1.1 Purpose

This document provides descriptions of each capability and the functionality being implemented within each capability. The purpose of release notes is to address any known defects and associated workarounds for the Release 1.0 implementation.

2.0 LoneSTAR Release 1 Functionality

Capability	Description
Entity Management	Provides the ability to create, maintain, and view organizations, people, and workgroups.
Financial Assurance	Provides the ability for RRC staff to create and maintain information related to financial assurances, including the release of financial assurances.
Well Management	Displays an inventory of all wells. W-3C and W-3X online forms support the P-5 renewal processing. W-3X online form allows users to associate wells to financial assurance records.
General	Provides general navigation, search capabilities, and task management functions.
Interfaces & Bridges	INT02 – Supports the movement of data from current RRC mainframe application to LoneSTAR via staging tables. INT07 – Supports the movement of data from LoneSTAR to the existing RRC mainframe application via staging tables. Secretary of State LoneSTAR to RRC Payment Portal Office of Attorney General

2.2 LoneSTAR Entity Management

The LoneSTAR Entity Management functionality implements P-5 functionality. P-5 functionality in LoneSTAR allows users to submit new, renewal or record-only P-5 Organization Report filings. External users will have the ability to apply to be a new P-5 organization. Internal users can submit new and renewal P5 reports. Internal users can also use the record-only variation of the form to update details of an existing organization for administrative purposes, including, but not limited to, manual payment adjustments and status settings. Internal users can also maintain details of the RRC organization, as necessary. Several LoneSTAR pages will also be used to view lists and details of organizations, people, and workgroups, in the system. The Pending Review, Organization Application Status and Summary Analysis reports will also be able to be created and viewed.

The table below describes the Release 1.0 LoneSTAR Entity Management components.

Component #	Component Name	Description	Internal/External/Both
INT06	Secretary of State Interface	This interface validates the user-entered filing number in OFD001 P-5 Organization Report is valid according to the Secretary of State.	Both
ND033	Organization Questionnaire Form Snapshot	This snapshot is generated for P5 submissions.	Both
ND152	New Operator Approval	The New Operator Approval Notification Letter is generated by the system to inform each Organization submitting for a new P-5 Organization Report.	Both
OFD001	Organization Questionnaire	The P-5 Organization Report form in LoneSTAR provides external users the ability to apply to be a new P-5 organization. The form also allows internal users to submit new, renewal or record-only updates on behalf of a P-5 organization. Internal users can also use the record-only variation of the form to update details of an existing organization for administrative purposes, including but not limited to manual payment adjustments and status setting. Internal users can also maintain details of the Railroad Commission Organization, as necessary. All submissions will be sent to manual review.	Both
PD001	Entities	This page is used to view a list of Organizations, People, and Workgroups in LoneSTAR.	Both
PD002	Person Detail	This page is used to view and maintain a Person record in LoneSTAR.	Both
PD003	Workgroup Detail	This page is used to Create and Edit Workgroups within LoneSTAR. This page is accessible from the Entities page for Internal Users only.	Internal
PD004	Organization Detail	This page is used to view detailed information about a single Organization record in LoneSTAR.	Both
RD061	P-5 Status Application	This report produces a list of applications (P-5 Organization Report; Financial Assurance Release; Financial Assurance Information; Certification of Surface Equipment Removal for an Inactive Well; Application for an Extension of Deadline for Plugging an Inactive Well) by application.	Internal
RD062	"Pending Review" Applications	This report produces summary statistics on the volume of forms entering manual review, the reasons forms are sent to manual review, and the average time needed to conduct manual review. This report would provide trends the most common reasons forms have manual review and lead discussions on improved system automation.	Internal
RD063	Organization Application Status	This report produces Organization (P-5) Status changes over a period of time (e.g., a month or fiscal year).	Internal
RD064	Summary Analysis - P-5 Records	This report produces a list of the number of Operators by Organization (P-5) Status for insight on Operators’ status across the state.	Internal
WD002	Organization Questionnaire	This workflow processes P-5 Organization Submissions.	Both

The following are known defects being implemented and the associated alternate procedures. These defects are being prioritized by the primary RRC stakeholders and fixes will be implemented based on the priority set by the business.

