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9 Document(s) [ Subject: Coal%20mining ]
| Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Coal mining | Droughts | Electric power plants | Electricity supplies | Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on | General Land Office, Texas | Hydraulic fracturing | Irrigation | Natural gas production | Oil production | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Uranium mines | Water conservation | Water desalination | Water Development Board, Texas | Water planning | Water rights | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.82 N218h | |
| Session: | 82nd R.S. (2011) | |
| Online version: | View report [184 pages] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Monitor the ongoing statewide drought and the performance of state, regional, and local entities in addressing it. Examine the impact of the drought on the state water plan, including an evaluation of how well the state's existing water resources can meet demand, the need for additional funding sources to implement the plan, and the effectiveness of current drought planning and drought management policies. Identify short-term and long-term strategies to help the state better cope with drought and assess any obstacles, including state and federal regulations, to implementation of these strategies. | |
| 2. | Examine the interplay of water and energy resources and needs in the state. Study the economic, environmental, and social impacts of water use in energy production and exploration, including the impacts of this use on regional and state water planning. Determine the current and likely future water needs of power generation and energy production, and evaluate options to develop new or alternative supplies. Include an evaluation of current issues involving water use for oil and gas production and related water quality issues. | |
| 3. | Evaluate the status of desalination projects in Texas. Include an evaluation of the regulation of brackish groundwater and whether opportunities exist to facilitate better utilization of this groundwater to meet future needs. | |
| 4. | Study ways to enhance incentives for water conservation in agricultural irrigation. | |
| Committee: | House Energy Resources | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report of the Committee on Energy Resources, Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Air pollution | Coal mining | Coal-fired power plants | Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council, Texas | Energy policy | Mexico | Mining | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | Natural gas leases | Oil leases | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.66 en27 | |
| Session: | 66th R.S. (1979) | |
| Online version: | View report [155 pages File size: 5,579 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Thoroughly review the research grants both quantitatively and qualitatively awarded by the Governor's Energy Advisory Council (currently the Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council) to determine the benefits resulting from the expenditures. | |
| 2. | Catalog all rules and regulations which exist regarding coal and thereby determine the feasibility of using coal as a boiler fuel. | |
| 3. | Explore the feasibility of an energy exchange program between Texas and Mexico considering such resources as coal, natural gas and biomass, etc. | |
| 4. | Study the economic impact on the production of oil and gas, as well as state revenue, of the annexation of submerged land by home-rule cities. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House Energy Resources | |
| Title: | Summary of Committee Action | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1801.9 EN27 66 | |
| Session: | 66th R.S. (1979) | |
| Online version: | View document [17 pages] | |
| Committee: | House State Energy Plan, House Joint | |
| Title: | Interim Report - Volume 2 | |
| Library Catalog Title: | To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature : report of the / House Joint Interim Committee on a State Energy Plan. | |
| Subjects: | Alternative energy | Coal mining | Energy conservation | Energy policy | Natural gas | Oil production | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.65 en27 2 | |
| Session: | 65th R.S. (1977) | |
| Online version: | View report [279 pages File size: 9,875 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | A study of the energy situation of the state, both present and long-term, designed to result in recommendations for legislation and regulations to implement a State Energy Plan for Texas. This study should include surveys of all the energy resources of the state and the fiscal implications of state and federal action and proposals. | |
| Committee: | House State Energy Plan, House Joint | |
| Title: | Interim Report - Volume 1 | |
| Library Catalog Title: | To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature : report of the / House Joint Interim Committee on a State Energy Plan. | |
| Subjects: | Alternative energy | Coal mining | Energy conservation | Energy policy | Natural gas | Oil production | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.65 en27 1 | |
| Session: | 65th R.S. (1977) | |
| Online version: | View report [86 pages File size: 4,096 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | A study of the energy situation of the state, both present and long-term, designed to result in recommendations for legislation and regulations to implement a State Energy Plan for Texas. This study should include surveys of all the energy resources of the state and the fiscal implications of state and federal action and proposals. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House State Energy Plan, House Joint | |
| Title: | Joint committee studies. | |
| Library Call Number: | LRL | |
| Session: | 65th R.S. (1977) | |
| Online version: | View document [7 pages] | |
| Committee: | House Energy Resources | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report, Sixty-fifth Legislative session / Committee on Energy Resources, Texas House of Representatives. | |
| Subjects: | Alternative energy | Coal mining | Electric utility rates and charges | Natural gas utility rates and charges | Wholesale natural gas prices | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.64 en27 | |
| Session: | 64th R.S. (1975) | |
| Online version: | View report [45 pages File size: 1,496 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Conduct hearings on energy issues including : coal slurry pipeline projects, utility rate structures, "take-or-pay" provisions in natural gas contracts, althernative energy sources, and the use of lignite coal. * | |
| Committee: | House Environmental Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Committee on Environmental Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, 64th Legislature, to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Air pollution control technology | Battleship Texas | Coal mining | Environmental protection | Industrial air pollution | Mining | Outdoor recreation | Parks | Recycling | Shrimping industry | Solid waste disposal | Uranium mines | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.64 en89 | |
| Session: | 64th R.S. (1975) | |
| Online version: | View report [132 pages File size: 3,791 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Investigate the cost of maintaining the Battleship Texas. Consider proposals to increase the money available for the Battleship Texas Commission by eliminating the net revenue ceiling or increasing the allowable bond interest rate. * | |
| 2. | Study the need for parks and recreation facilities in urban areas. Consider possible cooperative arrangements between the federal government, the state, and local governments. * | |
| 3. | Review the effects of the Texas Shrimp Conservation Act. * | |
| 4. | Study the possible consolidation of the State's environmental agencies. * | |
| 5. | Study the potential of recycling as a method to dispose of municipal and industrial solid waste. Evaluate the economic feasibility of resource recovery programs. Consider the development of a waste exchange system to facilitate the re-use of industrial wastes. * | |
| 6. | Study the impact of the Texas Surface Mining and Reclamation Act. * | |
| 7. | Study energy consumption requirements and air pollution control tradeoffs for a cast iron soil pipe foundry. * | |
| Committee: | Joint Surface Mining Operations, Interim | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Final report of the Joint Interim Surface Mining Operations Study Committee. | |
| Subjects: | Coal mining | Mining | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.63 m664 | |
| Session: | 63rd R.S. (1973) | |
| Online version: | View report [97 pages File size: 3,705 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | The committee shall: (1) study the surface mining operations in the state; (2) study the impact of any current federal proposals or legislation on surface mining operations in Texas; (3) study surface mining operations in the sister states including, but not limited to, the effects of present legislation in such states on the surface mining industry; (4) study the organizational structure of affected state agencies and the administration of state laws relating to surface mining operations; (5) study ecological factors that should be considered in relation to surfacing mining operations; (6) study the economic impact of the imposition of additional regulatory controls on surface mining operations in the state. | |
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