Figure: 16 TAC §1.201(a)
Table 1. Initial and Final Review Periods for Permits Issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas,
For Which Median Permit Processing Time Exceeds Seven Days
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G |
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Rule and Permit Title 16, Tex. Admin. Code |
Division, Section Receiving Application |
Application Form |
Form |
Fee |
Initial Review Period |
Final Review Period |
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§3.6 (SWR 6), Application for Multiple Completion-Multiple Completion Authorization |
Oil and Gas Division, |
W-4; |
Yes |
None |
60 |
10 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Non-Commercial, Non-Centralized Pit Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-11 |
Yes |
None |
30 |
30 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Commercial or Centralized Pit Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-11 and Supplemental Information Sheet for Commercial Facilities |
Yes |
None |
45 |
45 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Non-Commercial, Non-Centralized Land Spreading |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Application Information for Land Spreading Permit (Water Based Drilling Fluid and Associated Cuttings Only) |
Yes |
None |
30 |
30 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Non-Commercial, Non-Centralized Land Treatment Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Application Information for Land Treatment |
Yes |
None |
30 |
30 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Commercial or Centralized Land Spreading |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Application Information for Land Spreading Permit (Water Based Drilling Fluid and Associated Cuttings Only) |
Yes |
None |
45 |
45 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Commercial or Centralized or Land Treatment Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Application Information for Land Treatment |
Yes |
None |
45 |
45 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Waste Hauler Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, |
WH-1 |
Yes |
$100 |
30 |
15 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Hydrostatic Test Discharge Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Permit Application for Discharge of Hydrostatic Test Water |
Yes |
$300 |
15 |
15 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-All other discharges |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Application for a Permit to Discharge Produced Water to Inland Waters |
Yes |
$300 |
30 |
30 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-All other discharges |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Application for a Permit to Discharge Produced Water to the Gulf of Mexico from a Non-Land Based Facility |
Yes |
$300 |
30 |
30 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-All other discharges |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Application for a Permit to Discharge Gas Plant Effluent |
Yes |
$300 |
30 |
30 |
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§3.8 (SWR 8), Water Protection-Minor Permit for One-Time Annular Disposal of Drilling Fluid |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Written request |
Yes |
None |
16 |
15 |
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§3.9 (SWR 9), Disposal Wells-Disposal Well Permits |
Oil and Gas Division, |
W-14 |
Yes |
$100; |
30 |
15 |
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§3.10 (SWR 10), Restriction of Production of Oil and Gas from Different Strata-Authority to Commingle |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Rule 10 Exception Data Sheet |
Yes |
$50 |
14 |
21 |
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§3.23 (SWR 23), Vacuum Pumps-Authorization to Use Vacuum Pump |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Written request |
Yes |
None |
7 |
21 |
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§3.38 (SWR 38), Well Densities-Density Exception |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Written request |
Yes |
$200 |
7 |
21 |
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§3.41 (SWR 41), Application for New Oil or Gas Field Designation and/or Allowable-New Oil or Gas Field Designation and/or Allowable |
Oil and Gas Division, |
P-7 |
Yes |
None |
14 |
7 |
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§3.43 (SWR 43), Application for Temporary Field Rules-Temporary Field Rules |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Written request |
Yes |
None |
7 |
30 |
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§3.46 (SWR 46), Fluid Injection into Productive Reservoirs-Injection Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, Environmental Services Section |
H-1 |
Yes |
$200 per well; |
30 |
15 |
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§3.46 (SWR 46), Fluid Injection into Productive Reservoirs-Injection Permit with Authorization to Inject Fresh Water |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-7 |
Yes |
None |
30 |
15 |
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§3.46 (SWR 46), Fluid Injection into Productive Reservoirs-Area Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-1S |
Yes |
$200 per well; |
45 |
45 |
