On December 14, 2010 the TCEQ will consider the adoption of a new oil and gas permit by rule and the issuance of a new non-rule standard permit for oil and gas facilities.
The commission will meet at 9:30 a. m. in Bldg. E, Room 201S at the TCEQ central office located at 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin. This is a public meeting, and no pre-registration is required.
TCEQ seeks to accomplish the following through this standard permit development and rulemaking:
- Update administrative and technical requirements
- Include practically enforceable monitoring, sampling, and recordkeeping requirements
- Address and authorize planned maintenance, startup, and shutdown (MSS) activities
- Allow the commission to more effectively focus resources on facilities that significantly contribute air contaminants to the atmosphere
- Make appropriate changes to registration and notification requirements
- Ensure that air emissions from specific facilities are protective
More information, including details of the rule can be found: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/permitting/air/announcements/nsr_announce_3_25_10.html