Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 59
August 8, 1997
Pages 7265-7427

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Letter Opinion.....7271
Request for Opinions.....7271
****TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION****
Advisory Opinion Requests.....7273
Ethics Advisory Opinion.....7273
****EMERGENCY RULES****
Texas Youth Commission
Admission and Placement
37 TAC sec.85.29.....7275
****PROPOSED RULES****
Railroad Commission of Texas
Coal Mining Regulations
16 TAC sec.12.2, sec.12.3.....7283
16 TAC sec.sec.12.10, 12.13, 12.14, 12.15, 12.16.....7285
16 TAC sec.sec.12.25-12.33.....7286
16 TAC sec.12.72.....7289
16 TAC sec.12.76.....7289
16 TAC sec.12.83.....7290
16 TAC sec.12.107.....7290
16 TAC sec.12.116.....7290
16 TAC sec.sec.12.124-12.131, 12.135-12.137.....7291
16 TAC sec.sec.12.139, 12.142, 12.145, 12.146, 12.148, 12.150.....7293
16 TAC sec.sec.12.170-12.177, 12.181-12.183.....7296
16 TAC sec.12.173.....7298
16 TAC sec.sec.12.185, 12.188, 12.190, 12.196, 12.197.....7298
16 TAC sec.12.202.....7301
16 TAC sec.sec.12.210, 12.215, 12.216, 12.220, 12.221.....7302
16 TAC sec.12.225, sec.12.227.....7304
16 TAC sec.12.301.....7305
16 TAC sec.12.327 sec.12.328.....7305
16 TAC sec.sec.12.331, 12.340, 12.341, 12.344, 12.347-12.350, 12.352, 12.355, 
12.357, 12.358, 12.360, 12.362-12.364, 12.366, 12.370, 12.375-12.378, 12.380, 
12.385, 12.387, 12.388, 12.390, 12.395, 12.400, 12.401.....7306
16 TAC sec.sec.12.340-12.342, 12.344, 12.347-12.350, 12.355, 12.390, 12.395, 
12.396.....7317
16 TAC sec.sec.12.509-12.511, 12.514, 12.517, 12.519, 12.522, 12.524, 12.526-
12.528, 12.530-12.545, 12.547, 12.552, 12.554, 12.555, 12.560, 12.569, 
12.570.....7318
16 TAC sec.sec.12.510-12.512, 12.514, 12.517, 12.519, 12.522, 12.524, 12.555, 
12.560, 12.561.....7330
16 TAC sec.12.651.....7330
16 TAC sec.12.660, sec.12.661.....7331
16 TAC sec.12.698.....7331
16 TAC sec.sec.12.702-12.704, 12.706.....7332
Texas Department of Health
Milk and Dairy
25 TAC sec.217.81.....7332
Texas Department of Insurance
Property and Casualty Insurance
28 TAC sec.5.5002.....7333
Trade Practices
28 TAC sec.21.113.....7334
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Request for Contested Case Hearings; Public Comment 
30 TAC sec.55.25.....7336
Contested Case Hearings
30 TAC sec.sec.80.105, 80.109, 80.115, 80.127.....7339
30 TAC sec.sec.80.251, 80.254, 80.271, 80.273, 80.274.....7340
Consolidated Permits
30 TAC sec.305.106.....7340
Texas Youth Commission
Interaction With The Public
37 TAC sec.81.61.....7341
Admission and Placement
37 TAC sec.85.29.....7343
Treatment
37 TAC sec.87.77, sec.87.79.....7344
Texas Commissin on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Counselor Licensure
40 TAC sec.sec.150.10, 150.33, 150.52.....7345
****ADOPTED RULES****
Texas Department of Health
Pharmacy Services
25 TAC sec.35.601, sec.35.611.....7347
25 TAC sec.35.901.....7351
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Funding Requirements
40 TAC sec.144.1, sec.144.11.....7351
40 TAC sec.144.1, sec.144.11, sec.144.21.....7351
40 TAC sec.sec.144.21-144.29, 144.31-144.34, 144.41-144.44, 144.51-144.54, 
144.61-144.65, 144.71-144.74.....7354
40 TAC sec.sec.144.101-144.107, 144.121-144.124, 144.131-144.133, 144.141, 
144.142.....7354
