Chair Christian: This meeting Commissioner Sitton: I apologize
on behalf of healthy people. Chair Christian: If y'all see me humping around,
bent over like that. It's the pain back here, I
got X-rayed yesterday? Okay. This meeting of
the Railroad Commission of Texas will come to order to consider matters which have been
duly posted with the Secretary of State for
August 20, 2019. The Commission will consider
the items on the agenda as posted on the agenda.
Under our public participation policy, anyone
designed to offer public testimony on any items that are not noticed on
today's agenda will need to fill out a testimony
form found in the back of the room and submit
it to this Commission. Secretary Kathy Way. Please silence all your cell phones before
we begin. Okay, let's start with item number one. Kyle Lubbey: Morning, Chairman, Commissioners.
Kyle Lubbey with the Hearings division, I'll be presenting items one and two on today's
agenda. The subject of both items is replacement
bond applications filed about Texas Municipal
Power Agency, or TMPA, for its permits, Number
26D and 38D for the Gibbons Creek Lignite
Mine, located in Grimes County. Regarding item one, permit 26D is currently bonded
by collateral bond and letter of credit issued
by Wells Fargo Bank NA, or Wells Fargo, in
the amount of $10 million. TMPA requests acceptance
of a replacement collateral bond with an amendment to
accepted letter of credit, also issued by Wells Fargo, that effectively increases the
amount of bond to 11.4 million. The proferred
amendment also includes language that specifies the
Commission may draw on a letter of credit pursuant
to Section 12.309(g)2 of the regulations that
addresses when forfeiture proceedings are to commence, if a suitable replacement bond
or collateral was not accepted prior to the
expiration of the current collateral. All other terms
of the existing letter credit are unaffected by
the subject amendment, including the expiration
date of June 9, 2020. Acceptance of the replacement
collateral bond with amendment will result
in bonding that exceeds the amount of staff's
most recent reclamation cost estimate for
the permit, and all other issues have been
sufficiently addressed by TMPA for acceptance.
Ordering paragraphs were included in the proposed
order to ensure the timely submittal and
processing of replacement bond instruments
prior of the expiration of the accepted letter
of credit. Staff and TMPA are the only parties
to the proceeding. No exceptions were filed.
It is recommended the Commission accept the
proferred collateral bond with amendment to the
existing letter of credit to replace the current bond. I'm available for questions.
Chair Christian: Are there any questions? I
move we approve the examiners' recommendation.
Is there a second? Commissioner Sitton: Second. Chair Christian: All in favor say aye.
Any opposed? Motion passes. That item is approved. Item number two.
Kyle Lubbey: In item two, permit number 38D is currently bonded by a self bond
in the amount of $3.3 million in a collateral
bond with letter of credit issued by Wells
Fargo in the amount of 9.3 million. TMPA requests acceptance of a collateral bond with
amendment to the current letter of credit to replace the existing collateral bond. No
changes to the accepted self bond are proposed in
the application. The proferred amendment to the
letter of credit increases the amount of the
instrument to $11.9 million and includes language
to specifies the Commission can draw on the
letter of credit pursued the sections 12.309(g)2
of the regulations. No other terms of the existing letter of credit are altered by
the subject amendment, including the expiration
date of June 9, 2020. Upon acceptance of
the replacement collateral brown, an amendment
with the existing self bond remaining in place.
Total amount of bond for the permit will be
$15.2 million, an amount that exceeds staff's
most recent reclamation cost estimate. Our requirements for acceptance of collateral
bond with amendment to the current letter of credit have been met. Additional ordering
paragraphs are included in the proposed order
to ensure the timely submittal and processing
of replacement bond instruments. Staff and TMPA are the only parties to the proceeding.
Neither filed exceptions. It is recommended the
Commission accept the proferred collateral
bond with amendment to the letter of credit to
replace the existing collateral bond. I'm available for questions.
Chair Christian: Are there any questions? I move we approve
the examiners' recommendation. Is there a second? Commissioner Craddick: Second.
Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner Craddick. All
in favor say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. That
item is approved. Item number three.
Robert Music: Good morning, Chairman, Commissioners. Robert Music,
technical examiner for the hearings division.
Item number three is an application by Valence
Operating Company to amend field rules for the Girlie Caldwell Goodland LM Field in
Smith, Henderson and Van Zandt counties, Texas.
