| 1 | | - | By: Larson, Lucio III, Fallon H.B. No. 2230 |
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| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Estes) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2015; |
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| 4 | | - | May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural |
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| 5 | | - | Resources and Economic Development; May 15, 2015, reported |
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| 6 | | - | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, |
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| 7 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 2230 |
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| 12 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 5 | | relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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| 14 | 6 | | Quality to authorize an injection well used for oil and gas waste |
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| 15 | 7 | | disposal to be used for the disposal of nonhazardous brine produced |
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| 16 | 8 | | by a desalination operation or nonhazardous drinking water |
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| 17 | 9 | | treatment residuals. |
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| 18 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 19 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended |
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| 20 | 12 | | by adding Section 27.026 to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 13 | | Sec. 27.026. DUAL AUTHORIZATION OF INJECTION WELLS TO |
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| 22 | 14 | | INJECT NONHAZARDOUS BRINE FROM DESALINATION OPERATIONS OR |
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| 23 | 15 | | NONHAZARDOUS DRINKING WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS. (a) The |
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| 24 | 16 | | commission may authorize by individual permit, by general permit, |
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| 25 | 17 | | or by rule a Class V injection well for the injection of |
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| 26 | 18 | | nonhazardous brine from a desalination operation or nonhazardous |
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| 27 | 19 | | drinking water treatment residuals into a Class II injection well |
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| 28 | 20 | | that is also permitted by the railroad commission under Subchapter |
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| 29 | 21 | | C. |
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| 30 | 22 | | (b) The commission and railroad commission by rule shall |
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| 31 | 23 | | enter or amend a memorandum of understanding to implement and |
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| 32 | 24 | | administer this section. |
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| 33 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 26 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2230 was passed by the House on April |
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| 29 | + | 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 30 | + | voting. |
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| 31 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 32 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 33 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2230 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 34 | + | 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 38 | + | Date |
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| 39 | + | _____________________ |
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| 40 | + | Governor |
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