82R9319 ACP-D
By: Christian H.B. No. 3449
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice provided to certain local officials regarding
the use of land application to treat and dispose of certain oil and
gas waste.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 91.118 to read as follows:
Sec. 91.118. NOTIFICATION OF LAND APPLICATION OF CERTAIN
WASTE. If the commission adopts rules requiring a permit to use
land application to treat and dispose of oil field fluids or oil and
gas wastes, the commission by rule shall require a person who files
an application for a permit to provide written notice to:
(1) each groundwater conservation district in the area
in which the land application will occur;
(2) the mayor of each municipality in the area in which
the land application will occur; and
(3) the county judge of each county in the area in
which the land application will occur.
SECTION 2. Section 91.118, Natural Resources Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an application for a permit to use land
application to treat and dispose of oil field fluids or oil and gas
wastes that is filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas on or
after the effective date of this Act. An application for a permit
that was filed with the commission before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law as it existed on the date the application
was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.