40 TAC sec.sec.144.201, 144.202, 144.211-144.216.....7357
40 TAC sec.sec.144.211-144.215, 144.221-144.227, 144.231-144.233, 144.235-
144.239, 144.241-144.245, 144.251-144.256, 144.261-144.265, 144.271, 144.281-
144.283.....7360
40 TAC sec.sec.144.301, 144.311-144.316, 144.321, 144.322, 144.333, 144.341-
144.346, 144.351, 144.352, 144.355, 144.356, 144.361.....7360
40 TAC sec.sec.144.311-144.313, 144.321-144.325.....7360
40 TAC sec.sec.144.401, 144.411-1144.415, 144.431-144.435, 144.441-
144.448.....7362
40 TAC sec.sec.144.401, 144.411-144.427, 144.431-144.435, 144.441-144.444, 
144.451, 144.452.....7362
40 TAC sec.sec.144.501, 144.511, 144.512, 144.521-144.525, 144.531-144.533, 
144.541-144.544, 144.551-144.554.....7365
40 TAC sec.sec.144.511, 144.512, 144.521-144.531.....7370
40 TAC sec.sec.144.611-144.615, 144.621-144.624, 144.631-144.633 .....7371
40 TAC sec.sec.144.711-144.714, 144.721-144.727, 144.731, 144.732.....7371
Facility Licensure
40 TAC sec.148.1, sec.148.2.....7371
40 TAC sec.148.3.....7372
40 TAC sec.148.3.....7372
40 TAC sec.sec.148.21-148.27.....7372
40 TAC sec.148.61.....7373
40 TAC sec.sec.148.71-148.73.....7375
40 TAC sec.148.75.....7375
40 TAC sec.148.119.....7376
40 TAC sec.148.131, sec.148.132.....7376
40 TAC sec.148.143, sec.148.147.....7376
40 TAC sec.148.148.....7377
40 TAC 148.161.....7377
40 TAC sec.148.171.....7378
40 TAC sec.sec.148.181-148.183, 148.185.....7378
40 TAC sec.148.202.....7379
40 TAC sec.sec.148.231-148.234.....7380
40 TAC sec.148.236.....7381
40 TAC sec.sec.148.261, 148.262, 148.267.....7382
40 TAC sec.148.322, sec.148.323.....7382
40 TAC sec.148.325.....7382
40 TAC sec.148.331, sec.148.332.....7383
40 TAC sec.148.372.....7383
****EXEMPT FILINGS****
Texas Department of Insurance
PROPOSED ACTION.....7385
****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....7387
****OPEN MEETINGS****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Tuesday, August 12, 1997, 9:30 a.m......7391
Wednesday, August 13, 1997, 11:00 a.m......7391
Monday, August 18, 1997, 8:00 a.m......7391
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)
Wednesday, August 20, 1997, 11:00 a.m......7392
Texas Department of Banking
Wednesday, August 20, 1997, 1:30 p.m......7392
Texas Ethics Commission
Friday, August 8, 1997, 9:30 a.m......7392
Texas Commission on Fire Protection
Thursday, Friday, August 14-15, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7392
Texas Growth Fund
Monday, August 11, 1997, 11:00 a.m......7393
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs 
Monday, August 11, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7393
Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS)
Friday, August 8, 1997, 10:00 a.m......7393
State Independent Living Council
Monday, Tuesday, August 25-26, 1997, 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. respectively 
.....7393
Texas Department of Insurance
Monday, August 18, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7393
Monday, August 18, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7393
Monday, August 18, 1997, 10:00 a.m......7394
Tuesday, August 19, 1997, 1:00 p.m......7394
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Monday, August 4, 1997, 8:30 a.m......7394
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 9:00 a.m.; Saturday, August 9, 1997, 8:30 a.m. 