Defect #	Issue	Alternate Procedure
9054	ND033/OFD001. Approved P-5 snapshot in documents for Bai, LLC shows last name of each officer as a business name	Users can view the online form or page to see the correct Officer Information/Last Name
9162	Organization Detail grid showing uploaded by field as External user instead of Reviewer for Approved Snapshot and 90-day inactive letter	No alternate procedure. Users need to be aware this is occurring
9218	OFD001 Organization addresses (mailing and street) are prepopulated multiple times	Users can fix addresses manually
10509	PD002 Person Detail Page -> typo in TNR 91.114 Officer Flag label	No alternate procedure. Users need to be aware this is occurring
10898	OFD001 - Texas Resident Agent Information, primary phone numbers don't get removed upon edit record	No alternate procedure. Users need to be aware this is occurring
11739	Performance Testing - RD061 P-5 Status Application Report takes very long to load and search criteria works only the first time	No alternate procedure. Users need to be aware this is occurring

2.3 LoneSTAR Financial Assurance

The Financial Assurance functionality in LoneSTAR provides internal users the ability to create and maintain financial assurance information for operators using the Financial Assurance Information form. The Financial Assurance Release form in LoneSTAR provides users with the ability to request a release of a financial assurance. Several LoneSTAR pages will also be used to view lists and details of financial assurance records in the system including instrument-level information. The Financial Assurance Summary report will also be able to be created and viewed.

The table below describes the Release 1.0 LoneSTAR Financial Assurance components.

Component #	Component Name	Description	Internal/External/Both
ND001	Financial Assurance Release Correspondence	This notice is generated upon approval of an instance of Financial Assurance Release Request.	Both
ND016	Financial Assurance Information Form Snapshot	This snapshot is generated for Financial Assurance submissions.	Both
ND017	Financial Assurance Release Form Snapshot	This snapshot is generated for Financial Assurance Release submissions.	Both
ND153	Financial Assurance Accepted	The Financial Assurance Accepted notice is generated upon approval of an instance of Financial Assurance Information.	Both
OFD003	Financial Assurance Release	The Financial Assurance Release form in LoneSTAR provides internal users with the ability to request a release of an instrument associated to a Financial Assurance. All submissions will be sent to manual review.	Internal
OFD004	Financial Assurance Information	The Financial Assurance Information form in LoneSTAR provides Internal users with the ability to create and maintain Financial Assurance Information for Operators. All submissions will be sent to manual review.	Internal
PD007	Financial Assurance	This page is used to view a list of Financial Assurances in the system including instrument-level information in LoneSTAR.	Both
PD008	Financial Assurance Detail	This page is used to view detailed information about a single Financial Assurance record in LoneSTAR.	Both
RD065	Financial Assurances Summary	The report produces the number and dollar amount of all Financial Assurance for active operators and financial assurance by financial assurance status (demanded, collected, release and transferred). The total amount of financial assurance that has been refunded will also be reported.	Internal
WD001	Financial Assurance Release	This workflow processes Financial Assurance Release submissions.	Internal
WD003	Financial Assurance Information	This workflow processes Financial Assurance submissions.	Internal

Defect #	Issue	Alternate Procedure
10128	OFD003 FA Release Subject ID showing incorrect FA ID information	User can view Financial Assurance ID on the linked form, form snapshot, detail page, and Financial Assurance grids.

2.4 LoneSTAR Well Management

LoneSTAR users will be able to submit the W-3C – Certification of Surface Equipment Removal for an Inactive Well to submit a request for certification on one or more wells. LoneSTAR internal users will also be able to submit the W-3X – Application for an Extension of Deadline for Plugging a Well to submit a request to delay a required plugging date on one or more wells. Users select the justification for the delay. The 90-day Inactive Well Notification letter, W-3C Denial letter, W-3C Approval letter, W-3X Denial letter and W-3X Denial letter can be generated by an internal user or automatically via LoneSTAR. LoneSTAR will also provide pages for viewing lists of wells, including wells present in the P-5 Renewal Inactive Wells Listing.

The table below describes the Release 1.0 LoneSTAR Well Management components.

