Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 3
January 10, 1997
Pages 133-697

****TABLES AND GRAPHICS****
Tables and Graphics.....137
Tables and Graphics.....305
****EMERGENCY RULES****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Cotton Pest Control
4 TAC sec.20.22.....381
****OPEN MEETINGS****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Wednesday, January 29, 1997, 9:00 a.m......383
Texas Department of Agriculture
Monday, January 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m......383
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......383
Texas Alternative Fuels Council
Monday, January 13, 1997, 4:00 p.m......383
Texas Department of Criminal Justice 
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......384
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 1:00 p.m......384
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 4:00 p.m......384
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 5:00 p.m......385
Friday, January 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......385
Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications
Wednesday, January 8, 1997, 2:00 p.m......385
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 9:30 a.m......386
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 10:30 a.m......386
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 1:15 p.m......386
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 2:30 p.m......386
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 8:30 a.m......387
State Employee Charitable Campaign
Monday, January 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m......387
Texas Ethics Commission
Friday, January 10, 1997, 9:30 a.m......387
Texas Department of Health
Friday, January 10, 1997, 9:30 a.m......387
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m......388
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 9:30 a.m......388
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 11:00 a.m......388
Thursday, January 16, 1997, Noon.....388
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 1:00 p.m......388
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 1:30 p.m......388
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 2:00 p.m......389
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 2:15 p.m......389
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 2:30 p.m......389
Thursday, January 16, 1997, 3:15 p.m......389
Friday, January 17, 1997, 8:30 a.m......389
Texas HMO Solvency Surveillance Committee 
Friday, January 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m......389
Board of Law Examiners
Friday-Sunday, January 10-12, 1997, 8:30 a.m......389
Texas State Library and Archives Commission 
Cancelled- Original Date January 8, 1997.....390
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Friday, January 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......390
Monday, January 13, 1997, 9:00 a.m......390
Tuesday, January 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m......390
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 9:00 a.m......391
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Monday, January 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m......391
Tuesday, January 21, 1997, 10:00 a.m......391
Tuesday, January 28, 1997, 10:00 a.m......391
Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 9:30 a.m......391
Wednesday, March 5, 1997, 9:30 a.m......392
Board of Nurse Examiners
Friday, January 17, 1997, 10:00 a.m......392
Thursday and Friday, January 23 - 24, 1997, 8:30 a.m......392
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
Friday, January 10, 1997, 10:00 a.m......393
State Preservation Board
Wednesday, January 8, 1997, 5:30 p.m......393
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Tuesday, January 21, 1997, 9:00 a.m......393
Texas Racing Commission
Friday, January 10, 1997, 10:00 a.m......393
Railroad Commission of Texas
Friday, January 10, 1997, 11:30 a.m......394
Tuesday, January 14, 1997, 9:30 a.m......394
Wednesday, January 22, 1997, 9:00 p.m......394
Texas Savings and Loan Department
Tuesday, January 21, 1996, 9:00 a.m......394
State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 10:00 a.m......394
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 1:00 p.m......395
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 1:00 p.m......395
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 2:00 p.m......395
Friday, January 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......395
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Friday, January 10, 1997, 11:00 a.m......396
Friday, January 10, 1997, 10:00 a.m......396
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 4:00 p.m......396
Friday, January 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......396
Friday, January 10, 1997, 10:00 a.m......397
The Texas A&M University System
Monday, January 6, 1997, 10:00 a.m......397
Texas Southern University
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......397
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 10:30 a.m......397
Thursday, January 9, 1997, Noon.....397
