Devine Test Site: Legal Notes

The Bureau of Economic Geology and the Devine Test Sites users shall each be responsible for the safety of their own respective employees, contractors, and agents while they are present upon or are in transit to or from the site. Users should evaluate any hazards based on planned procedures, and determine and provide appropriate protective equipment required for all personnel (e.g., approved hard hats, safety glasses, safety shoes, gloves, etc.). The Bureau will not be responsible for providing any worker's compensation insurance coverage for users' personnel on the Devine Test Site, and the user will not be responsible for providing worker's compensation insurance for the Bureau's personnel on the Test Site. Users must submit to the Bureau a "Safety and Environmental Plan" prior to beginning any operations whatsoever on the property. All rules and regulations promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Texas Railroad Commission, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, General Land Office, Texas Water Development Board, and other applicable Federal, State, or local regulations, will be followed by the user in all operations on the Devine Test Site.