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TwilightZone

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2. It's not intended to have anything to do with the railroads.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 07:51 AM

Oct 2024

The last of the rail functions were transferred to TxDOT in 2005. It started off as a rail regulation agency, but expanded greatly over time. Most of the original functions were transferred to other agencies decades ago.

The railroad commission is responsible for regulation of "oil and natural gas industry, pipeline transporters, natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline industry, natural gas utilities, the LP-gas industry, critical natural gas infrastructure, and coal and uranium surface mining operations."

https://www.rrc.texas.gov/about-us/

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The Railroad Commision is a point of back door politics and graft and does very, very little about rail roads. marble falls Oct 2024 #1

It's not intended to have anything to do with the railroads. TwilightZone Oct 2024 #2

No, say it ain't so. It's called the railroad commission to keep a low profile. marble falls Oct 2024 #4

No surprise there. 2naSalit Oct 2024 #3

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+1 2naSalit Oct 2024 #6

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