This item is an amended proposal for decision.
The initial PFD was considered by the Commission
at the December 11, 2018, conference. The
Commission issued an order approving the examiners
recommendation regarding the field rules,
which did not contain a tubing exception. Prior
to the issuance of the initial PFD, the examiners
believed that the applicant had withdrawn its
request for a tubing exception. The applicant
filed a motion for rehearing on January 7, 2019, stating the applicant had not intended
to withdraw its request for a tubing exception
and requested that the case be remanded for
consideration. The Commission remanded this case at the February 5, 2019, conference so
that Valence's request for a tubing exception
could be considered. On June 11, 2019, Valence
withdrew its request for a tubing exception due to the fact that the subject field is
now classified as a UFT field and has a tubing exception in accordance with Statewide
Rule 86. In the amended proposal for decision,
the recommendation by the examiners remain
the same as considered and approved by the
Commission at the December 11, 2018, conference.
No exceptions were filed. I'm available for questions.
Chair Christian: Any questions? I move we approve
the examiners' recommendation. Is there a second?
Commissioner Sitton: Second. Chair Christian: All in favor, say aye. Any opposed? Motion
passes. Item is approved. Item number four. John Moore: Good Morning, Chairman and Commissioners.
I'm John Moore, technical hearings Examiner.
I'll be presenting items four and five this morning.
Item four is the application of Barrow-Shaver Resources Company to establish a
new field designated as the Hidden Rock Cotton
Valley Line field and to adopt temporary field
rules for the new field. The final part of the
application is to transfer Barrow-Shavers
existing wells into the new field. The evidence
supports that Barrow-Shaver has completed
its wells in a previously untapped reservoir,
and that a new field designation is warranted.
Barrow-Shavers first five wells drilled and completed
in the new reservoir were vertically drilled.
One of the wells was subsequently recompleted
uphole in a separate reservoir. Barrow-Shaver
anticipates they will more fully develop the
reservoir with horizontal wells and has requested
field rules that will accommodate an efficient
development of the reservoir with both vertical
and horizontal wells. The application was protested by Brook Petroleum Company, which
did not offer a material case in opposition to the application. The recommendation is
to establish the Hidden Rock Cotton Valley Line Field
as a new field, adopt the field rules as requested,
and transfer four Barrow-Shavers wells into the newly designated field. There were no
exceptions filed. I'm available for questions.
Chair Christian: Any questions? I move we approve the examiners'
recommendation. Is there a second? Commissioner Craddick: Second. Chair Christian: Second by
Commissioner Craddick. All in favor say aye.
Motion passes. That item is approved. Item number five. John Moore: Item five is a consideration
of a motion for rehearing pertaining to the
application of Western Disposal Systems Inc.
to increase the maximum daily injection volume from 2000 barrels of fluid per day,
to 5000 barrels of fluid per day under its
existing permit. On June 18, 2019, the Commission
issued an order approving the application,
subject to special condition number one, that
a cement squeeze and plug be performed on a
nearby well. In its motion, applicant requests
that the Commission reopen the record for the limited purpose of receiving additional
information and analysis as to whether special
condition one is needed. Applicant provides
information about the original plugging of the nearby, plugged and abandoned well, and
attaches a plugging report on file with the
Commission. The information provided suggests
that the nearby plugged and abandoned well may
be sufficiently plugged, such that special
condition one is not necessary. The recommendation
is to grant the motion for rehearing for the
limited purpose of reopening the record to consider additional evidence and analysis
as to whether special condition one should be removed from the permit. No reply to
the motion was filed. The motion will be overruled
by Operation of Law on September 26, 2019.
I'm available for questions. Chair Christian: Are there
any questions? Commissioner Sitton: I do have one question.
John, I want to make sure in the, granting the motion
for rehearing in the limited case to consider
that this well is maybe now plugged. Am I recalling
correctly in reading the record that the protestant's
issue was this, that the new disposal would impact production, so we had come back
and said, alll right, but if we, there may be
this well that's at issue. So part of considering
that this well, let's suppose the well has been plugged, that there might be other
communications, some other issue that's causing impact to production of the formation.
In other words, yes, we're gonna only consider
that this well may be plugged, therefore do we
need this special condition? But in that context, will we be able to consider any
other issues with that well? You understand my question? John Moore: I think that I do
Commissioner Sitton: Maybe this way, I don't want to limit
so far that we can't consider that the well was plugged
adequately or that there may be other issues that could be causing production out
of the formation. I may be splitting hairs
here, but I want to make sure I'm being clear.
Unknown Speaker: So we can take your direction on on that matter.
Commissioner Sitton: Okay. Yes, that's it. I don't have a formal
motion. I just wanna make sure as we limit, we
don't limit too far. Chair Christian: Did you have a comment
that you wanted to make? Unknown Speaker: Miss Lewis said, I was gonna say, we can consider whatever scope the Commissioners decide.
So I believe the current order
does have the limiting, limits it to a review of what the examiner just mentioned.
If we need to broaden that, we can at your direction. Commissioner Sitton: I don't think we do.
Because when we consider whether or not the special
condition needs to be removed, I think that incorporates
that, look, if this well, if there's something
else or something around this well, that is
causing still communication or causing production
issues in the formation, I think that still
needs to be discussed. I just want to make
sure and if so, then we're good. I think your
language captures it. John Moore: If I may clarify.
Excuse me. The injection was into a non productive horizon.
Commissioner Sitton: Yes, sir, but the, I want to
make sure I'm recalling it correctly, however,
the issue of the well not being plugged was that
we could be causing issues in the productive
horizon. Which is what the protestant brought
up, correct? John Moore: No, sir. It was an issue on the
usable groundwater communication through the other plugged and abandoned well bore.
Into ground water rather than production. Commissioner Sitton: Okay. Yeah. Sorry? I
remembered incorrectly. Still though I guess I
want to make sure that it's not just whether
this well is plugged, but if there's any other
issues around this old well that could be
causing an issue, which I think is incorporated
in this language. So I'm good. I just wanted
to comment to make sure that we're thinking that way, which sounds like we are.
John Moore: We are going, if the Commission approves the
recommendation, we will look at all aspects of the old plugged
an abandoned well, whether it impacts and
productive horizon or usable quality groundwater.
Commissioner Sitton: Perfect. Thank you, that's all. Chair Christian: Any more questions?
I move we approve the examiners' recommendation.
Is there a second? Commissioner Sitton: Second. Chair Christian: Second, Commissioner Sitton.
All in favor say aye. All opposed? That
item passes. Thank you. Item number six. Christie Reeve: Good morning. Chairman, Commissioners. For the
record, Christie Reeve, administrative law judge with the hearings division. I'll be
presenting items number six and seven. Item number
six was to be a motion for rehearing, which
was resulting from a Commission order signed on June 18, 2019. However, the motion has
since been withdrawn, the effect of which is the June 18th order is now final, and the
matter is moot. The Commission does not need
to take any action. If there are no questions,
I'll proceed to item number seven. Chair Christian: Doing nothing is something I'm talented at doing
Christie Reeve: I'm glad I could assist. Item number
seven. On June 18, 2019, the Commission entered
an enforcement default order, finding NOXXE Oil and Gas LLC in violation of Statewide
Rules 8D1 and 20 and ordering the violations
resolved and assessing a penalty of $46,800. On June
5th, sorry, on July 15, 2019, NOXXE filed a timely motion for rehearing. In its motion,
NOXXE argues that there was no intent to be found in its Statewide Rule Eight violation
and the Statewide Rule 20 violation was the result of a misunderstanding. On July 19,
enforcement staff filed its response. Staff's response states that notice was perfected
via certified mail and NOXXE failed to answer. Staff further states that NOXXE
motion fails all prongs of the Craddick test and should be denied as a matter of
law. It is recommended the motion for rehearing be
denied. The motion will be overruled by Operation
of Law on September 26, 2019. I'm available for questions. Chair Christian: Any questions? Is there a second?
I move we approve the examiners' recommendation. Is there a second? Commissioner Craddick: Second.
Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner Craddick. All in favor say aye.
And opposed? Motion passes. The item is approved.
Thank you very much. Item number eight.
Joe Menifee: Good morning, Chairman, Commissioners. For the record,
my name's Joe Menifee, paralegal in the Hearings
division. I will be presenting items eight
through 10, all of which are P5 motions for rehearing filed as a result of final orders
denying renewal of the operators P5 because of
wells not compliant with Statewide Rule 15.
Item number eight is happy news. Subsequent
to filing its motion for rehearing, American
Pperating Company A has come into compliance.
Therefore it's recommended the motion be granted
and the underlying docket dismissed as moot. I'm available for questions. Chair Christian: Any questions?
Commissioner Craddick: I like good news. Chair Christian: Good news. I
move we approve the examiners' recommendation. Is there a second?
Commissioner Sitton: Second. Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner Sitton.
All in favor, say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. That
item is approved.
Joe Menifee: The good news continues. Item number nine. Subsequent to filing its motion for rehearing,
Breeze Oil LLC has come into compliance. Therefore
it's recommended the motion be granted and
the underlying docket dismissed as moot. I'm available for questions. Chair Christian: Any questions?
I move we approve the examiners' recommendations. Is there a second?
Commissioner Craddick: Second. Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner Craddick. All
in favor say aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. That item is approved.
Joe Menifee: Item number 10. In its motion for rehearing,
Energas Corp states they mistakenly believed its
compliance issues would be resolved prior to hearing and therefore response was not
necessary. Staff opposes the motion. Two wells
remain noncompliant with Statewide Rule 15.
It's recommended the motion be denied. The motion will be overruled by operational law
on September 12. I'm available for questions.
Chair Christian: Any questions? I move we approved the examiners'
recommendation. Is there a second? Commissioner Sitton: Second. Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner
Sitton. All in favor, say aye. Any opposed? Motion
passes. Let's move to the Oil and Gas Consent agenda.
There are 44 items on the consent agenda.
I'm gonna get this, maybe in the third round,
you know. There are 44 items on the Consent
Agenda. I move we approve items 11 through 54.
Is there a second? Commissioner Craddick: Second. Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner
Craddick. All in favor say aye. Any opposed?
Motion passes. These items are approved. Move
on to the Master Default Orders. There are 87 Master Default Orders. I move we approve
items 55 through 141. Is there a second? Commissioner Sitton: Second.
Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner Sitton. All in favor say
aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Those items are approved. Move to Agreed Enforcement
Orders. There are 352 Agreed Enforcement Orders.
I move we approve items 142 through 493. Is there
a second? Commissioner Craddick: Second. Chair Christian: 2nd by Commissioner Craddick.
All in favor say aye. Any opposed? Motion
passes. Those items are approved. That concludes
the Hearing section. We will now take up the Administrative agendas.
Wei Wang: Morning, Chairman, Commissioners. For the record, Wei Wang, Executive
Director. Just a quick, quick update on the regulatory conference. This is the first
day of the 2019 Regulatory Conference going on in the AT&T Center, and this is the
second year we combined the oil & gas and
pipeline conferences together, and it is another
sold out event. So just wanna invite staff to stop by and attend some of the sessions.
Good learning opportunity. And as of today,
our head count is 808 employees. We continue
to hire many positions. We currently have about 40 some openings posted and encourage
anybody that's interested to apply for that. On the well plugging front, we are
at 1669 wells we have completed year to date,
399 site remediation activity. So as we get
closer to year end, I imagine that number will continue to go up and continue to exceed
the performance measures. And with that, that concludes
my report this morning. Thank you. Chair Christian: Any questions?
Okay. Thank you much, Wei. Appreciate your work, again, that you've done is excellent.
Corey Crawford: Good morning. Chairman and Commissioners.
Corey Crawford, chief financial officer. Item
495 is the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget. This budget is just over $138
million and it ties to the General Appropriations
Act for the 86th Legislature. Staff recommends
the Commission adopt the proposed budget and authorize
staff to make any necessary conforming changes.
I'm available for any questions. Chair Christian: Are there any questions?
Commissioner Craddick: No. Chair Christian: Do we need to vote today to approve that budget?
Are there any comments? Commissioner Craddick: Thank you for the work. Chair Christian: Yes. I move that we accept
the recommendation of the executive office. Any questions? Is there a second? Commissioner Sitton: Second.
Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner Sitton. All
in favor say aye. Any opposed? It's approved.
Now we move to, anything else? Alex Schott: Item 496. Good morning,
Chairman. Commissioners, for the record, my name is Alex Schott,
General Counsel for the Railroad Commission of Texas. For item
496, we don't have any report on pending litigation today. Vanessa has some reports
on item 497 and 498. Vanessa Burgess: Good Morning, Commissioners.
Vanessa Burgess, Assistant General Counsel, for
the record. Item number 497 on the agenda pertains to Commissioner approval of certain
contracts pursuant to the Commission's delegation
of authority and sections 2261.254 and
2155.8 of the Texas Government Code. The Commission's
internal delegation of authority requires
Commissioner approval of contracts and associated
amendments greater than or equal to $500,000
Section 2261.254 of the Texas Government Code
requires approval of contracts and associated
amendments greater than $1 million and Section
2155.88 requires Commissioner consideration
of material changes to contracts, including increases greater than 10%. At issue today
are contracts for well plugging, site remediation,
and fleet. Approval of this item today will
ensure agency operations remain on schedule
and the necessary approvals will be in place
pursuant to the Commission's delegation of
authority and state law. The summary of these
agreements, including requisition numbers and amounts, was included in your notebooks.
Staff asks the Commission approve these agreements
pursuant to the Commission's delegation
and state law. Chair Christian: Okay, Are there any questions?
Commissioner Craddick: More trucks, all for more trucks. Chair Christian: Good trucks is good
It's the TxDoT and the roads that we're worried about. Commissioner Craddick: Well, that's a different problem.
Chair Christian: That's right. I move we approve Item 497.
Is there a second? Commissioner Craddick: Second. Chair Christian: All in favor say
aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. That item is approved. Vanessa Burgess: Thank you. Item 498
pertains to the adoption of revisions to the
Commission Employee Handbook and replacement
of the 2007 Electronic Communications Policy with an updated Electronic Communications
Guidelines document that will be housed within the ITS division, along with its other
standard user guidelines and processes. If
approved, the handbook revisions will supersede
all prior agency revisions and serve as the guiding human resources policy document
for Railroad Commission staff on those matters.
The new, excuse me, draft versions of these
revisions and guidelines are included in your notebook materials, and I am available
to answer any questions. Chair Christian: Are there any questions?
I move we approve Item 498. Is there a second?
Commissioner Sitton: Second. Chair Christian: Second by Commissioner Sitton. l
All in favor say aye. Any opposed? Motion
passes. That item is approved. Thank you very much. Okay. Item 499.
Jason Clark: Good morning, Chairman. Commissioners.
For the record, my name is Jason Clark, assistant
director for the Oil and Gas division. Administrative
Compliance. Today, we're bringing one item
item 499. We're requesting the approval of non substantive revisions to the following
oil and gas forms, and I'll read them off for
you. The form P1B, form PR, the form
P15, the form W3, the form W3C, and the form W3X. We're also addressing
form PSA12. But we're gonna remove that form
because it's no longer in use. So these forms
were identified as part of the Oilfield Relief
Initiative, and the non substantive changes
will be made to correct typographical errors,
remove forms no longer in use, correct the
Commission's website address, correct Commission's
return address, and reflect the revision date.
I'm available for questions. Chair Christian: Are there any questions?
Commissioner Craddick: To say thank you. It's continuing and getting
rid of a form. What a big thing at this agency,
so I appreciate it. Thanks, Jason.
Chair Christian: Move we approve item 499. Is there a second?
Commissioner Craddick: Second. Chair Christian: All in favor say aye. Motion passes. That
item is approved. Thank you very much. And I before you move on. Any other report that
you have? Okay, before we move on, I'd like to acknowledge
from the Commission, Secretary Kathy Way. Kathy
will be retiring on August 31st. And this will be her last Conference as Commission
Secretary. She's devoted the last 38 an a half
years of her life to public service in this
Commission. My fellow Commissioners, please join me inviting Kathy up to the front to
present her with some of items that I believe we have from some dignitaries. Hey. Oh, this
(crowd chatter)
Commissioner Craddick: I've got a certificate from Senator Charles Perry. Big smile.
Commissioner Sitton: This one is a proclamation from the governor.
Chair Christian: (inaudible) This is a flag to keep in memory of us being
here and all that you've done and all the pins on your lapel (laughter)
It's amazing, it truly is. We thank you, Kathy. We appreciate you so much.
We just wish you the best on your retirement and being grandma. (applause)
(crowd chatter)
(applause)
Commissioner Craddick: So now we all get to roast you
for just a minute. So for those of you who don't know,
Kathy started our map room with the cloth maps.
