Compliance Assistance Videos

The links provided on this page take you off the TCEQ website and open the videos on the YouTube website.

General Compliance Assistance

• EnviroMentor Program
  EnviroMentors are volunteer engineers, attorneys, licensed operators, and other professionals that generously share their expertise with customers with the most need. EnviroMentors epitomize the highest calling of public service. (May 2017)

• TCEQ Compliance and Assistance
  Learn how TCEQ serves local communities throughout the state and offers programs that help Texans understand and comply with environmental regulations. (August 2016)

Oil and Gas Compliance

• Oil and Gas E-Permitting and Discharge Reporting
  Online workshop that explains how to set up an account in STEERS, submit an NOI for the Hydrostatic Test general permit, and submit discharge monitoring reports. (January 7, 2021)
  
  
• The Audit Act and Permian Basin Find It and Fix It Initiative Workshop
  This video recording offers information on how to participate in the Permian Basin "find it and fix it" initiative and the Texas Environmental, Health and Safety Audit Privilege Act (Audit Act). (November 17, 2020)
  
  
• Air Permitting Options for the Oil and Gas Industry Workshop
  This video provides an overview of permitting, authorizations available to the oil and gas industry, and emission representations that should be included in air permits. (November 12, 2020)
  
  
• TCEQ Oil and Gas Industry Emission Events - Routine vs Upset Workshop
  This video recording includes an update about TCEQ’s OOOO and OOOOa Well Completion/Flowback Notification form and a sour gas handling compliance alert, and guidance from a representative of the Railroad Commission of Texas on their regulation of flaring and venting at oil and gas sites. (November 5, 2020)
  
  
• TCEQ Oil & Gas Discharge Delegation HB 2771 Stakeholder Meeting
  This virtual stakeholder meeting was held to discuss TCEQ’s activities and schedule for implementing House Bill (HB) 2771 - 86th Legislature, 2019. (September 17, 2020)
  
  
• Oil and Gas Open House
  TCEQ experts hit the road to staff an open house on oil and gas exploration in Karnes County. (November 13, 2014)

Petroleum Storage Tanks Compliance

• Petroleum Storage Tank Webinars: How to Prepare for a UST Investigation
  This Underground Storage Tank (UST) webinar series describes the TCEQ UST Compliance Notebook RG-432 and the records required for an Energy Act investigation. (August 13, 2020)

Full Webinar Recordings:

TCEQ UST Compliance Notebook Presentation Part 1
TCEQ UST Compliance Notebook Presentation Part 2

Individual Sections by Topic:

1 Intro Recording of the Compliance Notebook Presentation 
2 Registration and Delivery Certificate
3 Financial Assurance
4 Corrosion Protection
5 Tank Release Detection
6 Piping Release Detection
7 Spill and Overfill Prevention
8 Release Reporting
9 Miscellaneous Records
10 Operator Training
11 Shear Valves
12 New Equipment after January 1 2009
13 Texas Department of Agriculture
14 Temporarily Out of Service
15 Stage I

Public Drinking Water Compliance

• Webinar on How to Complete the Transient Noncommunity Notebook
  This video recording describes how small transient noncommunity public water systems can use TCEQ’s notebook to stay in compliance with regulations. (November 2020)

• Workshop on Drought Emergency Planning for Public Water Systems in Texas
  This video is from a workshop designed to acquaint water system operators with planning tools and other resources available to them to manage drought. (March 2012)

More Information and Assistance

The TCEQ's Small Business and Local Government Assistance Section offers free, confidential help to small businesses and local governments working to comply with state environmental regulations. Call us at (800) 447-2827 or visit our webpage at TexasEnviroHelp.org.