84R12048 SLB-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1990
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of information about water used in
hydraulic fracturing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter S, Chapter 91, Natural
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER S. DISCLOSURE OF [COMPOSITION OF] HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
INFORMATION [FLUIDS]
SECTION 2. Subchapter S, Chapter 91, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 91.852 to read as follows:
Sec. 91.852. DISCLOSURE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WATER
VOLUMES. (a) The commission shall require an operator of a well on
which a hydraulic fracturing treatment is performed to submit to
the commission:
(1) the total volume of water used in the hydraulic
fracturing treatment, with the volume from each source of water
listed separately;
(2) the total volumes from all sources of fresh water,
brackish water, and saline water, listed by type, used in the
hydraulic fracturing treatment; and
(3) the total volume of water returning to the surface
after the hydraulic fracturing treatment.
(b) The commission shall create and maintain an Internet
website to collect and make available to the public the information
described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 3. Section 91.852, Natural Resources Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a hydraulic fracturing treatment
performed on a well for which an initial drilling permit is issued
on or after the date the initial rules adopted by the Railroad
Commission of Texas under that section take effect. A hydraulic
fracturing treatment performed on a well for which an initial
drilling permit is issued before the date the initial rules take
effect is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 4. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt
rules under Section 91.852, Natural Resources Code, as added by
this Act, not later than January 1, 2016.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.