Video & Transcript Research : 'brine unitization'
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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (01/13/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
- In Marramac, the town has purchased several brine sprayer units that fit on the back of trucks and use
- we have purchased several um, uh, brine we have purchased several um, uh, brine sprayer<00:31:45.279
- Probably a amounts and switch to brine.
- in changing over to liquids and brine. in changing over to liquids and brine.
- save money when you apply with brine save money when you apply with brine because<01:07:17.119><
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- That’s a lot of brine, all right?
- All depends on managing brines, and there are brine lines, ultimately, that all those recycled facilities
- We don’t require projects to discharge brine to the ocean or through a brine line, but those are the
- We don't require projects to discharge brine to the ocean or through a brine line, but those are the
- So we've talked about brine as a persistent issue.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on water and coastal resilience heard an overview of the governor’s Proposition 4 spending plan, with presentations from the Department of Finance, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Water Resources, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and later coastal agencies. Members discussed the water chapter’s major allocations for drinking water and wastewater, recycled water, tribal water infrastructure, groundwater recharge and SGMA implementation, dam safety, flood protection, integrated regional water management, Salton Sea projects, and water data/stream gauges. The LAO noted that many programs are established and have clear funding processes, but some newer or less-defined programs may warrant more detailed future budget requests and reporting. No votes were taken on the agenda items.
Members raised concerns about groundwater subsidence, water deliveries from the Delta, the pace of water storage investments, instream flows, and whether bond dollars were being used to backfill General Fund reductions. Administration witnesses said groundwater recharge spending is being paced because prior years already funded substantial SGMA work, that Delta operations are governed by water quality, salinity, and species requirements, and that Proposition 1 storage projects have moved slowly because they are locally led and require permitting and financing. The Water Board and DWR said they use public needs assessments, annual plans, and existing grant processes to prioritize projects, and Finance said some General Fund programs were shifted to Proposition 4 to help balance the budget. Members also asked for clearer public tracking of bond spending and more concise future reporting.
In the coastal resilience portion, the Ocean Protection Council and Coastal Conservancy described Proposition 4 funding for sea level rise adaptation, coastal flood management, habitat restoration, public access, and San Francisco Bay projects, with a multi-year rollout based on project readiness and recent large state investments. The Conservancy said it would use its existing rolling grant process, while OPC said its sea level rise grants would build on existing programs and new technical assistance. The Department of Fish and Wildlife explained its proposed use of bond funds for climate-ready fisheries, hatchery modernization, salmon monitoring, whale- and turtle-safe fishing gear, and a specific hatchery operations request tied to the Friant settlement. The LAO said the coastal chapter’s proposed first-year spending is relatively modest but generally reasonable given staffing and project readiness, while members emphasized oversight, transparency, and coordination across agencies and jurisdictions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I just want to try to read some of these and make some of these Brine.
- That's a lot of brine, all right?
- Understand the state's role in terms of brine management and discharge.
- We don't require projects to discharge brine to the ocean or through a brine line, but those are the
- So we took a tote of brine from them.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you know if we charge gross production tax on the production of brine water?
- We don't do a gross production tax on brine. and when a well is producing less than 5% oil and gas and
- We don't charge a gross production tax on that 95% of that brine.
- There's no economic offset for the production of brine water in Oklahoma.
- We're not talking about rian or brine development.
Bills:
SB1627, SB227, SB366, SB1193, SB1433, SB1450, SB1481, SB1749, SB1810, SB1812, SB1921, SB1948, SB2044, SB2178, SB169, SB1877, HB1409, SB1266, SB1432
Keywords:
criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting, child neglect, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, sex offenses, rape, stalking, domestic abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, sex trafficking, gang-related offense, eluding police
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This clarifies the Commission's jurisdiction. over brine mining under state law.
- SB 1186 clarified that the agency's over brine mining includes the authority to regulate brine production
- wells and spent brine. return injection wells used for mining of elements such as lithium. the commission
- to seek primary enforcement authority from the EPA for the brine spent for the spent brine return injection
- Less than 20 years ago, the United States imported, we were importing 12.4 million barrels per day of
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- brine production wells in spent brine.
- Brine return injection wells used for mining of elements such as lithium.
- Less than 20 years ago, the United States imported— less than 20 years ago, the United States was— importing
- Many, many oil and gas companies now have geothermal business units.
- One big vote of confidence is the United States military.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Keywords:
water infrastructure, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, revolving fund, grants, environmental compliance, SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, fossil fuels
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- This has to Do with countering what's happening across the United States in the last 20 years.
- In your explanation, you've described this crisis of litigation throughout the United States, but I haven't
- there's some groundwater coming up that has some chemicals, or the testing shows that it could be some brine
- You can run the testing, and you can certainly determine that there is brine and other things that indicate
Keywords:
SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, groundwater, indemnity fund, well drilling, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, SB1319
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jun 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And so these will not be rental units.
- What do we do with this brine?
- Uh, Europe has embraced hydrogen much more faster than the United States.
- Correct, not in the United States. And so you'll be the first.
- It just, uh, it just hasn't been uh deployed in the United States.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 11th, 2026
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The goal is to get rid of this fly out of the United States.