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§3.48 (SWR 48), Capacity Oil Allowables for Secondary or Tertiary Recovery Projects-Capacity Oil Allowables |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Written request |
Yes |
None |
7 |
21 |
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§3.50 (SWR 50), Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects-Approval and Certification for Tax Incentive-Certificate for Recovered Oil Tax Rate |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-12 |
Yes |
None |
7 |
25 |
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§3.50 (SWR 50) Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects-Approval and Certification for Tax Incentive-Approval Concurrent With Recovered Oil Tax Rate |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-12 |
Yes |
None |
7 |
25 |
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§3.50 (SWR 50), Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects-Approval and Certification for Tax Incentive-Positive Production Response Certificate |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-13 |
Yes |
None |
7 |
25 |
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§§3.57 (SWR 57), Reclaiming Tank Bottoms, Other Hydrocarbon Wastes, and Other Waste Materials, and 3.78 (SWR 78), Fees, Performance Bonds and Alternate Forms of Financial Security Required to Be Filed-Reclamation Plant Permit and Associated Financial Assurance |
Oil and Gas Division, |
R-9 |
Yes |
None |
30 |
90 |
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§3.70 (SWR 70), Pipeline Permits Required-Permit to Operate a Pipeline |
Gas Services Division, License and Permit Section |
Form T-4 |
Yes |
None |
21 |
15 |
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§3.81 (SWR 81), Brine Mining Injection Wells-Brine Mining Injection Permit |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-2 |
Yes |
$200 |
30 |
30 |
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§3.78 (SWR 78), Fees, Performance Bonds and Alternate Forms of Financial Security Required to Be Filed-Financial Assurance for Commercial Facility Permitted Under Rule 8 |
Oil and Gas Division, |
None |
Yes |
None |
45 |
45 |
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§3.83 (SWR 83), Tax Exemption for Two-and Three-year Inactive Wells-Certification of Inactivity |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Written request |
Yes |
None |
20 |
45 |
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§3.93 (SWR 93), Water Quality Certification-401 Certification |
Oil and Gas Division, |
None. Application made pursuant to requirements of federal permitting entity. |
Yes |
None |
30 |
15 |
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§3.95 (SWR 95), Underground Storage of Liquid or Liquified Hydrocarbons in a Salt Formation-Permit to Create, Operate, and Maintain an Underground Hydrocarbon Storage Facility |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-4 |
Yes |
$200 |
45 |
45 |
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§3.96 (SWR 96), Underground Storage of Gas in Production or Depleted Reservoirs-Permit to Operate a Gas Storage Project |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-1 |
Yes |
$200 |
45 |
45 |
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§3.97 (SWR 97), Underground Storage of Gas in Salt Formations-Permit to Create, Oper-ate, and Maintain an Underground Gas Storage Facility |
Oil and Gas Division, |
H-4 |
Yes |
$200 |
45 |
45 |
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§3.101 (SWR 101), Certification for Severance Tax Exemption for Gas Produced from High-Cost Gas Wells-Area Designation |
Oil and Gas Division, |
Written Request |
Yes |
None |
7 |
45 |
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§9.10, Rules Examination-LPG Employee Exam |
Gas Services Division, License and Permit Section |
LPG Form 16 |
No |
$20 per employee exam; $50 per management exam |
30 |
N/A |
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§9.27, Application for an Exception to a Safety Rule-LPG Rule Exception |
Rail/LP-Gas/Pipeline Safety Division |
LPG Form 25 |
No |
Original-$50; |
21 |
21 |
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§9.54, Commission-Approved Outside Instructors-LPG Outside Instructor Application |
Alternative Fuels Research and Education Division |
Written request |
No |
$300 |
14 |
10 |
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§9.101, Filings Required for Stationary LP-Gas Installations-LPG Plan Review |
Rail/LP-Gas/Pipeline Safety Division |
LPG Form 500 |
No |
Original-$50; |
21 |
21 |
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§11.93, Elements of Permit Application-New Permit Application |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD Form 1U |
No |
$200 |
120 |
30 |
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§11.97, Renewal-Permit Renewal |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD Form 1U |
No |
None |
60 |
30 |
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§11.98, Transfer-Permit Transfer |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD Form 2U |
No |
None |
60 |
30 |
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§11.114, Revision on Motion or with Consent-Permit Revision |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD Form 1U |
No |
$200 |
120 |
30 |
