Comments Received on Proposed Amendments to §3.9 and §3.46

The following are comments received by the RRC concerning proposed amendments to §3.9 and §3.46 regarding requirements related to seismic events for disposal wells. The comment period ended at noon on 9/29/2014.  All comments are provided in Adobe Acrobat format.  Email addresses of members of the public have been redacted (blacked out) in accordance with the Public Information (Open Records) Act, Texas Government Code, sec. 552.137, except (1) where the member of the public has affirmatively consented to the release of such comments, as expressly authorized by Government Code sec. 552.137(b); or (2) where the e-mail address appears "on a letterhead, coversheet, printed document, or other document made available to the public," as expressly authorized by Texas Government Code sec. 552.137(c)(4).

Updated:  10/1/2014    Comments received by the Commission as of the comment deadline have now been posted.  Any late-filed comments may be posted and considered at the Commission's discretion. 

Carl Alexander

Ian Anderson

Angela Bergmann

Jim D. Bradbury

Paula Trietsch Chaney

Chevron USA Inc.

CrownQuest Operating, LLC

Tedi Elliott

Environmental Defense Fund

Environmental Protection Agency

Linda Feldman

Alisa Lewis

Jamie Lewis

Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District

Mark A. Miller, PhD, PE

Neighborhoods of East Fort Worth

Carolyn Newgent

North Texas Groundwater Conservation District

Pioneer Natural Resources

Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District

Paul A. Rowe

Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter

City of Southlake

David Stewart

Brian Stump, Heather DeShon, Matthew J. Hornbach, Maria Beatrice Magnani, and Christopher T. Hayward

Texas Alliance of Energy Producers

Texas Energy Services Coalition

Texas Oil and Gas Association (on behalf of the Seismicity Workgroup formed by the Texas Oil and Gas Association, the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association, the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, and the Association of Energy Service Companies)

United States Geological Survey

Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District

Gayland Williams

William Feathergail Wilson

Barbara Wood

Gale Wood and Bruce Peters

Late-Filed Comments:

Apache Corporation and Newfield Exploration Company

Frio County Commissioners Court