RRC Gains Approval on Proposed Amendments Focused on Curtailment Standards

At its open meeting on November 10, 2021, the Railroad Commission proposed – and gained approval on – changes to Chapter 7 of 16 TAC (Texas Administrative Code). The proposed amendments and repeal will be published in the Friday, November 26, 2021, issue of the Texas Register.

The changes include repeal of the existing §7.305 requirements on curtailment programs, and amendments to §7.455, including refined curtailment standards. Once published, the comment period will begin. Comments will be accepted until 5:00 pm, Friday, January 7, 2022.

These changes have a proposed effective date of April 1, 2022.

The PDF version of the proposal is available here.

Learn more about proposed and recently approved rules at https://www.rrc.texas.gov/general-counsel/rules/proposed-rules/

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