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This meeting of the Railroad Commission of Texas
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will come to order to consider matters which have been
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duly posted with the Secretary of State
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for October 16th, 2018.
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The Commission will consider the items on
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the agenda as posted on the agenda.
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Under our public participation policy,
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anyone desiring to offer public testimony
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on any items that are not noticed
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on today's agenda will need to fill out
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a testimony form found in the back of the room
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and submit it to Commission Secretary Kathy Way.
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Reminder to turn off your cell phones.
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Good morning, and Item No. 1.
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How are you?
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Good morning Chairman and commissioners.
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For the record my name is Christina Pull
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and I'm with the Oversight and Safety Division.
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Before you today is Gas Utilities Docket No. 10764,
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an application filed by Atmos Pipeline Texas for the 2018
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Rider Rev Adjustment for its
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customer service by its pipeline system.
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This is the first Rider Rev Adjustment since APT's
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last rate case GUD No. 10580.
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In GUD No. 10580, APT's other revenue was
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approved at $69,411,586.
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This amount represents the benchmark
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for measurement of a debit or credit
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for the Rider Rev Adjustment.
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In today's filing the adjustment represents
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a decrease in rates to the customers
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as other revenue increased to $98,317,086.
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The difference in other revenue
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from GUD No. 10580 is $28,905,500.
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Of this amount $21,679,125,
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or 75% will be a credit to rate CGS and rate PT customers.
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Staff recommends approval
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of the Rider Rev Adjustment as filed.
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I'm available to answer questions.
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Thank you Christina.
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Are there any questions?
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No.
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I move we approve the examiners' recommendation.
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Is there a second?
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Second.
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Second by Commissioner Sitton.
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All those in favor, say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Item's approved.
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Thank you.
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Item No. 2.
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Good Morning, Jennifer.
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Good morning Chairman and commissioners
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I am Jennifer Cook with the Hearings Division.
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Item 2 concerns a motion for rehearing
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of a Commission order approving an injection well permit.
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On January 23, 2018, the Commission issued an order
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granting Adams Affiliates' permit application
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to operate a disposal injection well.
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A timely motion for rehearing was filed by
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the protestant Thompson Mineral Trust #2.
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The applicant filed a response in opposition
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to the motion for rehearing.
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None of the issues raised in the motion
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for rehearing are new.
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All issues raised to the motion were already raised
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by the protestant and considered by the Commission
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prior to the Commission issuing the order in this case.
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The examiners recommend denying the motion.
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The motion will be overruled by operation of law
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on November 29, 2018.
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I'm available for questions.
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Thank you.
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Are there any questions?
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No.
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I have a person, we have a person here
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from the Thompson Mineral Trust.
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Does anybody want to hear from him
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and have any questions?
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Alright.
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I move we approve the examiners' recommendation.
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Is there a second?
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[Commissioner Christian] Second.
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Second Commissioner Christian.
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All those in favor, say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Item's approved.
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Thank you Jennifer.
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Morning Clayton.
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Good morning, Chairman, commissioners.
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Clayton Huber, Administrative Law Judge.
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Item No. 3 is a Good Faith claim case
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involving seven gas-producing units in the
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East Texas field area in Gregg County.
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This is a complaint by Deborah Christian
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that Breitburn Operating no longer has
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a Good Faith claim.
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The operator presented detailed testimony
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and record title for each of the seven
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producing gas units, including original underlying leases
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executed back in 1931
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when the East Texas field was being developed.
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Unit designations of each unit for the drilling
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and production of the Cotton Valley gas sands in about 1994.
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Amendments as necessary to the underlying
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leases to form such units,
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and Commission production records to show that the units
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have continuously produced gas to the present.
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The complainant was unable to show that the
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underlying leases were void or had expired.
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The production from the Cotton Valley Gas Sand
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since the mid 1990s has been continuous
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and has held the seven units and all the underlying
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leases in full force and effect.
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It is, therefore, recommended that the Commission
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find that the operator has a Good Faith claim to operate,
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and that the complaint be dismissed.
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Exceptions were filed by both sides but they raise
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no issues of law or fact not previously considered.
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As you know an amended proposal for decision
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was issued and now a second amended proposal
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for decision is being submitted to correct
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a few minor details of document descriptions
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in the findings of fact.
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I'm available for questions.
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Thank you.
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Are there any questions?
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No.
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I appreciate your work on this.
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Thank you.
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I move we approve the examiner's recommendation.
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Is there a second?
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Second.
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Second by Commissioner Sitton.
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All those in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Item's approved.
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No. 4.
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Morning Kristi.
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Good morning.
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Good morning Chairman, commissioners.
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For the record Kristi Reeve,
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Administrative Law Judge with the Hearings Division.
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I will be presenting Items No. 4 and 5.
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Item No. 4 resulted from a complaint
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received from a landowner.
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The issue is whether the commercial permit
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to inject fluid into a reservoir
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productive of oil or gas issued to Beta Oil Corporation
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was valid given the possible failure
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to notify the surface owner of the permit application,
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and if not valid should the permit be canceled.
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Prior to the hearing Beta requested cancellation
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of the permit and stated it would
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plug the well, therefore, no issues remained.
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At the hearing the complainant appeared via her
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attorney-in-fact, and requested an order ordering
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Beta to plug the well and clean up the lease
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in accordance with Statewide Rule 14.
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Beta did not appear at the hearing.
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Following the hearing I sent Beta's request
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to cancel its permit
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to the injection storage permits section
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of the Oil and Gas Division,
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and the permit was subsequently canceled.
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The examiners recommend that the Commission
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order Beta to plug and abandon the well
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and clean up the lease
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in accordance with Statewide Rule 14,
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and order cancellation of the existing plugging extension.
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I'm available for questions.
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Thank you.
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Are there any questions?
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No.
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I move we
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approve the examiners' recommendation.
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Is there a second?
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[Commissioner Christian] Second.
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Second By Commissioner Christian.
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All those in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Item's approved.
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Motion's passed.
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Thank you.
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No. 5.
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Thank you.
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Item No. 5 is a Good Faith claim docket.
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At the hearing the parties agreed that the mineral lease
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had been canceled by written agreement
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between the parties,
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thus, North Texas does not have a Good Faith claim.
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However, the parties disagree as to who
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has the plugging obligation for the wells
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per their written agreement.
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While there is certainly a contractual dispute
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between the parties, per Commission rules,
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and applicable statues North Texas remains
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the regulatory responsible operator of the lease and wells,
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and, therefore, as it does not have a Good Faith claim
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has the obligation to plug the wells.
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It is recommended that the Commission find
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that North Texas Energy Inc.
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does not have a Good Faith claim,
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and order the wells plugged and abandoned
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in accordance with Statewide Rule 14.
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Exceptions and replies were filed.
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The PFD and order were amended to include
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a permitted well drilled but not completed,
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thus, not on the parations schedule
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for the lease which had not been included
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in the original PFD and order.
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I'm available for questions.
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Thank you.
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Are there any questions.
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No.
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I move we approve the examiners' recommendation.
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Is there a second?
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Second.
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Second by Commissioner Sitton.
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All those on favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Item's approved.
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Thank you Kristi.
Thank you.
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Item No. 6
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Good morning Chairman and commissioners.
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My name is Lynn Latombe,
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Administrative Law Judge in Hearings Division.
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I'm here to present Item No. 6
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which is a motion for rehearing
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filed by Jay Management Company Inc.
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On August 21, 2018 the Commission entered a default order
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approving the single signature P4 submitted by
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Deguello Operating to transfer
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the operator of record for the AFNU lease
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from Jay Management Company to Deguello Operating.
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The order followed Jay's failure to respond
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to the Hearing Division's request for evidence
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of it's Good Faith claim or to request a hearing.
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Jay Management filed a motion for rehearing
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stating that they never received that request.
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Deguello opposes the motion.
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I recommend granting the motion for rehearing.
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The address to which Jay was sent
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correspondence was deficient.
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It is in the interest of justice
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that Jay be allowed the opportunity
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to present evidence of it's Good Faith claim.
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I'm available for any questions.
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Thank you.
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Are there any questions?
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And y'all fixed the problem, right?
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Going forward on the address issues.
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We've identified one other case
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but other than that we've been able to correct the problem.
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Okay, great.
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That one additional case where the address
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was incomplete from the transfer will be here,
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I believe, at next conference.
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Okay, great.
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Thank you.
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Alright, are there any other questions?
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No.
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I move we approve the examiner's recommendation.
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Is there a second?
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[Commissioner Christian] Second.
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Second by Commissioner Christian.
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All in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Item's approved.
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Thank you.
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Okay, we'll go to our Oil and Gas Consent Agenda.
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We have 44 items on that.
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Items 7--
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1-, --
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7-50. Get my numbers right.
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I move we approve Items 7-50.
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Is there a second?
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[Commissioner Sitton] Second.
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Second by Commissioner Sitton.
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All those in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Item's are approved.
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Were at Rule Inactive Well Items.
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We have three that have come in compliance:
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54, 57, and 59.
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So, we used to have 11, now we have eight items.
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Did we have anybody else?
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That it for items?
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Okay, so I move we approve Items 51-61
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with the exception of Items 54, 57, and 59.
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Is there a second?
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[Commissioner Christian] Second.
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Second by Commissioner Christian.
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All in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioner] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Those item's are approved.
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Master Default Item Orders.
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41 items originally but when you have 67 we are --
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got a settlement agreement on that,
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it's Item No. 67, is that correct?
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Okay.
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So, I move we approve Items 62-102
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with the exception of Item 67.
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Is there a second?
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[Commissioner Sitton] Second.
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Second by Commissioner Sitton.
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All those in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Those item's are approved.
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And we have a great --
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enforcement orders, 157 of these.
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I move we approve Items 103-259.
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Is there a second?
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[Commissioner Christian] Second.
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Second Commissioner Christian.
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All in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Those item's are approved.
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That concludes the Hearing section.
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Thank you Brenda.
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I'll take up Administrative.
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Good morning Chairman, commissioners.
