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Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Extension of Certain Expirations and Filing Requirements Administered by the Administrative Compliance and Technical Permitting Sections

Extension of Certain Expirations and Filing Requirements

Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division (Administrative Compliance and Technical Permitting Sections) · Texas (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Texas
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Tex. Nat. Res. Code ch. 81, 89, 91; 16 Tex. Admin. Code §§ 3.14, 3.15, 3.78; Governor's disaster declaration
Issued
2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
Effective
2020-04-03 ('effective immediately through September 30, 2020') (read as 2020-04-03)
End
2020-09-30 by its terms; extended to Dec. 31, 2020 (SEC-23-006); expired Dec. 31, 2020 (SEC-23-007) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Apr. 3, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Workplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • all Texas oil and gas operators holding permits, licenses, registrations, rule exceptions and Forms P-5
Functions reached
  • PM regulator filings and inspections
  • EX (inactive-well plugging under Rule 14(b)(2))
  • OP
Collection
Mining, Oil and Gas, and Energy Services SEC-23

Operative words

During this disaster declaration period, the Railroad Commission of Texas ('Commission') is extending deadlines for certain expirations and filing requirements effective immediately through September 30, 2020, as follows: 1. All current permits, licenses, registrations, and rule exceptions (except Form P-5...) issued by the Commission's Oil & Gas Division with termination or expiration dates between March 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020, are hereby extended so that the new termination or expiration date will for all purposes be September 30, 2020.... 2. An operator who has received a Notice of Violation ('NOV')... between March 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020, related to the following Statewide Rules... shall resolve the violation(s) on or before the response date indicated on the NOV or September 30, 2020, whichever is later: a. Over-Production Letters b. Form G-10 (Gas Well Status Report) c. Form W-10 (Oil Well Status Report) d. Notice of Severance or Cancellation regarding the Form P-4... h. Rule 14(b)(2) i. Rule 15 requirements for renewal of Form P-5 (Organization Report)

Enforcement

Commission NOVs, severances and P-5 renewals; financial security still required

Notes

The RRC's blanket extension of every Oil and Gas Division permit, licence, registration and exception expiring Mar. 1-Sept. 30, 2020, and of the deadlines to resolve violations of the inactive-well plugging rule; excludes financial security.

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