Effective: February 2, 2012

TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Permanent Rule Change
2011-014-106-AI
Oil and Gas Revisions
Chapter 106
Permits by Rule
Subchapter O
1. Purpose. This change transmittal provides the page(s) that reflect changes and
additions to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (commission) Volume
of Permanent Rules.
2. Explanation of Change. On January 11, 2012, the commission adopted the
amendment to 106.352. The amendment was adopted without changes to the
proposed text as published in the September 2, 2011, issue of the Texas Register (36
TexReg 5630) and was not republished
3. Effects of Change. The adopted amendment the Permits by Rule would add
106.352(l)(3) which states that any facility handling sour gas shall be located at
least one-quarter mile from any recreational area or residence or other structure not
occupied or used solely by the owner or operator of the facility or the owner of the
property upon which the facility is located. The subsequent paragraphs of subsection
(l) would be re-numbered. This is not a new requirement, but a restoration of the
requirement that has existed in 106.352 since 1986 to the January 26, 2011
adoption. The intent of this requirement is to provide a set-back distance or
separation between wells producing hydrogen sulfide emissions and receptors.