PURPOSE: This rule sets out the organization of the State Oil and Gas Council.

1. (1) Chapter 259, RSMo, establishes the State Oil and Gas Council. The council consists of eight (8) members: the state geologist; members representing Department of Economic Development, Missouri Public Service Commission, Clean Water Commission, Missouri University of Science and Technology Petroleum Engineering Program, and Missouri Independent Oil and Gas Association; and two (2) other persons knowledgeable of the oil and gas industry are appointed to the council by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
2. (2) Member agencies are represented on the council by the executive head of the agency, except that the Missouri University of Science and Technology shall be represented by a professor of petroleum engineering and the Missouri Independent Oil and Gas Association shall be represented by a designated member of the association.
3. (3) The state geologist shall act as a supervisor charged with the duty of enforcing the rules and orders of the council applicable to the crude oil and natural gas resources of the state. The authority to engage in oil and gas drilling or producing operations will be granted by the state geologist when the requirements of 10 CSR 50 and Chapter 259, RSMo have been complied with.

AUTHORITY: sections 259.010, 259.020, and 259.030, RSMo Supp. 2015, and section 259.040, RSMo Supp. 2013.* Original rule filed Oct. 11, 1966, effective Oct. 22, 1966. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 1973, effective Sept. 22, 1973. Amended: Filed June 14, 1976, effective Nov. 12, 1976. Amended: Filed Sept. 15, 2015, effective March 30, 2016. *Original authority: 259.010, RSMo 1965, amended 1972, 2012, 2015; 259.020, RSMo 1965, amended 1972, 2012, 2015; 259.030, RSMo 1965, amended 2012, 2015; and 259.040, RSMo 1965, amended 1972, 2012.