Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 35
May 9, 1997
Pages 4037-4122

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Letter Opinions.....4043
****PROPOSED RULES****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Organic Standards and Certification
4 TAC sec.18.5.....4045
Railroad Commission of Texas
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Division
16 TAC sec.sec.9.20-9.27.....4048
16 TAC sec.sec.9.20-9.22, 9.24-9.26, and 9.29.....4048
Texas Department of Human Services
Income Assistance Services
40 TAC sec.3.501.....4053
40 TAC sec.3.1104.....4054
40 TAC sec.3.1202.....4054
40 TAC sec.3.2401.....4054
Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification
40 TAC sec.19.2500.....4055
Texas Workforce Commission
Unemployment Insurance
40 TAC sec.815.9.....4060
****WITHDRAWN RULES****
Railroad Commission of Texas
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Division
16 TAC sec.9.255.....4063
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Student Services
19 TAC sec.21.28.....4063
19 TAC sec.21.42.....4063
****ADOPTED RULES****
Railroad Commission of Texas
Oil and Gas Division
16 TAC sec.3.31.....4065
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Division
16 TAC sec.9.1, sec.9.2.....4068
16 TAC sec.9.174.....4068
16 TAC sec.sec.9.231-9.247.....4068
16 TAC sec.sec.9.251, 9.254, 9.257, 9.260, 9.263, 9.266, 9.269, 9.272, and 
9.275.....4068
16 TAC sec.sec.9.456, 9.469, and 9.470.....4069
16 TAC sec.9.927.....4069
16 TAC sec.sec.9.951-9.965.....4069
16 TAC sec.sec.9.1651, 9.1653-9.1666, 9.1668-9.1695.....4070
General Land Office
Hearing Procedures for Administrative Penalties and Removal of Unauthorized or 
Dangerous Structures on State Land 
31 TAC sec.17.2.....4070
School Land Board
Land Resources
31 TAC 155.5.....4070
Texas Commission on Fire Protection
Fire Suppression
37 TAC sec.423.201.....4071
37 TAC sec.423.301.....4071
Fire Protection Instructor
37 TAC sec.425.5.....4071
37 TAC sec.425.305.....4072
37 TAC sec.425.401.....4072
Certified Training Facilities
37 TAC sec.427.7.....4072
Firefighter Safety
37 TAC sec.435.3.....4073
Fees
37 TAC sec.437.13, sec.437.15.....4073
Continuing Education
37 TAC sec.441.7.....4073
Volunteer Fire Fighter
37 TAC sec.473.11.....4074
Volunteer Fire Fighter Fees
37 TAC sec.481.13.....4074
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....4075
****OPEN MEETINGS****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Wednesday, May 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4081
Texas Department on Aging
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m......4081
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 9:30 a.m......4081
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)
Thursday, May 29, 1997, 2:00 p.m......4082
The State Bar of Texas
Friday, May 9, 1997, 8:30 a.m......4082
Texas Commission for the Blind
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4082
Friday, May 9, 1997, 10:00 a.m......4082
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation 
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 10:00 a.m......4082
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners 
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4083
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4083
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 11:00 a.m......4083
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 11:00 a.m......4083
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 11:30 a.m......4084
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 1:30 p.m......4084
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Friday, May 16, 1997, 8:30 a.m......4084
Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 1:00 p.m......4084
Texas Ethics Commission
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:30 a.m......4085
Texas Funeral Service Commission
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 11:00 a.m......4085
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 1:00 p.m......4085
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m......4085
Tuesday, May 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4086
Texas Department of Health (TDH)
Monday, May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m......4086
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 8:00 a.m......4086
Health and Human Services Commission 
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 9:15 a.m......4086
Texas HMO Solvency Surveillance Committee 
Friday, May 16, 1997, 9:00 a .m......4087
Texas State Library and Archives Commission 
Monday, May 19, 1997, 1:00 p.m......4087
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4087
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m......4087
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 10:30 a.m......4087
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 11:00 a.m......4088
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 11:30 a.m......4088
Wednesday, May 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4088
Texas Lottery Commission
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4088
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
Monday, May 5, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4089
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 10:30 a.m......4089
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 10:30 a.m......4089
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 1:00 p.m......4090
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 1:00 p.m......4090
Thursday, Saturday, May 8–10, 1997, 9:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. respectively 
.....4090
Friday, May 9, 1997, 8:30 a.m......4090
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4091
Friday, May 9, 1997, 10:00 a.m......4091
Friday, May 9, 1997, 11:00 a.m......4091
Friday, May 9, 1997, 1:00 p.m......4091
Friday, May 9, 1997, 1:45 p.m......4091
Friday, May 9, 1997, 2:15 p.m......4092
Friday, May 9, 1997, 2:15 p.m......4092
Midwestern State University
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 2:00 p.m......4092
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 2:30 p.m......4092
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m......4092
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 3:30 p.m......4093
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 4:00 p.m......4093
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 4:15 p.m......4093
Thursday, May 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4093
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Wednesday, May 14, 1997.....4094
Wednesday, May 22, 1997.....4094
Thursday, May 29, 1997, 10:00 a.m......4094
Tuesday, June 3, 1997, 10:00 a.m......4094
Tuesday, June 10, 1997, 10:00 a.m......4094
Board of Nurse Examiners
Thursday, Friday, May 22–23, 1997, 8:00 a.m......4095
Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners 
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:30 a.m......4095
Texas Pension Review Board
Monday, May 12, 1997, 12:00 p.m......4095
Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners 
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 11:00 a.m......4095
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners 
Monday, May 12, 1997, 8:30 a.m......4096
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m......4096
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4096
Friday, May 9, 1997, Noon.....4096
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, 9:30 a.m......4096
Wednesday, May 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......4097
Texas Real Estate Commission
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:30 a.m......4097
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:30 a.m......4097
Friday, May 9, 1997, 2:30 p.m......4097
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Tuesday, May 13, 1997, Noon.....4098
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
Friday, May 9, 1997, 8:45 a.m......4098
Friday, May 9, 1997, 9:30 a.m......4098
Friday, May 9, 1997, 10:30 a.m......4098
The Texas State University System
Wednesday, May 7, 1997, 11:00 a.m......4099
University of Houston System
Friday, May 9, 1997, 7:30 a.m......4099
The University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 11:30 a.m......4099
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission 
Thursday, May 8, 1997, 9:30 a.m......4099
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission Insurance Facility
Monday, May 12, 1997, 9:15 a.m......4100
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Coastal Coordination Council
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency 
Agreement/Concurrence under the Texas Coastal Management Program .....4103
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....4103
Texas Education Agency
Request for Applications Concerning Projects for Educational Technology 
.....4104
Texas Department of Insurance 
Insurer Services .....4105
Notice of Application by UNIVERSAL HEALTHPLAN, INC., Houston, Texas, for 
Issuance of a Certificate of Authority to Establish and Operate an HMO in the 
State of Texas .....4105
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Notices of Applications for Waste Disposal Permits .....4106
Notice of Public Hearing (VMT Offset SIP).....4106
Provisionally-Issued Temporary Permits to Appropriate State Water .....4107
North Central Texas Council of Governments 
Notice of Consultant Contract Award.....4107
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 
23.27 .....4108
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 
23.27.....4108
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 
23.28.....4108
Notice of Workshop on Universal Service Issues .....4109
Public Niotice of Interconnection Agreement.....4109
Public Notice of Modified Interconnection Agreement.....4110
Railroad Commission of Texas
Dissent of Commissioner Carole Keeton Rylander to Proposed Electronic Reporting 
of Key Private Contract Terms.....4110
Proposed LPG Forms 500 and 500A.....4112
Texas Department of Transportation
Notice of Contract Extension.....4122