- That was the first marine desal facility in the United States.
- We feel that the ability to co-locate those two units together would reduce some cost.
- We produce out of the brine what you mentioned, those exact components.
- A desalination plant has not been built in any other neighborhood in the United States.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> And I'm glad Greenland is still part of the United States.
- All of variable blade uh plows um brine.
- Brine, all of these kinds of equipment.
- this the brine program. this the brine program.
- Most of the state does not get brine.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1596, which would raise New Hampshire’s cigarette excise tax from $1.78 per pack to about $2.80, using an inflation-based adjustment since the rate was last set in 2008. Representative Jerry Stringham, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure would keep New Hampshire competitive with neighboring states, generate revenue, and help offset other budget pressures. He also described the bill as repealing an income-based premium charge in Medicaid/CHIP-related programs and restoring cuts to the University System of New Hampshire, arguing that the combined package would still leave the state in a positive fiscal position. He said the tobacco tax increase would likely have some cessation effect but would remain low relative to other New England states, and he cited prior testimony from health groups supporting a larger increase.
Members questioned the sponsor about how the new rate was calculated, the prior tobacco tax reduction and restoration, whether tobacco companies would absorb or pass on the tax, and the fiscal note’s estimates for Medicaid premium revenue and UNH funding. Stringham said he used Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation data, that the earlier 10-cent reduction did not produce the expected sales increase, and that the current bill would eliminate the premium charges now in the budget. He later clarified that the Department of Medicaid Services had updated the revenue estimate, but said the bill still showed a surplus overall. He also said the federal government already imposes a $1-per-pack tax and that New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase.
Two public witnesses testified in opposition to the tax increase. Anna Bettincourt, a tobacco category manager, argued that higher tobacco taxes would unfairly target smokers, reduce New Hampshire’s tax advantage, and likely shift purchases to other states or illicit markets rather than reduce use. She said tobacco companies generally do not lower prices and that Massachusetts’ flavor restrictions had not eliminated sales. In response to questions, she maintained that a smaller increase would still be harmful and that enforcement problems make bans ineffective. The sponsor and some members countered that smokers impose higher health costs and that tobacco taxes are a policy tool for both revenue and public health. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- brine production wells and spent brine return injection wells used for mining of elements such as lithium
- Less than 20 years ago, the United States imported.
- Many, many oil and gas companies now have geothermal business units.
- Um, One, big vote of confidence is the United States military.
- So it wouldn't matter in terms of geographic location in the United States.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It's nice to see of the United States.
- So I'd be happy to take any questions you have. with these brine sprayers is that it can with these brine
- Most of the state does not get brine.
- this the brine program. this the brine program.
- Um but the state does not get brine.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, March 2, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- and was concentrating the brine and I had water coming out of that process, I would not be allowed to
- <00:26:18.280>
and <00:26:18.520>was and and was producing the brine and was and and - was producing the brine and was concentrating<00:26:19.680>
the <00:26:19.760>brine <00 - and I had water concentrating the brine and I had water coming<00:26:21.200>
out <00:26:21.280 - 3 and 4, which are well on their units 3 and 4, which are well on their way.<01:09:14.520>
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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It's nice to see of the United States.
- some sort of minimum value on the unit some sort of minimum value on the unit in<02:00:26.560>
- , know variable blade uh plows, um brine, know variable blade uh plows, um brine, all<03:05:03.760
- this the brine program. this the brine program.
- <03:10:36.479>
under they're they are using brine under they're they are using brine under
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 11th, 2026
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The goal is to get rid of this fly out of the United States, and we do that with several...
- That was the first marine desal facility in the United States.
- That not only saves on the brine but also saves on us transporting chemicals.
- Desalination projects in the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States.
- other neighborhood in the United States.
Summary:
During the meeting, legislative members discussed the practice of municipalities diverting water and sewer revenues to their general funds, which impacts infrastructure maintenance and project delays. Vice Chair Sparks proposed limiting public testimony to two minutes, which was adopted without objection. The committee heard from various witnesses, including Perry Fowler from the Texas Water Infrastructure Network, who emphasized that utility revenues should primarily support water services and that transfers should be transparent and justified. He noted that many utilities face financial pressures that could hinder infrastructure projects.
Larry French from the Texas Public Policy Foundation highlighted the significant financial impact of water loss and general fund transfers, estimating the annual loss at $1.5 billion. He argued that these transfers can create disincentives for municipalities to address water loss issues. Brian Butcher, Assistant City Manager of Sugar Land, defended the city's cost allocation model for general fund transfers, asserting that they are necessary for equitable service provision and operational efficiency. The committee also discussed the implications of rising construction costs and the need for better procurement processes to ensure effective use of taxpayer dollars.