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§§11.131-11.137, Notice of Exploration Through Over-burden Removal; Content of Notice; Extraction of Minerals; Removal of Minerals; Lands Unsuitable for Surface Mining; Notice of Exploration Involving Hole Drilling; Permit-Uranium Exploration |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD Form 3U |
No |
None |
30 |
30 |
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§§11.138 and 11.139, Reclamation and Plugging Requirements; Reporting-Test-Hole Transfer |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD Form 36U |
No |
None |
30 |
30 |
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§§11.205, 11.206, Changes in Coverage; Release or Reduction of Bonds-Bond Adjustment |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD Form 42U, 43U, 44U, 46U |
No |
None |
60 |
30 |
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§12.110, General Requirements: Exploration of less than 250 Tons-Coal Exploration < 250 Tons |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-3C |
No |
None |
30 |
30 |
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§12.111, General Requirements: Exploration of More than 250 Tons-Coal Exploration > 250 Tons |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-4C |
No |
None |
120 |
30 |
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§12.148, Reclamation Plan: Ponds, Impoundments, Banks, Dams, and Embankments-Design Plans |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
None |
No |
None |
60 |
30 |
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§12.205, In Situ Processing Activities-In Situ Coal Gasification |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-5C |
No |
None |
120 |
30 |
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§12.216, Criteria for Permit Approval or Denial-New Mine Permit |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-1C |
No |
$5000 |
120 |
30 |
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§12.226, Permit Revisions-Permit Revision-Administrative |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-2C |
No |
$500 |
60 |
30 |
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§12.226, Permit Revisions-Permit Revision-Significant |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-1C |
No |
$500 |
120 |
30 |
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§§12.227-12.230, Permit Renewals: General Requirements; Permit Renewals: Completed Applications; Permit Renewals: Terms; Permit Renewals: Approval or Denial-Permit Renewal |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-1C |
No |
$3000 |
60 |
30 |
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§§12.227-12.230, Permit Renewals: General Requirements; Permit Renewals: Completed Applications; Permit Renewals: Terms; Permit Renewals: Approval or Denial-Permit Renewal/Revision |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-1C |
No |
$3000 |
120 |
30 |
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§§12.231-12.233, Transfer, Assignment, or Sale of Permit Rights: General Requirements; Transfer, Assignment or Sale of Permit Rights: Obtaining Approval; Requirements for New Permits for Persons Succeeding to Rights Granted under a Permit-Permit Transfer |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-1C |
No |
$500 |
60 |
30 |
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§12.307, Adjustment of Amount-Bond Adjustment |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-42(C), 43(C), 44(C), 45(C), 46(C), 47(C) |
No |
None |
60 |
30 |
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§12.351, Hydrologic Balance: Transfer of Wells-Test-Hole Transfer |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
SMRD-36C |
No |
None |
30 |
30 |
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§12.707, Certification-Blaster Certification |
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division |
Blaster Certificate Application |
No |
None |
60 |
30 |
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§13.35, Application for an Exception to a Safety Rule-CNG Rule Exception |
Rail/LP-Gas/Pipeline Safety Division |
CNG Form 1025 |
No |
Original-$50; |
21 |
21 |
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§13.70, Examination Requirements and Renewals-CNG Employee Exam |
Gas Services Division, License and Permit Section |
CNG Form 1016 |
No |
$20 |
10 |
N/A |
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§14.2019, Certification Requirements-LNG Employee Exam |
Gas Services Division, License and Permit Section |
LNG Form 2016 |
No |
$20 |
10 |
N/A |
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§14.2040, Filings and Notice Requirements for Stationary LNG Installations-LNG Plan Review |
Rail/LP-Gas/Pipeline Safety Division |
LNG Form 2500 |
No |
Original-$50; |
21 |
21 |
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§14.2052, Application for an Exception to a Safety Rule-LNG Rule Exception |
Rail/LP-Gas/Pipeline Safety Division |
LNG Form 2025 |
No |
Original-$50; |
21 |
21 |
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Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6559f-Clearance Deviation Authorization |
Rail/LP-Gas/Pipeline Safety Division |
Application for Authorization to Deviate from Terms of the Texas Clearance Laws |
No |
$25 |
30 |
30 |
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