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Morning.
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Wei Wang, Executive Director.
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Today, I am glad to report that we have a new
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Director of Government Relations, Jeremy Mazur.
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He started yesterday,
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and he's with us in the audience today.
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I'd like him to stand up, introduce him.
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Welcome.
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(Commission attendees applauding)
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And that concludes my report this morning.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Don't get all long-winded on us.
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Can I ask real quick,
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how many people do we have?
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How many people we reporting?
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Our head count is right below 750 at 749,
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and some, they're part-time employees in there.
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So, it's about 749.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Our goal is to bring up even higher,
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back to our 2015, 2014 level.
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Well, 100 people in a year's pretty impressive
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that we've hired.
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Now, we've gotta keep them.
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So, thank you for the work.
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Good Morning Alex.
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Good morning Chairman and commissioners.
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For the record my name is Alex Schoch
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General Counsel of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
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We've got nothing to report for Item 261.
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Vanessa has Item 262.
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Morning.
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Good morning, commissioners.
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Vanessa Burgess, Assistant General Counsel
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for the record.
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Item 262 on the agenda pertains to
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commissioner approval of certain contracts.
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Pursuant to the Commission's delegation of authority
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and state law,
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the Commission's internal delegation of authority
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requires commissioner approval of contracts
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and associated amendments greater than
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or equal to $500,000.
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At issue today is one amendment to the agency's
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agreement with Nubis for imaging services.
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This amendment increases the not to exceed ceiling
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of the agency's agreement.
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Approval of this item today will ensure agency
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operations remain on schedule and the necessary
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approvals will be in place pursuant to
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the Commissions delegation and also state law.
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A summary of this agreement including the contract number
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and amount was included in your notebook.
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Staff has permission to approve this agreement pursuant to
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the Commission's delegation of authority.
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Thank you.
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Are there any questions?
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I move we approve the staff's recommendation.
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Is there a second.
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[Commissioner Sitton] Second.
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Second Commissioner Sitton.
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All those in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Item's approved.
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[Vanessa & Chairman] Thank you.
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Good morning.
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How are you Clay?
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Good morning Chairman, commissioners.
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Real progress.
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Yes ma'am.
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For the record my name's Clay Whittle
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with the Oil and Gas Division.
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Item 263 is the Oil Field Cleanup Program, Fiscal Year
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2018, Fourth Quarter Status Report.
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I'll present the Well Plugging Report
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and Art Korea will present the site remediation portion.
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During the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2018
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plugging operations were completed
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and files were closed on 528 wells
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at a cost of $9,921,499.
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This includes only those wells that were plugged,
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invoiced by the plugging contractor and approved
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for payment by field operations.
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During this same period 596 new wells were approved
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for plugging with state funds.
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A total of 1,440 wells were physically plugged
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during Fiscal Year 2018,
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of which files were closed on 1,364
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at a cost of $23,393,101.
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The statewide average plugging cost for inland wells
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during Fiscal Year '18 was $16,787.
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I'll turn it over to Art now who will
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give the Status Report for Site Remediation.
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Thank you Clay.
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Y'all are during great work.
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Thank you.
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Good morning commissioners.
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Morning.
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For the record my name is Art Korea.
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I'm the team lead for the State-Managed Cleanup program.
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During the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year '18,
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the State-Managed Cleanup program completed
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and closed 141 cleanup activities
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at a cost of $2,182,036.
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138 of the activities used OGRC funds
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and three of the activities were grant funds.
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An additional 69 activities were authorized during
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the fourth quarter.
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At the end of the fourth quarter
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46 authorized cleanup activities remained to be completed.
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During the Fiscal Year '18--
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Performance for the year,
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we completed 228 activities
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at a cost of $3,137,090.
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225 of the activities were OGRC funds.
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Three activities were grant funds.
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May I answer any questions?
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Thank you.
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Are there any questions?
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'Preciate the work that both of y'all
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and your teams are doing.
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Doing a great job.
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Thanks.
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Thank you.
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[Man] Thank you.
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I also have Item 2 --
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I was gonna say, you're next too, right?
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Again, for the record.
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Art Korea, team lead for
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the State-Managed Cleanup program.
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The Oil and Gas Division is seeking approval
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of our State-Managed Cleanup program
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Fiscal Year '19 budget of $20,888,488.25.
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We anticipate 406
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cleanup activities and three grant activities.
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Again, I have a T-bar for your approval and signature.
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May I answer any questions?
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Thank you.
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Does anybody have any questions?
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Alright.
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I move we approve the staff's recommendation.
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Is there a second?
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[Commissioner Christian] Second.
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Second Commissioner Christian.
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All those in favor say aye.
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[Chairman & commissioners] Aye.
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Item's approved.
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Thank you Art.
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Thank you.
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Thank you Clay.
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Alright, Item 265 is our Public Participation Item.
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And no one has turned in cards indicating
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they wish to speak on any non-posted items.
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Item 266 is our Executive Session item
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which we won't be going into today.
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Are there any other duly posted items?
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Haring none, this meeting
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of the Railroad Commission's adjourned.
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Thank you all, very much.