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 1:30 p.m......397
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 3:00 p.m......398
Thursday, January 9, 1997, 4:30 p.m......398
Friday, January 10, 1997, 8:30 a.m......398
Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association 
Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 10:00 a.m......398
The University of Texas, Health Center at Tyler
Thursday, January 9, 1997, Noon.....398
The University of North Texas/University of North Texas Health Science Center
Tuesday, January 7, 1997, 10:30 a.m......399
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....403
Texas Department of Health
Correction of Errors.....403
Department of Information Resources
Notice of Contract Award .....404
Texas Department of Insurance
Notice of 1996 Texas Title Insurance Biennial Hearing DOCKET NUMBERS 2278 and 
2279 .....404
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Correction of Errors.....407
Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Settlement Agreements of Administrative 
Enforcement Actions.....408
Public Input Concerning National Ambient Air Quality Standards .....408
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Application for Approval of Special Amortization Rates.....410
Public Notice of Interconnection Agreement .....410
Texas Workforce Commission
Notice of Intent to Review Catalogue.....411
****PROPOSED RULES****
Railroad Commission of Texas
Oil and Gas Division
16 TAC sec.3.31.....417
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Division
16 TAC sec.9.1, sec.9.2.....422
16 TAC sec.9.174.....423
16 TAC sec.sec.9.231-9.247.....424
16 TAC sec.sec.9.251, 9.254, 9.257, 9.260, 9.263, 9.266, 9.269, 9.272, 
9.275.....424
16 TAC sec.sec.9.456, 9.469, 9.470.....426
16 TAC sec.9.927.....426
16 TAC sec.sec.9.951-9.965.....426
16 TAC sec.sec.9.1651, 9.1653-9.1666, 9.1668-9.1695.....427
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division
16 TAC sec.11.221.....428
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division
16 TAC sec.sec.12.1-12.7.....430
16 TAC sec.12.9.....441
16 TAC sec.sec.12.10, 12.12-12.19.....442
16 TAC sec.12.21, sec.12.22.....444
16 TAC sec.12.23.....445
16 TAC sec.12.69.....445
16 TAC sec.12.71, sec.12.72.....445
16 TAC sec.sec.12.73, 12.75-12.77.....447
16 TAC sec.sec.12.78-12.85.....448
16 TAC sec.12.100, sec.12.102.....451
16 TAC sec.sec.12.103-12.108.....451
16 TAC sec.sec.12.109-12.115.....453
16 TAC sec.sec.12.116-12.123.....455
16 TAC sec.sec.12.124-12.138.....457
16 TAC sec.sec.12.139-12.154.....461
16 TAC sec.sec.12.155-12.163.....468
16 TAC sec.sec.12.170-12.184.....470
16 TAC sec.sec.12.185-12.199.....474
16 TAC sec.sec.12.200-12.205.....481
16 TAC sec.sec.12.207-12.221.....486
16 TAC sec.12.222, sec.12.223.....492
16 TAC sec.sec.12.225-12.233.....493
16 TAC sec.12.234, 12.236-12.243.....497
16 TAC sec.sec.12.300, 12.303.....500
16 TAC sec.sec.12.304, 12.306, 12.307.....501
16 TAC sec.12.312, sec.12.313.....502
16 TAC sec.12.314, sec.12.317.....503
16 TAC sec.sec.12.325-12.328.....504
16 TAC sec.sec.12.330-12.360, 12.362-12.393, 12.395-12.403 .....505
16 TAC sec.sec.12.500-12.528, 12.530-12.572.....534
16 TAC sec.12.600.....563
16 TAC sec.sec.12.610-12.613.....564
16 TAC sec.sec.12.620-12.622, 12.624, 12.625.....565
16 TAC sec.12.650, sec.12.651.....566
16 TAC sec.12.660, sec.12.661.....568
16 TAC sec.sec.12.670-12.675.....568
16 TAC 12.677-12.684.....570
16 TAC sec.sec.12.686-12.694.....574
16 TAC sec.sec.12.696-12.699 .....576
16 TAC sec.sec.12.700, 12.702-12.710.....577
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division
16 TAC sec.sec.12.800-12.817.....585
Texas Real Estate Commission
Provisions of the Real Estate License Act
22 TAC sec.535.208.....590
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Action on Applications 
30 TAC sec.50.17 .....590
30 TAC sec.50.45.....592
Applications Processing
30 TAC sec.sec.281.2, 281.3, 281.17-281.23.....593
Water Rates
30 TAC sec.291.108.....597
Water Rights, Procedural 
30 TAC sec.295.158.....598
Water Rights, Substantive
30 TAC sec.297.62.....599
Consolidated Permits
30 TAC sec.305.31, sec.305.32.....601
30 TAC sec.sec.305.41, 305.42, 305.44, 305.45, 305.52-305.54.....603
30 TAC sec.305.62, sec.306.63, sec.305.66 .....604
30 TAC sec.305.65 .....605
Radiation Rules
30 TAC sec.sec.336.1-336.8.....608
Radioactive Substance Rules
sec.sec.336.1-336.6, 336.11, 336.12 .....608
30 TAC sec.sec.336.101-336.113 .....618
30 TAC sec.sec.336.201, 335.203, 336.205. 336.207, 336.209-336.211, 336.213, 
336.215, 336.217, 336.219.....621
30 TAC sec.sec.336.301-336.368.....627
30 TAC sec.sec.336.401-336.410 .....647
30 TAC sec.sec.336.501-336.505, 336.512-336.514, 336.521 .....649
30 TAC sec.sec.336.601-336.606, 336.613-336.629, 336.636 .....654
30 TAC sec.sec.336.701 - 336.703, 336.705 - 336.711, 336.715, 336.716, 336.718 - 
336.737, 336.740 - 336.743 .....665
30 TAC sec.sec.336.801-336.807 .....674
General Land Office
Coastal Area Planning
31 TAC sec.15.11.....683
Coastal Coordination Council
Coastal Management Program
31 TAC sec.504.1.....684
31 TAC sec.sec.504.10-504.13.....685
31 TAC sec.sec.504.20-504.24.....686
31 TAC sec.504.30.....687