The second part of the meeting focused on the New World Screwworm and the state's preparedness to manage potential infestations. Dudley Hoskins from the USDA outlined the federal response efforts and the importance of collaboration with state agencies. He emphasized the need for ongoing surveillance and the production of sterile flies to combat the pest. Dr. Philip Kaufman from Texas A&M discussed the historical context of the screwworm and the challenges posed by its potential reintroduction, urging proactive management strategies among livestock producers. The committee acknowledged the need for increased resources and research to effectively address the threat of the screwworm.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House ED&T Subcommittee Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't know what we're going to do when that CO2, the corrosive it is, hits that brine solution or
- <00:09:13.680>
is, <00:09:13.920>hits <00:09:14.160>that <00:09:14.480>brine - the corrosive it is, hits that brine the corrosive it is, hits that brine solution<00:09:15.360>
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now in the United, you know, so how it's made, you know, So right now in the United, you know,
- Right now in the United, you know, so how it's made, you know, So right now in the United, you know,
- If you're looking at lithium brine collection, we're looking at brine concentration, direct lithium extraction
- If you're looking at lithium brine collection, we're looking at brine concentration, direct lithium extraction
- Well, yeah, that's strange units.
Summary:
The meeting opened with remarks about the value of public engagement and the quality of questions from the group, followed by a series of technical presentations from Idaho National Laboratory staff. Joe Renovitz described recent nuclear regulatory changes tied to presidential executive orders, including NRC Part 53 for advanced reactors, the forthcoming Part 57 for very small reactors, and DOE updates to reactor authorization standards. He emphasized efforts to align DOE and NRC processes, use risk-informed and performance-based licensing, support reactor deployment for AI/data centers and national security, and use AI to speed communications and crosswalks between DOE and NRC requirements. In response to questions, he said there was no plan to merge agencies, but rather to improve coordination and public outreach through groups like GAIN and NEI.
David Tolman then discussed the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, spent fuel storage, transportation, disposal, and reprocessing. He explained high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), why it is needed for advanced reactors, and DOE’s HALEU Availability Program and related investments in enrichment, transportation, deconversion, and supply chain development. He also covered spent fuel management, the possibility of centralized storage or a fuel-cycle campus, the Center for Used Fuel Research, and ongoing work on high-burnup cask testing and reprocessing technologies. Tolman described aqueous, pyrochemical, and fluoride-volatility reprocessing approaches, noting the advantages and waste characteristics of each, and said several companies are working with INL on these technologies.
Ashley Shields presented INL’s AI and nuclear work, focusing on the Genesis initiative and the Prometheus effort to use AI to design, license, build, and operate reactors with far less human intervention. She described INL’s broad use of generative AI tools, the need to manage large volumes of legacy technical data, and applications in reactor design, materials discovery, autonomous laboratories, and digital twins. Shields said AI is being used to reduce the enormous documentation burden in nuclear licensing and to support autonomous or remotely operated reactor demonstrations, while stressing that humans remain in supervisory roles. In discussion, she addressed data security, model access, and the continued need for software engineers. The session then recessed briefly and resumed with Mitch Kerman beginning a presentation on critical minerals and materials.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Transportation (9-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- That's more than one a week in the United States, on the side of the road.
- Have you looked at, I know we've gone to this spraying a lot of brine on the roads in the fall or in
- on the roads in the fall or lot of brine on the roads in the fall or in<01:04:19.119>
the <01: - >> As much as the the the brine, it does cover<01:04:30.319>
it <01:04:30.480>up - communities throughout the United communities throughout the United States.<01:21:06.960>
Together
Summary:
The committee first heard a presentation from the Kentucky Aviation Association on the importance of general aviation airports in Kentucky and their economic and public-safety role. Witnesses said the state has more than 50 general aviation airports that support jobs, agriculture, tourism, medical transport, disaster response, and law enforcement, and they urged continued support for aviation infrastructure and workforce development. They asked the legislature to again provide $200,000 per general aviation airport for operating and basic infrastructure costs, to route the money through the Kentucky Department of Aviation for accountability, to revisit a special-purpose governmental entity audit requirement they said is too costly for small airports, to create a long-term appropriations process for the roughly $100 million in unmet capital needs, and to fund the Arrow Act for aviation education and scholarships. Members asked about a dedicated aviation fuel tax and about local training partnerships, simulators, and school or community college programs; the witnesses said they preferred an appropriations-based solution and offered to help connect interested communities with aviation education resources.
The committee then took up “Troy’s Law,” sponsored by Representatives White and Flannery, which would allow tow trucks to use blue lights while stationary and actively removing vehicles or debris from highways. Sponsors and tow operators said the bill is intended to improve worker safety after the deaths of tow operators Troy Cwell and Hubert Mosley in highway hit-and-run incidents, and they emphasized that tow operators often work in dangerous conditions at night, in bad weather, and near fast-moving traffic. They said the proposal would not apply while driving or towing and noted that other states have adopted similar measures. Witnesses from the towing industry, including Bubba Johnson and Barbara Maguire, supported the bill as an added layer of protection and described tow operators as first responders who help motorists in emergencies. Representative Flannery and other members expressed support for the safety goal and invited further discussion, but no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Our snow and ice staff participate in annual refresher training in the use of salt and brine and best
- equipment, measuring brine equipment, measuring brine and<00:07:51.039>
salt, <00:07:51.520 - Right now, 50% of the United States is in drought conditions, and the U.S.
- Geological Survey unit code.
- Geological Survey unit code.
Keywords:
groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements