WEBVTT 00:00:00.100 --> 00:00:02.700 The feed for this streaming event brought to you by 00:00:02.710 --> 00:00:07.288 adminmonitor. All right, y'all ready. Good morning. This meeting 00:00:07.299 --> 00:00:09.769 of the Railroad Commission of Texas will come to order. 00:00:09.778 --> 00:00:12.429 To consider matters which have been duly posted with 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:17.239 the Secretary of State for March 28th, 2023. Under 00:00:17.250 --> 00:00:20.370 our Public Participation Policy, anyone desiring to 00:00:20.379 --> 00:00:23.568 offer public testimony on any items that are not noticed 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:27.158 on today's agenda was required to register in advance. 00:00:27.170 --> 00:00:30.228 We had two people register in advance. The Commission 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:33.069 will consider the items on the agenda as posted on 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:35.228 the agenda. And I think Commissioner Wright, you wanted 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:37.469 to start with a couple comments this morning. I wanted 00:00:37.478 --> 00:00:40.259 to give a shout out. I had the pleasure and honor yesterday, 00:00:40.270 --> 00:00:42.259 to go down and speak to a class down at the UT 00:00:42.270 --> 00:00:45.130 Engineering School, which is led by Brian Sullivan. 00:00:45.569 --> 00:00:47.259 I just wanted to give a shout out to them. I was 00:00:47.270 --> 00:00:51.418 impressed. That class was almost full of people looking 00:00:51.429 --> 00:00:54.020 at becoming petroleum engineers in our industry. And 00:00:54.029 --> 00:00:55.908 a bunch of them already told me they had gotten commitments 00:00:55.918 --> 00:00:59.459 on jobs. So very proud of, of seeing that happening 00:00:59.469 --> 00:01:01.590 and what that school is accomplishing. So I just wanted 00:01:01.598 --> 00:01:04.829 to kind of praise them a little bit. Thank you. Well, thanks for 00:01:04.838 --> 00:01:06.719 thanks for continuing to educate them. They've got 00:01:06.730 --> 00:01:11.260 a great program over there. I don't know if I educated 'em any but. 00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:13.388 It's always helpful to see that you can still get a 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:15.709 job in this industry. We're looking for good folks 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:19.189 I think. They've got a great program over there. All 00:01:19.198 --> 00:01:22.079 right. Um, anything else? Would you like to share your 00:01:22.088 --> 00:01:25.900 new book with us? No, I'd better not. 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:29.469 Uh no, I'll mention though the Panola College in, in 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:32.418 uh Carthage, Texas, deep East Texas. Is about to dedicate 00:01:32.430 --> 00:01:34.939 their new energy school, they're expanding it. Oh, good. So we 00:01:34.948 --> 00:01:37.599 we have a new school in deep East Texas. Which is you 00:01:37.609 --> 00:01:39.829 know it's, it's like expanding the knowledge and education 00:01:39.838 --> 00:01:42.349 Jim is, is participating in that. It's just good to see it happen. 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:44.230 Yeah, when I went over there. What I was impressed about 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.599 Panola College is. If you went to their Technical School, 00:01:47.609 --> 00:01:49.834 they would allow those hours to be credited back at 00:01:49.844 --> 00:01:52.305 UT to get a further degree. That, that was impressive 00:01:52.314 --> 00:01:54.424 to me. That is. Yeah and, and they're using by the way. They 00:01:54.433 --> 00:01:57.263 have almost every county in the area. That can use their 00:01:57.275 --> 00:01:59.424 high school credit, many of their high school credits 00:01:59.433 --> 00:02:02.584 goes directly to Panola. And a lot of our kids in deep East 00:02:02.594 --> 00:02:05.513 Texas are graduating high school, and going into their 00:02:05.525 --> 00:02:08.504 sophomore year in the, in the Technical College there. 00:02:08.713 --> 00:02:12.729 That's great. Which is very good. That's great. Odessa has a good program with 00:02:12.740 --> 00:02:15.118 that. Midland do, a lot of them do. A lot of these Junior 00:02:15.129 --> 00:02:17.599 Colleges are innovative and smart about what they're 00:02:17.610 --> 00:02:20.649 doing, trying to get a workforce educated. So, and 00:02:20.659 --> 00:02:24.199 and not just with a degree program, but just certificates 00:02:24.210 --> 00:02:27.490 too, which I think is great. We gotta have a workforce. 