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| 1 | 1 | 85R11520 JXC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lozano H.B. No. 3334 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a restriction on the types of oil and gas wastes that | |
| 8 | 8 | may be disposed of in a surface pit without a permit issued by the | |
| 9 | 9 | Railroad Commission of Texas. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources | |
| 12 | 12 | Code, is amended by adding Section 91.1014 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 91.1014. DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN OIL AND GAS WASTES. The | |
| 14 | 14 | commission may not authorize by rule the surface disposal of oil and | |
| 15 | 15 | gas waste without a permit if the oil and gas waste has: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) a chloride concentration of more than 3,000 | |
| 17 | 17 | milligrams per liter; | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) a total petroleum hydrocarbon concentration of | |
| 19 | 19 | more than 10,000 milligrams per kilogram; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) a concentration of benzene, toluene, | |
| 21 | 21 | ethylbenzene, and xylene of more than 30 milligrams per kilogram. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |