Perry Staffer Named to Railroad Commission Post
Milton Rister, a former Republican political operative who is currently a member of Gov. Rick Perry's senior staff, will become the new executive director of the Texas Railroad Commission.
The three railroad commissioners made the appointment Tuesday, as first reported by the Quorum Report (and confirmed by a Railroad Commission official). The commission regulates oil and gas, as well as mining activities, in Texas.
The executive director oversees the day-to-day operations of the agency and works to implement the policies established by the commissioners.
Rister, who was raised on a farm near Walburg and still lives in Williamson County ...
Comments (8)
Cathy Criss via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Sigh, another Perry crony gets another cushy appointment.
David Huang via Texas Tribune on Facebook
So hey, how do I become pals with Rick Perry so I can get a government appointment? I don't even need a cushy one, just give me an entry level position.
Robert Rister via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Hey, there's no doubt Perry supporters will be happy with the result.
Del Curlin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Re-elect Hightower RR commish! Wait.....what year is this?.......Texas will b a Republican state when cows fly......what year again?.....
Susan Syler
Unrepentent cronyism at its finest.
Neil Moyer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Get him out there driving spikes...
Kim Feil
Shale is unconventional energy and the rush has caused innocent people like me to leave the "working for a paycheck" life, and pursue "working for the truth". Now that I am enlightened, I need to make sure this "truth works for change" to make urban drilling safer to live near.
Aside from methane leaks that speed up global warming (not climate change which is cyclical), I need investors in shale to "reason" with the industry, and so I need you to help me speak to them as they are not responsive to me.
I live at ground zero for urban drilling. We have about 60 padsites in our 99 sq mile town here in Arlington TX. The following requests won't cover public protections on the huge buildout and the associated human errors or accidents (we had a drill spill in Lake Arlington, our drinking source, a couple of years ago and have had maybe a dozen emission events over the last couple of years that I am aware of)….
Please make it a standard practice to always use electric rigs in urban areas.
All mud farming is subject to open records of water and soil test results.
We need the industry to invent technology to keep the toxic, silica dust on the padsite-those pathetic pillow case looking socks aren't getting the job done.
Please add scrubbers to the open hatch flowback tanks during topflow, and we shouldn't have to wait 2.5 years for EPA mandated Green Completions.
The pipeline should be in place FIRST before fracturing so that flowback doesn't sit in the ground for months festering some unknown, man-made hydrogen sulfide-like of stale water flowback.
The setback away from people should be very far. A doctor who is an environmental tester said that the health effects are being seen downwind from about 1,800 - 2,500 feet.
Lastly, the industry should be able to guarantee that the casings will last "on the majority of them", and that the injections wells won't cause regrettable seismic events or migrate their horrid contents eventually into our drinking
Mars Bonfire
They don't call it the Railroad Commission for nothing...