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:30.689 So I appreciate what's going on out in the world, in 00:02:30.699 --> 00:02:34.139 our workforce um, development. Uh, let's see. We're 00:02:34.149 --> 00:02:40.758 on Item No. 1. Good morning. 00:02:40.758 --> 00:02:43.778 Morning Chairman and Commissioners. Morning. I'm Brennan 00:02:43.788 --> 00:02:46.219 Foley, Administrative Law Judge in the Hearings Division. 00:02:46.849 --> 00:02:49.419 Item No. 1 is the Statement of Intent of Texas 00:02:49.429 --> 00:02:52.219 Gas Service company, the Division of ONE Gas Inc., to 00:02:52.229 --> 00:02:55.750 change gas utility rates. At the last conference, the 00:02:55.758 --> 00:02:58.500 Commission issued a final order approving an increase 00:02:58.508 --> 00:03:02.169 in TGS's rates. Subsequently TGS in the City of 00:03:02.179 --> 00:03:06.000 El Paso, timely filed motions for rehearing. The City 00:03:06.008 --> 00:03:08.740 of El Paso requests that the Commission reverse its 00:03:08.750 --> 00:03:12.520 decisions on consolidation of TGS's service areas, 00:03:12.528 --> 00:03:16.338 incentive compensation, bifurcated residential rates 00:03:16.558 --> 00:03:19.389 and jurisdiction over TGS's appeal of the City of Borger 00:03:19.399 --> 00:03:23.618 rate action. The City of El Paso's motion for rehearing, 00:03:23.758 --> 00:03:27.058 raises no new meritorious issues of fact or law. That 00:03:27.069 --> 00:03:29.580 have not previously been considered by the Commission. 00:03:29.929 --> 00:03:31.949 The Examiner's thus recommend that the Commissioners 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:36.258 deny the City of El Paso's motion for rehearing. TGS's 00:03:36.308 --> 00:03:38.580 motion for rehearing requests that the Commission's 00:03:38.588 --> 00:03:42.179 final order. Separately state the base year level of pension 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:45.088 and other post employment benefits amounts in Finding 00:03:45.099 --> 00:03:49.409 of Fact No. 90. And included Fort Bliss as an additional 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:52.399 customer class in setting the baseline allocation factors. 00:03:52.659 --> 00:03:55.149 To be used in future interim rate adjustment filings 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:59.258 and Finding a Fact No. 113F. As recommended that 00:03:59.270 --> 00:04:02.088 the Commissioners grant TGS's motion for rehearing. 00:04:02.288 --> 00:04:04.550 For the limited purpose of amending the final order 00:04:04.558 --> 00:04:07.729 in accordance with TGS's request and it's a motion for 00:04:07.740 --> 00:04:10.740 rehearing. Except that the interim rate adjustment factor 00:04:10.750 --> 00:04:13.610 should be calculated in accord with the Examiner's 00:04:13.618 --> 00:04:16.889 calculation in Hearings Letter No. 28. No party 00:04:16.899 --> 00:04:20.978 opposes these changes. Approval of TGS's motion will 00:04:20.988 --> 00:04:23.269 not result in a change in rates. And I'm available for 00:04:23.278 --> 00:04:26.247 questions. Thank you. Are there any questions? No. 00:04:26.588 --> 00:04:29.478 All right. We have someone from TGS and El Paso 00:04:29.488 --> 00:04:32.427 are preregistered and are available for questions. 00:04:32.437 --> 00:04:36.488 Do we have any questions to those parties? No. Ok, I move 00:04:36.497 --> 00:04:38.548 we approve the Examiner's recommendation. Is there 00:04:38.557 --> 00:04:41.877 a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Christian. All in favor, 00:04:41.889 --> 00:04:45.288 say aye. Aye. Motion passes, that item's approved. Thank you. 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:51.059 Item No. 2. 00:04:51.059 --> 00:04:52.829 Good morning Chairman, Commissioners. Good morning. 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:55.970 My name is Peter Buva, Technical Examiner with the Hearings 00:04:55.980 --> 00:04:58.079 Division. 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.619 Item No. 2 is the application of Complete Energy 00:05:00.629 --> 00:05:03.759 Services Inc., pursuant to statewide rule 8. 