Commercial and centralized drilling-fluid disposal (CCDD) sites receive a portion of spent drilling fluids for disposal from oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) operations. Many older and some abandoned sites may have operated under less stringent regulations than are currently enforced. This study provides a census, compilation, and summary of information on active, inactive, and abandoned CCDD sites in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, intended as a basis for supporting State-funded assessment and remediation of abandoned sites. Closure of abandoned CCDD sites is within the jurisdiction of State regulatory agencies. Sources of data used in this study on abandoned CCDD sites mainly are permit files at State regulatory agencies. Active and inactive sites were included because data on abandoned sites are sparse. Onsite reserve pits at individual wells for disposal of spent drilling fluid are not part of this study. Of 287 CCDD sites in the four States for which we compiled data, 34 had been abandoned whereas 54 were active and 199 were inactive as of January 2002. Most were disposal-pit facilities; five percent were land treatment facilities. A typical disposal-pit facility has fewer than 3 disposal pits or cells, which have a median size of approximately …

Report to the Texas Legislature on guardianship issues including legislative actions, programs, organizations, and judicial actions.

The objectives of this project are to evaluate the feasibility of carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) sequestration in Texas low-rank coals and to determine the potential for enhanced coalbed methane (CBM) recovery as an added benefit of sequestration. The main tasks for this reporting period were to correlate well logs and refine coal property maps, evaluate methane content and gas composition of Wilcox Group coals, and initiate discussions concerning collection of additional, essential data with Anadarko. To assess the volume of CO{sub 2} that may be sequestered and volume of methane that can be produced in the vicinity of the proposed Sam Seymour sequestration site, we used approximately 200 additional wells logs from Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to correlate and map coal properties of the 3 coal-bearing intervals of Wilcox group. Among the maps we are making are maps of the number of coal beds, number of coal beds greater than 5 ft thick, and cumulative coal thickness for each coal interval. This stratigraphic analysis validates the presence of abundant coal for CO{sub 2} sequestration in the Wilcox Group in the vicinity of Sam Seymour power plant. A typical wellbore in this region may penetrate 20 to 40 coal beds with cumulative …

This 2003 Spring Semi-Annual Report contains a summary of the Final Technical Report being prepared for the Soil Remediation Requirements at Commercial and Centralized Drilling-Fluid Disposal (CCDD) Sites project funded by the United States Department of Energy under DOE Award No. DE-AC26-99BC15225. The summary describes (1) the objectives of the investigation, (2) a rationale and methodology of the investigation, (3) sources of data, assessment of data quality, and data availability, (4) examples of well documented centralized and commercial drilling-fluid disposal (CCDD) sites and other sites where drilling fluid was disposed of, and (5) examples of abandoned sites and measures undertaken for their assessment and remediation. The report also includes most of the figures, tables, and appendices that will be included in the final report.

Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.

This report amends and updates the geographic areas that are regulated under the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program in Texas. Using Digital Geospatial Metadata, a GIS layer is added to reflect the changes in land boundaries and the re-designation of areas as transition zones, contributing zones, and recharge zones; the result will serve as a replacement for hard copy maps of the area.

Report on internal audits of the GTECH Texas Lottery Sales Representatives (LSR) program activities and oversight for the Texas Lottery Commission.

Progress report for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and the Texas Department of Transportation on using scrap tires and crumb rubber in highway construction projects in the year 2001.

Progress report for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and the Texas Department of Transportation on using scrap tires and crumb rubber in highway construction projects in the year 2002.

Text of laws governing real estate in Texas.

Report detailing the strategic plan for of the Texas Library and Archives Commission for fiscal years 2001 to 2005 outlining their mission, past activities, and goals.

This is a report on the International Trade Corridor Plan. It consists of topics of trade, Texas roads, and truck traffic. There are charts and graphs showing the levels of trade between Mexico and the United States.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to what information about the theft of morphine by two hospital employees the Dallas County Hospital District must release under the Public Information Act.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether information held by a law enforcement agency related to a pending case must be released under the Texas Public Information Act.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether information held by a law enforcement agency related to a pending case must be released under the Texas Public Information Act.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether information held by a law enforcement agency related to a pending case must be released under the Texas Public Information Act.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether information at a law enforcement agency that relates to a pending case must be released under the Texas Public Information Act.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether information held by a law enforcement agency related to a pending case must be released under the Texas Public Information Act.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether a law enforcement agency must release information related to a pending case under the the Public Records Act.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether information at an law enforcement agency that relates to a pending case must be released under the Public Records Act.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the Texas Funeral Commission must release records related to an investigation of a complaint about a funeral home.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the Weatherford Independent School District must release information about applicants for the head football coach/athletic director position.

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether Texas A&M International University may withhold certain information related to course required textbooks for the Spring 2000 semester that is held by a third party company.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services must seek reimbursement for benefit replacement pay errouneously paid to ineligible employees (RQ-0114-GA)