Component #	Component Name	Description	Internal/External/Both
ND075	W-3C - Certification of Surface Equipment Removal for an Inactive Well	This snapshot is generated for W-3C submissions.	Both
ND076	W-3X Application for an Extension of Deadline for Plugging an Inactive Well	This snapshot is generated for W-3X submissions.	Both
ND150	90-day Inactive Well Notification Letter	The 90-day Inactive Well Notification Letter is generated by the system to inform each Organization who is out of compliance with inactive well requirements at the end of the P-5 Renewal Period for the current year.	Both
ND151	30-day Inactive Well Notification Letter	The 30-day Inactive Well Notification Letter is generated by the system to determine if an organization is compliant with Inactive Well Requirements at the end of the renewal period for the current year and is in an Active extension of P-5 status.	Both
ND154	W-3C Denial Letter	The W-3C Denial Letter is generated by the system if an organization is denied well certification in a submitted OFD064 – W-3C Certification of Surface Equipment Removal for an Inactive Well.	Both
ND156	W-3X Option F Denial Letter	The W-3X Denial Letter is generated by the system following a denial of OFD065 W-3X Application for an Extension of Deadline for Plugging an Inactive Well.	Both
ND181	W-3C Approval Letter	The W-3C Approval Letter is generated by the system if an organization’s application for certification (OFD064 W-3C Certification of Surface Equipment Removal for an Inactive Well) is approved where one or more wells is approved based on internal user entry via the form, or via business rules in WD066 Review W-3C workflow.	Both
ND182	W-3X Approval Letter	The W-3X Approval Letter is generated by the system if an organization’s application for certification (OFD065 W-3X Application for Extension of Deadline for Plugging an Inactive Well) is approved where one or more wells is approved based on internal user entry via the form, or via business rules in WD066 Review W-3X workflow.	Both
OFD064	W-3C - Certification of Surface Equipment Removal for an Inactive Well	The Certification of Surface Equipment removal for an Inactive well form allows internal and external users to submit a request for certification on one or more wells. Based on business rules some submissions will be auto-approved or auto-denied other will be sent to manual review.	Both
OFD065	W-3X Application for an Extension of Deadline for Plugging an Inactive Well	The Application for an Extension of Deadline for Plugging a Well form allows internal users to submit a request to delay a required plugging date on one or more wells. Users select the justification for the delay. Based on business rules, some submissions will be auto-approved or auto-denied and others will be sent to manual review. See WD067, Business Rules tab for auto-approve/deny conditions for Options A-B and E-H.	Internal
PD030	Wells	This page is used to view a list of Wells in LoneSTAR including inactive well information.	Both
WD066	Review W-3C	This workflow processes W-3C submissions.	Both
WD067	Review W-3X	This workflow processes W-3X submissions.	Internal
WD107	30/90-Day Inactive Well Notification Letter Workflow	This workflow determines and update the P-5 Organization Status, identify Organizations that are not in compliance with Statewide Rule 15 (Rule 15) and downstream processing for the latest renewal year.	N/A

Defect #	Issue	Alternate Procedure
10739	W-3X Application Blanket Extension + Option A -> Accepted Snapshot showing the well API status as Not Filed instead of Approved	No alternate procedure. The W-3X status is set in the database and is updated correctly on the Wells grid. It is also updated correctly on the P-5 Renewal Summary grid for active renewals.

2.5 LoneSTAR General

The general capabilities are specific to LoneSTAR and not directly related to a capability.

The table below describes the Release 1.0 LoneSTAR General components.

Component #	Component Name	Description	Internal/External/Both
INT08	RBDMS to RRC Payment Portal	This interface allows users to pay fees for their organization.	Both
INT40	Office of Attorney General Interface	This interface sends data to the Office of Attorney General regarding P-5 Operators in aid of their task to collect delinquent child support payments.	N/A
ND003	Generic Notice	This notice is generated from the Generic Notice Parameter page.	Both
PD012	External Login Context	This page is used for external users associated to multiple organizations. Users must select an organization for the session before accessing LoneSTAR. This page displays in the context of the LoneSTAR Main Console (Global Navigation). Organization context can be changed from PD025 after initial selection.	External
PD013	External Landing	This page is used to view a list of Alerts, Online Forms, Forms In Progress, and Forms Submitted for an external user in the LoneSTAR system. This page is also used to view information about the user's associated organization. The Alerts tab is the tab that displays when external users first log into LoneSTAR. This document also describes the ForgeRock integration behavior for External Users.	External
PD016	Task Detail	This page is used by the Internal user to view and edit the task details in LoneSTAR.	Internal
PD017	Create Task	This page is used by the Internal user to create a new manual or sub task in LoneSTAR.	Internal
PD018	File Upload	This page allows users to upload a file and associate it with a specific record in LoneSTAR.	Both
PD020	Display Report	This page is used by internal users to view or generate reports in LoneSTAR.	Internal
PD021	Global Search Results	This page serves as one of the primary methods for displaying the results of searches within LoneSTAR.	Both
PD022	Online Help	This page displays the contents of the online help based on the current page selection in LoneSTAR.	Both
PD023	Internal Landing	This page displays when internal users first log into LoneSTAR. This page is used to view a list of Tasks, create new task, and update a task detail which is assigned to a specific Workgroup or Department User in the LoneSTAR system. This page is also used to view a list of Alerts, Online Forms, Forms In Progress, and Forms Submitted in the LoneSTAR system. This document also describes the Active Directory integration behavior for Internal Users.	Internal
PD024	Generic Notice Parameters	This page is used to generate a correspondence in LoneSTAR. A correspondence can be generated by an internal LoneSTAR User or LoneSTAR and is sent to the recipient via an attached .pdf in LoneSTAR or is manually printed and mailed.	Internal
PD025	LoneSTAR Main Console	This page is used to display the Main Console within LoneSTAR. It allows users to navigate through the system and search for records.	Both

Defect #	Issue	Alternate Procedure
5655	SD020/OFD001 - Export Excel - Multiple Issues on the downloaded excel file tabs for Submitted and Approved forms	No alternate procedure. Users can view the data on the online form or in an ad hoc report.
12117	Missing HTTP Strict Transport Security Policy	No alternate procedure.