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COMMISSION
SCHEDULES OIL AND GAS RULEMAKING AND TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
(OKLAHOMA CITY) – The Oklahoma Corporation Commission will conduct both a technical
conference and a public hearing during March on two areas of proposed change to
oil and gas rules.
The changes involve
amendments to bring the oil and gas rules into conformity with Senate Bill 549
passed in 1999 and to exempt certain pools in Latimer and LeFlore counties in
eastern Oklahoma from the minimum unit allowable of 150 mcf/d.
Conformity with Senate Bill
549 involves new language to reference implementation requirements for Oklahoma
Water Quality Standards as they apply to the Oil and Gas Conservation Division
of the Corporation Commission. The changes are mandated by Senate Bill 549,
which requires the Commission, along with several other environmental
regulatory agencies in the state, to adopt an Oklahoma Water Quality Standard
Implementation Plan for each agency’s particular area of jurisdiction. Other
issues include minimum requirements for the monitoring of sites where
implementation of the water quality standards is involved and provisions for
public participation in implementation of those standards or other pollution
related matters.
The Commission proposes
exempting the Red Oak Fanshawe, Red Oak Red Oak and Red Oak Spiro Pools from
the 150 mcf/d minimum unit allowable and instead proposes a 2,000 mcf/d minimum
allowable for each spacing unit in the three special allocated gas pools.
Adoption of these rules will
be considered by the full Commission in a public hearing scheduled for 9:30
a.m., Monday, March 26 in courtroom 301 on the third floor of the Jim Thorpe
Building at 2101 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73105.
Since the rulemaking
proposes permanent adoption, a technical conference is set for 10 a.m., Monday,
March 19, 2001 in the Commission’s conference room 105 on the first floor of
the Jim Thorpe Building in Oklahoma City.
Public comment is open until
the March 26 hearing. Further information is available from Michael Decker,
Deputy General Counsel, Oil and Gas Conservation, 400 Jim Thorpe Building,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73152-2000 or by telephone at (405) 521-2255.
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