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in the rule (AOGR, June 2020, pg. 46).
The states' lawsuit, which was
announced by California Attorney
General Xavier Becerra, was filed July
21 in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California. It
alleges the new rule violates both the
CWA and Administrative Procedure
Act, and is contrary to:
· The plain language, structure,
purpose and legislative history of the
CWA;
· Binding Supreme Court precedent
interpreting Section 401; and
· EPA's own guidance on Section
401 spanning decades and multiple
administrations.
Joining California, Washington and
New York in the lawsuit are the
attorneys general of Colorado,
Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island,
Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and the
District of Columbia. ❒

technologies to reduce the amount of
gas flared.
The draft changes may be found on
the RRC website at
https://rrc.texas.gov/about-us/resourcecenter/forms/proposed-form-changes/.
The RRC mentions that the proposed
changes include staff analysis of a Blue
Ribbon Task Force report on best
practices to reduce flaring.
The RRC established the Blue
Ribbon Task Force for Oil Economic
Recovery at an April 21 hearing to
discuss crude oil prorationing (AOGR,
May 2020, pg. 28), and later tasked it
with addressing flaring issues as well.
According to an analysis of Texas' gas
flaring rules written by Lisa
Montgomery Shelton, a partner in
international law firm Hunton Andrews
Kurth and published in the National
Law Review, task force representatives
presented their recommendations at the
commission's June 16 open meeting.
Among the task force's
recommendations, Shelton says, are:
· A flaring matrix that describes

when flaring is necessary and
recommendations for applying SWR
32 to reduce overall flaring by
reducing the time frames for
administrative approvals;
· Enhancements to the SWR 32
Data Sheet;
· Creating a new "subsequent
report" to provide clear and usable data;
· Adding a code for flaring to the
Production Report Form instructions so
operators can account for flared and
vented gas separately; and
· Emphasizing best practices. ❒

Trump Extends Terms
For Non-FTA LNG
Exports, Signs Permits
MIDLAND, TX -The U.S.
Department of Energy has issued a final
policy statement that allows for LNG
exports to non-free trade agreement
countries to extend through 2050,
announced President Donald Trump
during remarks he offered on July 29 in

Texas RRC Proposes
Amending Flaring Regs
AUSTIN, TX.-The Texas Railroad
Commission on Aug. 4 released
proposed amendments to its Statewide
Rule 32 intended to reduce the amount of
natural gas flaring in the Lone Star State.
"Today, we took an important first
step in ensuring we have the data
necessary to get an accurate view of the
scope of flaring in Texas," says RRC
Chairman Wayne Christian, who points
out that since the downturn, the rate of
flaring in Texas has declined to less than
0.5% of total gas production.
An RRC announcement says that
while Texas' gas production declined
13% from June 2019 to May 2020, the
portion of gas flared dropped 79%.
Among the proposed modifications
to SWR 32, the RRC says:
· Operators must provide more
specific information to justify the need
to flare or vent natural gas.
· The time for which an operator
may flare gas may be reduced 50%80%, depending on circumstances.
· Flares will be related to specific
production properties to facilitate
compliance with reported production.
· The proposed amendments
provide incentives for operators to use

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