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:06.600 For renewal of the permit to operate the commercial 00:05:06.608 --> 00:05:09.738 wash out pit on the North Charlotte Lease located in 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:14.290 Atascosa County, Texas. The application is protested by 00:05:14.298 --> 00:05:17.759 Mr. Kevin Duffy, Ms. Patricia Scott and Mr. Michael 00:05:17.769 --> 00:05:21.189 Scott. Who are adjacent landowners and nearby residents. 00:05:21.670 --> 00:05:23.959 The protestants contend that the wash out pit will 00:05:23.970 --> 00:05:27.720 cause pollution of ground and surface water. Other 00:05:27.730 --> 00:05:30.548 concerns raised at the hearing. Such as negative impact 00:05:30.559 --> 00:05:34.048 of the Complete Energy's operation on roads, air quality 00:05:34.059 --> 00:05:36.858 and real estate value are not within the Commission's 00:05:36.869 --> 00:05:39.199 jurisdiction. 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:41.750 Complete Energy presented evidence in support of bid 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.769 design as protective of groundwater and surface water. 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.389 The pit is a concrete pit with a high density polyethylene 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:51.980 liner underneath. The pit is used to capture and contain 00:05:51.988 --> 00:05:55.500 wastewater. Generated from cleaning vacuum truck trailers 00:05:55.509 --> 00:05:59.220 and frack tanks utilized in oil and gas operations. 00:06:00.009 --> 00:06:02.608 It is surrounded by containment structures that prevent 00:06:02.619 --> 00:06:06.428 stormwater run on and wastewater run off. The Examiners 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:10.170 find that the pit as designed. Adequately segregates 00:06:10.178 --> 00:06:13.889 contact from noncontact stormwater and prevents the 00:06:13.899 --> 00:06:17.649 pollution of surface and subsurface waters. The Examiners 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:20.709 recommend approval of the application. No exceptions 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:22.970 and replies have been filed and I'm available for any 00:06:22.988 --> 00:06:26.230 questions. Thank you. Are there any questions? No. All right. 00:06:26.238 --> 00:06:28.850 I move we approve the Examiner's recommendation. Is 00:06:28.858 --> 00:06:32.139 there a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Wright. All in favor, 00:06:32.149 --> 00:06:35.559 say aye. Aye. Motion passes, that item's approved. Thank you. 00:06:37.220 --> 00:06:41.838 Item No. 3. Morning. Good morning Chairman, Commissioners. 00:06:41.850 --> 00:06:44.480 Good morning. Kristi Reeve, Administrative Law Judge 00:06:44.488 --> 00:06:47.660 with the Hearings Division. Item No. 3 is the 00:06:47.670 --> 00:06:50.899 application of Tahiti Partners for unrestricted renewal 00:06:50.910 --> 00:06:54.619 of its P-5 and to contest the Staff determination 00:06:54.910 --> 00:06:58.350 that its P-5 cannot be renewed due to noncompliance 00:06:58.358 --> 00:07:02.230 with statewide rule 15. Staff provided evidence that 00:07:02.238 --> 00:07:05.189 Tahiti is the operator of record for 3 wells that 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:08.759 are noncompliant with statewide rule 15. Tahiti did 00:07:08.769 --> 00:07:12.278 not dispute Staff's evidence. It is recommended the 00:07:12.290 --> 00:07:15.738 application be denied. No exceptions were filed. I'm 00:07:15.750 --> 00:07:19.160 available for questions. Thank you. Are there any questions? 00:07:19.970 --> 00:07:22.238 No. I move we approve the Examiner's recommendation. Is 00:07:22.250 --> 00:07:25.689 there a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Christian. All in favor, 00:07:25.699 --> 00:07:30.019 say aye. Aye. Motion passes, that item's approved. Thank you. Item 00:07:30.028 --> 00:07:36.028 No. 4. 00:07:36.028 --> 00:07:39.040 Good morning Chairman, Commissioners. Morning. I am John Merculief, 00:07:39.829 --> 00:07:41.660 Administrative Law Judge with the Hearings Division. 00:07:42.369 --> 00:07:45.048 Item No. 4 is the result of a complaint by Ashley Watt 00:07:45.059 --> 00:07:48.129 contesting Staff determination. That Well No. 87 00:07:48.189 --> 00:07:51.139 on the subject lease operated by Walsh & Watts Inc. 00:07:51.149 --> 00:07:55.290 Is compliant with statewide rules 8 and 13. Ms. 00:07:55.298 --> 00:07:57.278 Watt initiated a complaint with the Midland District 00:07:57.290 --> 00:08:00.928 Office. Staff's inspection found violations of statewide 00:08:00.939 --> 00:08:04.928 rules 8 and 13. A subsequent inspection found the lease 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:08.480 was in compliance with these rules. Ms. Watt contends that 00:08:08.488 --> 00:08:11.048 the follow up inspection was insufficient, because it 00:08:11.059 --> 00:08:14.500 was based on the visual inspection alone. Commission 00:08:14.509 --> 00:08:16.600 rules do not require soil sampling of the type sought 00:08:16.608 --> 00:08:19.778 by Ms. Watt, in the case of minimal spills of hydrocarbons. 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:23.379 No evidence was presented in any spill as the subject 00:08:23.389 --> 00:08:26.439 well met or exceeded the thresholds for soil sampling. 00:08:27.009 --> 00:08:29.389 It is recommended that the Commission confirm Staff's 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:33.119 findings of the August 4, 2021, inspection. And find 00:08:33.129 --> 00:08:35.830 the well and lease were in compliance with statewide 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.019 rules 8 and 13 at that time. No exceptions were 00:08:39.029 --> 00:08:41.619 received, I'm available for questions. Thank you. Are 00:08:41.629 --> 00:08:44.918 there any questions? No. You have somebody here from Ms. 00:08:44.928 --> 00:08:47.908 from Walsh & Watts. Do we have any questions of that 00:08:47.918 --> 00:08:51.269 gentleman? No. All right. I move we approve the Examiner's 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.369 recommendation. Is there a second? Second. Second by Commissioner 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:57.798 Wright. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion passes, that item's 00:08:57.808 --> 00:09:06.840 approved. Thank you. Item No. 5. 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:09.379 Good morning Chairman, Commissioners. For the record, 00:09:09.389 --> 00:09:12.090 My name is Mandy Patel, Administrative Law Judge for 00:09:12.099 --> 00:09:15.969 the Hearings Division. Item 5 is a motion for rehearing. 00:09:16.239 --> 00:09:20.580 On February 17, 2023, the Hearings Division issued 00:09:20.590 --> 00:09:23.590 an order dismissing the application of L & B Oil and 00:09:23.599 --> 00:09:27.399 Gas Equipment, LLC. A timely motion for rehearing was 00:09:27.408 --> 00:09:31.200 received from L & B and Gabriel Rodriguez. Killam Oil 00:09:31.210 --> 00:09:34.019 Co., Ltd filed a reply in opposition to the 00:09:34.029 --> 00:09:36.869 motion. None of the issues raised in the motion are 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:39.658 new. All issues raised in the motion were already raised 00:09:39.668 --> 00:09:42.190 by L & B and Rodriguez and considered by the Hearings 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:45.019 Division, prior to the Hearings Division issuing the 00:09:45.029 --> 00:09:48.418 order in this case. It is recommended that the Commission 00:09:48.428 --> 00:09:52.288 deny the motion for rehearing. The motion will be overruled 00:09:52.298 --> 00:09:55.798 by operation of law on May 30. I am available for questions 00:09:55.969 --> 00:09:58.879 Thank you. Are there any questions? No. All right, 00:09:58.889 --> 00:10:01.099 I move we approve the Examiner's recommendation. Is 00:10:01.109 --> 00:10:04.440 there a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Christian. All in favor, 00:10:04.450 --> 00:10:07.869 say aye. Aye. Motion passes, that item's approved. Thank you. 00:10:08.259 --> 00:10:11.009 Let's move on to the Oil and Gas Consent Agenda. There 00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:15.029 are 37 items on the Oil and Gas Consent Agenda. 00:10:15.038 --> 00:10:18.869 Uh, we've got someone who's preregistered and available 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:23.469 for questions on items 23-26. If anybody has 00:10:23.479 --> 00:10:28.190 any questions of her. No. All right. If not um, I move that 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:33.149 we approve Items 6-42. Is there a second? Second. Second 00:10:33.158 --> 00:10:36.479 by Commissioner Wright. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion 00:10:36.489 --> 00:10:40.330 passes, those items are approved. Um, Master Default 00:10:40.340 --> 00:10:43.710 Orders. There are 22 Master Default Orders. I move 00:10:43.719 --> 00:10:49.009 we approve of items 43-64. Is there a second? Second. Second 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:53.359 by Commissioner Christian. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion passes, 00:10:53.369 --> 00:10:56.918 those items are approved. Agreed Enforcement Orders. 00:10:57.038 --> 00:11:02.109 Um, there are 265 Agreed Enforcement Orders. I move 00:11:02.119 --> 00:11:06.739 that we approve item 65-329. Is there a second? 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:10.798 Second. Second by Commissioner Wright. All in favor, say aye. Aye. 00:11:10.808 --> 00:11:14.200 Those motions, those items are approved and that concludes the 00:11:14.210 --> 00:11:17.700 Hearings Division. Um, we'll now take up our Administrative 00:11:17.710 --> 00:11:20.009 Agenda. 00:11:20.009 --> 00:11:23.460 Let's see. And y'all wanna pass, Staff wants to pass 00:11:23.469 --> 00:11:30.250 item 330, correct? Ok. So 331 is our Public Participation 00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:33.399 Item. We have 2 people who have registered to speak. 00:11:33.408 --> 00:11:35.678 Um Mr. White, if you'll come up. Please state your name 00:11:35.690 --> 00:11:44.500 and who you represent. 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:49.739 I'm a Skyler White, I'm representing myself. Uh, nobody 00:11:49.750 --> 00:11:52.288 paid me to come down here. I paid my own way to 00:11:52.298 --> 00:11:56.418 get here and I'm representing myself. Uh, I wanna appreciate 00:11:56.428 --> 00:11:59.529 y'all come back out and uh, looking at this well on 00:11:59.538 --> 00:12:05.139 the ranch. Turns out this well was actively leaking. Uh, counting 00:12:05.149 --> 00:12:07.558 that well and the Sulfer well that Jim's working 00:12:07.570 --> 00:12:10.479 on, and thank you for that. Uh, there's 12 of these wells 00:12:10.489 --> 00:12:14.200 that are flowing on my ranch. According to your scoring system, 00:12:14.210 --> 00:12:18.918 these wells all score a top priority. I first uh reported, 00:12:18.928 --> 00:12:22.308 started reporting these wells back in December. These 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:25.158 wells have been leaking and flowing since December 00:12:25.369 --> 00:12:28.700 since I reported them, you know about them. Uh, the 00:12:28.710 --> 00:12:32.580 operator is AWOL. I don't know where the operator is. 00:12:33.359 --> 00:12:37.168 Uh I, I'm just curious when you all get gonna get around 00:12:37.178 --> 00:12:40.019 to plugging these wells. And also I wanna know how 00:12:40.029 --> 00:12:43.349 does that square with your mission statement. To steward 00:12:43.719 --> 00:12:46.269 and protect the natural resources and the environment 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.979 of this state? It, it doesn't to me, it doesn't make 00:12:49.989 --> 00:12:52.229 sense. That you just leave these things leaking and 00:12:52.239 --> 00:12:54.820 flowing to surface. You got this plugging program. 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:57.849 You know it's been, it's been a while. It's time to 00:12:57.918 --> 00:13:00.440 start showing some action and some movement on these wells. 00:13:00.450 --> 00:13:02.899 So I'm, I'm just curious. When are y'all gonna get started 00:13:02.908 --> 00:13:06.250 on these things? 00:13:06.250 --> 00:13:08.619 And you and I have talked about this, Mr. White. And I, I've 00:13:08.629 --> 00:13:10.940 told you before. You've got my commitment to try to 00:13:10.950 --> 00:13:14.158 push these as far as I can up the ladder Uh, I 00:13:14.168 --> 00:13:17.139 know that we're investigating them. And Clay, Clay has 00:13:17.149 --> 00:13:20.489 been in contact with me and giving me updates on where 00:13:20.500 --> 00:13:23.259 he is. So, we're doing the best we can at this point. Yeah. 00:13:23.489 --> 00:13:26.418 All right, there's several of them that are within 00:13:26.428 --> 00:13:29.019 a quarter mile of the reservoir. So, I mean they're 00:13:29.308 --> 00:13:32.379 if, if these aren't top priority, I don't know what 00:13:32.389 --> 00:13:34.418 is. Understand. 00:13:34.418 --> 00:13:39.399 I'm just curious. Thank you Mr. White. Thank you. 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:45.178 Virginia Palacios? 00:13:45.178 --> 00:13:47.619 Hello, good morning. Morning. Virginia Palacios, representing 00:13:47.629 --> 00:13:50.889 Commission Shift. Um, thanks for the opportunity. Uh 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:53.029 on Friday, I just wanted to let you know that I was 00:13:53.038 --> 00:13:55.639 selected to serve on a White House Council of Environmental 00:13:55.649 --> 00:13:59.820 Quality Task Force. Um, to provide input to reform, 00:13:59.830 --> 00:14:02.590 inform the responsible development of carbon capture 00:14:02.599 --> 00:14:05.450 utilization and sequestration on nonfederal lands. 00:14:05.570 --> 00:14:08.690 This is especially important in Texas where 95% of 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:11.519 our land is private. Um, as you know, there's a lot 00:14:11.529 --> 00:14:13.808 of pressure from the oil and gas industry and from 00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:16.830 the Biden Administration to speed CCUS permitting. 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:19.928 And uh, make sure that this happens as quickly as possible. 00:14:20.168 --> 00:14:23.450 The task forces have two directives. First is to identify 00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:27.889 the challenges and successes that um, pardon me. Challenges 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:30.889 and successes that permitting authorities, project developers 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:33.969 and operators face to permit CCUS projects. In an 00:14:33.979 --> 00:14:37.469 efficient, orderly and responsible manner. And second 00:14:37.479 --> 00:14:40.418 is to provide recommendations to improve the performance 00:14:40.428 --> 00:14:43.538 of the permitting process. And regional coordination 00:14:43.548 --> 00:14:45.710 for the purpose of promoting the efficient, orderly 00:14:45.719 --> 00:14:48.869 and responsible development of CCUS projects and carbon 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:53.538 dioxide pipelines. Meanwhile, there are several proposals 00:14:53.548 --> 00:14:56.779 related to CCUS being considered by the Texas Legislature 00:14:56.788 --> 00:15:00.149 right now. One will restrict the public's ability to 00:15:00.158 --> 00:15:03.308 make claims against companies whose facilities cause 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:06.389 public health or environmental impacts. And another 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:09.109 will allow operators to transfer liability of carbon 00:15:09.119 --> 00:15:11.690 dioxide injection wells to the state within 10 years 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:15.538 of closure. I've spoken to you in the past about Co2 00:15:15.548 --> 00:15:19.119 pipeline leaks. That cause hypoxia for dozens of people. 00:15:19.418 --> 00:15:23.619 Um, and Co2 can also acidify groundwater and cause certain 00:15:23.629 --> 00:15:26.500 contaminants to become more available, including arsenic. 00:15:27.729 --> 00:15:30.099 Dealing with these kinds of impacts is difficult for 00:15:30.109 --> 00:15:32.779 all kinds of people. But it's especially challenging 00:15:32.788 --> 00:15:35.418 for folks from low-income populations, who can't afford 00:15:35.428 --> 00:15:38.830 to hire an attorney or go to the doctor. About 14% 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:41.479 of Texans live below the poverty line. And many counties 00:15:41.489 --> 00:15:44.418 in Texas with higher rates of poverty. Coincide with 00:15:44.428 --> 00:15:47.308 oil and gas development regions and also regions where 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:49.759 we have saline aquifers that are particularly high 00:15:49.769 --> 00:15:54.099 potential for CCUS injection. The Railroad Commission's 00:15:54.109 --> 00:15:56.739 annual monitoring and enforcement strategic plan will 00:15:56.750 --> 00:15:59.149 be released for comment soon. And we hope to see a draft 00:15:59.158 --> 00:16:02.580 plan that offers new solutions for educating and engaging 00:16:02.590 --> 00:16:05.599 low-income communities, and decision making processes 00:16:05.649 --> 00:16:08.109 that could affect their health and safety. Thank you 00:16:08.119 --> 00:16:10.548 for your time and I've included some maps. Um, so that you 00:16:10.558 --> 00:16:13.639 can see the high poverty regions of Texas, and the areas 00:16:13.649 --> 00:16:16.000 where carbon dioxide injection is likely to occur. 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:21.710 Thank you. Thank you. 00:16:21.710 --> 00:16:24.700 All right. Item 332 is our Executive Session which 00:16:24.710 --> 00:16:26.899 we won't be going into today. Is there anything else? 00:16:26.908 --> 00:16:29.149 Any other newly posted matters to be brought before 00:16:29.158 --> 00:16:31.519 the Commission? Hearing none. This meeting is adjourned. 00:16:31.529 --> 00:16:32.029 Thank you all. Thank you.