You state 9 your letter that tke $~oduaer8 of tha gar talco the psition that they wll the gas, not know&$ that mmh QHJ is to be us& Par gas liit In ex~88 of 20 000 oubio feet p8r barrel Of 0i.L The produoars ok&n t&at &eo they sell the gar in g@ed fsLta end loa oontrol over it8 UH after oUoh ml@, they am not liable ff tha gas is later uud in vioLatie ai the statute. The uiwra ot the $a# oontrnd th@* the prsbibitlon of the ututute %&I against the probuoar rpnd the purohmm of thm am utilklng the 6as, and themrore nut olaia that they are not liable for any of the Qianaltier fur tioi8tlon of the etatut4.

fn view of the faota as outllnad above, you twk th@ f0m3wi~ cpzistlonar Tm.or the provlalone OS atibssotlon (4) af 38otlon 0, 3fia other reamxxt wrtioxa of the ooawry3-

m61010 tzm, Uon statutes, my the ocKaPliusioa proobrd qalnrt and hold rouponsible the operator or producser of a gas well it the gao produccld from much wall, aftes delltory to P baaa tide purahaux, irr utillaed in gaas lift operation8 iti whloh the, ratio or gale used per barrel of bil Ufkd oxewdr 30,000 oublo fret per barrel1 or are thorn pro- +lslons of the statute enforolbla: against the pUr&amr and utilia;ar or the Ga:as; or ara they Wforaible a&net both thr produobr and t!se ijsrssn usi= eutrh &as in this rcraaor'l"

In our opition the prohamir of tbo ga:arr who W#B it in an unlawful mw.mr is responsible Sor auoh unk%wfti We, and the producer of tba gae is alPso resgoneibl* 6uah mb*wfui UN, iS at&z produacrx i?artfoLl;atea or albe &bets b ths vlaJ.atlon of the law.

pswidae as folluws: *uiy pmoo violatinx any or the prwisioru or this Article she11 be liable to a penalty not to ereeed GAe ThOUkKuid Dollare (~l,OOO) for 8.uoh osf6nss, and .aoh de7.s oiolatioz shall be 0 separate otsenss. &oh penalty my be raoorered by t!m ;tato of Texas with tha 0oat of suit it a civil aotlon ln6titUtod in Tmvie County OT in th% County where thrr violation o0%urmd by the attorney General or by the County or Dfatrlct Attorney oinnd by the xttorney Osneral or Texas) aEd any and rll olatloas or tkmatead viol%tion% of thl% Artlole akay be oaJo$aed by 0.~3 Court of oampetent Jurirdiotlon in whiob the m&t Sor penalty racy be brmghtl and in %uoh oaslro the Court rosy iss%~e a~lqh writ8 OS Ir&aueti~n, arandatory ot prehibi- tory, aa the Sacta juati~rg

2tfols 13086 OS Verzios** iknnotktod Civil st&uter prorider in part aa followsr that

"In addttlon to being aubjast to any torf~iture my be jxwided by law and to any pemilty that w.be iqowd by th% comnriasrio& for oonGe&gt for the tiolatlon of It8 rulee, rugulations, or orden, any parwaa rielatlag lrry 0r thO prwi8ions 0s w;is A0t or of Title lO2, lzariwd Ciril stdxmw or %x68, lssS, a8 ameLlfled,'tsr violat& any rule, regulation, or order of the Oomiaelon pmW.gated therewubr, shall be mubjeat to a pmalt of not more #am One Thw~ssnQ :3allars ($lOCC) for eaoh ,&t srsry da7 or mah riolatlon, and for eaoh and er6z-y aat as'atoh vialati0n,;'

~Gy*pGon al&iry: or abetting any oth*r pawa~ Ln the rfodation of tkfs isot, or of TLtlr, IO2, Sevlad Civil of TQxaI, 1925, eo ammdod, or ot say rule, m&a- %A!tutoa tlon, 02 order of the Cmmlosion promulgated thermmder %&Al be %ubjnat to the 0him p8maftieO as arc) prerporibod herein for violntfon t~mwof by any %uch ather pr%cm.*

Undar the terwa of &xb%eotion 4, S%isotion 7, Artiale 5000, a -roduoer 0% %weet sour g%% or 0aafnghrsad gslr is pedtt*ii----. to use eswk gus for eaa lift inthe bona fide produo- tlon of oil where mmh ~a% is uot u%ed in ~~006% of 10,000 oubio se0t per barrel of oil produved. If the startuts ir 00artrued literally, only P preor, p-&utring gas would be persaitted k, u6e tha !R.ae for gas list prp5%Q%* Boww6s, it is rid n6##111l*o to cocstrue the wcsd wproduoer* In ordar to answer yea qpstlon, becf3~8e it is slain that no perso is authorized to u%% &a% far &es lift pwO@eet AAlelso hq e&f&e& Within th@ tWf&S Of t&ii3 6totutO.