# (Update) TCEQ Buckles On Oil & Gas Rules Under Pressure From Industry

*Published:* 2011-02-08
*Author:* Ramon Alvarez, Ph.D.

[Last week we lamented about the TCEQ’s capitulation to industry pressure on proposed rules dealing with emissions from oil and gas facilities. ](http://blogs.edf.org/texasenergyexchange/2011/01/28/tceq-buckles-on-oil-gas-rules-under-pressure-from-industry/)

[State Representative Lon Burnam ](http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=90)provided us with a [sampling of documents showing the influence exerted by industry ](http://blogs.edf.org/texascleanairmatters/files/2011/02/Key-TCEQ-PBR-docs-from-PIR.pdf)during the tail end of the process. These are just a smattering of the roughly five reams of paper his office received in response to a public information request.

In hopes that it might serve as a resource to others, we are also posting several other documents pertaining to the rulemaking:

- [EDF’s comments on the proposed rule](http://blogs.edf.org/texascleanairmatters/files/2011/02/EDF-comments-TCEQ-OGS-PBR-SP-9_30_10.pdf)
- [Report from EDF’s air quality modeling consultant](http://blogs.edf.org/texascleanairmatters/files/2011/02/Source-Environmental-O_G-dispersion-modeling-report-final.pdf) and [spreadsheet of results](http://www.edf.org/documents/11575_O&G%20Tables%20Comparison%20FINAL.xls)
- [Letter from EDF to TCEQ about the exclusion of well emissions](http://blogs.edf.org/texascleanairmatters/files/2011/02/Letter-to-TCEQ-on-Wells.pdf)
- [EPA’s comments on the proposed rule](http://www.edf.org/documents/11576_EPA%20Oil%20%20Gas%20PBR%20and%20Standard%20Permit%20Comments%20100110.pdf)