforcement":"Case-by-case waiver of Commission regulatory requirements","functions":["PM regulator filings","EX","SV"],"notes":"Tables of district directors for Districts 1-10 (San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi, Kilgore, Abilene, San Angelo, Midland, Lubbock, Wichita Falls, Pampa); the regulator\u0027s invitation to every operator to seek relief from its rules because of the disaster.","sourceUrl":"https://www.rrc.texas.gov/media/2tpdkt15/nto_state-disaster-waiver_og_3-24-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":213830,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-23","url":"/library/SEC-23-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-23-002","citation":"Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: State of Disaster in Texas Waiver Requests (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-23-002)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-038","SEC-23-001"]}