81R2019 JAM-D
By: Nichols S.B. No. 275
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of new requirements for commercial
underground injection control wells to be adopted by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
adopt rules governing all aspects of the management and operation
of a new commercial underground injection control well, including
the regulation of surface facilities associated with the well, that
proposes to accept industrial or municipal waste for which a permit
has not been issued on or before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality shall suspend the permitting process for any pending
application for a permit for a new commercial underground injection
control well that proposes to accept industrial or municipal waste
until the rules adopted under Section 1 of this Act take effect.
(b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
provide that the rules adopted under Section 1 of this Act apply to
every application for a permit for a new commercial underground
injection control well that proposes to accept industrial or
municipal waste that is filed on or after the effective date of this
Act and every application for a permit for a new commercial
underground injection control well that proposes to accept
industrial or municipal waste that is pending on the effective date
of this Act.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may allow
an applicant who filed such an application that is pending on the
effective date of this Act to amend the application to conform to
the rules adopted under Section 1 of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.