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4 Document(s) [ Subject: Offshore%20structures ]
| Committee: | House Energy Resources | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Energy Resources, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Abandoned oil wells | Environmental cleanup | Natural gas drilling | Natural gas industry | Offshore structures | Oil drilling | Oil industry | Railroad Commission of Texas | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.76 en27 | |
| Session: | 76th R.S. (1999) | |
| Online version: | View report [17 pages File size: 524 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Assess the state's well-plugging and site remediation program to determine if the current funding mechanism and program operations are addressing the state's obligations efficiently. | |
| 2. | Examine the current financial assurance mechanisms required by the Railroad Commission for new drilling operations to determine whether they are sufficient to cover current and future well-plugging costs. | |
| 3. | Evaluate the feasibility of creating a voluntary cleanup program, similar to the program created at the TNRCC, for oil field sites under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission. | |
| Committee: | House Environmental Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Committee on Environmental Affairs : to the speaker and the members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Artificial reefs | Fisheries | Fishing | Hazardous waste | Natural resources conservation | Offshore structures | Outdoor recreation | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Radioactive waste | Solid waste disposal | State parks | Tourism | Wetlands | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.70 en89 | |
| Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
| Online version: | View report [120 pages File size: 3,608 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | To study the interstate compacts for the handling of low-level radioactive waste. | |
| 2. | To study the acquisition of wetlands and other conservation areas. | |
| 3. | To study the feasibility of converting drilling rigs to fish reefs. | |
| 4. | To study methods to increase tourism through the coordination of public and private parks and recreational facilities throughout the state. | |
| Committee: | Senate Natural Resources | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report to the 71st Legislature / Senate Committee on Natural Resources. | |
| Subjects: | Aquaculture | Artificial reefs | Beaches | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Colonias | Cotton production | Drinking water | Environmental protection | Exotic species | Fish | Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. | Fishing | Insects | Land conservation | Natural resources conservation | Offshore structures | Property rights | Rivers | Sewer service | Solid waste disposal | Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program | Texas Open Beaches Act | Water conservation | Water rights | Water supplies | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.70 n219 | |
| Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
| Online version: | View report [158 pages File size: 5,126 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Initiate an interim study of a statewide artificial reef plan and further study various uses of abandoned oil and gas rigs. Give careful consideration to reef design, preparation, and component grouping and spacing, siting, and fisheries resource management and analyze and compare biological effectiveness, cost factors, and long-term benefits for various design options and preparation techniques. | |
| 2. | Review proposals for a protection system for Texas rivers, similar to the federal Wild and Scenic rivers program. * | |
| 3. | Study current efforts to control the boll weevil in Texas, including integrated pest management (IPM) programs. * | |
| 4. | Review the problems associated with colonias; make recommendations for legislative action to halt the growth of illegal subdivisions and to provide water and sewer service to existing developments. * | |
| 5. | Study the issues associated with aquaculture and fish farming. * | |
| 6. | Study coastal erosion; consider the advantages, disadvantages and economic impacts of beach erosion control methodologies. * | |
| 7. | Review the definitions of wetlands used by state and federal government agencies. Study the potential impact on wetlands management of the definition used in the Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory project. * | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | Senate Natural Resources | |
| Title: | SR 624, 70th Leg. | |
| Library Call Number: | SR 624 | |
| Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
| Online version: | View document [3 pages File size: 811 kb] | |
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