PUBLIC HEARING ON APPLICATION FOR DRILLING PERMIT FOR

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PUBLIC HEARING ON APPLICATION FOR DRILLING PERMIT FOR RAYMUNDO AND BEVERLIE FRANCO? | Call to order at 10:07 a.m. the public hearing on application for a drilling permit for Raymundo and Beverlie Franco. Party representing application: Raymundo and Beverlie Franco Protestant to application: None Public Comment: None President Janet Groth declared the application uncontested. General Manager Ty Edwards presented the application to the Board. Raymundo and Beverlie Franco have made an application for a Drilling Permit with the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District for 1 well located on Property ID #9747, Legal Description: 4729 134 T&STL SEC 3, approximately 14 miles South of Fort Stockton on US Highway 285, in Pecos County, Texas. The well is projected to be 500-700 feet in depth and drilled into the Edwards Trinity Aquifer. The estimated rate of withdrawal for the proposed well is a total of 100-500 gallons per minute, and the purpose of the well will be for Irrigation Use. Once the well is drilled an 8- hour pump test will be conducted and a production permit will come at a later date. ll Adjourn hearing and consider and/or act on application for drilling permit for Raymundo and Beverlie Franco. President Janet Groth recessed the hearing at 10:14 a.m. Wayne Tinkler made a motion to approve the drilling permit application as presented from the Edwards Trinity Aquifer. Motion seconded by Ronald Cooper. Motion passed. Vote: 9FOR. -0-Oppose 2Absent 0 Abstain REGULAR BOARD MEETING — CONTINUED at 10:14 a.m. vi Consider and/or act on resolution on Amendments to Brackish Groundwater Production Zones for the Rustler Aquifer in Pecos and Reeves Counties. See attachment A for the presentation. (Vince Clause, PG) Vanessa Cardwell made a motion to approve the resolution on Amendments to Brackish Groundwater Production Zones for the Rustler Aquifer in Pecos and Reeves counties. Motion seconded by Billy Jackson. Page 3 of 6 eee Minutes of 10-21-2025 Motion passed. Vote: 8FOR. -1-Oppose 2Absent 0 Abstain Vil Update and possible action on San Andres efforts at RRC and TCEQ, and update on plugging efforts. e The District has met with TCEQ’s senior management and program staff and discussed the new grant program to plug wells in Pecos County. TCEQ held a Rulemaking hearing on January 29, 2025. The District attended the hearing and made comments. TCEQ held a workshop on 02-20-2025 to discuss and solicit feedback eligible and ineligible expenses and the definition of administrative costs, how the LWWGP will fund eligible projects and how TCEQ expects to apply the prioritization criteria that will be specified in the rule and what further refinements to the prioritization criteria might be included in the RFGA. The District is awaiting a direct award grant contract. TCEQ staff anticipates releasing the draft contract in two weeks. e President Janet Groth and General Manager Ty Edwards will be traveling to Austin on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 to meet with Jim Wright of the Railroad Commission on well plugging. Vill Update on Fort Stockton Holdings, L.P. (FSH)-MPGCD Joint Study, Threshold Water Level Update and Drilling of New Rustler Monitor on Williams Farms. The Board and General Manager discussed the ongoing groundwater monitoring of the FSH threshold water levels. All wells are working and operating properly, and no wells are near any threshold water levels that would trigger cutbacks according to the FSH special permit conditions. A link to the FSH threshold water levels is available at https://mpged.halff.com/Dashboard. General Manager Ty Edwards screen-shared and provided an overview of current data. Williams Farms and Fort Stockton Holdings have approved the drilling of the Rustler Monitor Well. The seismic study was conducted the week of April 29- May 2, 2025. Raymond Straub briefed the board on the current drilling activities. The well is currently at 1725 ft. See Attachment B for the presentation of current

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.