LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 23, 2009 TO: Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB273 by Nichols (Relating to testing requirements for certain commercial injection wells.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require permit applicants for commercial injection wells disposing of industrial or municipal waste to use on-site monitoring wells to monitor and analyze groundwater quality. The proposed legislation would also require shallow soil tests. Reports on groundwater and soil quality would have to be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Applicants and permittees would be required to comply with rules adopted by TCEQ regarding testing, monitoring, and reporting. The legislation would apply to both Class I and Class V authorized or permitted injection wells. Any increase in workload to the TCEQ is not expected to have a significant impact on the agency's budget. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:455 Railroad Commission, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 592 Soil and Water Conservation Board LBB Staff: JOB, TL, WK
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 23, 2009
TO: Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB273 by Nichols (Relating to testing requirements for certain commercial injection wells.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB273 by Nichols (Relating to testing requirements for certain commercial injection wells.), As Introduced
Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB273 by Nichols (Relating to testing requirements for certain commercial injection wells.), As Introduced
SB273 by Nichols (Relating to testing requirements for certain commercial injection wells.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require permit applicants for commercial injection wells disposing of industrial or municipal waste to use on-site monitoring wells to monitor and analyze groundwater quality. The proposed legislation would also require shallow soil tests. Reports on groundwater and soil quality would have to be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Applicants and permittees would be required to comply with rules adopted by TCEQ regarding testing, monitoring, and reporting. The legislation would apply to both Class I and Class V authorized or permitted injection wells. Any increase in workload to the TCEQ is not expected to have a significant impact on the agency's budget.
The bill would require permit applicants for commercial injection wells disposing of industrial or municipal waste to use on-site monitoring wells to monitor and analyze groundwater quality. The proposed legislation would also require shallow soil tests. Reports on groundwater and soil quality would have to be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Applicants and permittees would be required to comply with rules adopted by TCEQ regarding testing, monitoring, and reporting. The legislation would apply to both Class I and Class V authorized or permitted injection wells.
Any increase in workload to the TCEQ is not expected to have a significant impact on the agency's budget.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 455 Railroad Commission, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 592 Soil and Water Conservation Board
455 Railroad Commission, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 592 Soil and Water Conservation Board
LBB Staff: JOB, TL, WK
JOB, TL, WK