TITLE rule-review

Adopted Rule Review

Railroad Commission of Texas

Title 16, Part 1

The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) files this notice of its readoption of 16 TAC Chapter 9, relating to LP-Gas Safety Rules, in accordance with Texas Government Code, §2001.039. The Commission's reasons for adopting these rules continue to exist; however, in a separate pending rulemaking, the Commission has proposed some amendments to §9.9, relating to Requirements for Certificate Renewal, and §9.51, relating to General Requirements for Training and Continuing Education. The Commission proposed the amendments to §9.9 and §9.51 to improve the efficiency and to recover the cost of administering LP-gas examinations, examination renewals, and training requirements for persons who handle LP-gas in the course of their employment with a state agency, county, municipality, school district, or other governmental subdivision and who elect to become Railroad Commission certified to perform LP-gas activities even though currently they are not required to do so. That proposal is still pending.

The notice of intent to review the rules in Chapter 9 was published in the November 18, 2005, issue of the Texas Register (30 TexReg 7747); the Commission received no comments. This concludes the review of all rules in Chapter 9.

Issued in Austin, Texas on January 10, 2006.

TRD-200600178

Mary Ross McDonald

Managing Director

Railroad Commission of Texas

Filed: January 11, 2006