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MINUTE SUMMARY
The Oil and Gas Advisory Committee met on December 17 and
received comments from the Water Division and Nueces Bay oil and
gas well operators regarding saltwater disposal. It was the
first time the well operators had been invited to comment on the
city' s initiative to have their Nueces Bay saltwater disposal
practices prohibited. It was learned from the Water Division
that much of the saltwater is produced outside of the city limits
in the area north of Nueces Bay. Some of the well operating
companies were represented and they stated it would take from six
months to one year to convert their disposal program to saltwater
injection wells. They also requested that the Railroad
Commission be given the opportunity to- impose the regulations
since they were experienced with saltwater well injection
regulations and a state law would make sure all wells were
regulated .
The Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the City
postpone any action to prohibit saltwater disposal into Nueces
Bay for six months -and then review the program for prohibition by
the Railroad Commission. They also voted unanimously to
recommend that the parameters of , jurisdiction set out in the Oil
and Gas Chapter of the City Code be amended so that all
applicable wells would be included in any future saltwater
disposal prohibition enacted by the City.
• SCANNED