.....7394
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 10:30 a.m......7394
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 10:30 a.m......7395
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 1:00 p.m......7395
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 1:00 p.m......7395
Friday, August 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m......7395
Friday, August 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7396
Friday, August 8, 1997, 9:30 a.m......7396
Friday, August 8, 1997, 11:30 a.m......7396
Friday, August 8, 1997, 1:00 p.m......7396
Friday, August 8, 1997, 4:30 p.m......7397
Friday, August 8, 1997, 5:30 p.m......7397
Friday, August 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m......7397
Midwestern State University
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 1:30 p.m......7397
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 2:30 p.m......7397
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 3:30 p.m......7398
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 4:30 p.m......7398
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 4:45 p.m......7398
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 5:00 p.m......7398
Friday, August 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7398
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Thursday, August 7, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7399
Thursday, August 14, 1997, 3:00 p.m......7399
Thursday, August 21, 1997, 7:00 p.m......7399
Thursday, September 4, 1997, 10:00 a.m......7399
Board of Nurse Examiners
August 12, 1997, at 9:00 a.m......7399
August 15, 1997, at 9:30 a.m......7400
August 21-22, 1997, at 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. respectively.....7400
Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators 
Monday, August 11,1997, 9:00 a.m......7400
Monday, August 11,1997, 10:30 a.m......7401
Tuesday, August 12, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7401
Texas Optometry Board
Monday, August 11, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-Orientation with members, followed by 
committees on August 12, 1997 at 9:00 a.m......7401
Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners 
Saturday, August 9, 1997, 10:30 a.m......7401
Saturday, August 9, 1997, 10:30 a.m......7402
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
Friday, August 15, 1997, 10:00 a.m......7402
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Friday, August 15, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7402
Friday, August 15, 1997, 1:00 p.m......7402
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
Friday, August 15, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7403
Friday, August 15, 1997, 10:30 a.m......7403
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, August 12, 1997, 9:30 a.m......7403
State Securities Board
Monday, August 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7403
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
Friday, August 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m......7403
Friday, August 8, 1997, 9:30 a.m......7404
Friday, August 8, 1997, 10:30 a.m......7404
The Texas State University System
Wednesday, August 6, 1997, 11:00 a.m......7404
Thursday-Friday, August 7-8, 1997, 8:30 and 8:45 a.m.respectively .....7404
University Interscholastic League
Monday, August 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7405
The University of Houston
Monday, August 11, 1997, 8:00 a.m......7405
The University of Texas System
Tuesday, August 5, 1997, 7:30 a.m......7405
Texas Veterans Commission
Friday, August 22, 1997.....7405
Texas Workforce Commission
Friday, August 22, 1997, 9:00 a.m......7406
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Coastal Coordination Council
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency 
Agreement/Concurrence under the Texas Coastal Management Program.....7409
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....7409
Texas Education Agency
Request for Applications Concerning 1997-1999 Staff Development and Parent 
Training for Campus Deregulation and Restructuring to Improve Student 
Achievement Grant Program.....7410
Texas Department of Health
Designation of Sites Serving Medically Underserved Populations - Houston, Texas 
(Harris County), Texas .....7411
Designation of Sites Serving Medically Underserved Populations - The Federal 
Bureau Of Prisons -FCI - Beaumont (Jefferson County), Texas .....7411
Designation of Sites Serving Medically Underserved Populations - The Federal 
Bureau Of Prisons -USP - Beaumont (Jefferson County), Texas .....7411
Notice of Adoption of Chapter 35 Rules Concerning Pharmacy Services in the Texas 
Medicaid Vendor Drug Program .....7412
Texas Health and Human Services Commission 
Excluded Medicaid Providers.....7412
Request for Offers.....7412
Texas Department of Insurance
Notice Of Public Hearing .....7413
Commission on Jail Standards
Consultant Proposal Request.....7414
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Enforcement Orders.....7414
Notice of Amendment of a Consulting Services Contract.....7416
Notice Of Application For Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility Permit 
.....7416
Provisionally-Issued Temporary Permits to Appropriate State Water.....7417
Public Notices.....7417
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission 
Request for Proposal.....7419
Texas Department of Public Safety
Local Emergency Planning Committee Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness 
Grants Request Proposals.....7420
Public Utility Commission of Texas
First Amended Petition of Southwestern Public Service Company for Authority to 
Surcharge Under-Recoveries of Fuel Expenses and for a Related Good Cause 
Waiver.....7421
Notices of Intent File Pursuant to PUC Substantive Rule 23.27.....7421
Notice of Workshop on NXX Exhaust Alternatives: Long-Term Solutions in NPA 
Relieft Planning.....7422
NPA Relief Planning Meeting for the 214/281, and 512 Area Codes.....7422
Public Notice of Interconnection Agreement.....7422
Texas Department of Transportation
Public Notice.....7423
The University of Texas System
Request for Proposal.....7425
Texas Workforce Commission
Request for Proposals.....7426