August 29, 2007
Karen Norris
Executive Director
Texas Association of Counties
P. O. Box 2131
Austin, Texas 78768-0519
Dear Ms. Norris,
I want to take this opportunity to commend Bosque County Judge, Cole Word, the County Attorney, David Christian, and the four County Commissioners for their recent involvement in supporting the citizens of Kopperl, TX.
Judge Word, the County Attorney, and the four County Commissioners traveled to Austin on Wednesday, August 22, 2007, to attend a two day Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) hearing concerning a 25,000 bpd commercial oil and gas waste disposal well that was drilled near Kopperl, TX, in February and March, 2007.
Judge Word called a special Commissioners Court Session that was held simultaneously with the RRC hearing in the RRC hearing room in Austin. The hearing recessed after the third day, August 24, and will resume on September 18, 2007.
Judge Word testified at the hearing that the citizens of Kopperl, TX, live in an un-incorporated town and they have no other means of government support for protecting their community other than the County Elected Officials.
The disposal well is located across a county road from a rural subdivision where dozens of citizens will be affected if the RRC approves the injection permit. Only a few citizens received notice of the proposed disposal well and they thought the well was to be drilled in Hill County because of the directions on the applicant