Think how far we've come. We're actually
online. With the cloth maps. You've been in pretty much every piece of the oil and
gas division, haven't you, I think? So if you really
want to know where the dead bodies are buried
or how to find things and or the mainframe,
Kathy's your person and always has been. And
so we're gonna miss you. I think you're going to get some phone calls as we're morphing
from a mainframe. I know you've already started
that conversation. Thank you for that. And
you've been wonderful to us as Commissioners
with a smile on your face every day when we
walk through the door and knowing the inner workings and for me, I always ask questions
and you get a lot of phone calls. So thank you for being part of the solution at this
agency. I'm sure you can't count the thousands of people you have helped at this,
while you've been at this agency. What an amazing
legacy you've left for all of us. And an example.
So those who you don't answer your phone, I'm
gonna tell you Kathy's gonna call you. But after
almost 40 years of service, thank you for what you've done for us. But I think
her most important job has been mom and now grandmother. And so I hope that you enjoy
the next phase of your life. And I'm gonna say to you what you always said to me. Thank
you. And it has been an honor to work for you.
(applause)
Kathy, you know, this is my first time in public office. And
as long as I've been here, you've been at the front desk
and you've had stories about your 38 and a half
years from crazy stories about former executive
directors to taking cards, punch cards, home to do prorations. You know, and the
warmth of your smile when I come in in the morning is really special. And sometimes
I'm breezing through really quickly and hey, Good morning, Kathy. And always a big smile
to welcome me. But the thing that will live with me the longest is two or three times
when I have done something or said something,
you have had the most sincere appreciation
for it. You would say something like I thought
what you did today was good or I thought what
you said was good, and because of your history
and your sincerity, when you say that, it's
really meaningful. Not often do we hear that between news stories and political
banter. So thank you for that, because your
personal touch, to me in my limited time here,
has been really special. Thank you.
(applause)
Commissioner Craddick: Do you have your daughter back there? Will you introduce her?
Chair Christian: Welcome to the, your mom is a hero to
a lot of people in this room and in this organization.
And may I say, being the child on the block
here with more experienced Commissioners here,
it has been absolutely, to walk into the reception
room of our offices up there on the floor
12, and have you be the one that greets each day. What an encouraging way to start the
day. I mean, it's the greatest thing of the
Texas Railroad Commission, beyond any doubt,
are the employees. The 806 we have now? But Kathy
has been one that has always been encouraging,
supportive. When things don't seem very good,
Kathy always has the smile and encourages. Oh,
come on, we can do it. And she's been through
the fights that she seen at this place. And
she knows the long term is if you have good people, you're gonna have good results. And
Kathy is the example of the employees throughout
this Commission that make it the greatest
on planet Earth. And Kathy, the thing that's
astounding, is that the reason you're leaving,
I love what you told me, you said that it was time to do, be a mom and a grandma, and
that's quite important. And to understand that
you do recognize the most important things
of life is very humbling to all of us and
encouraging. And so you'll always be an example,
a reason that we look forward to coming to work in this place. So thank you for all
that you've done. Commissioner Sitton: Kathy. One last thing because I just don't think we could come in every
day and not see Kathy Way when we walk in the office.
So the three Commissioner's offices have decided
that, or discussed, that we'd like to rename
the conference room, the the upstairs, from the
Willa Mae to the Kathy Way Conference room. (applause) So I'd like to
make a motion that we rename the main conference
room upstairs to The Kathy Way Railroad Commission
Conference Room. Chair Christian: Is there a second? Commissioner Craddick: Second.
Chair Christian: All in favor of renaming the room to the Kathy Way Room, say
aye. Any opposed? There are none. That motion is approved. (applause) Okay, Before we move on
with the rest of our meeting, let me just invite all the Railroad Commission employees
are celebrating, our reception celebrating.
Kathy's retirement, will be held in room 111-106A
immediately following the conference today. So make sure you make your way there
to congratulate Kathy, and let me get to the last page here.
Item 500 our public participation item. No
one has turned in cards indicating that they
wish to speak on any non posted items. Item
501 is our executive session item, which we will not be going into today. Are there any
other duly posted matters to be brought before
the Commission at this time? Hearing none.
This meeting of the Railroad Commission of Texas is adjourned.